OneDarkSky.com Observation Site #1
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the OneDarkSky.com Observation Site #1 clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-12.

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	13% 10% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 36%	101394
	Night	14% 10% 4 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 38%	97874
Transparency	Day	44% 7% 11% 23% 14% 2	104948
	Night	45% 6% 11% 23% 15% 2	102461
Seeing	Day	17% 15% 31% 23% 11% 4	15850
	Night	18% 12% 31% 27% 11% 1	25690

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	14% 14% 10% 10% 5% 5% 5% 3 4 4 28%	2527
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 14% 6% 15% 4 4 5% 7% 8% 5% 19%	2530
	21st to end	Day	18% 22% 9% 9% 5% 2 2 2 3 5% 21%	2859
February	1st to 10th	Day	13% 15% 5% 9% 7% 5% 4 4 5% 7% 27%	1734
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 12% 4 8% 6% 5% 4 2 5% 5% 36%	1848
	21st to end	Day	14% 14% 5% 10% 5% 4 3 3 5% 6% 31%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 14% 4 8% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 35%	3120
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 39%	3273
	21st to end	Day	19% 13% 5% 13% 6% 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 20%	4165
April	1st to 10th	Day	17% 14% 3 8% 5% 3 4 3 4 6% 31%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 11% 3 6% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 6% 34%	2254
	21st to end	Day	20% 9% 3 8% 4 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 32%	2380
May	1st to 10th	Day	17% 7% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 35%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 42%	4330
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 41%	4824
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 45%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 45%	2660
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 9% 38%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	11% 8% 3 8% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 9% 32%	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 5% 6% 4 7% 10% 47%	4440
	21st to end	Day	8% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 40%	4813
August	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 42%	4360
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 41%	3738
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 3 6% 8% 48%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 4 8% 47%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 6% 7% 52%	2166
	21st to end	Day	11% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 43%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 2 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 47%	2028
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 9% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 6% 7% 36%	1891
	21st to end	Day	20% 10% 3 6% 3 3 4 4 4 6% 36%	1881
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 9% 3 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 44%	1762
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 13% 4 8% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 33%	1719
	21st to end	Day	18% 12% 3 9% 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 36%	1629
December	1st to 10th	Day	14% 13% 5% 9% 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 31%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 15% 5% 10% 6% 5% 4 4 5% 7% 28%	1918
	21st to end	Day	20% 24% 9% 11% 5% 3 3 2 3 3 15%	2783
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 15% 7% 11% 5% 4 3 3 3 4 31%	4428
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 17% 7% 13% 5% 3 4 6% 6% 3 20%	4440
	21st to end	Night	21% 18% 8% 10% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 21%	4806
February	1st to 10th	Night	14% 15% 5% 8% 5% 5% 4 3 4 6% 31%	2444
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 12% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 37%	2218
	21st to end	Night	17% 13% 3 9% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 36%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	17% 11% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 40%	3733
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 48%	3714
	21st to end	Night	21% 11% 5% 10% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 27%	3466
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 38%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 10% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 4 5% 39%	1875
	21st to end	Night	18% 8% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 39%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 35%	2813
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 39%	2569
	21st to end	Night	12% 8% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 44%	2743
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 7% 8% 47%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 8% 48%	1520
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 42%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 4 7% 8% 39%	2530
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 5% 5% 4 4 3 7% 9% 52%	2530
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 4 6% 7% 4 7% 9% 44%	2750
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 8% 48%	2574
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 51%	3089
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 53%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 7% 54%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 7% 55%	1995
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 2 6% 3 4 4 4 5% 8% 47%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 3 4 3 3 4 6% 52%	2150
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 8% 2 5% 3 3 4 2 4 6% 45%	2287
	21st to end	Night	20% 9% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 37%	2717
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 9% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 48%	2536
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 11% 4 8% 4 5% 3 3 6% 6% 37%	2484
	21st to end	Night	15% 11% 4 8% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 37%	2550
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 11% 4 9% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 32%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 14% 5% 9% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 31%	3279
	21st to end	Night	22% 19% 6% 10% 5% 4 4 4 5% 5% 17%	4884

