Norfolk(NE)
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Norfolk(NE) clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-30.

This page is a summary of past forecasts. Even though it's based only on forecasts, some people use these pages as clue to a site's climate. But climate data based on actual observation should be preferred (if you can find it!).

Cloud, Transparency and Seeing forecasts are summarized individually. But because good observing conditions require a combination of minimum cloud cover, transparency and seeing, the individual forecast summaries can be difficult to interpret. The observing conditions section counts the combinations of conditions needed for common types of astronomical observation.

Observing Conditions

The following tables count the occurrence of the combinations of forecast and darkness conditions needed for different observations. Conditions are rated by by what percentage of the hours the observation would likely be attempted are usable.

Observation Type	Minimum conditions for hour to be usable				Out of hours
	Clear of Clouds	Transparency	Seeing	Sky Brightness
Planetary:	50%	(no limit)	Average	(no limit)	Nighttime Hours
Deep Sky:	70%	Average	(no limit)	5.9	Nighttime Hours
CCD Imaging:	70%	Below Average	Poor	(no limit)	Nighttime Hours

Percentages are of nighttime hours per month, or per year, when a particular observing conditions was met. Deep Sky percentages never exceed 50% because the moon is up half the time. Deep sky percentages are much lower for charts at high latitudes because of fewer dark hours in the summer.

Overall

By Month

Individual Forecasts

The length of each colored bar in the "occurrence of each Forecast" column is proportional to the number of times the chart forecast that color. The percentages are of the total number of hours per month, or per year, with a particular forecast. The colors as the same as those used in clear sky charts.

Note: Transparency probabilities are only counted for those hours that have 30% or less cloud cover. Seeing probabilities are only counted for those hours that have 80% or less cloud cover. If that's too tricky, try Observing Conditions instead.

Overall

		Occurrence of each Forecast	Data Points
Cloud Cover	Day	11% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 45%	101547
	Night	9% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 48%	98137
Transparency	Day	38% 5% 13% 26% 16% 2	105194
	Night	35% 4 13% 27% 18% 3	102622
Seeing	Day	14% 10% 31% 29% 13% 2	15928
	Night	13% 10% 35% 33% 9% 1	25845

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover SE (2006-)
Color Meanings: Overcast 90% covered 80% covered 70% covered 60% covered 50% covered 40% covered 30% covered 20% covered 10% covered Clear
Month	Days in Month		Occurrence of each Forecast	Data Points
January	1st to 10th	Day	9% 13% 5% 13% 8% 6% 5% 4 4 5% 29%	2538
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 12% 6% 11% 5% 5% 8% 4 5% 6% 32%	2792
	21st to end	Day	6% 11% 4 14% 5% 4 3 3 5% 5% 40%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	10% 12% 4 9% 6% 6% 5% 5% 5% 6% 33%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 10% 4 7% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 7% 42%	1753
	21st to end	Day	9% 11% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 3 4 7% 41%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	10% 8% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 49%	3280
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 10% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 49%	3480
	21st to end	Day	21% 11% 3 11% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 23%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 42%	2121
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 8% 2 6% 4 4 3 4 6% 7% 40%	2442
	21st to end	Day	19% 9% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 39%	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 8% 36%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 7% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 48%	4082
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 5% 7% 41%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 10% 49%	2670
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 3 4 4 4 7% 8% 45%	2850
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 1 4 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 52%	2795
July	1st to 10th	Day	13% 4 2 5% 3 4 4 3 7% 9% 45%	4430
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 3 4 4 3 6% 6% 55%	4279
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 7% 10% 54%	4465
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 46%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 40%	4041
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 8% 54%	4532
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 7% 51%	2153
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 1 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 56%	2090
	21st to end	Day	11% 4 1 4 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 58%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 51%	1996
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 3 3 3 3 2 4 6% 58%	1900
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 2 6% 3 4 3 2 4 6% 50%	2009
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 7% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 6% 6% 51%	1763
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 7% 1 7% 5% 4 4 3 4 7% 48%	1800
	21st to end	Day	10% 9% 3 7% 4 3 3 3 5% 8% 45%	1611
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 9% 3 8% 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 47%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 9% 3 8% 7% 5% 6% 4 6% 7% 39%	1918
	21st to end	Day	15% 10% 3 14% 5% 4 3 3 6% 6% 30%	2785
January	1st to 10th	Night	7% 13% 3 12% 7% 7% 6% 4 6% 6% 28%	4417
	11th to 20th	Night	4 10% 3 9% 5% 4 9% 4 8% 7% 35%	4171
	21st to end	Night	7% 10% 6% 14% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 37%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	11% 10% 4 9% 6% 4 4 3 4 5% 40%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 9% 3 7% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 43%	2331
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 6% 48%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 52%	3578
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 8% 3 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 52%	3480
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 33%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 44%	2055
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 8% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 4 7% 44%	1689
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 2 6% 3 4 3 4 6% 7% 42%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 1 4 4 3 3 3 4 7% 47%	2823
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 6% 3 4 3 3 6% 8% 50%	2823
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 6% 8% 44%	3090
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 2 3 3 3 5% 4 7% 8% 56%	1501
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 2 6% 3 4 3 3 5% 7% 56%	1330
	21st to end	Night	3 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 59%	1377
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 4 7% 55%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 4 3 4 5% 8% 61%	2688
	21st to end	Night	2 3 2 3 3 3 4 4 6% 10% 60%	3098
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 10% 50%	2836
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 1 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 50%	2798
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 9% 55%	3135
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 1 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 61%	2022
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 1 4 2 3 4 3 4 6% 60%	2090
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 6% 60%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 52%	2164
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 5% 57%	2280
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 1 5% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 53%	2587
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 58%	2535
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 3 3 5% 6% 52%	2600
	21st to end	Night	9% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 7% 52%	2783
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 8% 3 8% 5% 4 3 3 5% 7% 47%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 46%	3279
	21st to end	Night	15% 11% 5% 13% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 33%	4874

