The Stocker AstroScience Center
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the The Stocker AstroScience Center clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-04.

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% 6% 2 8% 6% 7% 7% 6% 8% 11% 32%	100550
	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 42%	98412
Transparency	Day	40% 10% 19% 19% 10% 2	104260
	Night	36% 9% 20% 21% 11% 2	102841
Seeing	Day	8% 6% 23% 30% 20% 13%	16019
	Night	8% 4 17% 32% 28% 12%	26142

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	9% 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 36%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 4 9% 7% 7% 6% 5% 7% 8% 25%	2840
	21st to end	Day	6% 7% 3 9% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 7% 37%	3197
February	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 3 6% 6% 6% 5% 5% 6% 10% 39%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 5% 4 4 7% 9% 49%	1966
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 6% 6% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 45%	1727
March	1st to 10th	Day	5% 5% 2 7% 7% 7% 7% 6% 9% 11% 33%	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 2 4 4 4 5% 4 7% 10% 51%	3480
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 2 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 6% 9% 46%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 2 5% 5% 4 6% 5% 9% 12% 44%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 7% 5% 7% 7% 5% 9% 10% 39%	2145
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 6% 9% 10% 42%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 10% 58%	3765
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 6% 6% 7% 5% 8% 11% 38%	3782
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 2 7% 6% 7% 7% 5% 8% 11% 36%	4476
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 10% 3 11% 8% 9% 7% 6% 9% 9% 15%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 8% 4 10% 8% 9% 9% 7% 9% 10% 16%	2470
	21st to end	Day	6% 8% 3 10% 8% 10% 9% 8% 10% 10% 18%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 6% 3 8% 7% 7% 7% 6% 9% 14% 28%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 2 9% 7% 7% 8% 7% 10% 14% 25%	4120
	21st to end	Day	3 4 2 6% 5% 7% 8% 7% 11% 15% 31%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 5% 3 11% 8% 10% 10% 8% 11% 13% 19%	4013
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 2 8% 6% 7% 8% 7% 11% 16% 23%	3730
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 8% 8% 8% 10% 8% 11% 16% 19%	3842
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 3 10% 8% 10% 9% 8% 10% 11% 18%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 8% 3 11% 9% 9% 10% 6% 8% 9% 20%	2090
	21st to end	Day	12% 9% 4 11% 7% 8% 7% 6% 8% 9% 20%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	9% 7% 3 11% 8% 7% 7% 6% 10% 11% 20%	2005
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 2 8% 7% 7% 8% 6% 9% 11% 26%	1900
	21st to end	Day	11% 7% 2 8% 6% 6% 5% 5% 7% 9% 34%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 3 6% 6% 6% 6% 5% 9% 9% 37%	1887
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 7% 3 10% 7% 7% 6% 6% 7% 7% 32%	1900
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 2 7% 6% 6% 7% 5% 6% 10% 36%	1900
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 3 7% 6% 5% 5% 5% 7% 8% 42%	1886
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 7% 2 7% 6% 6% 5% 5% 6% 9% 39%	2153
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 6% 8% 9% 30%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 3 7% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 9% 39%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 10% 3 9% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 29%	4120
	21st to end	Night	7% 7% 3 9% 7% 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 38%	4454
February	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 48%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 1 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 57%	2098
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 4 4 3 6% 9% 58%	1727
March	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 3 8% 6% 6% 7% 5% 7% 9% 40%	3418
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 4 4 3 4 4 6% 10% 56%	3480
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 57%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 8% 10% 58%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 53%	1982
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 7% 10% 51%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 2 4 3 5% 9% 66%	3130
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 5% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 10% 52%	3130
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 46%	3087
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 8% 2 9% 5% 7% 8% 6% 8% 11% 25%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 7% 6% 6% 9% 13% 33%	1710
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 6% 7% 6% 7% 8% 11% 14% 30%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 6% 9% 14% 37%	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 3 6% 5% 5% 6% 6% 10% 15% 37%	2840
