Saint Petersburg
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Saint Petersburg clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-03.

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	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 11% 42%	100851
	Night	8% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 42%	98068
Transparency	Day	32% 12% 20% 20% 13% 4	100661
	Night	35% 11% 18% 20% 13% 4	97928
Seeing	Day	7% 4 17% 28% 28% 16%	15426
	Night	8% 4 18% 33% 27% 10%	25455

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	11% 8% 4 8% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 9% 37%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 10% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 6% 8% 35%	2840
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 43%	3442
February	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 46%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 2 5% 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 56%	1848
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 3 2 3 3 5% 8% 56%	1603
March	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 9% 42%	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 1 5% 3 4 4 4 7% 11% 51%	3480
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 53%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 1 4 3 4 5% 4 8% 9% 54%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 49%	2066
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 4 3 4 4 4 7% 8% 57%	2270
May	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 1 3 2 3 3 3 6% 9% 67%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 44%	4081
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 10% 61%	4476
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 3 7% 5% 6% 5% 5% 8% 10% 35%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 6% 5% 6% 7% 6% 10% 14% 33%	2470
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 2 7% 5% 6% 8% 7% 10% 12% 30%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 7% 5% 6% 7% 8% 11% 15% 30%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 7% 6% 8% 9% 8% 12% 15% 27%	4120
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 7% 7% 8% 8% 7% 11% 16% 26%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 2 7% 7% 7% 8% 6% 10% 13% 30%	3995
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 2 6% 4 6% 7% 5% 10% 15% 39%	3729
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 3 7% 6% 6% 8% 8% 11% 14% 27%	3841
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 8% 6% 7% 8% 6% 10% 13% 28%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 2 7% 6% 6% 7% 6% 8% 13% 30%	2090
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 3 8% 6% 6% 7% 5% 8% 11% 35%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 2 7% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 8% 39%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 1 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 54%	1962
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 9% 52%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 1 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 52%	1877
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 49%	1900
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 48%	1730
December	1st to 10th	Day	5% 5% 1 5% 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 10% 49%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 48%	2153
	21st to end	Day	13% 8% 3 9% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 36%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	11% 8% 3 9% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 9% 36%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 10% 4 8% 5% 5% 5% 3 5% 7% 31%	4120
	21st to end	Night	10% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 39%	4211
February	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 47%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 8% 51%	2218
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 52%	1848
March	1st to 10th	Night	10% 9% 3 8% 6% 6% 5% 3 6% 6% 38%	3418
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 4 4 4 5% 5% 10% 13% 47%	3480
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 6% 6% 53%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 1 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 10% 52%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 3 6% 9% 50%	2063
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 1 4 3 4 3 3 6% 8% 58%	1919
May	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 4 3 3 3 4 6% 9% 62%	2813
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 3 4 5% 5% 6% 10% 47%	2812
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 4 3 3 3 4 5% 8% 64%	3079
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 10% 40%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 1 7% 5% 4 6% 6% 10% 13% 39%	1710
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 1 6% 6% 6% 7% 5% 9% 13% 35%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 2 10% 7% 7% 8% 7% 9% 13% 27%	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 8% 7% 7% 9% 7% 11% 13% 29%	2840
	21st to end	Night	4 7% 4 11% 10% 8% 9% 7% 11% 12% 18%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 2 7% 5% 6% 5% 6% 9% 14% 35%	2914
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 6% 10% 16% 37%	3100
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 10% 7% 7% 7% 7% 9% 13% 27%	3782
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 3 8% 7% 7% 7% 7% 10% 12% 29%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 7% 3 9% 7% 6% 6% 5% 9% 10% 30%	2090
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 3 8% 7% 5% 7% 6% 8% 10% 33%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 10% 39%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 4 5% 4 5% 3 7% 7% 52%	2215
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 48%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 51%	2246
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 48%	2280
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 46%	2445
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 9% 49%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 8% 47%	3042
	21st to end	Night	14% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 8% 34%	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	41% 7% 10% 20% 15% 6%	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 5% 7% 18% 16% 7%	2840
	21st to end	Day	36% 8% 8% 24% 19% 5%	3442
February	1st to 10th	Day	34% 6% 11% 20% 18% 11%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 7% 12% 20% 26% 10%	1858
	21st to end	Day	26% 5% 14% 20% 25% 9%	1603
March	1st to 10th	Day	34% 13% 16% 19% 14% 5%	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 7% 17% 28% 18% 5%	3480
	21st to end	Day	26% 6% 10% 33% 18% 7%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	24% 8% 19% 23% 19% 6%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 9% 16% 18% 22% 6%	2066
	21st to end	Day	21% 7% 14% 26% 27% 5%	2270
May	1st to 10th	Day	12% 8% 20% 34% 21% 5%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 12% 21% 22% 14% 1	4085
	21st to end	Day	17% 9% 18% 36% 19% 1	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	39% 14% 22% 20% 5%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 16% 26% 21% 4	2470
	21st to end	Day	38% 17% 28% 14% 3	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	36% 16% 38% 9% 1	4055
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 21% 35% 5%	4051
	21st to end	Day	38% 23% 30% 9% 1	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	39% 15% 31% 11% 3	3982
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 16% 30% 21% 4	3765
	21st to end	Day	40% 19% 29% 12% 1	3841
