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(meteorobs) Cloudiness in New England
For your reading pleasure (and to engender all possible sympathy from those
outside our local area), here are the average percentage-cloudy nights for a
representative area of Southern New England, USA, as measured by local pro
meteorologist Jim Corbin. I also quote from one of his messages regarding his
simple-but-effective observing methodology. Enjoy or weep, as the case may be!
And thanks again, Jim!
Lew Gramer
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"In general, I use a 0 to 10 to log the cloud cover. If
half the night is cloudy, then it clears, it's a 5. If cloudy, a 10.
If skies are BKN all night, it's somewhere in between. If clear,
cloud cover is 0. I total these up.
I also keep avg dewpoints daily. If the temp falls to the dewpoint,
ordinarily fog will form and thus some 'cloudcover'."
1996 1995
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Jan. 53% Jan. 53% [Quadrantids here we come! :(]
Feb. 43% Feb. 32%
Mar. 30% Mar. 49%
Apr. 61% Apr. 42%
May 31% May 48%
Jun. 41% Jun. 38%
Jul. 37% Jul. 38%
Aug. 20%
Sep. 40%
Oct. 33%
Nov. 54%
Dec. 41%