Hanford
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Hanford clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-02.

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	4 3 1 3 3 2 3 2 3 5% 69%	100963
	Night	6% 3 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 66%	98239
Transparency	Day	19% 4 8% 17% 25% 28%	100714
	Night	21% 4 9% 19% 23% 24%	98077
Seeing	Day	5% 3 12% 25% 34% 22%	15364
	Night	6% 3 14% 39% 33% 4	24902

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	9% 12% 4 10% 8% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 31%	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 9% 4 11% 6% 7% 5% 4 6% 7% 33%	2800
	21st to end	Day	15% 11% 4 9% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 28%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 2 5% 7% 48%	1825
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 52%	1850
	21st to end	Day	12% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 50%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 3 6% 5% 4 6% 4 7% 9% 41%	3138
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 7% 63%	3428
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 48%	4089
April	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 7% 61%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 65%	2249
	21st to end	Day	4 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 5% 71%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 4 82%	3848
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 84%	4071
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 85%	4770
June	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 5% 77%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 90%	2660
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 88%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 93%	4420
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 84%	4420
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 87%	4461
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 87%	3849
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 94%	3724
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 92%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 88%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 86%	2228
	21st to end	Day	1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 4 84%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 5% 76%	1984
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 78%	1900
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 3 6% 73%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 62%	1693
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 2 4 7% 56%	1710
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 1 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 54%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 9% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 42%	1639
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 9% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 3 6% 7% 33%	1928
	21st to end	Day	13% 14% 5% 10% 6% 6% 5% 4 5% 8% 26%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 9% 3 9% 6% 5% 4 3 5% 6% 39%	4406
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 3 9% 6% 5% 5% 3 5% 7% 40%	4163
	21st to end	Night	16% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 6% 7% 38%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 55%	2352
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 1 3 3 3 4 3 4 7% 59%	2218
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 1 5% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 57%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 47%	3736
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 63%	3535
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 7% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 47%	3564
April	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 6% 63%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 1 3 3 2 2 2 3 6% 71%	1879
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 6% 73%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 5% 82%	3129
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 4 84%	2834
	21st to end	Night	2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 87%	2802
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 5% 79%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 89%	1520
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 2 3 91%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 2 93%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 86%	2540
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 87%	3099
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 85%	3097
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 92%	3126
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 92%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 90%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 86%	1951
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 85%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 6% 76%	2193
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 5% 77%	2280
	21st to end	Night	3 2 2 1 2 1 2 3 3 80%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 67%	2420
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 3 2 3 3 2 4 6% 66%	2470
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 1 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 59%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 52%	2536
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 7% 7% 37%	3276
	21st to end	Night	12% 7% 4 9% 6% 6% 5% 3 6% 7% 35%	4862

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	48% 10% 18% 17% 6% 1	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 8% 15% 16% 11% 3	2800
	21st to end	Day	52% 8% 14% 15% 9% 2	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	36% 5% 12% 24% 17% 6%	1825
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 7% 11% 27% 19% 6%	1860
	21st to end	Day	34% 6% 14% 26% 17% 3	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	34% 9% 18% 21% 16% 3	3138
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 6% 14% 31% 19% 9%	3428
	21st to end	Day	32% 7% 15% 27% 16% 4	4089
April	1st to 10th	Day	24% 4 11% 29% 23% 8%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 5% 11% 27% 26% 10%	2252
	21st to end	Day	15% 4 11% 31% 30% 9%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 8% 22% 38% 21%	3848
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 1 5% 21% 41% 23%	4074
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 4 25% 39% 23%	4770
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 3 8% 20% 33% 25%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 4 13% 38% 40%	2660
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 2 8% 27% 57%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 1 3 13% 80%	4351
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 1 2 5% 16% 69%	4345
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 2 6% 29% 56%	4320
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 1 5% 30% 56%	3834
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 5% 24% 67%	3760
	21st to end	Day	3 1 2 7% 28% 59%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	5% 1 3 7% 28% 56%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 4 18% 41% 31%	2228
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 3 16% 42% 30%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 6% 20% 28% 31%	1984
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 2 7% 24% 31% 23%	1900
	21st to end	Day	13% 4 7% 23% 32% 20%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	20% 6% 10% 27% 27% 9%	1693
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 5% 14% 26% 22% 4	1710
	21st to end	Day	30% 5% 10% 25% 22% 9%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	41% 6% 12% 17% 17% 7%	1639
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 9% 11% 19% 11% 3	1928
	21st to end	Day	54% 8% 14% 15% 8% 1	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	43% 9% 13% 25% 9% 1	4406
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 9% 16% 20% 10% 5%	4163
	21st to end	Night	43% 7% 14% 21% 13% 3	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	31% 4 10% 27% 20% 7%	2352
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 4 12% 27% 25% 7%	2219
	21st to end	Night	29% 4 13% 28% 20% 5%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	29% 8% 17% 24% 18% 4	3736
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 5% 15% 29% 23% 8%	3535
	21st to end	Night	38% 6% 13% 25% 15% 4	3564
April	1st to 10th	Night	23% 4 11% 30% 22% 10%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 3 9% 30% 31% 10%	1879
	21st to end	Night	14% 3 12% 29% 35% 8%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 7% 25% 34% 23%	3129
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 3 19% 45% 23%	2835
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 4 23% 43% 21%	2802
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 7% 20% 33% 28%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 4 12% 37% 41%	1520
	21st to end	Night	3 1 1 6% 28% 61%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 3 12% 82%	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 1 4 13% 73%	2492
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 2 6% 26% 60%	3002
August	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 1 5% 28% 58%	3088
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 4 21% 70%	3156
	21st to end	Night	4 2 7% 23% 64%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 2 6% 27% 60%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 3 15% 39% 35%	1951
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 2 15% 39% 36%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 5% 18% 26% 36%	2193
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 7% 21% 31% 27%	2280
	21st to end	Night	12% 2 5% 22% 36% 23%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	18% 4 10% 26% 29% 13%	2420
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 4 13% 26% 29% 8%	2470
	21st to end	Night	26% 3 11% 23% 28% 9%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	32% 6% 12% 22% 17% 10%	2536
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 8% 12% 19% 14% 3	3276
	21st to end	Night	44% 9% 16% 18% 9% 2	4862

