Crystal Lake
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Crystal Lake clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-07-06.

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% 9% 4 8% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 37%	119869
	Night	14% 10% 4 8% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 38%	119152
Transparency	Day	44% 6% 12% 23% 14% 2	123423
	Night	45% 6% 11% 22% 14% 2	123739
Seeing	Day	17% 13% 31% 24% 11% 4	16734
	Night	17% 11% 32% 28% 11% 1	26614

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	10% 11% 7% 14% 6% 6% 5% 4 6% 5% 26%	3617
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 13% 7% 11% 4 3 5% 7% 6% 5% 31%	3620
	21st to end	Day	14% 16% 7% 8% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 32%	4097
February	1st to 10th	Day	13% 15% 5% 8% 6% 6% 5% 3 5% 6% 27%	1816
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 12% 4 8% 5% 5% 4 3 4 4 36%	1948
	21st to end	Day	13% 13% 5% 11% 5% 4 3 4 5% 7% 30%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	15% 10% 3 7% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 42%	4480
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 3 7% 4 5% 4 4 6% 9% 42%	4689
	21st to end	Day	18% 14% 6% 13% 5% 5% 5% 3 4 5% 22%	5967
April	1st to 10th	Day	17% 14% 3 8% 5% 4 4 3 5% 5% 31%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 11% 3 7% 6% 5% 4 4 6% 6% 34%	2374
	21st to end	Day	18% 9% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 33%	2505
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 6% 8% 36%	5862
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 41%	6263
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 38%	6935
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 45%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 43%	2800
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 41%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	11% 8% 3 7% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 9% 32%	4511
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 48%	4440
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 3 7% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 42%	4813
August	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 4 4 6% 4 7% 9% 42%	4370
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 42%	3738
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 3 7% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 48%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 47%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 1 4 3 3 4 4 5% 8% 53%	2170
	21st to end	Day	11% 7% 3 6% 4 5% 4 4 6% 8% 43%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 47%	2020
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 8% 4 7% 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 36%	1892
	21st to end	Day	19% 9% 3 6% 4 4 5% 3 4 4 37%	1881
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 44%	1762
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 12% 4 10% 5% 3 4 3 6% 5% 32%	1800
	21st to end	Day	17% 11% 4 9% 4 4 3 2 5% 5% 35%	1699
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 8% 4 9% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 8% 41%	2610
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 15% 5% 12% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 24%	3008
	21st to end	Day	22% 24% 8% 11% 5% 3 3 3 3 4 14%	3982
January	1st to 10th	Night	11% 12% 6% 13% 6% 5% 3 3 4 4 32%	6348
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 13% 6% 13% 6% 6% 4 5% 6% 4 22%	6360
	21st to end	Night	16% 15% 6% 9% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 31%	6878
February	1st to 10th	Night	13% 15% 4 9% 5% 5% 3 3 4 6% 32%	2582
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 12% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 5% 38%	2338
	21st to end	Night	17% 12% 3 8% 5% 3 4 2 4 5% 37%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 4 7% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 42%	5373
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 48%	5313
	21st to end	Night	19% 12% 5% 10% 5% 4 4 3 4 4 28%	4962
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 38%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 4 5% 38%	1975
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 38%	1894
May	1st to 10th	Night	18% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 37%	4033
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 44%	3647
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 40%	3942
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 7% 8% 47%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 47%	1600
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 6% 5% 4 4 7% 9% 43%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 7% 39%	2570
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 53%	2530
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 3 6% 4 6% 6% 4 8% 9% 45%	2750
August	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 49%	2564
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 50%	3087
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 1 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 9% 52%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 3 6% 54%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 54%	1990
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 49%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 51%	2156
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 8% 2 6% 3 3 4 2 4 6% 45%	2287
	21st to end	Night	20% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 38%	2717
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 8% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 5% 48%	2536
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 11% 4 8% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 36%	2600
	21st to end	Night	15% 12% 4 8% 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 36%	2699
December	1st to 10th	Night	10% 9% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 42%	4580
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 15% 4 9% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 29%	5199
	21st to end	Night	22% 19% 6% 11% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 17%	6996

