Lake Buffum
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Lake Buffum clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-08-15.

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	7% 5% 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 10% 40%	143209
	Night	8% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 42%	138682
Transparency	Day	37% 8% 18% 20% 12% 5%	146930
	Night	37% 8% 17% 20% 13% 5%	143033
Seeing	Day	7% 4 16% 25% 25% 21%	18030
	Night	9% 4 19% 34% 26% 8%	28060

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	5% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 55%	5258
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 9% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 33%	5280
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 8% 47%	6076
February	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 48%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 6% 8% 53%	2048
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 49%	1856
March	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 3 6% 5% 6% 5% 4 5% 7% 46%	5045
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 1 4 4 3 4 3 4 9% 61%	5090
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 49%	5586
April	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 1 5% 5% 4 6% 5% 7% 8% 49%	2310
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 6% 9% 45%	2307
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 52%	2520
May	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 5% 5% 5% 6% 4 8% 11% 51%	7377
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 44%	7626
	21st to end	Day	3 4 2 6% 5% 6% 7% 6% 9% 12% 40%	8391
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 9% 3 9% 7% 7% 6% 6% 8% 9% 23%	2730
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 7% 3 10% 8% 7% 7% 6% 9% 10% 26%	2730
	21st to end	Day	8% 7% 4 9% 8% 8% 7% 6% 8% 9% 27%	2730
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 6% 3 9% 7% 7% 8% 6% 10% 14% 25%	7680
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 9% 7% 7% 8% 7% 9% 15% 29%	7680
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 3 8% 7% 7% 8% 6% 9% 13% 31%	8340
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 7% 3 10% 8% 7% 8% 6% 9% 12% 25%	4364
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 2 8% 6% 7% 8% 6% 9% 12% 33%	3922
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 3 10% 8% 7% 8% 7% 9% 13% 23%	3949
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 7% 3 10% 8% 8% 8% 7% 8% 11% 22%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 7% 3 9% 8% 9% 8% 7% 8% 9% 24%	2200
	21st to end	Day	8% 7% 3 10% 7% 8% 6% 6% 9% 9% 28%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 3 7% 6% 5% 7% 5% 7% 9% 33%	2188
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 47%	2000
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 49%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 9% 49%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 8% 48%	2100
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 2 6% 6% 4 5% 3 7% 8% 46%	2021
December	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 59%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 7% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 9% 43%	3463
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 37%	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 55%	7635
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 10% 4 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 35%	7680
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 47%	8088
February	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 2 6% 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 48%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 3 6% 8% 50%	2458
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 1 5% 4 3 5% 4 6% 7% 53%	1948
March	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 46%	5028
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 3 3 4 7% 9% 57%	5090
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 51%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 2 4 3 4 3 4 7% 9% 52%	2310
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 54%	2261
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 7% 58%	2100
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 47%	5516
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 46%	5234
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 11% 43%	5761
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 8% 3 7% 6% 5% 5% 5% 9% 10% 33%	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 8% 3 8% 8% 7% 6% 5% 8% 12% 30%	1890
	21st to end	Night	6% 7% 3 8% 8% 7% 7% 6% 8% 11% 31%	1890
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 7% 3 11% 8% 8% 8% 6% 9% 12% 21%	5278
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 3 9% 7% 8% 8% 7% 10% 12% 27%	5277
	21st to end	Night	5% 6% 3 10% 7% 7% 7% 6% 9% 10% 28%	5736
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 6% 3 9% 6% 6% 6% 5% 9% 12% 34%	3005
	11th to 20th	Night	4 6% 3 9% 6% 6% 7% 5% 9% 12% 35%	3160
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 3 9% 6% 6% 8% 6% 10% 12% 28%	3949
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 7% 3 8% 6% 6% 7% 5% 9% 13% 28%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 9% 3 10% 7% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 27%	2200
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 3 8% 6% 6% 5% 5% 7% 9% 32%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 3 7% 4 4 5% 4 7% 8% 39%	2210
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 6% 7% 50%	2400
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 51%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 6% 3 4 4 4 5% 8% 51%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 4 6% 7% 49%	2520
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 47%	2594
December	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 6% 9% 59%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 48%	4952
	21st to end	Night	11% 8% 4 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 37%	6633