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% 8% 12% 27% 23% 8%	180
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 3 13% 27% 28% 17%	336
	21st to end	Day	15% 3 12% 23% 31% 16%	407
February	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 13% 25% 25% 20%	425
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 17% 29% 26% 13%	455
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 17% 31% 27% 8%	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 17% 29% 27% 11%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 20% 25% 27% 13%	460
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 22% 29% 22% 9%	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 19% 28% 22% 17%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 7% 21% 29% 26% 11%	452
	21st to end	Day	2 6% 20% 29% 24% 19%	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	2 5% 18% 33% 28% 14%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 14% 33% 31% 18%	488
	21st to end	Day	2 4 14% 23% 34% 22%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 11% 27% 32% 27%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 14% 20% 42% 21%	490
	21st to end	Day	5% 28% 38% 29%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 3 17% 48% 30%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 15% 34% 48%	484
	21st to end	Day	1 1 2 12% 47% 38%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 7% 20% 45% 26%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	1 3 23% 41% 32%	477
	21st to end	Day	1 5% 19% 41% 34%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 3 23% 45% 28%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 9% 28% 42% 19%	490
	21st to end	Day	1 10% 21% 42% 25%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 12% 27% 33% 25%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 11% 23% 36% 25%	490
	21st to end	Day	3 3 10% 23% 33% 27%	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 12% 22% 34% 25%	283
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 9% 19% 40% 25%	270
	21st to end	Day	9% 1 10% 26% 32% 22%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	14% 2 13% 30% 28% 14%	237
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 12% 24% 27% 23%	180
	21st to end	Day	16% 5% 16% 29% 26% 9%	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	18% 2 9% 36% 28% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 10% 41% 33% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	15% 2 11% 37% 30% 5%	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 14% 33% 31% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 13% 36% 31% 5%	744
	21st to end	Night	11% 3 15% 45% 22% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 17% 40% 26% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 16% 38% 29% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 23% 39% 22% 1	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 27% 35% 24% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	4 6% 26% 38% 24% 1	751
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 28% 35% 24% 3	760
May	1st to 10th	Night	3 5% 27% 41% 23% 1	735
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 28% 42% 24%	561
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 29% 38% 23%	439
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 5% 27% 48% 16% 1	380
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 24% 51% 21% 1	380
	21st to end	Night	1 2 21% 56% 20% 1	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	13% 54% 33%	370
	11th to 20th	Night	2 7% 51% 40%	368
	21st to end	Night	1 6% 40% 49% 4	614
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 11% 43% 41% 4	712
	11th to 20th	Night	1 9% 40% 47% 4	752
	21st to end	Night	1 5% 33% 56% 4	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 6% 37% 51% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 13% 41% 39% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	1 2 10% 37% 44% 5%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 13% 39% 39% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 11% 35% 43% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	4 2 9% 31% 40% 14%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 9% 33% 40% 10%	748
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 8% 40% 36% 9%	760
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 11% 38% 36% 6%	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 11% 42% 29% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 3 10% 42% 26% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 13% 41% 26% 3	836

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