	21st to end	Night	3 4 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 6% 9% 15% 41%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 3 7% 6% 7% 8% 7% 9% 13% 34%	2884
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 2 6% 5% 6% 7% 6% 10% 16% 37%	3097
	21st to end	Night	4 4 3 7% 6% 6% 8% 8% 12% 17% 27%	3793
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 7% 7% 6% 8% 7% 10% 12% 33%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 8% 3 8% 7% 6% 7% 5% 9% 11% 28%	2090
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 3 9% 6% 8% 7% 6% 8% 11% 27%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 2 8% 7% 7% 8% 6% 9% 10% 28%	2174
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 2 7% 6% 5% 6% 5% 7% 12% 36%	2280
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 3 7% 5% 6% 5% 4 6% 8% 41%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 7% 9% 47%	2264
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 7% 3 7% 5% 6% 6% 4 7% 9% 38%	2280
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 45%	2280
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 11% 46%	2289
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 4 6% 9% 47%	3042
	21st to end	Night	9% 8% 3 8% 6% 5% 6% 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% 6% 11% 24% 14% 4	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	54% 9% 12% 14% 8% 3	2840
	21st to end	Day	43% 6% 9% 18% 17% 6%	3197
February	1st to 10th	Day	38% 6% 10% 26% 16% 4	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 6% 11% 26% 22% 6%	1976
	21st to end	Day	31% 6% 10% 22% 24% 7%	1727
March	1st to 10th	Day	37% 12% 15% 22% 12% 3	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 9% 20% 35% 10% 3	3480
	21st to end	Day	32% 7% 10% 28% 18% 5%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	27% 8% 15% 32% 14% 3	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 10% 15% 22% 17% 2	2145
	21st to end	Day	31% 8% 13% 24% 20% 4	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	18% 7% 14% 34% 23% 4	3800
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 12% 22% 27% 6%	3786
	21st to end	Day	36% 12% 14% 29% 9%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	60% 11% 16% 10% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	55% 13% 19% 11% 1	2470
	21st to end	Day	53% 14% 23% 10% 1	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	40% 12% 32% 16%	4055
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 12% 37% 10%	4051
	21st to end	Day	33% 12% 39% 16% 1	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	49% 15% 25% 10% 1	4000
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 13% 33% 14%	3766
	21st to end	Day	45% 13% 34% 7% 1	3842
September	1st to 10th	Day	51% 16% 21% 11% 1	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	53% 14% 22% 9% 2	2090
	21st to end	Day	56% 13% 14% 13% 5%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	48% 11% 21% 15% 5% 1	3330
	11th to 20th	Day	50% 10% 14% 17% 9% 1	3140
	21st to end	Day	39% 5% 10% 27% 15% 3	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	38% 7% 12% 18% 18% 6%	1887
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 8% 9% 18% 14% 5%	1900
	21st to end	Day	40% 8% 12% 16% 21% 3	1900
December	1st to 10th	Day	38% 7% 9% 24% 20% 2	1886
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 7% 10% 18% 20% 6%	2150
	21st to end	Day	46% 8% 12% 17% 15% 2	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	39% 8% 14% 21% 16% 3	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	53% 7% 13% 17% 8% 2	4120
	21st to end	Night	41% 7% 10% 21% 16% 6%	4454
February	1st to 10th	Night	33% 4 14% 26% 19% 4	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 6% 12% 26% 22% 8%	2099
	21st to end	Night	23% 6% 12% 23% 29% 7%	1727
March	1st to 10th	Night	36% 11% 13% 23% 13% 4	3418
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 7% 25% 33% 12% 2	3480
	21st to end	Night	25% 7% 13% 25% 25% 5%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	20% 7% 18% 36% 16% 3	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 7% 18% 25% 21% 3	1982
	21st to end	Night	27% 6% 15% 28% 20% 3	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 19% 41% 16% 3	3160
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 10% 21% 35% 9%	3131
	21st to end	Night	28% 11% 19% 32% 10%	3095
June	1st to 10th	Night	50% 12% 21% 14% 3	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 13% 27% 18% 2	1710
	21st to end	Night	39% 15% 36% 10%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	33% 12% 37% 18%	2795
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 11% 45% 11%	2786
	21st to end	Night	31% 12% 40% 15% 1	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	39% 13% 31% 14% 3	2873
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 13% 37% 18% 1	3127
	21st to end	Night	40% 15% 38% 7% 1	3793
September	1st to 10th	Night	39% 16% 28% 14% 2	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 16% 23% 13% 2	2090
	21st to end	Night	48% 14% 19% 13% 6%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	48% 12% 19% 17% 4 1	3629
	11th to 20th	Night	49% 8% 18% 14% 10% 1	3779
	21st to end	Night	41% 6% 10% 27% 15% 3	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	33% 6% 14% 23% 19% 5%	2264
