Marathon
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Marathon clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-07-16.

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	4 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 62%	89880
	Night	5% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 62%	89748
Transparency	Day	21% 5% 8% 19% 24% 23%	89629
	Night	21% 5% 9% 19% 24% 23%	89521
Seeing	Day	6% 8% 24% 33% 23% 6%	14242
	Night	6% 5% 24% 42% 21% 2	24339

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	4 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 73%	3167
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 74%	3170
	21st to end	Day	4 4 1 4 4 3 3 3 3 6% 65%	3487
February	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 64%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 2 4 3 3 3 4 5% 6% 63%	1849
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 5% 8% 65%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	3 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 58%	3130
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 56%	3282
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 4 3 5% 4 4 5% 6% 61%	4165
April	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 66%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 63%	2251
	21st to end	Day	4 4 1 3 2 3 2 2 4 6% 68%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 3 2 2 2 3 4 6% 71%	3800
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 6% 7% 65%	3828
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 6% 8% 70%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 3 4 5% 8% 9% 62%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 62%	2470
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 2 4 4 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 54%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 5% 6% 6% 6% 9% 10% 41%	2376
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 4 3 4 5% 4 6% 7% 58%	2221
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 4 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 11% 51%	2349
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 3 3 4 5% 5% 7% 11% 57%	2149
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 3 6% 6% 7% 7% 5% 8% 10% 39%	2123
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 5% 4 6% 6% 5% 7% 9% 46%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 3 6% 8% 46%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 7% 8% 44%	2012
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 7% 53%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 3 2 2 4 3 4 8% 64%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 1 4 3 3 4 2 4 5% 64%	1940
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 72%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 5% 72%	1741
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 5% 68%	1710
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 64%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 2 2 3 3 2 4 6% 63%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 60%	2161
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 70%	3144
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 74%	3806
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 6% 73%	3800
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 58%	4180
February	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 2 4 3 3 2 2 4 8% 63%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 59%	2218
	21st to end	Night	5% 6% 1 3 3 2 3 3 5% 5% 63%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 1 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 60%	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 55%	3669
	21st to end	Night	3 4 1 3 2 3 4 3 5% 7% 65%	3477
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 6% 1 4 4 3 3 3 4 6% 62%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 63%	1877
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 7% 68%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 6% 69%	3170
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 1 4 2 3 3 3 5% 5% 64%	3059
	21st to end	Night	3 4 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 7% 65%	3098
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 3 5% 5% 7% 12% 56%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 9% 58%	1710
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 10% 58%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 4 3 4 6% 5% 8% 12% 50%	1797
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 6% 9% 65%	1860
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 3 3 4 4 4 7% 11% 59%	1969
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 2 2 2 3 4 7% 12% 63%	1790
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 1 4 3 3 5% 5% 9% 15% 49%	1778
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 5% 4 4 5% 4 8% 11% 50%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 6% 10% 52%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 1 4 4 5% 5% 4 6% 10% 49%	1946
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 5% 3 4 4 4 7% 9% 53%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 4 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 62%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 1 4 2 3 3 2 4 7% 61%	2016
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 3 2 2 2 1 3 3 73%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 71%	2316
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 65%	2470
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 63%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 61%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 61%	3036
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 2 3 2 3 3 2 4 7% 66%	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	15% 3 4 12% 27% 39%	3168
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 2 5% 15% 39% 25%	3170
	21st to end	Day	23% 3 6% 19% 33% 16%	3487
February	1st to 10th	Day	20% 3 6% 14% 25% 32%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 4 6% 15% 25% 29%	1859
	21st to end	Day	18% 4 3 14% 27% 34%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	26% 4 4 11% 23% 33%	3130
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 5% 6% 16% 22% 24%	3282
	21st to end	Day	21% 6% 5% 10% 23% 36%	4165
April	1st to 10th	Day	19% 4 5% 12% 26% 35%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 4 5% 12% 25% 33%	2254
	21st to end	Day	18% 3 5% 15% 27% 32%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 6% 15% 19% 42%	3800
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 8% 13% 23% 32%	3831
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 8% 21% 19% 35%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 13% 25% 26% 14%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 5% 8% 20% 31% 17%	2470
	21st to end	Day	24% 6% 12% 23% 23% 13%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	32% 8% 18% 27% 13% 2	2316
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 5% 13% 29% 25% 6%	2158
	21st to end	Day	22% 7% 20% 35% 16% 1	2219
August	1st to 10th	Day	19% 6% 14% 37% 21% 4	2136
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 8% 18% 23% 12% 3	2123
	21st to end	Day	31% 9% 17% 22% 15% 5%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	35% 6% 15% 19% 15% 9%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 7% 13% 20% 20% 5%	2012
	21st to end	Day	29% 6% 9% 20% 24% 11%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	18% 5% 13% 27% 21% 17%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 3 9% 18% 24% 23%	1940
