Hi Phil;
Saint John is the oldest city in Canada. We are situated along the Fundy Coast and the Atlantic Ocean. The following website gives a brief but precise overview about the city of Saint John:
http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/mclays/stjohn.html
Of more importance; How many clear nights on average do we get? Not a great amount unfortunately! If we were to define a "clear night" as being no more than 25% cloud cover in the sky at any time throughout the whole night, I would guess that on average we have only about 50 clear nights in one year (on average).
The winter months (December-March) seems to offer more clear nights, however it can get downright nippy (cold), at times -25 deg. to - 40deg. celsius with the wind chill factor.
Of even more importance, I just checked the forecast and it looks like it will be clear tonight. I can give my 12 inch dob a test run again.
Hopefully the clearing trend will continue for the coming weekend as our annual Dam Star Party (situated in the Mactaquac Provincial Park, not far from the Mactaquac Dam) takes place this weekend. The Mactaquac Park is about a 90 minute drive west of Saint John.
Thanks for the "Happy Birthday".
HEADS UP!
Adrien