Penryn
Clear Sky Chart
History

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

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	9% 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 5% 66%	105423
	Night	11% 4 1 4 2 2 3 2 4 5% 61%	103032
Transparency	Day	22% 4 8% 18% 24% 25%	105175
	Night	27% 4 8% 18% 22% 22%	102869
Seeing	Day	10% 6% 19% 31% 27% 7%	15268
	Night	12% 3 13% 38% 30% 5%	24602

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	27% 8% 2 3 3 3 4 2 4 5% 37%	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 9% 3 8% 4 3 3 3 3 5% 33%	2778
	21st to end	Day	25% 9% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 4 7% 30%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	20% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 46%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 2 4 4 3 4 3 4 6% 47%	1783
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 48%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 11% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 5% 31%	3248
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 1 4 3 2 2 2 4 6% 56%	3490
	21st to end	Day	16% 8% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 36%	3970
April	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 2 4 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 48%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 57%	2249
	21st to end	Day	7% 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 8% 63%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 74%	3898
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 4 80%	4377
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 5% 76%	4813
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 3 3 2 2 3 5% 6% 67%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 5% 81%	2660
	21st to end	Day	2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 85%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 1 93%	4420
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 4 85%	4420
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 89%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 5% 80%	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 89%	3787
	21st to end	Day	2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 90%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 1 1 2 3 89%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 77%	2280
	21st to end	Day	3 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 4 80%	2053
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 5% 75%	3180
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 3 5% 74%	3161
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 7% 64%	3448
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 6% 7% 57%	1804
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 4 1 4 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 52%	1800
	21st to end	Day	13% 4 1 4 2 3 3 4 5% 7% 54%	1660
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 5% 1 5% 3 4 4 3 4 6% 49%	1560
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 9% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 7% 31%	1928
	21st to end	Day	16% 8% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 35%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 9% 3 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 40%	4406
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 5% 35%	4172
	21st to end	Night	25% 8% 3 8% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 32%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 50%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 1 4 3 4 4 3 5% 8% 47%	2284
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 1 4 3 2 3 3 4 5% 51%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	24% 11% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 33%	3623
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 4 1 3 2 3 2 2 3 5% 57%	3490
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 2 6% 3 4 5% 4 6% 7% 37%	3682
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 3 5% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 50%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 1 5% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 56%	1879
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 8% 65%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 5% 70%	3075
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 5% 81%	2516
	21st to end	Night	3 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 5% 80%	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 5% 68%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 2 2 1 2 1 3 4 82%	1520
	21st to end	Night	2 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 83%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 2 94%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 83%	2540
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 2 1 3 4 86%	3094
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 5% 76%	2848
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 3 89%	3061
	21st to end	Night	3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 88%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 89%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 5% 78%	1900
	21st to end	Night	2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 4 81%	2125
October	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 78%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 5% 79%	3777
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 5% 66%	4121
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 1 4 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 56%	2492
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 5% 7% 56%	2600
	21st to end	Night	14% 4 1 4 2 2 3 2 4 6% 57%	2738
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 5% 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 7% 51%	2736
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 5% 7% 34%	3276
	21st to end	Night	20% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 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	49% 6% 11% 22% 10% 2	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	56% 6% 7% 13% 11% 7%	2778
	21st to end	Day	53% 5% 11% 15% 10% 5%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	40% 5% 9% 19% 17% 9%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 5% 10% 20% 20% 7%	1792
	21st to end	Day	38% 5% 11% 22% 17% 7%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	52% 10% 9% 14% 12% 3	3248
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 5% 9% 32% 15% 11%	3490
	21st to end	Day	43% 10% 14% 21% 11% 2	3970
April	1st to 10th	Day	35% 6% 11% 26% 16% 6%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 5% 13% 26% 21% 6%	2252
	21st to end	Day	21% 5% 14% 28% 27% 4	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 3 10% 29% 24% 17%	3898
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 3 6% 24% 43% 13%	4380
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 11% 35% 31% 6%	4814
June	1st to 10th	Day	18% 5% 10% 26% 29% 12%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 8% 20% 36% 25%	2660
	21st to end	Day	8% 1 3 13% 36% 39%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 2 6% 15% 75%	4351
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 1 3 7% 15% 67%	4345
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 2 4 24% 64%	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	10% 1 3 7% 22% 57%	4076
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 2 6% 35% 51%	3824
