Narrows Lock
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Narrows Lock clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-12-09.

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	17% 10% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 33%	101857
	Night	17% 11% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 32%	97919
Transparency	Day	49% 6% 12% 22% 10% 1	105366
	Night	51% 6% 12% 20% 10% 1	102499
Seeing	Day	23% 16% 30% 20% 9% 3	14584
	Night	23% 14% 30% 24% 9% 1	23768

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover NE (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	14% 17% 6% 9% 6% 5% 4 4 5% 4 26%	2517
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 16% 6% 14% 7% 5% 5% 4 4 4 22%	2520
	21st to end	Day	18% 19% 6% 14% 6% 6% 4 3 4 4 17%	2973
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 15% 4 11% 7% 5% 4 4 5% 5% 23%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 15% 6% 10% 6% 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 28%	1663
	21st to end	Day	20% 14% 5% 9% 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 24%	1564
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 13% 4 10% 6% 5% 3 3 3 4 29%	3172
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 16% 4 9% 6% 5% 5% 3 4 6% 31%	3480
	21st to end	Day	13% 10% 3 8% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 42%	3992
April	1st to 10th	Day	20% 13% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 33%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 10% 2 7% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 37%	2254
	21st to end	Day	21% 10% 3 8% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 32%	2379
May	1st to 10th	Day	21% 7% 3 8% 6% 4 5% 3 5% 7% 32%	4426
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 9% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 8% 34%	4398
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 41%	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	20% 9% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 30%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 37%	2660
	21st to end	Day	16% 8% 3 7% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 33%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 37%	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 41%	4440
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 6% 4 8% 8% 41%	4814
August	1st to 10th	Day	17% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 37%	4247
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 37%	4012
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 39%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 6% 3 6% 8% 42%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 3 3 5% 8% 48%	2280
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 4 3 5% 7% 40%	2018
October	1st to 10th	Day	21% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 2 4 6% 37%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 9% 4 8% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 30%	1900
	21st to end	Day	26% 9% 2 8% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 26%	1973
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 10% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 3 6% 7% 34%	1761
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 13% 3 10% 5% 5% 4 3 4 6% 31%	1605
	21st to end	Day	21% 15% 4 9% 6% 5% 6% 3 5% 4 22%	1600
December	1st to 10th	Day	22% 19% 4 11% 4 4 4 4 5% 5% 18%	1584
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 14% 5% 11% 6% 4 4 4 4 4 24%	1906
	21st to end	Day	26% 17% 5% 13% 5% 3 3 2 3 3 20%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	18% 15% 6% 11% 6% 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 21%	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 15% 6% 14% 8% 6% 5% 4 4 5% 20%	4440
	21st to end	Night	20% 17% 6% 12% 6% 6% 4 3 3 4 20%	4679
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 15% 5% 10% 6% 4 5% 4 6% 5% 23%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 15% 5% 9% 6% 5% 5% 3 4 5% 29%	2403
	21st to end	Night	16% 14% 3 9% 6% 5% 4 3 5% 5% 29%	1889
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 12% 4 8% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 32%	3665
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 16% 4 7% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 6% 26%	3479
	21st to end	Night	15% 11% 2 8% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 41%	3638
April	1st to 10th	Night	21% 10% 3 8% 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 35%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 37%	1875
	21st to end	Night	21% 10% 3 7% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 33%	1816
May	1st to 10th	Night	22% 10% 3 7% 4 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 30%	2514
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 37%	2495
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 3 4 5% 4 6% 8% 42%	2738
June	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 6% 6% 8% 33%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 3 5% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 42%	1520
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 9% 34%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 8% 5% 6% 6% 5% 6% 8% 38%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 45%	2520
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 46%	2739
August	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 43%	2665
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 42%	2785
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 41%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 3 6% 5% 4 3 3 5% 7% 47%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 7% 51%	1900
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 6% 42%	2159
October	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 37%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 9% 2 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 32%	2280
	21st to end	Night	23% 10% 3 7% 4 5% 4 3 5% 5% 30%	2623
November	1st to 10th	Night	18% 10% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 35%	2537
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 10% 4 8% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 33%	2794
	21st to end	Night	21% 14% 4 9% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 24%	2800
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 17% 5% 11% 6% 5% 4 3 4 5% 20%	2779
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 15% 4 9% 5% 4 4 3 4 4 27%	3288
	21st to end	Night	30% 16% 3 11% 5% 4 3 3 4 4 16%	4884

