Winchester
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Winchester clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-03-12.

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	12% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 6% 8% 40%	108881
	Night	13% 9% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 42%	110302
Transparency	Day	40% 7% 13% 23% 16% 2	112473
	Night	41% 6% 11% 23% 16% 2	114851
Seeing	Day	15% 9% 27% 27% 17% 5%	16082
	Night	16% 9% 30% 31% 13% 1	26096

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	13% 10% 7% 15% 6% 4 4 4 5% 6% 27%	3617
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 10% 4 10% 7% 7% 7% 4 6% 5% 30%	3804
	21st to end	Day	16% 16% 7% 9% 5% 3 3 2 4 4 31%	4488
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 11% 5% 9% 5% 5% 5% 3 4 7% 31%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 12% 3 7% 6% 5% 4 3 5% 7% 33%	1900
	21st to end	Day	14% 11% 4 8% 5% 4 4 2 5% 6% 38%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	17% 13% 3 6% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 41%	3253
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 48%	3491
	21st to end	Day	16% 11% 4 8% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 7% 31%	4027
April	1st to 10th	Day	14% 8% 2 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 40%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 9% 3 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 39%	2254
	21st to end	Day	19% 6% 2 8% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 6% 36%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 32%	3946
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 37%	4399
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 8% 47%	4824
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 46%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 47%	2660
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 43%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 7% 10% 39%	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 6% 5% 4 6% 5% 7% 10% 47%	4440
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 11% 40%	4665
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 6% 4 4 4 5% 7% 10% 49%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 7% 10% 41%	3762
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 10% 50%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 2 4 3 4 4 3 6% 6% 52%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 6% 51%	2256
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 4 3 5% 3 6% 8% 51%	2078
October	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 53%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 7% 48%	1900
	21st to end	Day	18% 9% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 3 6% 43%	2046
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 4 5% 6% 50%	1762
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 3 6% 3 4 3 3 4 6% 45%	1800
	21st to end	Day	15% 11% 5% 7% 4 4 3 3 5% 4 39%	1675
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 7% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 51%	2610
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 10% 6% 9% 6% 4 5% 3 5% 6% 33%	3008
	21st to end	Day	23% 19% 6% 11% 5% 2 3 3 4 4 19%	3982
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 12% 6% 11% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 31%	6348
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 14% 5% 12% 5% 4 7% 4 4 4 30%	6158
	21st to end	Night	17% 14% 5% 9% 5% 3 3 2 4 5% 32%	6490
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 11% 6% 8% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 32%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 10% 4 7% 5% 3 4 3 5% 6% 38%	2384
	21st to end	Night	16% 8% 3 7% 5% 3 4 3 4 5% 42%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 11% 3 5% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 41%	3836
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 52%	3497
	21st to end	Night	20% 10% 3 8% 4 3 5% 4 5% 7% 32%	3604
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 7% 43%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 8% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 45%	1875
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 40%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	17% 8% 2 7% 5% 4 4 3 6% 8% 36%	2944
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 41%	2506
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 48%	2743
June	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 5% 6% 8% 52%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 4 3 5% 4 5% 10% 50%	1520
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 49%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 6% 9% 41%	2530
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 2 4 4 4 4 3 6% 9% 58%	2530
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 41%	2895
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 4 4 3 4 4 6% 9% 58%	2836
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 4 3 6% 8% 50%	3066
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 5% 3 4 4 4 7% 10% 54%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 56%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 2 5% 4 3 5% 3 6% 8% 53%	1903
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 55%	2099
October	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 56%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 52%	2280
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 4 6% 44%	2551
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 7% 53%	2536
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 3 6% 4 3 4 2 4 7% 48%	2600
	21st to end	Night	16% 10% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 5% 41%	2720
December	1st to 10th	Night	11% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 46%	4580
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 10% 3 8% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 38%	5199
	21st to end	Night	24% 18% 5% 10% 5% 4 4 3 3 4 20%	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	57% 6% 11% 16% 9% 1	3618
	11th to 20th	Day	52% 6% 14% 15% 10% 4	3804
	21st to end	Day	58% 4 8% 17% 11% 2	4488
February	1st to 10th	Day	53% 5% 12% 20% 9% 1	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 6% 11% 19% 13% 1	1910
	21st to end	Day	48% 4 10% 23% 12% 2	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	47% 5% 9% 21% 17% 2	3253
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 7% 15% 25% 18% 2	3491
	21st to end	Day	50% 8% 18% 18% 5% 1	4027
April	1st to 10th	Day	43% 6% 12% 24% 15% 1	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 6% 10% 24% 14% 2	2254
	21st to end	Day	46% 7% 12% 20% 13% 1	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	44% 10% 14% 22% 9% 1	3981
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 7% 11% 27% 9% 1	4403
	21st to end	Day	34% 8% 10% 23% 23% 1	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	31% 9% 15% 27% 16% 3	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 8% 12% 24% 21% 3	2660
	21st to end	Day	34% 9% 14% 22% 17% 3	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	38% 7% 13% 26% 13% 2	4371
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 8% 15% 27% 19% 2	4365
	21st to end	Day	34% 10% 19% 25% 12% 1	4518
August	1st to 10th	Day	27% 8% 18% 34% 12% 1	4090
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 7% 14% 27% 14% 1	3798