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	60% 5% 10% 17% 7%	2528
	11th to 20th	Day	61% 6% 12% 14% 8%	2530
	21st to end	Day	68% 3 8% 16% 6%	2859
February	1st to 10th	Day	57% 5% 11% 15% 10% 1	1734
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 4 10% 23% 10% 2	1858
	21st to end	Day	54% 6% 10% 19% 10% 2	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	49% 7% 9% 21% 11% 2	3120
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 7% 10% 30% 11% 1	3273
	21st to end	Day	65% 7% 12% 12% 4	4165
April	1st to 10th	Day	54% 5% 10% 19% 11%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 6% 8% 22% 12% 3	2254
	21st to end	Day	51% 7% 12% 17% 13% 1	2380
May	1st to 10th	Day	45% 9% 9% 24% 13% 1	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 7% 10% 28% 15%	4334
	21st to end	Day	38% 7% 12% 21% 19% 4	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	36% 7% 10% 27% 18% 2	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 8% 11% 23% 19% 3	2660
	21st to end	Day	40% 8% 13% 22% 14% 2	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	44% 8% 13% 22% 10% 2	4371
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 9% 16% 28% 16% 1	4365
	21st to end	Day	38% 9% 14% 16% 20% 3	4662
August	1st to 10th	Day	36% 8% 14% 28% 12% 1	4345
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 8% 13% 28% 15% 1	3774
	21st to end	Day	33% 7% 12% 26% 20% 2	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	35% 7% 11% 25% 18% 4	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 6% 11% 30% 21% 3	2166
	21st to end	Day	38% 6% 9% 26% 19% 1	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	25% 5% 7% 34% 28% 1	3366
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 5% 11% 27% 23% 1	3119
	21st to end	Day	43% 5% 9% 27% 13% 3	3081
November	1st to 10th	Day	40% 5% 14% 23% 16% 2	1762
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 5% 12% 21% 10% 1	1719
	21st to end	Day	52% 5% 11% 23% 9%	1629
December	1st to 10th	Day	55% 5% 12% 19% 8% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	55% 5% 14% 17% 7% 2	1915
	21st to end	Day	76% 3 7% 10% 4	2783
January	1st to 10th	Night	58% 4 10% 18% 9% 1	4428
	11th to 20th	Night	65% 5% 10% 12% 8%	4440
	21st to end	Night	67% 4 9% 13% 6% 1	4806
February	1st to 10th	Night	55% 4 10% 17% 13% 2	2444
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 5% 10% 21% 14% 1	2219
	21st to end	Night	51% 4 10% 20% 10% 4	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	46% 7% 11% 23% 10% 3	3733
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 5% 10% 28% 18% 2	3714
	21st to end	Night	60% 6% 8% 18% 8% 1	3466
April	1st to 10th	Night	46% 6% 10% 23% 13% 2	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 5% 7% 20% 17% 4	1875
	21st to end	Night	45% 7% 10% 23% 13% 3	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	45% 7% 11% 20% 14% 3	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 10% 14% 27% 11% 1	2570
	21st to end	Night	38% 7% 10% 19% 20% 6%	2751
June	1st to 10th	Night	33% 7% 13% 25% 20% 3	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 6% 10% 25% 23% 2	1520
	21st to end	Night	37% 8% 15% 20% 17% 2	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	41% 8% 15% 20% 12% 4	2490
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 8% 15% 32% 18% 2	2482
	21st to end	Night	32% 10% 14% 18% 23% 3	2662
August	1st to 10th	Night	30% 9% 15% 27% 18% 1	2565
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 7% 13% 30% 18% 1	3119
	21st to end	Night	28% 6% 13% 33% 17% 3	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	31% 7% 10% 26% 24% 3	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 5% 7% 32% 24% 3	1995
	21st to end	Night	35% 7% 10% 30% 17% 2	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	23% 4 7% 38% 27% 2	3592
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 4 8% 24% 27% 2	3798
	21st to end	Night	41% 4 8% 25% 18% 3	4467
November	1st to 10th	Night	39% 5% 8% 26% 18% 3	2536
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 4 12% 23% 12% 2	2484
	21st to end	Night	49% 5% 11% 23% 12%	2550
December	1st to 10th	Night	53% 5% 11% 21% 9% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	53% 5% 12% 19% 9% 1	3281
	21st to end	Night	69% 5% 9% 12% 5%	4884

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	20% 19% 39% 19% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 21% 39% 13% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	23% 23% 33% 15% 4 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	22% 25% 36% 14% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 21% 33% 15% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	28% 24% 36% 7% 4	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 30% 37% 10% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 23% 32% 15% 3	288
	21st to end	Day	29% 17% 30% 17% 5% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	27% 19% 30% 20% 4	460
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 25% 22% 20% 8% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	22% 19% 31% 20% 8% 1	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	21% 15% 34% 21% 6% 2	463
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 14% 32% 24% 8% 3	632
	21st to end	Day	16% 14% 30% 22% 14% 4	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 13% 34% 28% 13% 4	680
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 11% 36% 28% 12% 4	680
	21st to end	Day	13% 13% 33% 28% 10% 4	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 27% 30% 18% 11%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 30% 30% 15% 7%	668
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 31% 34% 16% 6%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 26% 31% 20% 9%	639
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 24% 30% 20% 10%	479
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 21% 34% 23% 8%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 8% 24% 27% 21% 5%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 20% 32% 23% 9%	490
	21st to end	Day	13% 16% 24% 24% 16% 6%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 14% 28% 26% 14% 3	428
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 24% 31% 17% 5%	300
	21st to end	Day	32% 20% 31% 12% 5%	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	19% 18% 37% 19% 5% 2	300
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 24% 32% 13% 7%	273
	21st to end	Day	25% 16% 39% 17% 1 1	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	17% 26% 39% 13% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 27% 33% 16% 5% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	26% 25% 35% 11% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	20% 17% 38% 22% 3	950
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 19% 35% 19% 4 1	950
	21st to end	Night	22% 14% 37% 24% 3	1045
February	1st to 10th	Night	22% 16% 35% 22% 4	924
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 19% 34% 23% 4	743
	21st to end	Night	23% 18% 37% 19% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 16% 36% 22% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 13% 39% 24% 7% 1	732
	21st to end	Night	24% 12% 31% 24% 7% 1	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	21% 14% 35% 23% 6%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 15% 30% 24% 7% 1	563
	21st to end	Night	22% 13% 31% 26% 7% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	18% 11% 36% 28% 7% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 9% 30% 30% 13%	561
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 29% 33% 17% 1	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 29% 39% 16%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 35% 37% 12% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 32% 34% 16% 1	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 21% 40% 26% 3	555
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 26% 36% 23% 3	552
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 22% 44% 24% 2	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 18% 44% 26% 4	567
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 19% 38% 30% 3	564
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 20% 39% 28% 2	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 21% 34% 24% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 21% 33% 28% 4	665
	21st to end	Night	12% 11% 24% 30% 21% 3	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 27% 32% 18% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 14% 31% 24% 9% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	27% 14% 30% 21% 8%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	17% 14% 36% 23% 9% 1	780
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 19% 32% 23% 5%	765
	21st to end	Night	21% 15% 37% 22% 6%	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	22% 16% 36% 21% 4	950
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 15% 34% 24% 4	950
	21st to end	Night	29% 16% 34% 18% 2	1045

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