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	59% 7% 14% 12% 6% 2	2518
	11th to 20th	Day	66% 5% 11% 10% 8%	2520
	21st to end	Day	71% 6% 8% 9% 5% 1	2973
February	1st to 10th	Day	62% 5% 8% 17% 6% 1	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	58% 4 11% 16% 9% 1	1672
	21st to end	Day	64% 5% 9% 12% 9% 1	1564
March	1st to 10th	Day	59% 4 9% 18% 9% 1	3175
	11th to 20th	Day	54% 5% 14% 14% 11% 2	3480
	21st to end	Day	43% 4 8% 25% 17% 4	3992
April	1st to 10th	Day	55% 4 7% 18% 13% 3	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	50% 4 7% 20% 17% 2	2254
	21st to end	Day	54% 5% 9% 15% 14% 4	2379
May	1st to 10th	Day	51% 7% 10% 20% 11% 2	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 7% 12% 22% 9% 1	4402
	21st to end	Day	39% 8% 12% 25% 14% 2	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	51% 8% 10% 19% 12% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 6% 11% 25% 13% 2	2660
	21st to end	Day	48% 8% 13% 19% 11% 1	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	40% 7% 14% 27% 12% 1	4370
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 7% 16% 32% 9%	4365
	21st to end	Day	37% 8% 14% 29% 10%	4661
August	1st to 10th	Day	45% 6% 15% 23% 11% 1	4233
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 7% 14% 27% 10% 1	4051
	21st to end	Day	39% 6% 15% 28% 11%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	39% 7% 14% 27% 12% 1	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 6% 13% 30% 16% 1	2280
	21st to end	Day	44% 6% 13% 26% 11%	2018
October	1st to 10th	Day	43% 5% 13% 30% 8%	3160
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 6% 15% 26% 9%	3140
	21st to end	Day	48% 6% 15% 24% 6%	3224
November	1st to 10th	Day	48% 7% 13% 22% 9% 1	1761
	11th to 20th	Day	54% 6% 10% 18% 11% 1	1605
	21st to end	Day	63% 7% 11% 11% 8%	1600
December	1st to 10th	Day	67% 7% 11% 10% 4 1	1584
	11th to 20th	Day	64% 6% 14% 12% 4	1906
	21st to end	Day	71% 4 7% 14% 4	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	63% 7% 14% 12% 4	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	66% 7% 11% 11% 5%	4440
	21st to end	Night	68% 6% 9% 10% 6% 1	4679
February	1st to 10th	Night	62% 6% 10% 15% 6% 1	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	57% 4 11% 19% 9%	2405
	21st to end	Night	57% 6% 9% 17% 10% 1	1889
March	1st to 10th	Night	55% 5% 8% 22% 9% 1	3675
	11th to 20th	Night	57% 6% 14% 14% 8% 1	3480
	21st to end	Night	46% 3 9% 23% 17% 3	3638
April	1st to 10th	Night	52% 4 7% 20% 14% 3	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	49% 6% 7% 19% 17% 1	1875
	21st to end	Night	52% 4 9% 16% 15% 3	1816
May	1st to 10th	Night	53% 7% 10% 18% 10% 3	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 8% 11% 23% 10% 2	2496
	21st to end	Night	39% 7% 13% 21% 18% 2	2739
June	1st to 10th	Night	46% 9% 12% 21% 12% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 6% 13% 22% 18% 2	1520
	21st to end	Night	45% 9% 12% 20% 13% 1	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	42% 7% 13% 21% 15% 2	2480
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 7% 13% 34% 10%	2472
	21st to end	Night	37% 9% 14% 25% 13% 2	2651
August	1st to 10th	Night	39% 7% 14% 26% 13% 1	2655
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 7% 13% 31% 9% 1	2812
	21st to end	Night	35% 9% 17% 27% 11% 1	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	37% 7% 13% 29% 14% 1	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 7% 13% 33% 13% 1	1900
	21st to end	Night	41% 6% 11% 30% 12% 1	2159
October	1st to 10th	Night	40% 6% 12% 28% 14%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 6% 15% 26% 10%	3779
	21st to end	Night	48% 6% 14% 24% 8%	4322
November	1st to 10th	Night	48% 6% 13% 22% 10% 1	2537
	11th to 20th	Night	51% 5% 12% 19% 11% 2	2794
	21st to end	Night	60% 7% 11% 16% 5%	2800
December	1st to 10th	Night	67% 6% 10% 13% 4	2779
	11th to 20th	Night	61% 5% 11% 15% 7% 1	3288
	21st to end	Night	71% 6% 8% 12% 3	4884

