Seward
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Seward clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-10-25.

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	8% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 53%	101082
	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 55%	97925
Transparency	Day	29% 6% 12% 26% 21% 5%	100849
	Night	28% 5% 12% 27% 22% 6%	97748
Seeing	Day	10% 8% 31% 32% 15% 3	15555
	Night	10% 9% 36% 35% 10% 1	25402

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	7% 8% 3 9% 3 4 4 4 5% 7% 47%	2847
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 3 5% 7% 44%	2850
	21st to end	Day	9% 10% 4 7% 3 3 3 2 3 5% 50%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	7% 10% 3 7% 5% 4 3 3 6% 7% 46%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 53%	1849
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 6% 7% 56%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 60%	3218
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 7% 58%	3480
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 48%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 4 4 3 3 3 6% 6% 55%	2156
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 6% 48%	2320
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 45%	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 44%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 3 4 4 4 6% 7% 48%	4082
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 3 6% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 8% 46%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 8% 58%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 57%	2470
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 1 3 3 4 5% 4 6% 8% 57%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 53%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 2 4 3 4 4 4 6% 11% 55%	4120
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 5% 4 4 4 4 8% 9% 53%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 1 6% 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 51%	4103
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 2 4 3 4 5% 3 6% 8% 52%	4041
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 58%	4249
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 1 4 3 4 4 3 4 6% 59%	2138
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 4 4 6% 59%	2090
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 60%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 4 1 4 2 3 3 2 3 6% 60%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 1 4 3 2 2 2 4 6% 66%	1907
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 1 3 3 3 2 2 3 5% 61%	1959
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 6% 65%	1673
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 1 5% 3 3 2 3 5% 6% 61%	1710
	21st to end	Day	9% 7% 1 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 63%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 2 6% 3 3 3 4 5% 8% 54%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 7% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 7% 54%	2161
	21st to end	Day	7% 12% 5% 8% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 40%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	7% 9% 3 11% 5% 3 4 3 4 5% 47%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 4 3 4 6% 57%	4120
	21st to end	Night	12% 9% 3 7% 3 2 3 2 3 4 51%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	8% 8% 4 7% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 49%	2395
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 7% 2 6% 4 4 3 4 6% 6% 51%	2218
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 3 6% 3 2 3 2 4 6% 59%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 62%	3642
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 54%	3480
	21st to end	Night	9% 9% 3 5% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 53%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 1 4 4 3 3 4 5% 8% 54%	2021
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 51%	1808
	21st to end	Night	12% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 50%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 47%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 50%	2823
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 1 4 3 3 4 4 7% 10% 52%	3098
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 8% 10% 57%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 4 5% 3 7% 10% 56%	1710
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 4 3 3 4 3 7% 9% 59%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 52%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 8% 12% 56%	2850
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 7% 11% 54%	3097
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 10% 54%	2836
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 52%	2798
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 9% 62%	3413
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 7% 61%	2042
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 2 5% 2 3 3 3 4 7% 60%	2090
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 62%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 6% 61%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 5% 69%	2252
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 4 3 2 2 2 4 5% 63%	2498
November	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 1 3 2 2 2 3 4 5% 67%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 1 4 3 3 2 3 5% 6% 64%	2470
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 58%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 58%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 4 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 57%	3036
	21st to end	Night	11% 10% 4 7% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 44%	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	35% 6% 11% 27% 18% 2	2848
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 7% 14% 23% 13% 5%	2850
	21st to end	Day	37% 3 12% 28% 16% 3	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	38% 4 14% 24% 14% 7%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 5% 15% 26% 17% 8%	1859
	21st to end	Day	27% 3 11% 27% 23% 9%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	25% 4 10% 19% 31% 11%	3218
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 6% 11% 23% 30% 5%	3480
	21st to end	Day	34% 6% 13% 33% 11% 3	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	30% 5% 11% 25% 22% 8%	2156
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 6% 10% 27% 17% 5%	2323
	21st to end	Day	38% 6% 10% 28% 17% 2	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	37% 8% 12% 20% 14% 9%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 9% 13% 31% 15% 1	4086
	21st to end	Day	34% 8% 13% 22% 19% 4	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	24% 6% 18% 32% 15% 4	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 6% 13% 28% 22% 6%	2470
	21st to end	Day	22% 7% 12% 26% 26% 7%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	30% 6% 11% 23% 26% 3	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 6% 14% 30% 24% 5%	4051
	21st to end	Day	23% 8% 13% 25% 28% 4	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	30% 6% 15% 25% 21% 3	4090
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 6% 14% 27% 20% 4	4080
	21st to end	Day	22% 6% 12% 32% 23% 7%	4248
September	1st to 10th	Day	27% 5% 8% 26% 23% 11%	2138
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 5% 8% 27% 28% 5%	2090