Transparency (when cloud cover <= 30%)
Color Meanings: Too cloudy to forecast Poor Below Average Average Above average Transparent
Month	Days in Month		Occurrence of each Forecast	Data Points
January	1st to 10th	Day	57% 5% 12% 18% 8% 1	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	52% 4 15% 20% 9% 1	2792
	21st to end	Day	46% 5% 17% 18% 14% 1	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	50% 5% 15% 18% 10% 1	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 6% 11% 23% 15% 3	1762
	21st to end	Day	43% 5% 12% 24% 13% 4	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	36% 5% 10% 30% 18% 2	3280
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 5% 10% 29% 16% 4	3480
	21st to end	Day	60% 6% 17% 12% 4 1	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	43% 4 12% 26% 13% 1	2121
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 4 13% 22% 14% 3	2442
	21st to end	Day	45% 5% 12% 26% 12%	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	44% 6% 12% 21% 15% 2	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 5% 13% 26% 17% 2	4086
	21st to end	Day	42% 5% 12% 26% 13% 1	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	30% 7% 17% 32% 12% 2	2670
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 7% 15% 26% 16% 3	2850
	21st to end	Day	28% 6% 17% 32% 13% 4	2795
July	1st to 10th	Day	37% 4 14% 30% 14% 1	4361
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 3 12% 35% 17% 3	4204
	21st to end	Day	25% 5% 17% 29% 21% 3	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	35% 4 14% 29% 14% 4	4090
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 4 12% 26% 13% 1	4080
	21st to end	Day	31% 5% 14% 25% 20% 5%	4531
September	1st to 10th	Day	33% 5% 11% 27% 18% 5%	2153
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 4 12% 36% 17% 2	2090
	21st to end	Day	27% 4 9% 33% 26% 2	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	22% 2 5% 22% 44% 5%	3321
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 2 15% 32% 21% 7%	3140
	21st to end	Day	34% 2 12% 29% 21% 3	3290
November	1st to 10th	Day	34% 4 15% 25% 20% 2	1763
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 5% 11% 27% 19% 2	1800
	21st to end	Day	39% 4 13% 27% 14% 3	1611
December	1st to 10th	Day	38% 4 17% 26% 11% 3	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 5% 16% 29% 8%	1915
	21st to end	Day	53% 6% 10% 21% 9% 1	2785
January	1st to 10th	Night	52% 7% 11% 20% 9% 1	4417
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 4 14% 26% 10% 1	4171
	21st to end	Night	48% 5% 13% 20% 14% 1	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	47% 5% 12% 22% 12% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 5% 14% 23% 14% 4	2332
	21st to end	Night	36% 5% 12% 26% 17% 4	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	33% 4 10% 26% 23% 3	3578
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 4 8% 29% 21% 4	3480
	21st to end	Night	48% 6% 20% 19% 5% 1	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	39% 6% 11% 27% 16% 1	2055
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 5% 10% 27% 17% 2	1689
	21st to end	Night	38% 6% 13% 26% 15% 2	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	37% 5% 11% 25% 20% 2	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 6% 14% 25% 20% 2	2824
	21st to end	Night	38% 5% 14% 24% 16% 2	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	23% 8% 17% 34% 15% 4	1501
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 4 15% 28% 19% 5%	1330
	21st to end	Night	22% 6% 16% 36% 18% 3	1377
July	1st to 10th	Night	30% 3 14% 37% 13% 2	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 4 14% 35% 20% 4	2640
	21st to end	Night	19% 5% 18% 32% 23% 3	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	29% 4 15% 33% 15% 3	2826
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 4 15% 28% 16% 2	2825
	21st to end	Night	28% 4 15% 25% 22% 6%	3135
September	1st to 10th	Night	25% 5% 10% 31% 23% 6%	2022
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 4 12% 34% 22% 3	2090
	21st to end	Night	27% 4 8% 30% 26% 5%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	21% 2 5% 17% 49% 5%	3606
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 2 10% 30% 29% 6%	3779
	21st to end	Night	33% 2 11% 33% 20% 2	4261
November	1st to 10th	Night	28% 4 16% 26% 23% 4	2535
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 3 13% 27% 20% 5%	2600
	21st to end	Night	33% 4 13% 30% 18% 3	2783
December	1st to 10th	Night	37% 4 15% 29% 14% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 4 16% 34% 10% 1	3281
	21st to end	Night	54% 4 10% 22% 8% 1	4874