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	28% 21% 34% 13% 4 1	180
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 17% 31% 16% 2 1	180
	21st to end	Day	24% 21% 32% 19% 4	256
February	1st to 10th	Day	34% 22% 32% 10% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 24% 37% 7% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	34% 20% 34% 11% 2	376
March	1st to 10th	Day	27% 21% 32% 16% 5%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 19% 31% 15% 4	460
	21st to end	Day	32% 21% 28% 12% 7% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	30% 21% 29% 14% 6%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 18% 23% 14% 8% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	28% 19% 34% 11% 5% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	24% 18% 30% 21% 6% 2	463
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 15% 35% 21% 9% 2	487
	21st to end	Day	19% 13% 32% 24% 10% 2	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	22% 14% 32% 23% 7% 2	490
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 15% 32% 20% 12% 3	490
	21st to end	Day	20% 14% 30% 23% 9% 3	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	13% 9% 29% 31% 14% 3	485
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 10% 31% 26% 14% 4	484
	21st to end	Day	13% 9% 32% 30% 12% 4	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	16% 8% 28% 30% 13% 4	486
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 27% 30% 16% 6%	479
	21st to end	Day	16% 11% 30% 24% 12% 6%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 13% 31% 24% 12% 7%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 10% 24% 25% 18% 12%	490
	21st to end	Day	20% 11% 28% 25% 13% 4	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	26% 17% 25% 17% 11% 4	490
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 18% 31% 15% 6% 2	490
	21st to end	Day	30% 20% 27% 18% 4	476
November	1st to 10th	Day	27% 18% 29% 19% 7%	395
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 18% 35% 12% 6% 2	205
	21st to end	Day	30% 22% 34% 12% 3	200
December	1st to 10th	Day	32% 18% 33% 14% 4	196
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 22% 34% 5% 4	180
	21st to end	Day	35% 20% 32% 11% 3 1	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	29% 18% 30% 20% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 17% 29% 19% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 16% 35% 24% 5%	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	26% 19% 35% 18% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 19% 38% 16% 3	743
	21st to end	Night	26% 18% 34% 18% 4	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	25% 17% 33% 22% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 20% 27% 21% 4 1	760
	21st to end	Night	23% 17% 32% 20% 8%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	28% 15% 32% 22% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 20% 29% 18% 7% 1	751
	21st to end	Night	26% 14% 29% 23% 8% 1	676
May	1st to 10th	Night	25% 10% 24% 28% 11% 1	380
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 12% 33% 30% 8%	374
	21st to end	Night	12% 9% 40% 27% 11%	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 32% 34% 10% 1	380
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 10% 30% 31% 13% 1	380
	21st to end	Night	20% 6% 26% 35% 13% 1	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 29% 38% 15% 1	370
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 26% 37% 16% 1	368
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 29% 42% 13% 1	416
August	1st to 10th	Night	15% 4 26% 33% 21% 1	472
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 22% 33% 23% 3	564
	21st to end	Night	12% 7% 30% 33% 16% 2	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 31% 31% 17% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 21% 28% 23% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 10% 25% 25% 18% 2	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	22% 12% 28% 21% 15% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 13% 30% 23% 7% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	30% 14% 27% 24% 6%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	28% 14% 29% 21% 7%	780
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 17% 32% 17% 8%	800
	21st to end	Night	31% 18% 28% 17% 6%	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	30% 19% 30% 17% 4	795
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 20% 32% 18% 3 1	760
	21st to end	Night	34% 17% 29% 18% 2	836

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