	21st to end	Day	26% 5% 10% 25% 26% 8%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	27% 5% 9% 25% 28% 7%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 4 8% 27% 29% 11%	1907
	21st to end	Day	28% 3 8% 26% 25% 10%	1959
November	1st to 10th	Day	21% 4 9% 29% 29% 8%	1673
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 3 10% 28% 28% 8%	1710
	21st to end	Day	27% 3 6% 28% 29% 7%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	28% 6% 12% 29% 22% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 4 9% 31% 23% 3	2159
	21st to end	Day	42% 6% 9% 24% 16% 3	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	38% 6% 9% 28% 16% 3	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 5% 14% 27% 21% 5%	4120
	21st to end	Night	38% 4 11% 25% 20% 3	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	38% 4 12% 23% 16% 7%	2395
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 5% 11% 25% 20% 6%	2218
	21st to end	Night	28% 3 8% 22% 26% 12%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	24% 4 8% 24% 28% 12%	3642
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 6% 11% 22% 29% 5%	3480
	21st to end	Night	32% 5% 15% 34% 12% 2	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	27% 6% 12% 22% 27% 7%	2021
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 5% 13% 25% 20% 5%	1808
	21st to end	Night	34% 5% 13% 24% 21% 4	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	36% 7% 12% 20% 14% 11%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 8% 16% 28% 18% 1	2824
	21st to end	Night	25% 8% 18% 26% 18% 5%	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	20% 7% 20% 31% 18% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 6% 15% 30% 21% 5%	1710
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 13% 28% 24% 8%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	27% 7% 14% 21% 26% 4	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 5% 13% 29% 28% 6%	2796
	21st to end	Night	23% 7% 14% 28% 24% 3	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	26% 6% 12% 28% 23% 5%	2826
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 8% 14% 25% 21% 3	2825
	21st to end	Night	20% 4 14% 37% 20% 6%	3413
September	1st to 10th	Night	25% 5% 10% 23% 26% 11%	2042
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 5% 10% 23% 30% 7%	2090
	21st to end	Night	23% 5% 10% 23% 29% 10%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	26% 4 10% 21% 31% 8%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 3 9% 24% 32% 13%	2252
	21st to end	Night	25% 3 9% 24% 28% 12%	2498
November	1st to 10th	Night	20% 3 9% 27% 28% 12%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 3 8% 29% 30% 9%	2470
	21st to end	Night	27% 4 7% 26% 25% 10%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	27% 4 12% 29% 22% 6%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 3 8% 35% 20% 4	3037
	21st to end	Night	39% 5% 11% 27% 14% 4	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% 11% 41% 27% 11% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 15% 43% 22% 6% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	9% 12% 49% 24% 5%	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 18% 43% 21% 3 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 14% 45% 23% 7% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	13% 16% 49% 18% 4	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	10% 15% 45% 24% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 16% 39% 20% 8% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	19% 15% 42% 19% 4 1	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 18% 37% 28% 4 1	336
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 18% 40% 25% 3	521
	21st to end	Day	18% 16% 38% 18% 8% 2	650
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 9% 38% 30% 8% 1	653
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 8% 31% 26% 16% 3	675
	21st to end	Day	13% 8% 34% 29% 12% 3	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 28% 35% 19% 8%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 7% 31% 38% 17% 2	680
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 30% 43% 14% 2	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 17% 39% 27% 7%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 15% 45% 28% 6%	668
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 13% 42% 28% 8%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 17% 41% 26% 6%	676
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 17% 43% 26% 3	665
	21st to end	Day	7% 3 18% 41% 25% 7%	582
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 3 17% 37% 28% 4	348
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 25% 42% 18% 9%	300
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 29% 25% 24% 5%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 30% 24% 19% 6%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 9% 42% 27% 13% 3	300
	21st to end	Day	18% 13% 33% 21% 13% 1	311
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 13% 33% 29% 12% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 11% 40% 26% 10% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	16% 11% 33% 26% 10% 3	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 11% 36% 30% 12% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 11% 41% 28% 7%	270
	21st to end	Day	16% 15% 44% 22% 3	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	9% 10% 39% 35% 6%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 12% 39% 32% 7% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	9% 10% 45% 31% 5%	1045
February	1st to 10th	Night	13% 10% 42% 30% 4	875
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 11% 44% 31% 3	744
	21st to end	Night	10% 14% 44% 28% 4	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	9% 15% 42% 29% 4	707
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 11% 37% 29% 8%	570
	21st to end	Night	18% 14% 40% 24% 4	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 13% 43% 26% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 14% 42% 27% 4	563
	21st to end	Night	18% 12% 37% 27% 7%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 10% 39% 30% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 8% 33% 34% 12% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	12% 9% 33% 33% 13% 1	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 30% 41% 15% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	4 7% 39% 39% 10%	570
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 34% 47% 10% 1	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 21% 49% 20% 1	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 27% 49% 20% 1	552
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 22% 46% 22% 1	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 18% 54% 20% 1	567
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 20% 51% 18%	564
	21st to end	Night	4 2 22% 49% 23% 1	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 24% 46% 16% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 34% 39% 14% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 31% 40% 15% 1	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 32% 36% 15% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 8% 40% 34% 8%	732
	21st to end	Night	12% 8% 36% 31% 12% 1	874
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 9% 36% 36% 11% 1	925
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 10% 43% 31% 8%	950
	21st to end	Night	12% 9% 33% 34% 11% 1	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	9% 10% 39% 36% 7%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 12% 40% 31% 5%	950
	21st to end	Night	13% 12% 38% 31% 5%	1045

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