September	1st to 10th	Day	40% 22% 24% 13% 1	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 17% 24% 14% 4	2090
	21st to end	Day	38% 12% 16% 22% 9% 2	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	37% 13% 14% 17% 11% 8%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 9% 11% 23% 27% 5%	1962
	21st to end	Day	27% 7% 12% 20% 23% 10%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	27% 8% 12% 24% 19% 10%	1877
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 7% 11% 22% 20% 8%	1900
	21st to end	Day	30% 8% 13% 22% 20% 7%	1730
December	1st to 10th	Day	29% 8% 15% 27% 16% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 6% 13% 19% 18% 11%	2150
	21st to end	Day	45% 8% 10% 20% 14% 3	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	43% 9% 9% 17% 17% 5%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	52% 6% 8% 18% 12% 4	4120
	21st to end	Night	39% 8% 12% 16% 19% 6%	4211
February	1st to 10th	Night	36% 6% 11% 18% 20% 9%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 6% 12% 19% 23% 10%	2219
	21st to end	Night	28% 7% 13% 19% 25% 8%	1848
March	1st to 10th	Night	44% 10% 11% 17% 13% 4	3418
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 10% 23% 25% 15% 4	3480
	21st to end	Night	29% 7% 10% 28% 20% 6%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	24% 8% 19% 26% 16% 7%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 8% 15% 22% 21% 5%	2063
	21st to end	Night	24% 6% 14% 26% 26% 5%	1919
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 11% 19% 33% 18% 5%	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 12% 21% 27% 12% 1	2813
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 17% 38% 19% 1	3087
June	1st to 10th	Night	37% 11% 23% 22% 7%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 15% 26% 23% 4	1710
	21st to end	Night	38% 16% 24% 15% 6%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	44% 17% 30% 8% 1	2795
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 19% 35% 6%	2786
	21st to end	Night	53% 17% 22% 6%	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	36% 17% 30% 13% 5%	2903
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 16% 35% 19% 1	3130
	21st to end	Night	43% 18% 28% 10% 1	3782
September	1st to 10th	Night	41% 20% 25% 13% 1	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 14% 23% 16% 2	2090
	21st to end	Night	41% 13% 18% 18% 7% 2	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	37% 11% 14% 18% 13% 6%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 7% 12% 25% 23% 4	2215
	21st to end	Night	31% 7% 12% 20% 22% 8%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	29% 6% 14% 20% 20% 11%	2246
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 7% 10% 22% 20% 8%	2280
	21st to end	Night	34% 7% 11% 25% 16% 8%	2445
December	1st to 10th	Night	32% 6% 13% 30% 16% 3	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 7% 11% 21% 18% 9%	3044
	21st to end	Night	43% 10% 13% 17% 14% 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	9% 9% 37% 33% 10%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 15% 29% 33% 14% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	13% 12% 39% 29% 7%	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	9% 10% 27% 38% 15% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 34% 30% 20% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	6% 7% 29% 38% 17% 3	258
March	1st to 10th	Day	4 8% 38% 38% 11% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 9% 29% 32% 21% 2	460
	21st to end	Day	6% 8% 29% 36% 19% 2	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	7% 7% 31% 36% 18% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 8% 27% 37% 17% 3	452
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 22% 39% 26% 5%	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 17% 39% 29% 7%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 2 15% 34% 30% 10%	487
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 8% 27% 40% 18%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 1 9% 27% 33% 18%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 6% 25% 36% 24%	490
	21st to end	Day	4 4 16% 36% 40%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 2 12% 34% 45%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 2 10% 38% 44%	484
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 5% 13% 39% 36%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 4 12% 39% 38%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 5% 10% 35% 41%	479
	21st to end	Day	9% 1 6% 17% 36% 31%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 1 5% 16% 37% 34%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 1 6% 22% 39% 24%	490
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 7% 20% 41% 25%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 2 15% 33% 31% 8%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 17% 31% 33% 9%	490
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 16% 38% 29% 4	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 19% 34% 30% 5%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 7% 22% 37% 20% 3	460
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 28% 37% 22% 3	290
December	1st to 10th	Day	6% 8% 24% 37% 19% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 30% 33% 19% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	6% 9% 26% 36% 21% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	10% 9% 29% 35% 16% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 8% 24% 38% 16% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	13% 11% 29% 35% 12%	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 29% 35% 16%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 26% 38% 17% 1	743
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 25% 45% 16%	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	5% 7% 33% 44% 10% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 25% 39% 21% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 27% 42% 19% 1	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 24% 43% 20% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 27% 42% 17% 1	751
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 25% 44% 21%	717
May	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 15% 44% 33% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 15% 40% 30% 5%	561
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 9% 35% 42% 6%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 5% 25% 44% 13%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 5% 19% 42% 26%	570
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 4 15% 42% 32%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 2 10% 39% 41%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 8% 42% 43%	552
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 4 10% 42% 39%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 3 11% 45% 36%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 3 10% 38% 43%	564
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 4 22% 36% 26%	803
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 6% 21% 43% 21%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 7% 26% 40% 15%	760
	21st to end	Night	10% 1 8% 30% 39% 12%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 18% 36% 28% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 14% 40% 32% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 22% 40% 23% 3	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 25% 39% 21% 3	749
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 24% 39% 21% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 26% 42% 18% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 24% 37% 24% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 24% 39% 20% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	10% 7% 23% 39% 20% 1	836

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