York River State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the York River State Park 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	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 42%	101373
	Night	15% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 43%	98374
Transparency	Day	22% 47% 7% 13% 10% 2	105010
	Night	22% 46% 6% 13% 10% 3	102876
Seeing	Day	19% 13% 30% 23% 11% 4	15288
	Night	18% 11% 29% 29% 12% 2	24900

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	17% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 52%	2677
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 46%	2840
	21st to end	Day	16% 11% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 5% 40%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	12% 8% 3 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 40%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 5% 46%	1778
	21st to end	Day	16% 8% 2 8% 4 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 37%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	22% 9% 3 7% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 36%	3360
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 2 4 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 55%	3480
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 6% 5% 41%	3904
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 8% 50%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 48%	2254
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 3 6% 6% 44%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 9% 32%	3844
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 2 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 32%	4225
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 2 4 4 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 47%	4823
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 6% 5% 7% 10% 42%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 1 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 42%	2660
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 6% 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 40%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 6% 9% 11% 39%	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 11% 33%	4195
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 8% 6% 6% 6% 6% 8% 10% 31%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	14% 9% 3 7% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 26%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 3 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 10% 35%	3760
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 4 7% 11% 48%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 6% 4 6% 8% 42%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 40%	2280
	21st to end	Day	20% 8% 3 6% 4 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 36%	2018
October	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 44%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 2 5% 3 3 2 4 4 5% 52%	1900
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 53%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 3 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 52%	1875
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 50%	1800
	21st to end	Day	14% 4 1 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 52%	1690
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 1 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 45%	1584
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 2 5% 3 2 3 2 4 5% 52%	1910
	21st to end	Day	16% 8% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 7% 44%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 46%	4265
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 5% 44%	4120
	21st to end	Night	20% 8% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 4 4 43%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 8% 2 6% 3 4 4 4 5% 6% 42%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 6% 42%	2288
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 46%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	24% 8% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 35%	3491
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 50%	3480
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 3 5% 4 3 3 2 3 5% 48%	3727
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 2 5% 5% 4 4 3 6% 8% 42%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 5% 9% 48%	1875
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 44%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 33%	3080
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 35%	2667
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 45%	2732
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 6% 5% 5% 8% 9% 39%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 6% 5% 6% 10% 40%	1520
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 11% 42%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 2 6% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 38%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 6% 5% 5% 6% 8% 11% 35%	2761
	21st to end	Night	13% 9% 3 8% 7% 6% 5% 5% 7% 7% 30%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	17% 9% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 30%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 10% 41%	3035
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 48%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 3 6% 8% 45%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 7% 3 4 5% 5% 6% 7% 44%	1900
	21st to end	Night	21% 8% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 6% 6% 36%	2156
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 46%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 50%	2280
	21st to end	Night	14% 4 2 4 4 3 3 2 4 6% 53%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 4 5% 50%	2421
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 2 4 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 48%	2600
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 51%	2706
December	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 3 6% 43%	2779
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 3 4 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 46%	3285
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 43%	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	22% 37% 3 22% 14% 3	2678
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 37% 5% 13% 17% 4	2840
	21st to end	Day	31% 40% 7% 12% 9% 1	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 65% 3 10% 5% 1	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 64% 3 8% 7% 2	1787
	21st to end	Day	19% 64% 4 5% 5% 2	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	37% 41% 6% 6% 7% 3	3360
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 41% 5% 17% 19% 6%	3480
	21st to end	Day	26% 41% 7% 11% 12% 3	3904
April	1st to 10th	Day	14% 65% 3 9% 7% 2	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 65% 4 9% 7% 2	2254
	21st to end	Day	15% 65% 5% 9% 5% 2	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	31% 44% 8% 13% 3 1	3879
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 43% 8% 13% 4	4229
	21st to end	Day	16% 43% 10% 15% 13% 2	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 66% 5% 8% 6%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 65% 7% 10% 7%	2660
	21st to end	Day	11% 64% 7% 11% 7%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	23% 41% 17% 11% 6% 2	4370
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 38% 17% 11% 3	4123
	21st to end	Day	32% 39% 8% 11% 11%	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	35% 38% 12% 12% 2	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 40% 8% 17% 8%	3797
