Hunt Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Hunt Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-12-09.

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% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 42%	101738
	Night	13% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 45%	98009
Transparency	Day	38% 7% 11% 21% 19% 6%	105530
	Night	36% 6% 10% 21% 20% 7%	102356
Seeing	Day	17% 8% 22% 25% 19% 9%	14989
	Night	16% 8% 23% 29% 20% 4	24498

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	17% 12% 3 6% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 38%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 8% 3 6% 3 2 2 2 3 5% 45%	3064
	21st to end	Day	23% 11% 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 6% 42%	3476
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 11% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 3 6% 39%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 8% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 40%	1848
	21st to end	Day	21% 8% 3 8% 4 3 2 3 4 5% 39%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	24% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 33%	3120
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 41%	3251
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 2 7% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 38%	4158
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 47%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 2 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 46%	2254
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 8% 48%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 43%	3920
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 2 6% 4 4 6% 4 6% 8% 38%	4081
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 6% 4 7% 10% 41%	4476
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 6% 10% 37%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 45%	2540
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 6% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 43%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 6% 2 7% 7% 7% 7% 6% 9% 11% 30%	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 6% 10% 12% 32%	4193
	21st to end	Day	13% 9% 3 9% 7% 7% 6% 7% 8% 9% 23%	4227
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 5% 4 4 5% 4 8% 9% 55%	3785
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 4 7% 10% 47%	3729
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 50%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 44%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 44%	2095
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 51%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 55%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 56%	2022
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 53%	2002
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 7% 53%	1762
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 6% 3 3 3 2 4 7% 53%	1800
	21st to end	Day	15% 8% 2 6% 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 45%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 9% 3 5% 4 4 5% 4 4 5% 38%	1782
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 9% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 3 4 43%	2153
	21st to end	Day	16% 10% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 37%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 11% 2 6% 4 4 3 2 4 5% 40%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 9% 3 6% 3 2 3 2 4 5% 44%	3892
	21st to end	Night	22% 13% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 3 40%	4180
February	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 42%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 4 4 42%	2218
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 37%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	24% 10% 3 6% 3 4 3 3 4 5% 35%	3733
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 2 4 4 3 3 3 6% 8% 46%	3709
	21st to end	Night	18% 8% 3 6% 5% 5% 4 3 4 5% 40%	3500
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 4 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 47%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 48%	1875
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 6% 7% 50%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 8% 45%	2972
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 2 6% 3 4 4 4 5% 8% 42%	2812
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 11% 44%	3079
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 6% 7% 11% 41%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 4 4 5% 4 4 7% 9% 53%	1629
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 48%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 12% 37%	2530
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 13% 39%	2764
	21st to end	Night	10% 8% 3 10% 6% 5% 6% 5% 8% 9% 27%	3308
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 10% 61%	3144
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 11% 53%	3100
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 4 3 4 4 3 6% 9% 56%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 7% 4 5% 4 3 4 8% 47%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 46%	2066
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 1 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 53%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 62%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 54%	2155
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 4 2 2 3 3 3 4 56%	2593
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 55%	2536
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 2 5% 6% 53%	2600
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 4 4 5% 49%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 7% 3 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 6% 42%	2581
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 3 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 47%	3042
	21st to end	Night	17% 9% 3 7% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 7% 33%	4532

