Bald Mountain Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Bald Mountain Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-04-11.

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	5% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 53%	117435
	Night	5% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 57%	119739
Transparency	Day	26% 7% 12% 23% 23% 9%	117177
	Night	26% 6% 12% 24% 24% 8%	119587
Seeing	Day	8% 8% 27% 34% 17% 5%	16158
	Night	8% 6% 28% 43% 14% 1	26338

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover SW (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	1 7% 2 8% 4 3 3 3 6% 7% 56%	3638
	11th to 20th	Day	2 5% 3 10% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 53%	3664
	21st to end	Day	1 5% 3 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 61%	4510
February	1st to 10th	Day	3 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 9% 52%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	1 5% 2 6% 4 3 5% 3 7% 9% 55%	1901
	21st to end	Day	2 7% 3 7% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 58%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	4 9% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 9% 54%	4500
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 47%	4926
	21st to end	Day	5% 9% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 10% 46%	5827
April	1st to 10th	Day	6% 7% 1 4 3 4 4 3 6% 9% 53%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 8% 2 5% 4 4 5% 3 5% 8% 45%	2252
	21st to end	Day	10% 8% 2 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 9% 43%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 9% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 39%	4100
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 6% 5% 8% 9% 40%	4388
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 49%	4825
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 1 4 5% 4 5% 6% 8% 10% 48%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 1 3 3 4 5% 4 8% 9% 52%	2660
	21st to end	Day	4 4 1 3 4 4 6% 5% 8% 9% 51%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 1 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 54%	4430
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 4 5% 6% 6% 6% 8% 10% 49%	4430
	21st to end	Day	4 3 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 8% 54%	4783
August	1st to 10th	Day	11% 4 2 5% 4 5% 6% 5% 10% 9% 38%	4092
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 5% 4 5% 6% 6% 8% 8% 50%	3763
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 4 3 4 4 4 7% 8% 56%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 1 4 2 3 4 4 6% 7% 59%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 1 3 3 4 4 4 5% 8% 59%	2261
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 1 4 2 3 3 3 3 6% 65%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 72%	3180
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 61%	3150
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 2 3 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 63%	3287
November	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 63%	1763
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 1 3 3 3 2 3 5% 9% 63%	1800
	21st to end	Day	2 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 59%	1655
December	1st to 10th	Day	1 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 71%	2620
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 2 4 2 2 2 3 4 7% 67%	3026
	21st to end	Day	3 6% 3 6% 4 3 4 4 7% 7% 53%	4004
January	1st to 10th	Night	2 9% 3 7% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 54%	6327
	11th to 20th	Night	1 4 2 8% 5% 4 3 3 5% 7% 57%	6340
	21st to end	Night	2 6% 3 7% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 61%	6486
February	1st to 10th	Night	2 9% 2 7% 4 3 4 3 4 7% 54%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	2 7% 4 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 52%	2384
	21st to end	Night	2 9% 3 7% 4 3 3 2 4 6% 59%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	5% 10% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 55%	5374
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 9% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 56%	5055
	21st to end	Night	9% 8% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 49%	5131
April	1st to 10th	Night	5% 8% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 56%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 51%	1882
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 46%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 6% 44%	2862
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 45%	2517
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 7% 53%	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 1 4 3 3 3 4 6% 10% 56%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 4 2 3 4 4 5% 8% 61%	1520
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 6% 9% 60%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 1 3 3 3 4 5% 6% 7% 60%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 2 3 3 3 5% 5% 7% 10% 57%	2540
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 4 4 4 5% 4 8% 7% 58%	2777
August	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 1 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 9% 45%	2847
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 8% 10% 51%	3075
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 4 4 4 5% 5% 8% 9% 56%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 60%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 5% 67%	1919
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 6% 65%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 72%	3787
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 2 4 6% 59%	3778
	21st to end	Night	6% 6% 1 4 2 3 3 2 4 7% 63%	4239
November	1st to 10th	Night	3 5% 1 4 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 64%	2535
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 1 4 4 2 3 3 5% 7% 64%	2600
	21st to end	Night	3 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 60%	2740
December	1st to 10th	Night	1 4 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 5% 72%	4570
	11th to 20th	Night	2 5% 2 3 3 3 3 2 5% 10% 63%	5181
	21st to end	Night	4 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 52%	6974