	21st to end	Day	17% 2 3 19% 29% 30%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 2 6% 20% 31% 24%	1741
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 3 8% 20% 27% 23%	1710
	21st to end	Day	24% 3 5% 16% 28% 24%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	25% 3 5% 22% 27% 19%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 4 6% 19% 27% 22%	2159
	21st to end	Day	16% 3 4 14% 32% 30%	3144
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 2 3 11% 32% 37%	3806
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 3 5% 14% 31% 33%	3800
	21st to end	Night	27% 4 5% 17% 33% 15%	4180
February	1st to 10th	Night	22% 3 5% 14% 25% 31%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 3 5% 14% 22% 29%	2218
	21st to end	Night	22% 4 5% 9% 28% 33%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	22% 4 5% 13% 20% 35%	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 5% 8% 14% 18% 25%	3669
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 7% 15% 24% 32%	3477
April	1st to 10th	Night	25% 4 5% 12% 22% 32%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 3 8% 16% 22% 29%	1877
	21st to end	Night	18% 3 7% 18% 26% 27%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	16% 5% 7% 17% 18% 38%	3170
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 10% 17% 17% 29%	3060
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 11% 22% 16% 29%	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	17% 8% 16% 29% 21% 8%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 6% 13% 22% 29% 11%	1710
	21st to end	Night	20% 6% 15% 25% 22% 11%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	23% 9% 22% 32% 13% 2	1748
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 14% 34% 27% 5%	1800
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 20% 39% 18%	1859
August	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 16% 38% 26% 2	1779
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 9% 25% 28% 14% 3	1778
	21st to end	Night	26% 9% 19% 25% 17% 5%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	27% 6% 18% 26% 15% 8%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 7% 20% 21% 17% 6%	1946
	21st to end	Night	27% 5% 15% 22% 21% 11%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	20% 6% 16% 23% 19% 17%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 3 10% 19% 22% 22%	2016
	21st to end	Night	18% 3 4 16% 30% 29%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	18% 3 5% 18% 32% 23%	2316
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 4 6% 20% 27% 24%	2470
	21st to end	Night	23% 4 6% 16% 26% 25%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	23% 3 7% 21% 25% 21%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 3 5% 19% 24% 25%	3037
	21st to end	Night	19% 4 4 15% 34% 25%	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% 13% 38% 30% 10% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 14% 28% 34% 12% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	6% 18% 35% 27% 12% 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	9% 16% 29% 26% 17% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 14% 36% 28% 10% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	7% 20% 42% 24% 7%	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	8% 11% 43% 26% 10% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 18% 40% 23% 7% 3	312
	21st to end	Day	9% 24% 39% 22% 5% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	7% 19% 44% 23% 7% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 21% 47% 20% 6% 1	452
	21st to end	Day	6% 17% 42% 31% 5%	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 15% 39% 31% 10% 1	463
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 8% 36% 36% 15% 1	525
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 29% 43% 16% 1	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 21% 40% 29% 5%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 18% 43% 32% 4	680
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 13% 36% 41% 5%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 10% 27% 45% 13%	581
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 8% 39% 39% 11%	465
	21st to end	Day	2 1 7% 42% 38% 10%	487
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 6% 34% 43% 14%	447
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 1 8% 33% 35% 15%	437
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 8% 33% 37% 14%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 9% 42% 32% 10%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 1 4 27% 43% 15%	302
	21st to end	Day	10% 1 9% 31% 33% 17%	270
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 17% 30% 36% 9%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 17% 38% 22% 9%	270
	21st to end	Day	9% 9% 22% 30% 23% 8%	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 19% 41% 16% 8%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 13% 25% 29% 19% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	8% 19% 31% 24% 16% 2	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	10% 9% 21% 37% 21% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 13% 39% 30% 12% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	5% 12% 35% 35% 13% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 27% 43% 16% 1	765
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 24% 41% 18% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	7% 8% 28% 43% 13% 1	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	8% 9% 26% 40% 16% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 7% 32% 42% 12%	744
	21st to end	Night	8% 8% 39% 39% 6%	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	6% 9% 35% 37% 11% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 10% 33% 33% 14% 2	738
	21st to end	Night	5% 9% 40% 36% 9% 1	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	5% 8% 39% 39% 9%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 9% 41% 39% 6%	563
	21st to end	Night	4 10% 37% 41% 7% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 6% 36% 43% 10%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 33% 43% 12%	561
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 35% 42% 14%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 25% 52% 18%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 23% 49% 23% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	4 1 17% 51% 26%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 12% 44% 36% 2	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 11% 48% 36% 1	540
	21st to end	Night	2 9% 49% 39% 1	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 5% 45% 44% 3	537
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 35% 51% 4	534
	21st to end	Night	4 1 7% 43% 44% 2	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 7% 40% 42% 3	540
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 8% 41% 40% 1	540
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 12% 42% 35% 3	540
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 16% 46% 31% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 18% 47% 21% 3	576
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 16% 38% 27% 7%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 15% 43% 26% 5%	836
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 19% 42% 26% 3	950
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 25% 38% 19% 4	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 21% 45% 19% 3	950
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 7% 27% 45% 15% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	7% 8% 29% 43% 12% 1	1045

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