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% 5% 11% 17% 8%	3618
	11th to 20th	Day	52% 5% 11% 12% 16% 4	3620
	21st to end	Day	54% 3 12% 20% 11%	4097
February	1st to 10th	Day	57% 6% 11% 15% 10% 1	1816
	11th to 20th	Day	50% 6% 9% 23% 9% 2	1958
	21st to end	Day	52% 7% 10% 18% 11% 1	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	44% 6% 10% 25% 12% 4	4480
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 5% 13% 31% 11% 1	4689
	21st to end	Day	64% 6% 10% 12% 7% 1	5969
April	1st to 10th	Day	55% 6% 9% 20% 10%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 6% 10% 21% 11% 3	2374
	21st to end	Day	50% 8% 12% 17% 12% 1	2505
May	1st to 10th	Day	45% 7% 10% 23% 14% 1	5897
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 8% 10% 25% 16% 1	6267
	21st to end	Day	41% 7% 11% 25% 13% 3	6949
June	1st to 10th	Day	35% 7% 13% 26% 17% 2	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 8% 13% 22% 19% 3	2800
	21st to end	Day	40% 8% 13% 22% 15% 2	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	45% 8% 12% 22% 11% 2	4442
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 7% 16% 28% 16% 1	4365
	21st to end	Day	39% 8% 15% 17% 20% 3	4662
August	1st to 10th	Day	36% 8% 16% 27% 12% 1	4355
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 6% 13% 29% 14% 1	3774
	21st to end	Day	33% 6% 13% 25% 20% 2	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	35% 7% 13% 25% 17% 4	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 6% 12% 31% 20% 2	2170
	21st to end	Day	38% 6% 11% 27% 18% 1	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	25% 4 7% 36% 26% 1	3358
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 4 11% 27% 24% 1	3120
	21st to end	Day	43% 4 9% 27% 13% 3	3081
November	1st to 10th	Day	41% 6% 13% 23% 16% 1	1762
	11th to 20th	Day	52% 6% 11% 20% 10% 1	1800
	21st to end	Day	53% 5% 11% 23% 8%	1699
December	1st to 10th	Day	42% 4 18% 27% 7%	2610
	11th to 20th	Day	59% 6% 11% 17% 7% 1	3005
	21st to end	Day	76% 4 6% 10% 5%	3982
January	1st to 10th	Night	56% 4 8% 20% 11% 1	6348
	11th to 20th	Night	62% 5% 9% 10% 14% 1	6360
	21st to end	Night	56% 5% 13% 15% 11% 1	6878
February	1st to 10th	Night	54% 4 10% 17% 12% 2	2582
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 5% 12% 21% 14% 1	2339
	21st to end	Night	50% 4 11% 21% 10% 4	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	45% 5% 11% 23% 11% 4	5373
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 6% 11% 32% 13% 3	5313
	21st to end	Night	59% 6% 8% 17% 10% 1	4962
April	1st to 10th	Night	45% 7% 11% 23% 13% 1	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 5% 8% 20% 15% 4	1975
	21st to end	Night	45% 6% 10% 23% 13% 2	1894
May	1st to 10th	Night	45% 7% 13% 17% 16% 3	4060
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 8% 15% 23% 14% 4	3648
	21st to end	Night	43% 7% 9% 22% 15% 4	3950
June	1st to 10th	Night	31% 9% 12% 26% 19% 3	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 7% 10% 25% 21% 2	1600
	21st to end	Night	37% 8% 15% 21% 18% 2	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	41% 8% 14% 21% 12% 4	2530
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 7% 15% 33% 17% 1	2482
	21st to end	Night	32% 9% 14% 19% 23% 3	2662
August	1st to 10th	Night	30% 8% 15% 28% 18% 1	2555
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 7% 13% 30% 18% 1	3117
	21st to end	Night	28% 6% 13% 33% 17% 3	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	31% 6% 10% 26% 24% 3	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 7% 7% 32% 23% 2	1990
	21st to end	Night	35% 6% 11% 30% 16% 2	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	23% 4 7% 38% 26% 2	3598
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 4 8% 24% 26% 3	3798
	21st to end	Night	41% 5% 9% 25% 18% 3	4467
November	1st to 10th	Night	39% 5% 8% 27% 18% 3	2536
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 5% 11% 22% 12% 1	2600
	21st to end	Night	50% 5% 12% 22% 11%	2699
December	1st to 10th	Night	42% 5% 14% 27% 10% 2	4580
	11th to 20th	Night	57% 5% 11% 15% 10% 1	5201
	21st to end	Night	69% 5% 8% 11% 6%	6996