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% 5% 10% 32% 19% 6%	3639
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 5% 13% 22% 25% 7%	3664
	21st to end	Day	21% 6% 11% 25% 26% 11%	4510
February	1st to 10th	Day	30% 5% 14% 26% 19% 6%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 6% 12% 29% 23% 5%	1911
	21st to end	Day	26% 5% 10% 25% 24% 10%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	26% 6% 9% 19% 31% 9%	4500
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 7% 13% 22% 22% 4	4926
	21st to end	Day	29% 9% 14% 33% 13% 2	5827
April	1st to 10th	Day	27% 7% 12% 26% 20% 8%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 7% 12% 20% 18% 7%	2255
	21st to end	Day	35% 9% 14% 24% 18% 2	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	36% 11% 12% 22% 14% 5%	4100
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 14% 15% 23% 13% 4	4392
	21st to end	Day	25% 12% 16% 23% 20% 4	4825
June	1st to 10th	Day	25% 10% 19% 23% 16% 6%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 9% 12% 20% 20% 14%	2660
	21st to end	Day	24% 9% 12% 21% 22% 12%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	26% 7% 9% 15% 25% 17%	4361
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 7% 12% 22% 19% 15%	4355
	21st to end	Day	24% 7% 11% 18% 22% 18%	4632
August	1st to 10th	Day	35% 10% 13% 20% 15% 8%	4078
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 9% 12% 17% 22% 13%	3799
	21st to end	Day	24% 6% 11% 19% 26% 14%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	22% 5% 9% 20% 27% 17%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 6% 10% 21% 28% 15%	2261
	21st to end	Day	21% 5% 7% 20% 36% 10%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	17% 3 6% 18% 34% 23%	3180
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 4 11% 27% 27% 9%	3150
	21st to end	Day	22% 3 8% 26% 31% 9%	3287
November	1st to 10th	Day	22% 4 12% 26% 25% 10%	1763
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 4 10% 25% 32% 9%	1800
	21st to end	Day	23% 5% 9% 25% 29% 9%	1655
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 3 8% 34% 28% 10%	2620
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 4 9% 34% 30% 4	3024
	21st to end	Day	27% 6% 12% 25% 21% 8%	4004
January	1st to 10th	Night	30% 5% 14% 24% 20% 7%	6327
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 6% 14% 20% 25% 9%	6340
	21st to end	Night	26% 5% 11% 24% 26% 8%	6486
February	1st to 10th	Night	29% 4 14% 28% 20% 5%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 6% 11% 27% 20% 5%	2384
	21st to end	Night	28% 3 8% 25% 24% 12%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	29% 5% 8% 17% 34% 7%	5374
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 6% 12% 16% 29% 10%	5055
	21st to end	Night	33% 7% 13% 29% 15% 2	5131
April	1st to 10th	Night	27% 6% 11% 26% 21% 8%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 6% 13% 24% 17% 6%	1882
	21st to end	Night	36% 7% 10% 25% 19% 3	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	33% 13% 12% 22% 14% 7%	2862
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 13% 17% 23% 13% 3	2518
	21st to end	Night	25% 12% 19% 21% 17% 6%	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	23% 9% 21% 27% 14% 7%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 8% 15% 20% 20% 17%	1520
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 12% 25% 26% 11%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	21% 6% 11% 24% 26% 12%	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 16% 26% 22% 10%	2492
	21st to end	Night	22% 6% 13% 26% 18% 13%	2690
August	1st to 10th	Night	32% 8% 17% 22% 17% 5%	2838
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 8% 16% 22% 17% 11%	3105
	21st to end	Night	21% 6% 15% 23% 25% 10%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	23% 6% 10% 20% 21% 19%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 5% 11% 24% 26% 16%	1919
	21st to end	Night	21% 5% 9% 23% 30% 13%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	18% 3 8% 18% 31% 22%	3787
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 3 10% 26% 25% 8%	3778
	21st to end	Night	24% 3 7% 27% 28% 10%	4239
November	1st to 10th	Night	21% 4 11% 26% 26% 11%	2535
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 4 10% 28% 29% 9%	2600
	21st to end	Night	24% 4 11% 24% 29% 9%	2740
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 3 10% 36% 28% 6%	4570
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 3 8% 38% 27% 4	5182
	21st to end	Night	31% 4 11% 23% 25% 6%	6974