	21st to end	Day	16% 38% 10% 21% 15% 1	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	17% 61% 7% 9% 5% 1	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 60% 4 9% 7% 2	2280
	21st to end	Day	24% 59% 3 10% 3 1	2018
October	1st to 10th	Day	22% 38% 5% 14% 18% 3	3160
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 37% 3 13% 29% 7%	3140
	21st to end	Day	9% 36% 6% 20% 20% 10%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 55% 5% 11% 9% 2	1875
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 56% 3 9% 12% 3	1800
	21st to end	Day	16% 56% 3 13% 10% 2	1690
December	1st to 10th	Day	21% 57% 4 10% 5% 3	1584
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 47% 3 16% 10% 6%	1906
	21st to end	Day	27% 38% 6% 19% 10%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	26% 37% 4 15% 14% 4	4265
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 36% 4 14% 16% 3	4120
	21st to end	Night	30% 39% 3 13% 10% 3	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 64% 6% 9% 5% 1	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 63% 2 8% 7% 2	2290
	21st to end	Night	15% 64% 3 9% 6% 2	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	37% 41% 5% 9% 7% 1	3491
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 40% 4 13% 18% 6%	3480
	21st to end	Night	25% 39% 3 16% 13% 3	3727
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 65% 3 6% 9% 1	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 65% 4 10% 7% 1	1875
	21st to end	Night	15% 65% 5% 9% 6% 1	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	33% 43% 8% 11% 4	3110
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 42% 7% 17% 3	2668
	21st to end	Night	20% 43% 12% 14% 11%	2739
June	1st to 10th	Night	16% 65% 5% 7% 6% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 65% 6% 8% 8% 1	1520
	21st to end	Night	12% 64% 6% 10% 7% 2	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	26% 44% 11% 12% 6% 1	2480
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 39% 15% 14% 2	2710
	21st to end	Night	36% 38% 6% 10% 9%	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	37% 38% 10% 12% 2	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 40% 13% 18% 8%	3064
	21st to end	Night	17% 37% 5% 20% 20% 1	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	15% 62% 9% 8% 4 2	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 60% 4 10% 8% 1	1900
	21st to end	Night	24% 60% 4 8% 3	2156
October	1st to 10th	Night	22% 37% 8% 15% 14% 3	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 36% 4 15% 25% 9%	3779
	21st to end	Night	9% 35% 3 25% 18% 11%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	20% 55% 4 10% 9% 2	2421
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 56% 3 10% 9% 6%	2600
	21st to end	Night	14% 56% 4 12% 12% 2	2706
December	1st to 10th	Night	22% 57% 3 10% 5% 2	2779
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 48% 4 11% 12% 4	3288
	21st to end	Night	26% 38% 9% 16% 10% 1	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	26% 28% 31% 12% 3	225
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 31% 30% 11% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	25% 25% 41% 7% 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	23% 27% 38% 9% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 26% 31% 11% 1	386
	21st to end	Day	33% 18% 33% 12% 4	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	25% 26% 31% 13% 4	460
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 24% 32% 12% 4 1	460
	21st to end	Day	23% 23% 36% 14% 4	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	22% 27% 31% 13% 5% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 18% 36% 20% 6% 3	452
	21st to end	Day	20% 16% 39% 19% 4 1	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	19% 16% 39% 18% 6% 1	463
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 13% 36% 20% 8% 1	487
	21st to end	Day	20% 7% 28% 28% 14% 3	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 8% 32% 30% 13% 3	490
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 26% 32% 16% 5%	490
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 29% 37% 15% 4	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 20% 38% 23% 5%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 20% 40% 24% 6%	484
	21st to end	Day	10% 3 28% 34% 19% 7%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 25% 34% 19% 6%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 22% 33% 22% 6%	479
	21st to end	Day	10% 3 24% 29% 24% 10%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	15% 4 25% 27% 18% 12%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 25% 29% 16% 9%	490
	21st to end	Day	29% 9% 26% 22% 9% 4	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 7% 25% 26% 14% 8%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 13% 25% 29% 12% 3	490
	21st to end	Day	16% 14% 33% 22% 11% 4	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 11% 32% 24% 11% 4	453
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 18% 32% 19% 9% 1	400
	21st to end	Day	23% 18% 29% 18% 11% 1	290
December	1st to 10th	Day	25% 23% 34% 14% 5%	196
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 22% 28% 20% 4	180
	21st to end	Day	25% 22% 28% 16% 8%	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 20% 35% 21% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 19% 32% 22% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	23% 16% 35% 24% 2	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 16% 40% 20% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 21% 35% 14% 2	743
	21st to end	Night	26% 18% 35% 17% 4	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	22% 16% 35% 23% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 18% 34% 19% 4 1	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 15% 40% 20% 4	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	19% 20% 39% 18% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 12% 40% 23% 7% 1	751
	21st to end	Night	18% 12% 35% 29% 5%	760
May	1st to 10th	Night	19% 13% 36% 25% 6% 1	736
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 8% 29% 36% 9% 1	481
	21st to end	Night	15% 3 22% 41% 17% 2	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 26% 42% 16% 2	380
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 23% 43% 19% 2	380
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 23% 43% 19% 3	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 20% 42% 25% 1	370
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 15% 45% 28% 4	502
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 23% 38% 26% 3	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 16% 42% 26% 3	567
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 2 15% 42% 26% 3	712
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 16% 35% 30% 6%	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	14% 4 17% 38% 24% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 3 17% 36% 24% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	25% 5% 21% 30% 16% 2	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 21% 30% 20% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 11% 27% 28% 14% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 11% 28% 27% 14% 2	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	17% 9% 28% 29% 14% 2	780
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 13% 32% 28% 8% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	16% 15% 30% 30% 9% 1	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	23% 13% 34% 21% 8% 2	795
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 12% 38% 25% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	21% 15% 29% 29% 6%	836

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