Stargate Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Stargate 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	3 4 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 7% 56%	104730
	Night	3 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 59%	103604
Transparency	Day	26% 5% 8% 17% 26% 18%	104494
	Night	23% 5% 9% 18% 27% 17%	103428
Seeing	Day	9% 16% 26% 26% 17% 5%	14512
	Night	5% 13% 27% 31% 20% 3	25066

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	1 4 2 9% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 57%	2858
	11th to 20th	Day	1 3 1 5% 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 65%	2860
	21st to end	Day	3 8% 4 8% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 48%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	1 6% 3 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 59%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	1 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 3 5% 8% 56%	1743
	21st to end	Day	2 6% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 3 5% 7% 56%	1654
March	1st to 10th	Day	1 4 2 4 4 3 5% 4 6% 8% 59%	3444
	11th to 20th	Day	4 12% 4 8% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 7% 42%	3490
	21st to end	Day	1 3 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 6% 8% 56%	3825
April	1st to 10th	Day	1 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 64%	2242
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 2 4 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 62%	2251
	21st to end	Day	2 4 2 4 3 3 3 4 4 7% 64%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 4 72%	3879
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 6% 53%	4071
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 3 5% 75%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 3 3 4 3 4 5% 8% 62%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 70%	2470
	21st to end	Day	3 5% 2 6% 4 6% 6% 4 7% 6% 52%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 6% 55%	4110
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 8% 7% 9% 8% 6% 8% 10% 34%	4110
	21st to end	Day	5% 6% 3 9% 7% 6% 8% 6% 8% 10% 32%	4454
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 5% 2 9% 7% 8% 7% 6% 8% 9% 35%	4092
	11th to 20th	Day	4 5% 2 6% 6% 6% 7% 5% 7% 8% 45%	3822
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 2 9% 7% 6% 7% 6% 7% 9% 36%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 2 8% 5% 6% 5% 4 7% 6% 44%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 6% 6% 55%	2218
	21st to end	Day	4 3 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 62%	2028
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 4 3 3 3 3 4 64%	3170
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 63%	3150
	21st to end	Day	2 1 1 3 1 2 2 2 3 5% 78%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 4 3 3 3 4 4 6% 69%	1959
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 69%	2000
	21st to end	Day	2 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 2 4 6% 62%	1714
December	1st to 10th	Day	2 5% 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 60%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	3 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 51%	1999
	21st to end	Day	1 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 3 5% 6% 59%	3146
January	1st to 10th	Night	1 4 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 53%	4097
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 6% 71%	4110
	21st to end	Night	3 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 47%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	1 4 2 5% 3 4 3 4 5% 7% 63%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	2 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 7% 59%	2322
	21st to end	Night	1 4 1 4 3 3 4 4 5% 8% 63%	1798
March	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 4 2 2 2 3 5% 8% 69%	3430
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 12% 4 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 47%	3490
	21st to end	Night	1 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 63%	3828
April	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 6% 7% 66%	1936
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 3 3 3 3 4 5% 6% 66%	1877
	21st to end	Night	1 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 7% 69%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 5% 73%	3087
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 1 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 60%	2834
	21st to end	Night	1 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 4 81%	3110
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 2 4 3 3 5% 4 4 6% 63%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 4 5% 71%	1710
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 4 6% 6% 52%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 2 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 6% 57%	2860
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 7% 6% 6% 7% 7% 10% 11% 37%	2860
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 3 9% 6% 7% 8% 7% 9% 10% 33%	3109
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 3 9% 7% 8% 8% 7% 10% 11% 31%	2847
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 3 7% 7% 7% 8% 6% 8% 9% 37%	3016
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 8% 6% 6% 8% 7% 11% 10% 33%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 8% 45%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 1 5% 3 5% 4 3 4 6% 59%	1957
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 4 2 3 3 3 4 6% 67%	2151
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 69%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 59%	3778
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5% 75%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 71%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 74%	2400
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 63%	2650
December	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 64%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	2 6% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 7% 9% 53%	3208
	21st to end	Night	2 4 2 4 4 3 3 4 6% 7% 60%	4521