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	6% 10% 25% 42% 12% 5%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 10% 37% 37% 9% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	4 11% 38% 36% 8% 2	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	6% 14% 42% 34% 3 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	4 13% 42% 33% 8%	300
	21st to end	Day	5% 16% 35% 37% 6%	249
March	1st to 10th	Day	7% 15% 28% 38% 11% 2	300
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 14% 29% 33% 11% 2	465
	21st to end	Day	12% 14% 40% 26% 7% 1	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 18% 33% 27% 8% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 19% 37% 21% 6% 2	453
	21st to end	Day	17% 17% 31% 23% 9% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 14% 29% 29% 10% 2	607
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 7% 21% 32% 16% 5%	675
	21st to end	Day	10% 8% 27% 30% 20% 4	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 6% 22% 35% 25% 7%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 28% 36% 20% 3	680
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 25% 37% 23% 7%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 17% 34% 29% 10%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 16% 38% 29% 10%	668
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 15% 33% 35% 9%	732
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 19% 41% 23% 7%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 22% 40% 24% 7%	477
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 26% 34% 24% 8%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 22% 37% 23% 7%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 28% 32% 26% 5%	471
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 23% 30% 24% 9%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 4 24% 31% 22% 9%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	4 9% 32% 35% 17% 4	300
	21st to end	Day	8% 10% 29% 39% 12% 2	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	7% 10% 30% 35% 14% 5%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 11% 28% 43% 9% 3	300
	21st to end	Day	8% 10% 26% 46% 8% 2	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 12% 27% 37% 14% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 10% 32% 45% 8% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	7% 12% 32% 39% 7% 3	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	5% 10% 31% 42% 10% 2	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	4 14% 36% 37% 8% 1	1000
	21st to end	Night	5% 8% 34% 45% 7% 1	885
February	1st to 10th	Night	7% 7% 47% 33% 6% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 9% 40% 40% 6%	784
	21st to end	Night	6% 11% 37% 42% 3	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	6% 7% 38% 42% 7% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 8% 32% 41% 9% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	10% 9% 33% 40% 7% 1	729
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 11% 37% 39% 6%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 10% 33% 34% 8% 1	565
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 27% 36% 11% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	16% 8% 27% 34% 13% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 4 19% 37% 18% 2	561
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 26% 37% 22% 1	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 17% 49% 22% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 22% 52% 15%	570
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 16% 50% 25% 2	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 12% 42% 34% 3	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 9% 52% 33% 2	552
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 8% 43% 38% 2	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 11% 46% 31% 3	567
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 10% 51% 29% 3	564
	21st to end	Night	3 1 13% 46% 34% 3	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 16% 45% 24% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 18% 46% 23% 4	570
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 23% 46% 21% 1	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 23% 42% 17% 3	747
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 26% 46% 14% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 29% 41% 10% 2	906
November	1st to 10th	Night	5% 6% 30% 45% 12% 1	975
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 11% 32% 44% 6% 2	1000
	21st to end	Night	7% 7% 31% 44% 10% 1	1000
December	1st to 10th	Night	4 9% 33% 46% 8%	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 8% 35% 43% 7% 1	1000
	21st to end	Night	7% 9% 34% 43% 7% 1	1100

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