Dogwood Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Dogwood Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-30.

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	17% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 39%	101575
	Night	18% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 41%	98010
Transparency	Day	43% 6% 12% 22% 16% 2	105107
	Night	42% 6% 11% 23% 16% 2	102567
Seeing	Day	23% 16% 30% 20% 9% 2	15039
	Night	21% 14% 31% 24% 8% 1	24248

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover NE (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	15% 8% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 46%	2517
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 10% 4 7% 6% 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 34%	2520
	21st to end	Day	22% 10% 4 7% 4 3 4 4 4 5% 33%	3074
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 9% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 5% 8% 38%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 3 7% 5% 3 4 3 4 6% 42%	1823
	21st to end	Day	21% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 37%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	27% 9% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 3 5% 36%	3116
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 45%	3406
	21st to end	Day	21% 8% 2 5% 4 3 2 2 4 6% 43%	4092
April	1st to 10th	Day	18% 8% 2 7% 4 4 5% 3 4 7% 38%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 40%	2254
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 40%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	29% 8% 3 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 29%	4139
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 30%	4398
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 1 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 44%	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 2 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 9% 37%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 2 6% 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 36%	2660
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 40%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 3 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 6% 10% 36%	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 11% 39%	4440
	21st to end	Day	15% 8% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 5% 7% 7% 31%	4814
August	1st to 10th	Day	22% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 32%	4131
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 5% 8% 43%	3730
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 8% 48%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	16% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 44%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 2 4 3 4 3 3 5% 7% 49%	2223
	21st to end	Day	19% 6% 2 7% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 40%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 40%	1942
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 7% 47%	1900
	21st to end	Day	20% 6% 1 4 3 4 4 3 4 6% 44%	1972
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 4 6% 52%	1761
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 4 5% 6% 47%	1800
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 2 4 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 43%	1678
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 8% 2 6% 5% 3 4 3 5% 7% 37%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 41%	1906
	21st to end	Day	18% 9% 3 7% 5% 6% 5% 4 6% 7% 29%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 45%	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 40%	4440
	21st to end	Night	25% 10% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 35%	4567
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 10% 3 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 5% 41%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 9% 4 6% 5% 3 4 3 5% 5% 41%	2242
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 2 5% 4 4 3 2 4 6% 42%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 11% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 37%	3724
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 49%	3548
	21st to end	Night	18% 9% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 4 4 44%	3540
April	1st to 10th	Night	17% 8% 2 5% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 37%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 7% 41%	1875
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 3 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 5% 43%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	25% 10% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 4 7% 30%	2830
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 10% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 32%	2495
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 3 6% 3 4 4 3 6% 9% 41%	2738
June	1st to 10th	Night	17% 5% 3 4 4 3 4 3 6% 7% 44%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 7% 9% 41%	1520
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 6% 9% 44%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 10% 41%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 4 8% 10% 38%	2520
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 7% 36%	2739
August	1st to 10th	Night	24% 7% 2 7% 4 5% 4 4 5% 9% 32%	2759
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 39%	3088
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 51%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 4 6% 44%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 2 5% 7% 51%	1955
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 44%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	19% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 43%	2235
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 2 4 3 4 3 3 4 5% 51%	2280
	21st to end	Night	21% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 45%	2624
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 1 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 52%	2537
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 5% 48%	2600
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 44%	2713
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 8% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 7% 38%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 6% 7% 41%	3288
	21st to end	Night	20% 10% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 37%	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	41% 4 10% 29% 12% 3	2518
	11th to 20th	Day	50% 4 13% 19% 12% 2	2520
	21st to end	Day	53% 5% 9% 21% 10% 2	3074
February	1st to 10th	Day	46% 5% 14% 22% 12% 2	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 5% 9% 23% 16% 3	1832
	21st to end	Day	50% 4 10% 21% 12% 3	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	52% 4 9% 25% 9% 2	3119
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 7% 14% 27% 15% 2	3406
	21st to end	Day	45% 3 9% 15% 24% 5%	4092
April	1st to 10th	Day	46% 5% 9% 19% 15% 5%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 4 12% 20% 17% 3	2254
	21st to end	Day	44% 5% 10% 20% 17% 5%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	55% 6% 11% 15% 12% 1	4153
	11th to 20th	Day	54% 8% 10% 17% 9% 1	4402
	21st to end	Day	35% 7% 12% 25% 18% 2	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	42% 8% 13% 20% 15% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 8% 11% 23% 11% 2	2660
	21st to end	Day	40% 9% 13% 23% 16% 1	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	42% 9% 12% 21% 13% 2	4370
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 8% 17% 22% 14% 1	4365