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 8% 9% 23% 14% 4	2280
	21st to end	Night	35% 6% 15% 21% 20% 4	2280
December	1st to 10th	Night	32% 9% 13% 26% 18% 3	2289
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 5% 10% 22% 20% 8%	3044
	21st to end	Night	45% 8% 14% 17% 15% 2	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	8% 17% 41% 27% 5% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 14% 43% 23% 4 1	270
	21st to end	Day	9% 17% 52% 19% 3	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	10% 13% 45% 26% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 9% 38% 32% 13% 2	389
	21st to end	Day	5% 9% 32% 36% 17% 1	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	4 14% 40% 31% 9% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 12% 35% 30% 14% 2	460
	21st to end	Day	5% 9% 43% 26% 13% 3	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	4 11% 41% 25% 14% 5%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 9% 40% 24% 14% 6%	452
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 39% 30% 16% 5%	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 35% 30% 19% 9%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 26% 32% 17% 8%	487
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 13% 36% 23% 14%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 15% 31% 24% 15%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 1 10% 29% 25% 24%	490
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 4 26% 28% 33%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 4 27% 30% 33%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 4 28% 33% 29%	484
	21st to end	Day	4 2 5% 26% 29% 34%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 6% 28% 28% 30%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 5% 27% 28% 33%	479
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 9% 29% 29% 22%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 5% 28% 28% 29%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 6% 23% 34% 30%	490
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 10% 29% 25% 23%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 16% 38% 24% 8%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 22% 32% 21% 10%	490
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 23% 37% 16% 5%	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 31% 35% 18% 5%	467
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 31% 32% 17% 3	460
	21st to end	Day	8% 8% 29% 36% 15% 3	460
December	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 29% 37% 17% 2	446
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 36% 39% 7% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	12% 11% 35% 32% 8% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 25% 38% 21% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 32% 36% 16% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	9% 8% 32% 39% 12% 1	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 26% 40% 18% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 29% 39% 18% 2	743
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 25% 45% 18%	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 34% 38% 16% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 6% 27% 41% 18% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 28% 43% 17% 1	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 25% 43% 20% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 29% 40% 20% 1	751
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 26% 41% 21% 2	760
May	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 22% 41% 29% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 18% 43% 25% 2	749
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 8% 33% 38% 11%	625
June	1st to 10th	Night	14% 2 6% 27% 38% 13%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 4 17% 42% 28%	570
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 2 16% 41% 35%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 2 11% 46% 35%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 13% 47% 34%	552
	21st to end	Night	3 1 1 12% 41% 42%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 3 14% 45% 31%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 2 18% 41% 34%	750
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 6% 22% 37% 25%	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 4 18% 36% 33%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 3 19% 35% 32%	760
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 5% 20% 37% 25%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 11% 33% 32% 10%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 2 13% 33% 32% 9%	760
	21st to end	Night	13% 3 21% 35% 23% 6%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 23% 38% 23% 4	755
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 21% 33% 27% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 22% 40% 22% 3	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 17% 42% 26% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 23% 37% 23% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 24% 36% 22% 3	836

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