Seeing (when cloud cover <= 80%)
Color Meanings: Too cloudy to forecast Bad 1/5 Poor 2/5 Average 3/5 Good 4/5 Excellent 5/5
Month	Days in Month		Occurrence of each Forecast	Data Points
January	1st to 10th	Day	18% 13% 35% 21% 11% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 16% 32% 26% 7% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	13% 9% 44% 26% 8% 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 17% 40% 26% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 15% 39% 26% 6% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	16% 19% 42% 19% 5%	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 19% 43% 18% 6% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 12% 40% 20% 8% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	28% 14% 33% 17% 6% 1	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	20% 18% 40% 18% 3	301
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 17% 33% 22% 7%	640
	21st to end	Day	24% 15% 30% 21% 8% 2	650
May	1st to 10th	Day	20% 12% 35% 23% 9% 1	653
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 12% 30% 24% 14% 3	675
	21st to end	Day	19% 8% 31% 28% 11% 2	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 8% 27% 34% 21% 4	680
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 33% 33% 14% 3	680
	21st to end	Day	8% 8% 32% 33% 17% 2	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 20% 34% 27% 5%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 26% 42% 19% 5%	668
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 23% 44% 22% 4	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 20% 42% 22% 3	676
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 3 23% 37% 20% 4	665
	21st to end	Day	11% 3 27% 36% 21% 3	748
September	1st to 10th	Day	13% 4 28% 39% 12% 4	363
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 39% 30% 14% 4	300
	21st to end	Day	14% 12% 30% 28% 12% 4	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	21% 8% 26% 28% 14% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 13% 37% 24% 9% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	18% 15% 37% 22% 7% 1	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 14% 34% 26% 7% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 17% 42% 21% 6%	300
	21st to end	Day	16% 18% 33% 24% 8% 1	299
December	1st to 10th	Day	11% 13% 43% 26% 6% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 14% 38% 27% 7%	270
	21st to end	Day	18% 17% 41% 19% 4 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 14% 38% 28% 6% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 15% 39% 28% 6% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	15% 9% 43% 26% 6%	1045
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 13% 40% 27% 4	950
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 11% 42% 28% 5%	857
	21st to end	Night	13% 11% 42% 28% 6%	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	14% 14% 40% 28% 4	669
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 11% 39% 28% 5%	570
	21st to end	Night	20% 8% 40% 25% 6%	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	19% 14% 38% 25% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 14% 38% 27% 5%	563
	21st to end	Night	17% 13% 35% 26% 8%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	17% 9% 35% 29% 9%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 9% 32% 34% 10% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 32% 33% 10% 1	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 26% 48% 14% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 34% 39% 11% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	5% 6% 28% 47% 13%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 19% 45% 25% 1	555
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 23% 51% 20% 1	552
	21st to end	Night	3 2 21% 56% 18%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 21% 49% 21% 1	567
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 22% 46% 20%	564
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 29% 43% 18% 1	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 26% 42% 17% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 32% 38% 13% 2	570
	21st to end	Night	11% 9% 33% 32% 14%	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	18% 7% 34% 30% 10% 1	644
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 14% 37% 28% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	17% 12% 32% 30% 9%	915
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 11% 37% 32% 7% 1	975
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 12% 40% 29% 6%	1000
	21st to end	Night	14% 12% 37% 29% 9%	1000
December	1st to 10th	Night	12% 12% 45% 26% 5% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 11% 37% 29% 7%	950
	21st to end	Night	18% 14% 39% 24% 6%	1045

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