	21st to end	Day	26% 9% 17% 30% 15% 4	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	31% 7% 10% 25% 21% 6%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 6% 10% 27% 23% 4	2256
	21st to end	Day	31% 6% 11% 28% 22% 2	2078
October	1st to 10th	Day	21% 3 8% 17% 47% 5%	3160
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 4 7% 22% 36% 7%	3140
	21st to end	Day	38% 4 8% 25% 23% 2	3348
November	1st to 10th	Day	35% 5% 13% 24% 19% 4	1762
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 4 11% 22% 18% 3	1800
	21st to end	Day	48% 5% 11% 24% 11%	1675
December	1st to 10th	Day	35% 5% 17% 31% 12%	2610
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 6% 11% 21% 10% 2	3005
	21st to end	Day	67% 6% 11% 11% 5%	3982
January	1st to 10th	Night	54% 6% 12% 21% 7%	6348
	11th to 20th	Night	57% 4 9% 17% 11% 2	6158
	21st to end	Night	56% 4 9% 19% 11% 2	6490
February	1st to 10th	Night	52% 7% 11% 18% 10% 2	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 5% 11% 20% 15% 2	2385
	21st to end	Night	44% 5% 11% 22% 15% 3	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	46% 5% 9% 24% 14% 1	3836
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 6% 9% 27% 19% 4	3497
	21st to end	Night	51% 8% 12% 24% 6% 1	3604
April	1st to 10th	Night	40% 6% 11% 25% 15% 4	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 7% 11% 25% 18% 4	1875
	21st to end	Night	45% 5% 10% 21% 16% 2	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	43% 9% 15% 21% 11% 1	2974
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 10% 12% 27% 11% 1	2507
	21st to end	Night	31% 9% 13% 22% 22% 4	2751
June	1st to 10th	Night	27% 8% 14% 28% 18% 4	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 8% 11% 23% 26% 4	1520
	21st to end	Night	28% 8% 16% 24% 18% 5%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	38% 7% 11% 29% 12% 3	2490
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 14% 35% 22% 2	2482
	21st to end	Night	34% 10% 17% 23% 15% 2	2803
August	1st to 10th	Night	21% 8% 18% 35% 16% 1	2826
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 6% 13% 28% 20% 1	3096
	21st to end	Night	24% 7% 18% 31% 16% 4	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	29% 5% 11% 24% 24% 7%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 6% 11% 24% 26% 5%	1903
	21st to end	Night	29% 6% 10% 25% 26% 4	2099
October	1st to 10th	Night	20% 4 7% 20% 44% 5%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 3 9% 21% 36% 6%	3779
	21st to end	Night	33% 4 9% 24% 25% 5%	4199
November	1st to 10th	Night	32% 6% 12% 25% 20% 5%	2536
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 5% 9% 27% 20% 3	2600
	21st to end	Night	45% 4 10% 25% 14% 1	2720
December	1st to 10th	Night	40% 4 11% 31% 13% 1	4580
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 5% 13% 23% 13% 1	5201
	21st to end	Night	68% 6% 11% 11% 4 1	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	21% 17% 33% 21% 7% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 19% 38% 17% 3	300
	21st to end	Day	17% 15% 42% 22% 5%	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	25% 12% 43% 15% 5%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 17% 38% 17% 5%	300
	21st to end	Day	21% 17% 41% 20% 2	249
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 19% 42% 17% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 18% 34% 19% 5%	273
	21st to end	Day	29% 17% 31% 18% 5% 1	420
April	1st to 10th	Day	19% 14% 35% 24% 7% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 17% 31% 22% 12% 1	452
	21st to end	Day	21% 13% 35% 23% 7% 1	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	17% 10% 35% 27% 9% 2	478
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 9% 27% 27% 15% 3	675
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 30% 28% 15% 7%	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 23% 33% 25% 8%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 24% 34% 24% 7%	680
	21st to end	Day	8% 7% 27% 35% 20% 4	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 13% 32% 27% 15%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 19% 34% 28% 9%	668
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 15% 32% 33% 7%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 14% 38% 28% 8%	676
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 2 17% 29% 29% 13%	500
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 13% 28% 38% 11%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	13% 3 14% 30% 28% 12%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 13% 31% 31% 14%	490
	21st to end	Day	10% 9% 21% 30% 23% 7%	478
October	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 27% 29% 19% 7%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 22% 29% 22% 13% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	28% 15% 31% 18% 6% 1	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 8% 36% 28% 11% 4	300
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 18% 33% 18% 13% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	22% 16% 32% 22% 7% 1	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	12% 16% 42% 21% 6% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 16% 35% 21% 6%	300
	21st to end	Day	25% 20% 36% 15% 4	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 14% 40% 25% 5%	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 17% 37% 22% 6%	1000
	21st to end	Night	20% 13% 38% 26% 3	1100
February	1st to 10th	Night	22% 13% 38% 25% 4	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 15% 37% 25% 3	829
	21st to end	Night	21% 15% 38% 23% 2	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 14% 39% 23% 4	796
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 11% 34% 28% 6%	575
	21st to end	Night	25% 13% 32% 24% 7%	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	18% 12% 37% 29% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 11% 37% 27% 9% 1	563
	21st to end	Night	21% 9% 35% 28% 7%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 34% 34% 9% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 29% 39% 12% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	11% 3 28% 36% 20% 3	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 21% 44% 21% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 23% 45% 20% 2	570
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 24% 43% 22% 1	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 11% 36% 35% 5%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 16% 46% 28% 3	552
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 13% 44% 32% 2	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 10% 46% 31% 3	567
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 2 11% 41% 32% 5%	564
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 13% 37% 41% 3	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 15% 36% 30% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 1 14% 40% 30% 5%	573
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 23% 34% 24% 4	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 29% 31% 23% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 8% 33% 32% 11% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	22% 12% 32% 27% 7%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 9% 38% 29% 10% 1	780
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 12% 38% 28% 6% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	20% 12% 35% 26% 6%	920
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 11% 37% 25% 6% 1	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 10% 32% 29% 6%	1000
	21st to end	Night	26% 15% 34% 23% 2	1100

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