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	27% 4 9% 26% 25% 9%	5259
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 3 7% 16% 14% 8%	5280
	21st to end	Day	35% 4 8% 27% 16% 11%	6076
February	1st to 10th	Day	34% 6% 10% 18% 21% 12%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 5% 11% 22% 23% 11%	2058
	21st to end	Day	32% 6% 11% 17% 23% 11%	1856
March	1st to 10th	Day	35% 8% 11% 17% 21% 8%	5045
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 6% 9% 24% 22% 19%	5090
	21st to end	Day	31% 5% 10% 27% 18% 8%	5586
April	1st to 10th	Day	29% 7% 16% 24% 17% 7%	2310
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 9% 11% 17% 21% 9%	2307
	21st to end	Day	26% 8% 12% 24% 23% 8%	2520
May	1st to 10th	Day	24% 6% 23% 30% 14% 3	7409
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 7% 18% 27% 14% 1	7630
	21st to end	Day	32% 7% 25% 25% 10% 1	8405
June	1st to 10th	Day	53% 12% 16% 14% 5%	2730
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 12% 22% 15% 3	2730
	21st to end	Day	49% 14% 22% 12% 2 1	2730
July	1st to 10th	Day	46% 10% 36% 8% 1	7615
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 9% 36% 12%	7611
	21st to end	Day	42% 9% 29% 19% 1	8156
August	1st to 10th	Day	48% 12% 30% 9% 2	4351
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 12% 25% 17% 6%	3961
	21st to end	Day	49% 13% 27% 11% 1	3949
September	1st to 10th	Day	50% 18% 19% 11% 2	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	52% 15% 19% 11% 4	2200
	21st to end	Day	48% 11% 17% 13% 9% 2	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	55% 9% 15% 10% 6% 4	3565
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 6% 10% 24% 29% 4	3240
	21st to end	Day	30% 5% 7% 24% 28% 7%	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	30% 6% 14% 20% 20% 10%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 6% 9% 21% 21% 9%	2100
	21st to end	Day	34% 6% 11% 21% 18% 9%	2021
December	1st to 10th	Day	25% 5% 15% 29% 18% 9%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 6% 12% 18% 19% 8%	3460
	21st to end	Day	42% 7% 12% 20% 15% 4	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	27% 5% 9% 28% 23% 9%	7636
	11th to 20th	Night	49% 4 9% 18% 12% 8%	7680
	21st to end	Night	35% 5% 12% 24% 14% 10%	8088
February	1st to 10th	Night	33% 7% 12% 17% 21% 11%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 6% 12% 21% 21% 9%	2459
	21st to end	Night	29% 6% 13% 19% 24% 8%	1948
March	1st to 10th	Night	35% 8% 11% 19% 19% 8%	5028
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 7% 16% 23% 17% 17%	5090
	21st to end	Night	31% 5% 11% 26% 22% 5%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	26% 7% 17% 27% 16% 7%	2310
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 8% 14% 22% 23% 7%	2261
	21st to end	Night	22% 7% 16% 25% 24% 6%	2100
May	1st to 10th	Night	29% 9% 22% 26% 11% 3	5546
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 9% 20% 27% 11% 1	5235
	21st to end	Night	32% 9% 27% 23% 9%	5771
June	1st to 10th	Night	42% 12% 23% 18% 5%	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 12% 22% 17% 3	1890
	21st to end	Night	44% 16% 23% 14% 4	1890
July	1st to 10th	Night	53% 12% 27% 7% 1	5235
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 13% 31% 9%	5226
	21st to end	Night	46% 10% 27% 17%	5606
August	1st to 10th	Night	41% 14% 31% 12% 2	2994
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 12% 27% 15% 6%	3187
	21st to end	Night	45% 14% 32% 9% 1	3949
September	1st to 10th	Night	45% 20% 23% 11% 2	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	49% 14% 20% 15% 2	2200
	21st to end	Night	46% 11% 18% 16% 8% 2	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	57% 10% 11% 12% 7% 3	3613
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 7% 8% 28% 22% 5%	3899
	21st to end	Night	30% 5% 8% 25% 26% 7%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	31% 7% 13% 20% 20% 9%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 8% 10% 23% 19% 9%	2520
	21st to end	Night	33% 7% 10% 22% 20% 8%	2594
December	1st to 10th	Night	22% 4 19% 29% 14% 12%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 5% 13% 21% 16% 10%	4954
	21st to end	Night	43% 7% 14% 19% 12% 5%	6633