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	19% 18% 39% 20% 4	300
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 22% 38% 17% 2 1	300
	21st to end	Day	24% 20% 35% 17% 4 1	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	20% 21% 41% 15% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 24% 34% 16% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	23% 23% 39% 11% 4	249
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 28% 35% 14% 2	300
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 20% 34% 15% 5%	315
	21st to end	Day	26% 16% 33% 17% 6% 2	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	26% 17% 31% 22% 4	500
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 21% 25% 20% 8% 2	492
	21st to end	Day	23% 16% 31% 21% 8% 1	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	18% 17% 32% 23% 8% 2	503
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 15% 30% 24% 9% 3	695
	21st to end	Day	16% 11% 32% 22% 14% 5%	789
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 10% 35% 28% 13% 4	730
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 8% 35% 30% 12% 4	730
	21st to end	Day	12% 12% 31% 30% 12% 4	730
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 24% 32% 20% 11%	697
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 29% 32% 16% 7%	668
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 28% 36% 17% 7%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 23% 33% 20% 10%	649
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 23% 29% 22% 12%	479
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 22% 34% 23% 9%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 25% 27% 22% 6%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 20% 31% 24% 11%	490
	21st to end	Day	13% 13% 26% 25% 16% 7%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 12% 28% 26% 15% 5%	420
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 21% 30% 20% 6%	300
	21st to end	Day	30% 17% 33% 14% 5% 1	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 15% 40% 19% 8% 2	300
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 22% 34% 15% 5% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	25% 12% 41% 19% 2	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	17% 21% 40% 16% 5%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 21% 38% 17% 5%	300
	21st to end	Day	27% 23% 35% 13% 2	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	18% 18% 38% 22% 4	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 18% 38% 19% 5% 1	1000
	21st to end	Night	22% 13% 37% 25% 3	1100
February	1st to 10th	Night	22% 14% 38% 21% 4	982
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 17% 36% 24% 3	783
	21st to end	Night	24% 16% 38% 19% 3	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 16% 36% 21% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 11% 41% 24% 7%	766
	21st to end	Night	24% 12% 31% 25% 7% 1	660
April	1st to 10th	Night	22% 13% 36% 23% 6%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 16% 31% 24% 7% 1	593
	21st to end	Night	22% 12% 31% 29% 7%	600
May	1st to 10th	Night	18% 10% 35% 30% 7% 1	600
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 9% 31% 31% 12%	591
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 28% 34% 16% 1	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 28% 40% 16% 1	600
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 34% 38% 12% 1	600
	21st to end	Night	9% 7% 31% 36% 17% 1	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 20% 39% 29% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 25% 38% 23% 3	552
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 20% 47% 24% 2	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 16% 49% 24% 3	567
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 17% 39% 30% 4	564
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 19% 40% 29% 2	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 22% 34% 25% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 20% 32% 29% 4	660
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 25% 32% 20% 2	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 27% 32% 18% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 14% 32% 24% 10%	760
	21st to end	Night	25% 12% 33% 22% 8%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	17% 12% 37% 24% 9% 1	780
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 17% 34% 22% 5% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	20% 15% 39% 21% 5%	899
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 16% 39% 21% 4	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 14% 36% 22% 4	1000
	21st to end	Night	28% 16% 35% 18% 2	1100

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