	21st to end	Day	49% 8% 11% 16% 15% 1	4661
August	1st to 10th	Day	48% 8% 13% 20% 10% 1	4117
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 6% 13% 28% 13% 1	3766
	21st to end	Day	34% 6% 10% 29% 19% 2	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	39% 8% 10% 21% 19% 3	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 5% 10% 23% 25% 3	2223
	21st to end	Day	47% 6% 8% 17% 19% 3	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	38% 6% 9% 17% 24% 5%	3228
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 4 10% 25% 28% 5%	3140
	21st to end	Day	27% 3 15% 23% 27% 4	3223
November	1st to 10th	Day	35% 5% 12% 23% 22% 3	1761
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 4 11% 22% 21% 3	1800
	21st to end	Day	40% 4 13% 28% 12% 2	1678
December	1st to 10th	Day	47% 5% 14% 19% 13% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 6% 15% 23% 11% 1	1906
	21st to end	Day	52% 7% 12% 20% 8%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	40% 4 11% 30% 11% 3	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 4 13% 23% 11% 2	4440
	21st to end	Night	51% 4 9% 22% 12% 2	4567
February	1st to 10th	Night	44% 6% 12% 24% 12% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 5% 11% 18% 18% 4	2244
	21st to end	Night	44% 4 8% 24% 17% 4	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	50% 4 9% 23% 12% 2	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 6% 13% 25% 18% 2	3549
	21st to end	Night	44% 4 7% 16% 21% 7%	3540
April	1st to 10th	Night	46% 6% 11% 19% 14% 4	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 6% 9% 20% 19% 2	1875
	21st to end	Night	42% 6% 9% 21% 18% 4	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	53% 7% 10% 18% 10% 1	2836
	11th to 20th	Night	52% 8% 14% 14% 10% 2	2496
	21st to end	Night	39% 8% 13% 24% 13% 3	2739
June	1st to 10th	Night	40% 5% 11% 22% 20% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 8% 14% 25% 12% 1	1520
	21st to end	Night	34% 11% 15% 24% 16% 1	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	38% 10% 17% 19% 14% 2	2480
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 9% 14% 25% 12% 1	2472
	21st to end	Night	44% 7% 14% 15% 18% 2	2651
August	1st to 10th	Night	49% 8% 17% 16% 9% 1	2749
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 7% 13% 26% 11% 1	3118
	21st to end	Night	32% 6% 10% 31% 20% 1	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	40% 7% 10% 22% 19% 1	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 5% 10% 22% 25% 4	1955
	21st to end	Night	42% 5% 8% 23% 21% 2	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	40% 5% 10% 22% 21% 2	3729
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 5% 9% 27% 28% 4	3779
	21st to end	Night	29% 4 12% 32% 20% 3	4323
November	1st to 10th	Night	33% 6% 12% 23% 22% 4	2537
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 4 8% 23% 20% 4	2600
	21st to end	Night	39% 5% 13% 27% 14% 1	2713
December	1st to 10th	Night	45% 7% 12% 23% 13% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 5% 13% 19% 16% 3	3288
	21st to end	Night	50% 5% 12% 22% 11%	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	28% 24% 34% 11% 2 1	180
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 25% 29% 9% 1	180
	21st to end	Day	26% 28% 32% 8% 5%	285
February	1st to 10th	Day	30% 29% 31% 8% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 26% 34% 10%	431
	21st to end	Day	34% 24% 26% 13% 3	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	30% 22% 30% 14% 3	460
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 28% 29% 13% 3 1	460
	21st to end	Day	32% 21% 30% 12% 4 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	31% 22% 30% 10% 7%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 23% 30% 13% 7% 1	452
	21st to end	Day	30% 18% 35% 13% 2 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	32% 19% 29% 13% 6% 1	463
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 16% 36% 17% 7% 1	487
	21st to end	Day	21% 9% 29% 28% 11% 2	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	19% 16% 31% 22% 12% 1	490
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 13% 31% 25% 10% 1	490
	21st to end	Day	18% 11% 33% 26% 10% 1	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	13% 8% 29% 28% 17% 5%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 28% 37% 17% 3	484
	21st to end	Day	16% 9% 32% 28% 12% 3	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 27% 30% 16% 5%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 27% 33% 14% 5%	479
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 31% 27% 13% 6%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	19% 12% 24% 25% 15% 4	490
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 8% 30% 22% 15% 9%	490
	21st to end	Day	24% 14% 28% 20% 9% 5%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	25% 8% 30% 20% 12% 4	490
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 18% 32% 22% 9% 2	490
	21st to end	Day	25% 16% 32% 19% 8% 1	476
November	1st to 10th	Day	21% 15% 30% 22% 9% 3	395
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 19% 33% 18% 5%	400
	21st to end	Day	24% 21% 35% 15% 4	280
December	1st to 10th	Day	31% 26% 27% 11% 6%	180
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 26% 26% 10% 3	180
	21st to end	Day	30% 20% 32% 13% 4 1	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	23% 22% 36% 16% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 18% 33% 18% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	22% 21% 37% 17% 2	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	24% 19% 37% 18% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 26% 36% 12% 1	743
	21st to end	Night	28% 19% 35% 15% 2	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	25% 23% 31% 18% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 23% 33% 18% 3 1	760
	21st to end	Night	23% 20% 38% 14% 5%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	23% 22% 34% 18% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 18% 36% 19% 4	751
	21st to end	Night	23% 15% 35% 22% 4	760
May	1st to 10th	Night	27% 16% 31% 20% 6%	579
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 13% 35% 23% 7%	374
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 26% 36% 12%	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	19% 7% 28% 35% 11% 1	380
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 31% 36% 12%	380
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 28% 44% 10%	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 25% 35% 18% 2	370
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 24% 40% 18% 1	368
	21st to end	Night	15% 3 26% 41% 14% 1	416
August	1st to 10th	Night	14% 2 23% 40% 19% 2	527
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 3 23% 36% 22% 2	741
	21st to end	Night	16% 4 23% 35% 20% 1	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	19% 5% 27% 32% 16% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 4 25% 31% 20% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	21% 7% 28% 30% 13% 2	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	23% 10% 27% 25% 13% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 13% 30% 28% 10%	760
	21st to end	Night	24% 15% 31% 23% 7%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	17% 14% 33% 27% 9% 1	780
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 16% 30% 22% 6%	800
	21st to end	Night	20% 20% 35% 20% 6% 1	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	25% 18% 32% 20% 4 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 19% 35% 20% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	25% 17% 36% 20% 2	836

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