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	9% 7% 34% 33% 15% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 12% 35% 29% 13% 3	330
	21st to end	Day	14% 12% 40% 26% 8%	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	9% 12% 23% 31% 19% 6%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 34% 35% 14% 6%	330
	21st to end	Day	8% 7% 26% 34% 22% 4	399
March	1st to 10th	Day	5% 6% 31% 36% 19% 2	540
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 7% 29% 31% 22% 3	540
	21st to end	Day	5% 6% 23% 36% 26% 5%	594
April	1st to 10th	Day	6% 6% 28% 34% 21% 5%	540
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 6% 24% 32% 23% 8%	532
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 16% 32% 31% 11%	540
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 16% 29% 34% 14%	543
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 16% 28% 28% 19%	567
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 7% 21% 35% 30%	617
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 2 8% 22% 28% 26%	570
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 6% 17% 30% 38%	570
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 4 12% 26% 50%	570
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 4 9% 23% 57%	565
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 4 11% 29% 52%	564
	21st to end	Day	8% 1 3 15% 24% 49%	620
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 6% 12% 23% 51%	566
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 3 10% 24% 58%	535
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 7% 17% 26% 39%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 6% 11% 29% 43%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 5% 20% 29% 33%	530
	21st to end	Day	9% 2 7% 20% 35% 29%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 12% 28% 32% 11%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 15% 32% 31% 11%	530
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 14% 38% 29% 8%	583
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 19% 30% 30% 7%	535
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 21% 35% 24% 5%	540
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 24% 33% 25% 5%	461
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 8% 30% 31% 18% 6%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 28% 33% 20% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	7% 7% 27% 33% 20% 6%	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 28% 40% 14%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 29% 40% 13% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 35% 34% 10%	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 29% 38% 14%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 28% 43% 13% 1	823
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 31% 42% 12%	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	5% 6% 33% 45% 10% 1	840
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 7% 30% 41% 15% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 27% 44% 16%	924
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 28% 46% 16%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 28% 47% 15% 1	831
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 26% 45% 20%	840
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 18% 49% 23% 2	730
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 14% 40% 33% 4	621
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 10% 35% 42% 6%	683
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 7% 30% 43% 7%	630
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 5% 20% 45% 23%	630
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 4 15% 43% 31%	630
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 3 9% 47% 32%	615
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 1 10% 46% 36%	612
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 3 11% 47% 34%	690
August	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 3 9% 50% 31%	627
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 4 11% 42% 38%	654
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 6% 22% 38% 22%	880
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 6% 20% 40% 22%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 2 6% 26% 37% 16%	800
	21st to end	Night	13% 2 8% 28% 38% 11%	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 2 15% 39% 27% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 16% 35% 36% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 18% 41% 26% 2	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 22% 39% 22% 3	820
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 20% 42% 24% 2	840
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 25% 43% 18% 2	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 26% 40% 22% 1	840
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 24% 37% 21% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 25% 39% 21% 1	924

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