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	27% 4 9% 24% 27% 9%	2859
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 4 11% 33% 27% 6%	2860
	21st to end	Day	34% 5% 7% 18% 28% 7%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	24% 4 11% 20% 26% 16%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 4 7% 22% 26% 15%	1752
	21st to end	Day	26% 5% 6% 17% 27% 20%	1654
March	1st to 10th	Day	18% 4 9% 16% 38% 14%	3444
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 7% 7% 17% 22% 9%	3490
	21st to end	Day	21% 6% 9% 21% 36% 7%	3825
April	1st to 10th	Day	20% 4 6% 18% 35% 18%	2242
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 4 6% 15% 34% 20%	2254
	21st to end	Day	20% 4 6% 19% 36% 15%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 4 5% 12% 41% 25%	3879
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 5% 11% 12% 30% 18%	4074
	21st to end	Day	12% 3 4 8% 28% 46%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	18% 5% 7% 13% 29% 28%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 3 4 8% 23% 45%	2470
	21st to end	Day	29% 5% 8% 13% 23% 23%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	26% 7% 7% 10% 13% 37%	4046
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 6% 11% 23% 13% 5%	4041
	21st to end	Day	43% 8% 16% 21% 11% 2	4314
August	1st to 10th	Day	43% 6% 19% 15% 11% 6%	4078
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 6% 10% 23% 17% 9%	3860
	21st to end	Day	42% 6% 13% 19% 17% 4	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	36% 7% 9% 14% 20% 15%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 5% 7% 15% 25% 19%	2218
	21st to end	Day	23% 5% 6% 16% 29% 21%	2028
October	1st to 10th	Day	25% 3 4 13% 22% 33%	3170
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 1 3 14% 37% 19%	3150
	21st to end	Day	11% 2 4 16% 37% 30%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 3 7% 22% 34% 19%	1959
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 4 6% 19% 38% 18%	2000
	21st to end	Day	24% 4 6% 14% 34% 18%	1714
December	1st to 10th	Day	22% 6% 7% 26% 25% 13%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 6% 8% 18% 27% 10%	1997
	21st to end	Day	24% 6% 8% 20% 23% 19%	3146
January	1st to 10th	Night	25% 6% 11% 19% 29% 10%	4097
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 3 9% 33% 30% 9%	4110
	21st to end	Night	32% 6% 9% 18% 27% 8%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	20% 4 10% 22% 27% 17%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 4 8% 23% 24% 18%	2323
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 8% 18% 34% 17%	1798
March	1st to 10th	Night	15% 4 5% 22% 39% 15%	3430
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 5% 7% 20% 24% 9%	3490
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 8% 26% 36% 7%	3828
April	1st to 10th	Night	17% 4 5% 24% 34% 17%	1936
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 4 5% 17% 34% 23%	1877
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 7% 19% 38% 16%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 7% 11% 46% 21%	3087
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 6% 10% 15% 31% 17%	2835
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 4 8% 29% 47%	3110
June	1st to 10th	Night	20% 5% 5% 14% 28% 28%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 3 4 11% 22% 45%	1710
	21st to end	Night	30% 5% 11% 14% 15% 25%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	27% 6% 9% 10% 13% 36%	2815
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 8% 14% 26% 11% 6%	2806
	21st to end	Night	41% 8% 21% 21% 7% 1	3011
August	1st to 10th	Night	43% 7% 21% 14% 10% 6%	2838
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 7% 15% 16% 13% 10%	3044
	21st to end	Night	39% 9% 18% 17% 11% 6%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	33% 7% 12% 17% 18% 14%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 6% 9% 16% 25% 20%	1957
	21st to end	Night	19% 4 8% 15% 30% 23%	2151
October	1st to 10th	Night	19% 3 5% 13% 29% 31%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 2 3 16% 32% 20%	3778
	21st to end	Night	13% 2 3 15% 40% 27%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 5% 24% 37% 18%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 5% 21% 36% 21%	2400
	21st to end	Night	22% 5% 6% 16% 34% 18%	2650
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 5% 9% 27% 27% 13%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 6% 10% 18% 27% 13%	3208
	21st to end	Night	21% 6% 9% 19% 25% 21%	4521

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	6% 33% 29% 22% 10% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 24% 28% 21% 13% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	3 21% 37% 24% 10% 4	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	5% 29% 30% 24% 11% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 30% 38% 20% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	15% 39% 22% 17% 6% 2	309
March	1st to 10th	Day	12% 29% 31% 22% 5% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 24% 32% 16% 10% 1	460
	21st to end	Day	14% 33% 34% 13% 4 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	10% 25% 36% 19% 7% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 30% 32% 19% 5% 1	452
	21st to end	Day	11% 24% 36% 23% 5% 1	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 22% 43% 20% 6% 2	463
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 16% 35% 26% 13% 3	488
	21st to end	Day	6% 21% 35% 25% 12% 1	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 11% 31% 33% 18% 2	490
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 13% 31% 30% 18% 4	490
	21st to end	Day	7% 9% 26% 34% 18% 6%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 17% 41% 26% 8%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 7% 31% 38% 17%	484
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 6% 27% 41% 16%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 11% 30% 35% 12%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 12% 34% 29% 14%	477
	21st to end	Day	10% 3 13% 31% 30% 12%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 16% 35% 28% 7%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 26% 36% 21% 5%	490
	21st to end	Day	7% 9% 24% 32% 21% 7%	428
October	1st to 10th	Day	8% 13% 26% 23% 22% 9%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 10% 26% 28% 16% 7%	300
	21st to end	Day	10% 12% 25% 28% 18% 6%	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	5% 19% 37% 23% 14% 2	300
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 13% 28% 33% 15% 6%	300
	21st to end	Day	7% 23% 29% 23% 14% 3	299
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 20% 24% 33% 13% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 30% 27% 25% 11% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	13% 28% 34% 14% 10% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	4 19% 25% 32% 17% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 17% 30% 29% 14% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	5% 18% 29% 28% 17% 3	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	4 21% 33% 27% 13% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 19% 40% 27% 8% 1	744
	21st to end	Night	6% 25% 36% 27% 5%	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	3 25% 34% 26% 12% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 17% 30% 29% 16% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	5% 21% 36% 28% 10%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 24% 35% 27% 9%	606
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 24% 36% 26% 9%	563
	21st to end	Night	2 25% 37% 26% 9% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 15% 41% 31% 8% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	3 13% 34% 34% 14% 2	561
	21st to end	Night	3 12% 39% 32% 14%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 7% 35% 37% 15% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	4 8% 34% 38% 15% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 25% 37% 25% 3	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 15% 42% 33% 3	555
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 8% 35% 43% 9%	552
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 6% 23% 48% 12%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 7% 28% 46% 12%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 9% 31% 43% 7%	564
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 9% 33% 45% 6%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 10% 37% 37% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 15% 41% 32% 4	627
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 21% 36% 29% 5%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 8% 25% 36% 22% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 7% 24% 40% 21% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	5% 10% 25% 33% 22% 5%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	4 9% 29% 33% 21% 3	780
	11th to 20th	Night	2 12% 29% 31% 21% 5%	800
	21st to end	Night	7% 18% 25% 26% 21% 3	945
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 17% 26% 34% 16% 2	950
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 22% 31% 26% 15% 1	912
	21st to end	Night	6% 22% 31% 29% 11% 2	836

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