Dreamstead Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Dreamstead Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-03-27.

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% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 43%	109415
	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 45%	109931
Transparency	Day	37% 5% 11% 20% 19% 7%	113234
	Night	37% 5% 10% 19% 21% 9%	114251
Seeing	Day	14% 9% 23% 25% 20% 10%	15484
	Night	14% 8% 22% 31% 21% 4	25610

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	15% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 53%	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 4 3 2 2 2 5% 7% 55%	4060
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 43%	4664
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 40%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 43%	1948
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 43%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 9% 2 8% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 36%	3408
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 9% 50%	3590
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 44%	3881
April	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 5% 48%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 50%	2208
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 55%	2443
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 9% 47%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 3 7% 4 4 5% 4 7% 7% 38%	4081
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 1 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 48%	4476
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 5% 6% 7% 6% 8% 10% 34%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 4 5% 5% 7% 6% 8% 12% 42%	2470
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 7% 7% 6% 7% 5% 8% 11% 36%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 3 9% 6% 7% 9% 7% 9% 11% 21%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 2 8% 7% 7% 8% 7% 9% 12% 31%	4120
	21st to end	Day	7% 7% 4 9% 7% 7% 8% 7% 9% 13% 21%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 6% 8% 13% 30%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 48%	3802
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 45%	4091
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 2 7% 6% 5% 5% 5% 8% 9% 38%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 39%	2090
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 43%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 3 4 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 51%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 2 4 2 3 3 4 5% 6% 58%	1964
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 1 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 57%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 4 6% 51%	1882
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 53%	1800
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 47%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 2 4 5% 51%	2930
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 3 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 47%	3373
	21st to end	Day	21% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 43%	4466
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 1 4 3 4 3 3 5% 5% 53%	5889
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 5% 7% 46%	5900
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 43%	6288
February	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 3 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 45%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 46%	2338
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 2 7% 3 4 4 4 6% 6% 45%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	22% 9% 3 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 37%	3664
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 8% 50%	3590
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 43%	3890
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 49%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 8% 50%	1935
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 56%	1734
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 6% 2 5% 5% 5% 4 4 8% 11% 45%	2813
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 7% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 42%	2812
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 11% 50%	3079
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 2 8% 5% 5% 5% 6% 7% 11% 34%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 9% 12% 45%	1710
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 7% 6% 5% 6% 6% 8% 10% 37%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 3 8% 6% 6% 7% 7% 8% 10% 24%	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 7% 5% 7% 8% 8% 10% 13% 31%	2840
	21st to end	Night	9% 7% 3 9% 7% 7% 8% 6% 10% 12% 22%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 7% 5% 9% 11% 29%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 12% 44%	3023
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 8% 11% 48%	3530
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 2 7% 6% 5% 6% 4 7% 11% 36%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 6% 41%	2090
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 2 7% 5% 4 6% 3 6% 7% 44%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 52%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 60%	2213
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 57%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 53%	2411
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 54%	2600
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 3 3 4 7% 48%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 55%	4250
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 49%	4822
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 43%	6490