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 2 9% 37% 45%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 3 8% 29% 56%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 3 6% 20% 37% 21%	2280
	21st to end	Day	12% 2 4 19% 33% 31%	2053
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 5% 11% 24% 45%	3180
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 3 6% 20% 38% 19%	3161
	21st to end	Day	21% 3 8% 18% 35% 16%	3448
November	1st to 10th	Day	26% 6% 9% 23% 23% 12%	1804
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 5% 12% 22% 21% 7%	1800
	21st to end	Day	30% 7% 11% 19% 22% 12%	1660
December	1st to 10th	Day	37% 5% 12% 19% 18% 9%	1560
	11th to 20th	Day	55% 5% 10% 12% 14% 5%	1928
	21st to end	Day	42% 9% 18% 18% 10% 3	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	43% 7% 14% 23% 9% 4	4406
	11th to 20th	Night	50% 7% 12% 11% 11% 9%	4172
	21st to end	Night	53% 5% 11% 13% 12% 6%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	38% 3 7% 21% 20% 10%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 5% 8% 22% 20% 8%	2286
	21st to end	Night	34% 5% 10% 24% 20% 7%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	51% 10% 9% 14% 11% 4	3623
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 4 7% 26% 20% 11%	3490
	21st to end	Night	44% 8% 12% 21% 11% 4	3682
April	1st to 10th	Night	35% 6% 12% 19% 21% 7%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 6% 12% 27% 16% 11%	1879
	21st to end	Night	20% 5% 12% 31% 24% 6%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	16% 5% 15% 21% 25% 19%	3075
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 2 7% 25% 41% 14%	2516
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 12% 39% 30% 7%	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	18% 6% 11% 27% 27% 12%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 8% 21% 34% 27%	1520
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 3 11% 33% 42%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 1 6% 16% 74%	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 7% 14% 66%	2492
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 3 5% 27% 59%	2997
August	1st to 10th	Night	12% 1 3 8% 24% 52%	2839
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 2 8% 37% 47%	3090
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 2 9% 34% 46%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 2 7% 30% 55%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 2 6% 18% 39% 23%	1900
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 6% 17% 31% 35%	2125
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 2 3 10% 19% 51%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 2 6% 25% 32% 23%	3777
	21st to end	Night	21% 3 5% 18% 32% 21%	4121
November	1st to 10th	Night	28% 5% 10% 22% 19% 16%	2492
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 4 12% 25% 22% 9%	2600
	21st to end	Night	30% 4 8% 22% 22% 14%	2738
December	1st to 10th	Night	34% 5% 11% 20% 18% 11%	2736
	11th to 20th	Night	51% 4 8% 15% 15% 6%	3276
	21st to end	Night	48% 8% 12% 17% 11% 4	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	41% 4 17% 21% 14% 2	180
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 7% 17% 27% 22% 5%	327
	21st to end	Day	21% 8% 20% 25% 21% 6%	407
February	1st to 10th	Day	21% 9% 18% 25% 22% 4	370
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 13% 22% 24% 16% 4	423
	21st to end	Day	20% 9% 25% 28% 15% 3	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	26% 14% 25% 22% 11% 3	460
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 14% 23% 21% 15% 6%	460
	21st to end	Day	18% 13% 31% 22% 14% 2	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	17% 10% 27% 25% 17% 4	460
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 10% 30% 24% 17% 5%	452
	21st to end	Day	8% 10% 22% 29% 23% 8%	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 9% 31% 27% 20% 5%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 7% 24% 28% 27% 7%	488
	21st to end	Day	5% 6% 19% 30% 28% 11%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 7% 19% 30% 31% 9%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	3 6% 21% 36% 29% 4	490
	21st to end	Day	1 3 15% 39% 33% 9%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 10% 44% 40% 5%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	1 7% 44% 42% 6%	484
	21st to end	Day	1 10% 41% 39% 9%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 12% 41% 37% 6%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 14% 39% 36% 9%	477
	21st to end	Day	1 1 10% 36% 45% 7%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 12% 42% 34% 9%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 18% 34% 31% 7%	490
	21st to end	Day	3 2 20% 36% 29% 9%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 7% 20% 31% 30% 11%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 16% 27% 34% 12%	490
	21st to end	Day	8% 8% 18% 29% 27% 10%	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 8% 14% 29% 28% 9%	340
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 2 19% 30% 27% 8%	300
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 18% 30% 26% 7%	230
December	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 16% 24% 24% 9%	190
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 8% 20% 24% 19% 9%	180
	21st to end	Day	20% 10% 19% 27% 19% 4	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	25% 3 13% 30% 22% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 4 11% 38% 23% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	21% 2 15% 34% 23% 5%	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 3 14% 34% 24% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 5% 18% 35% 21% 4	744
	21st to end	Night	18% 5% 19% 38% 17% 2	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 7% 16% 31% 20% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 5% 15% 30% 26% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 5% 21% 34% 19% 2	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	15% 3 17% 39% 24% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 19% 34% 26% 5%	751
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 17% 39% 28% 4	760
May	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 22% 37% 26% 3	707
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 14% 41% 33% 2	374
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 13% 40% 37% 1	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 18% 41% 33% 2	380
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 16% 49% 32% 2	380
	21st to end	Night	2 1 9% 48% 38% 2	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 6% 52% 39% 1	370
	11th to 20th	Night	2 5% 55% 35% 2	368
	21st to end	Night	1 5% 43% 47% 4	609
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 7% 46% 42% 2	567
	11th to 20th	Night	1 7% 46% 42% 4	711
	21st to end	Night	2 6% 42% 47% 3	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 5% 40% 48% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 10% 36% 41% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	2 2 13% 39% 34% 9%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 12% 41% 33% 8%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 10% 36% 39% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 13% 36% 30% 12%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 12% 34% 31% 7%	780
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 2 15% 39% 26% 6%	800
	21st to end	Night	15% 2 15% 38% 25% 6%	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 4 12% 35% 22% 7%	782
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 3 13% 32% 21% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	24% 3 18% 33% 18% 3	836

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