Starry Nights Bed and Breakfast
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Starry Nights Bed and Breakfast clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-02-21.

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	12% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 47%	109210
	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 50%	109621
Transparency	Day	36% 5% 9% 21% 19% 10%	113028
	Night	34% 5% 10% 19% 20% 12%	113930
Seeing	Day	14% 8% 23% 30% 20% 5%	15159
	Night	16% 8% 26% 35% 14% 1	25234

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	15% 9% 3 5% 2 3 2 2 4 5% 50%	4077
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 1 3 2 3 2 3 5% 6% 53%	4080
	21st to end	Day	25% 8% 2 5% 3 3 2 2 3 6% 42%	4833
February	1st to 10th	Day	18% 7% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 3 5% 45%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 9% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 7% 45%	1949
	21st to end	Day	19% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 2 5% 5% 50%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 43%	3389
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 9% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 3 4 5% 33%	3480
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 46%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 6% 5% 44%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 43%	2078
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 45%	2418
May	1st to 10th	Day	21% 9% 3 8% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 32%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 43%	4082
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 2 7% 4 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 37%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 6% 4 4 5% 6% 7% 9% 49%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 6% 9% 48%	2470
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 2 7% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 8% 41%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 1 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 48%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 1 4 4 4 5% 5% 7% 11% 50%	4120
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 39%	4465
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 9% 70%	4075
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 10% 60%	3726
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 5% 4 6% 6% 5% 9% 11% 45%	4022
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 45%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 41%	2090
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 3 7% 7% 51%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 56%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 1 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 52%	1971
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 5% 57%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 6% 6% 45%	1958
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 2 5% 6% 51%	1855
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 47%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	25% 8% 3 6% 3 3 3 2 3 5% 39%	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 3 4 5% 5% 44%	3391
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 2 4 2 3 3 2 3 4 59%	4488
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 7% 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 52%	5888
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5% 64%	5900
	21st to end	Night	29% 6% 2 5% 3 2 2 2 3 5% 40%	6186
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 8% 2 6% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 48%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 2 3 5% 49%	2338
	21st to end	Night	18% 8% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 46%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 6% 41%	3465
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 11% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 35%	3480
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 45%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 8% 2 6% 3 4 3 4 5% 7% 46%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 8% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 45%	2045
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 46%	1762
May	1st to 10th	Night	24% 9% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 3 5% 38%	2823
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 4 7% 50%	2823
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 3 4 5% 4 5% 9% 43%	3090
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 1 4 3 3 3 4 6% 9% 59%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 3 4 3 4 4 7% 9% 57%	1710
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 10% 52%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 1 4 4 3 3 4 6% 11% 55%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 5% 3 3 5% 4 8% 9% 56%	2850
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 10% 42%	3098
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 5% 8% 75%	2859
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 7% 11% 60%	3113
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 1 4 3 4 4 3 6% 11% 56%	3637
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 51%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 6% 7% 46%	2090
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 8% 53%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 62%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 2 4 6% 54%	2189
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 60%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 3 5% 3 2 3 2 4 6% 52%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 55%	2540
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 4 6% 48%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	21% 8% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 40%	4250
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 10% 2 5% 3 2 3 2 3 4 47%	4816
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 57%	6490