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	35% 2 4 17% 33% 9%	4057
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 2 3 17% 33% 13%	4060
	21st to end	Day	42% 2 6% 16% 22% 11%	4664
February	1st to 10th	Day	45% 3 7% 17% 20% 8%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 4 4 18% 25% 7%	1958
	21st to end	Day	41% 2 7% 17% 21% 11%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	50% 3 7% 16% 16% 8%	3408
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 4 10% 16% 24% 13%	3590
	21st to end	Day	42% 3 8% 20% 17% 9%	3881
April	1st to 10th	Day	37% 4 10% 20% 19% 10%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 3 7% 21% 23% 12%	2208
	21st to end	Day	28% 4 10% 25% 26% 6%	2443
May	1st to 10th	Day	35% 4 12% 25% 20% 4	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 5% 10% 24% 15% 2	4085
	21st to end	Day	31% 5% 16% 25% 21% 2	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	42% 6% 16% 20% 13% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 7% 16% 27% 16% 2	2470
	21st to end	Day	39% 8% 18% 20% 13% 3	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	50% 12% 21% 12% 4 1	4055
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 13% 21% 22% 4 1	4051
	21st to end	Day	49% 15% 18% 14% 4	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	42% 9% 20% 25% 3	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 7% 15% 34% 13% 1	3840
	21st to end	Day	32% 6% 18% 30% 13% 1	4091
September	1st to 10th	Day	39% 8% 17% 17% 15% 4	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 6% 10% 19% 18% 5%	2090
	21st to end	Day	41% 5% 8% 21% 19% 6%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	32% 3 7% 14% 30% 15%	3480
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 2 4 17% 26% 34%	3243
	21st to end	Day	21% 2 5% 18% 38% 16%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	35% 3 8% 14% 25% 15%	1882
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 3 5% 19% 25% 15%	1800
	21st to end	Day	37% 4 9% 17% 23% 10%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	36% 2 7% 18% 26% 10%	2930
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 3 7% 22% 22% 7%	3370
	21st to end	Day	45% 2 5% 21% 24% 3	4466
January	1st to 10th	Night	34% 2 4 18% 32% 9%	5889
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 3 4 19% 27% 10%	5900
	21st to end	Night	43% 3 5% 14% 26% 9%	6288
February	1st to 10th	Night	40% 3 7% 18% 21% 10%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 4 5% 16% 22% 11%	2339
	21st to end	Night	39% 3 7% 17% 18% 15%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	49% 3 9% 15% 15% 9%	3664
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 4 10% 14% 26% 13%	3590
	21st to end	Night	42% 4 7% 17% 19% 11%	3890
April	1st to 10th	Night	34% 4 10% 19% 20% 13%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 3 7% 22% 23% 12%	1935
	21st to end	Night	28% 4 10% 25% 24% 9%	1734
May	1st to 10th	Night	32% 6% 14% 26% 18% 5%	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 6% 13% 25% 15% 2	2813
	21st to end	Night	28% 5% 13% 28% 22% 3	3087
June	1st to 10th	Night	42% 8% 17% 19% 13%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 7% 19% 29% 14% 2	1710
	21st to end	Night	37% 9% 23% 15% 12% 4	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	49% 14% 20% 12% 4 1	2795
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 14% 27% 17% 4	2786
	21st to end	Night	50% 15% 18% 13% 3 1	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	45% 10% 20% 22% 3	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 8% 20% 28% 13% 1	3051
	21st to end	Night	28% 7% 20% 32% 12% 1	3530
September	1st to 10th	Night	40% 8% 18% 16% 14% 4	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 7% 12% 17% 19% 4	2090
	21st to end	Night	39% 5% 12% 17% 21% 6%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	34% 3 8% 13% 27% 15%	3480
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 2 4 12% 31% 34%	3673
	21st to end	Night	20% 3 4 20% 34% 20%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	33% 3 8% 15% 27% 15%	2411
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 3 5% 17% 28% 15%	2600
	21st to end	Night	38% 3 6% 19% 23% 11%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	33% 3 6% 20% 30% 9%	4250
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 3 10% 19% 23% 8%	4824
	21st to end	Night	46% 2 4 21% 24% 3	6490

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	19% 22% 44% 13% 2	300
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 21% 32% 17% 7% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	24% 22% 37% 13% 4	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	18% 20% 39% 16% 6%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 18% 31% 19% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	21% 18% 43% 12% 5%	249
March	1st to 10th	Day	18% 21% 30% 22% 8% 1	410
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 16% 37% 20% 9% 1	500
	21st to end	Day	20% 14% 36% 22% 8% 1	530
April	1st to 10th	Day	19% 15% 30% 23% 11% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 16% 30% 24% 14% 3	452
	21st to end	Day	12% 10% 27% 30% 18% 4	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 11% 29% 29% 15% 7%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 20% 31% 21% 12%	487
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 17% 31% 25% 12%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 15% 31% 26% 13%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 15% 25% 25% 24%	490
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 12% 31% 28% 17%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 3 6% 25% 32% 25%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 4 20% 37% 29%	484
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 8% 25% 37% 24%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 9% 24% 31% 21%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 1 7% 22% 39% 22%	479
	21st to end	Day	14% 3 7% 26% 34% 17%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 11% 26% 31% 16%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 2 13% 32% 27% 10%	490
	21st to end	Day	14% 4 13% 29% 27% 12%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 4 24% 28% 19% 9%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 23% 33% 20% 8%	490
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 27% 29% 22% 4	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	20% 5% 27% 29% 16% 4	420
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 16% 36% 21% 9% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	13% 17% 34% 22% 12% 1	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	23% 16% 35% 17% 8% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 16% 38% 16% 8% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	27% 14% 28% 22% 8% 1	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	20% 16% 33% 25% 5% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 15% 30% 28% 10%	800
	21st to end	Night	20% 14% 37% 25% 5%	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	18% 12% 32% 31% 7%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 15% 32% 28% 3	783
	21st to end	Night	17% 14% 36% 29% 4	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	16% 13% 32% 32% 7%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 15% 32% 28% 11%	800
	21st to end	Night	13% 14% 32% 30% 10%	863
April	1st to 10th	Night	14% 11% 32% 31% 12% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 10% 29% 31% 15% 1	623
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 27% 39% 19% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	8% 9% 25% 37% 21% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 24% 33% 25% 6%	561
	21st to end	Night	9% 1 14% 39% 31% 6%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 13% 36% 34% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 12% 34% 37% 11%	570
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 9% 33% 39% 9%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 6% 29% 39% 16%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 3 23% 46% 18%	552
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 5% 31% 43% 12%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 6% 30% 42% 12%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 2 3 28% 45% 10%	564
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 7% 29% 39% 12%	655
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 8% 28% 40% 9%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 2 10% 32% 35% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	14% 3 12% 32% 36% 4	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 3 19% 34% 25% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 21% 32% 25% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 22% 34% 25% 2	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 20% 36% 21% 1	780
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 10% 26% 32% 15% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	15% 11% 28% 30% 15% 1	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	15% 12% 31% 29% 12% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 9% 29% 31% 12% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	25% 10% 24% 31% 9%	880

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