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	47% 4 6% 19% 21% 4	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 4 6% 23% 22% 3	3064
	21st to end	Day	45% 3 7% 19% 20% 5%	3476
February	1st to 10th	Day	47% 3 7% 19% 19% 4	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	47% 4 5% 18% 19% 7%	1858
	21st to end	Day	48% 3 7% 13% 22% 7%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	52% 5% 8% 10% 15% 9%	3120
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 5% 8% 22% 18% 7%	3251
	21st to end	Day	43% 6% 10% 18% 18% 5%	4158
April	1st to 10th	Day	36% 5% 10% 22% 19% 7%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 5% 7% 21% 22% 7%	2254
	21st to end	Day	33% 5% 10% 26% 22% 3	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	35% 9% 13% 26% 15% 2	3955
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 8% 14% 24% 12% 1	4085
	21st to end	Day	36% 9% 14% 26% 14% 1	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	41% 9% 13% 20% 16% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 9% 15% 26% 18% 3	2540
	21st to end	Day	35% 8% 17% 21% 14% 5%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	41% 13% 20% 20% 6% 1	4371
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 12% 23% 22% 5% 1	4121
	21st to end	Day	53% 11% 14% 16% 6%	4092
August	1st to 10th	Day	22% 8% 14% 33% 22% 1	3773
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 8% 16% 27% 16% 3	3765
	21st to end	Day	29% 9% 14% 21% 23% 4	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	37% 9% 13% 18% 19% 5%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 8% 12% 16% 21% 5%	2095
	21st to end	Day	33% 6% 10% 23% 21% 8%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 4 6% 14% 30% 26%	3480
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 3 4 17% 31% 25%	3340
	21st to end	Day	25% 4 4 22% 34% 12%	3279
November	1st to 10th	Day	33% 4 8% 18% 28% 9%	1762
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 4 6% 19% 28% 11%	1800
	21st to end	Day	38% 4 6% 20% 24% 7%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	47% 5% 6% 16% 20% 6%	1782
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 4 5% 19% 22% 5%	2150
	21st to end	Day	46% 5% 8% 20% 18% 2	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	47% 3 5% 15% 26% 3	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 4 5% 21% 19% 8%	3892
	21st to end	Night	50% 4 3 19% 20% 5%	4180
February	1st to 10th	Night	44% 4 5% 19% 21% 6%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 4 6% 17% 19% 8%	2219
	21st to end	Night	47% 4 7% 14% 19% 9%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	51% 5% 8% 13% 15% 8%	3733
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 5% 9% 21% 20% 10%	3709
	21st to end	Night	46% 5% 6% 19% 20% 3	3500
April	1st to 10th	Night	36% 5% 12% 20% 20% 6%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 5% 7% 21% 22% 11%	1875
	21st to end	Night	32% 6% 10% 24% 23% 5%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	35% 9% 12% 23% 19% 3	3002
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 8% 15% 24% 13% 2	2813
	21st to end	Night	28% 10% 15% 26% 18% 3	3087
June	1st to 10th	Night	34% 9% 14% 22% 18% 2	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 8% 16% 27% 20% 4	1629
	21st to end	Night	30% 8% 17% 21% 20% 3	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	37% 10% 25% 19% 7% 2	2490
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 11% 26% 23% 6% 1	2713
	21st to end	Night	49% 12% 17% 16% 6% 1	3202
August	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 13% 38% 23% 2	3132
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 9% 19% 30% 16% 3	3130
	21st to end	Night	25% 8% 15% 22% 24% 6%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	36% 6% 16% 20% 16% 6%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 8% 13% 18% 21% 6%	2066
	21st to end	Night	29% 6% 9% 25% 23% 8%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	18% 3 6% 17% 30% 26%	3480
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 3 4 15% 32% 27%	3576
	21st to end	Night	23% 3 4 23% 30% 17%	4266
November	1st to 10th	Night	32% 5% 7% 18% 25% 13%	2536
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 3 6% 18% 28% 12%	2600
	21st to end	Night	37% 4 6% 21% 23% 9%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	42% 4 9% 19% 22% 4	2581
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 4 6% 19% 26% 5%	3044
	21st to end	Night	45% 7% 9% 18% 19% 3	4532

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	32% 20% 31% 13% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 21% 29% 15% 3 1	270
	21st to end	Day	27% 22% 37% 10% 3 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	26% 20% 36% 15% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 20% 32% 9% 2 1	270
	21st to end	Day	36% 20% 34% 8% 1	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	28% 20% 31% 15% 4 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 20% 37% 15% 4 1	322
	21st to end	Day	25% 14% 34% 20% 7%	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	22% 15% 30% 23% 9% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 13% 31% 21% 10% 3	452
	21st to end	Day	17% 10% 32% 27% 12% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	18% 6% 27% 29% 15% 4	463
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 4 29% 26% 17% 10%	487
	21st to end	Day	11% 4 22% 31% 19% 12%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 14% 33% 25% 10%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 15% 33% 25% 17%	560
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 15% 28% 29% 15%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 1 10% 30% 33% 17%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 1 6% 24% 34% 25%	528
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 8% 23% 36% 20%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 9% 25% 34% 21%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 2 8% 32% 31% 17%	479
	21st to end	Day	14% 1 6% 27% 31% 20%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 2 9% 35% 30% 12%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 3 11% 25% 31% 15%	490
	21st to end	Day	15% 4 13% 29% 31% 9%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 22% 32% 21% 9%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 8% 31% 34% 15% 1	422
	21st to end	Day	22% 11% 23% 31% 12% 1	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	20% 8% 30% 28% 12% 2	300
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 18% 37% 23% 6% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	19% 17% 36% 19% 8% 1	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	31% 16% 32% 16% 4	294
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 17% 35% 15% 8%	270
	21st to end	Day	30% 15% 33% 18% 4	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	23% 16% 34% 21% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 15% 30% 23% 8%	760
	21st to end	Night	24% 14% 36% 24% 3	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	25% 12% 31% 27% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 14% 31% 24% 3	743
	21st to end	Night	25% 17% 35% 21% 1	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	22% 14% 31% 28% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 12% 33% 27% 7% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	21% 10% 35% 23% 11%	648
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 14% 31% 27% 12% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 10% 31% 28% 12% 2	563
	21st to end	Night	13% 10% 30% 31% 15% 2	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 26% 33% 23% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 2 22% 31% 24% 6%	561
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 15% 36% 33% 7%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 1 11% 36% 33% 9%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 10% 32% 39% 12%	570
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 9% 30% 41% 11%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 6% 27% 47% 14%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 6% 26% 39% 19%	552
	21st to end	Night	7% 8% 25% 45% 15%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 29% 46% 16%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 6% 34% 40% 12%	564
	21st to end	Night	12% 1 7% 29% 39% 12%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 1 10% 33% 35% 8%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 2 12% 30% 36% 6%	736
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 13% 33% 37% 5%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 18% 33% 28% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 23% 37% 20% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 19% 34% 19% 3	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 8% 22% 33% 20% 2	780
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 10% 31% 32% 11% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	19% 9% 30% 30% 11% 1	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	23% 11% 27% 31% 8%	795
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 11% 29% 27% 9%	760
	21st to end	Night	27% 11% 30% 27% 6%	836

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