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	39% 2 4 20% 23% 12%	4078
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 2 5% 15% 26% 19%	4080
	21st to end	Day	46% 3 4 9% 25% 14%	4833
February	1st to 10th	Day	43% 3 4 12% 21% 16%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 3 7% 17% 18% 13%	1959
	21st to end	Day	39% 3 6% 18% 19% 16%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	42% 4 6% 14% 22% 12%	3389
	11th to 20th	Day	54% 5% 6% 9% 16% 9%	3480
	21st to end	Day	38% 5% 9% 16% 19% 13%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	42% 4 8% 17% 17% 13%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 5% 6% 16% 18% 11%	2078
	21st to end	Day	40% 6% 5% 21% 18% 10%	2418
May	1st to 10th	Day	53% 6% 9% 13% 15% 5%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 6% 7% 18% 21% 7%	4086
	21st to end	Day	40% 8% 12% 28% 11% 2	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	29% 8% 13% 28% 19% 4	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 6% 13% 26% 17% 5%	2470
	21st to end	Day	39% 8% 10% 24% 16% 4	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	31% 8% 16% 37% 7% 1	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 8% 16% 32% 16% 2	4051
	21st to end	Day	36% 8% 17% 30% 9%	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 11% 42% 29% 1	4061
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 23% 38% 12% 2	3762
	21st to end	Day	28% 11% 17% 25% 17% 2	4021
September	1st to 10th	Day	39% 6% 10% 20% 16% 9%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 9% 11% 19% 17% 6%	2090
	21st to end	Day	32% 7% 10% 20% 18% 13%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	18% 3 7% 12% 24% 37%	3480
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 4 8% 19% 25% 21%	3250
	21st to end	Day	28% 4 4 18% 33% 14%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	40% 4 7% 19% 18% 12%	1958
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 4 7% 17% 21% 16%	1855
	21st to end	Day	41% 3 6% 16% 20% 14%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	49% 3 6% 17% 15% 10%	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 6% 6% 12% 21% 14%	3389
	21st to end	Day	31% 3 4 15% 28% 19%	4488
January	1st to 10th	Night	37% 3 4 18% 24% 14%	5888
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 2 3 18% 28% 23%	5900
	21st to end	Night	48% 3 3 10% 20% 16%	6186
February	1st to 10th	Night	40% 3 5% 13% 21% 18%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 3 6% 17% 19% 16%	2338
	21st to end	Night	41% 4 5% 15% 18% 17%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	45% 4 6% 16% 18% 10%	3465
	11th to 20th	Night	52% 5% 9% 11% 13% 10%	3480
	21st to end	Night	41% 5% 9% 15% 19% 11%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	38% 6% 8% 17% 17% 15%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 5% 7% 14% 18% 15%	2045
	21st to end	Night	41% 4 9% 19% 18% 9%	1762
May	1st to 10th	Night	51% 5% 8% 16% 13% 7%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 7% 10% 22% 18% 8%	2824
	21st to end	Night	37% 8% 13% 27% 11% 3	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	22% 6% 16% 31% 22% 3	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 6% 14% 29% 22% 5%	1710
	21st to end	Night	27% 8% 17% 29% 16% 3	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	23% 9% 26% 36% 6% 1	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 9% 20% 31% 16% 1	2796
	21st to end	Night	38% 8% 21% 26% 7%	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 15% 46% 23% 1	2849
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 31% 33% 9% 2	3143
	21st to end	Night	23% 11% 21% 26% 16% 2	3637
September	1st to 10th	Night	32% 7% 15% 22% 17% 8%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 9% 14% 22% 15% 5%	2090
	21st to end	Night	29% 7% 13% 20% 18% 13%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	16% 3 7% 15% 21% 37%	3480
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 3 9% 16% 30% 20%	3636
	21st to end	Night	26% 3 4 18% 33% 15%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	37% 4 7% 18% 21% 13%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 4 9% 20% 19% 18%	2540
	21st to end	Night	39% 3 8% 16% 19% 15%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	47% 4 6% 16% 16% 11%	4250
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 3 5% 9% 21% 18%	4817
	21st to end	Night	34% 3 3 14% 29% 18%	6490

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	22% 18% 34% 22% 4	300
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 16% 29% 20% 7%	300
	21st to end	Day	22% 18% 34% 21% 5%	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	31% 14% 31% 20% 5%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 18% 39% 14% 3	300
	21st to end	Day	27% 16% 43% 13%	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 20% 40% 17% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 16% 40% 17% 5%	270
	21st to end	Day	20% 19% 38% 19% 4 1	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	21% 17% 41% 18% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 20% 36% 20% 4	276
	21st to end	Day	19% 14% 38% 22% 6%	598
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 15% 37% 26% 6%	653
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 9% 31% 32% 9% 2	675
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 27% 34% 14% 1	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 18% 41% 27% 4	680
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 18% 49% 20% 3	680
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 14% 39% 29% 7%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 12% 38% 31% 9%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 7% 38% 42% 7%	668
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 8% 34% 42% 9%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 4 39% 40% 13%	660
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 3 41% 39% 9%	477
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 6% 31% 37% 20%	446
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 11% 25% 41% 13%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 5% 30% 43% 13%	300
	21st to end	Day	10% 1 11% 31% 36% 11%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 17% 39% 29% 9%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 3 26% 39% 17% 4	300
	21st to end	Day	19% 12% 27% 25% 14% 3	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	19% 8% 26% 34% 9% 4	300
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 13% 28% 26% 12% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	24% 17% 31% 18% 9% 2	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	21% 9% 35% 25% 8% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 16% 32% 23% 7%	300
	21st to end	Day	20% 15% 34% 24% 6% 1	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	20% 12% 31% 30% 7%	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 12% 31% 30% 6%	1000
	21st to end	Night	23% 11% 30% 30% 6%	965
February	1st to 10th	Night	25% 11% 33% 26% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 11% 35% 24% 3	784
	21st to end	Night	25% 13% 42% 19% 1	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 12% 37% 25% 3	605
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 11% 36% 27% 4	570
	21st to end	Night	19% 10% 40% 26% 3	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 14% 39% 28% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 12% 37% 26% 4	563
	21st to end	Night	20% 10% 39% 22% 8%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	18% 11% 39% 27% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 34% 35% 9%	561
	21st to end	Night	14% 8% 32% 35% 10%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 22% 46% 21% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 31% 46% 13% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 18% 46% 23% 3	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 13% 45% 27% 3	555
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 10% 54% 29% 2	552
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 9% 50% 29% 3	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 10% 51% 33% 3	567
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 7% 52% 30% 4	564
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 6% 43% 37% 5%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 10% 42% 31% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 8% 39% 35% 3	570
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 13% 37% 34% 3	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 12% 47% 28% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 23% 39% 19% 2	669
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 23% 30% 20% 1	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 22% 38% 17% 1	780
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 8% 28% 36% 14% 1	940
	21st to end	Night	19% 12% 29% 29% 10% 1	1000
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 11% 28% 33% 9% 1	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 9% 28% 30% 7%	1000
	21st to end	Night	21% 10% 29% 32% 7%	1100

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