AstroGeek's Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the AstroGeek's Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-12-02.

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	18% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 38%	101433
	Night	18% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 39%	98211
Transparency	Day	44% 6% 12% 21% 15% 2	104985
	Night	45% 5% 11% 22% 15% 2	102735
Seeing	Day	22% 18% 33% 19% 7% 2	15215
	Night	21% 14% 33% 24% 7% 1	24114

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover NE (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 6% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 46%	2517
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 10% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 4 40%	2520
	21st to end	Day	20% 13% 3 8% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 33%	2772
February	1st to 10th	Day	20% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 35%	1806
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 42%	1848
	21st to end	Day	18% 10% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 38%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	25% 16% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 3 5% 30%	3116
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 6% 8% 42%	3369
	21st to end	Day	23% 11% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 35%	3991
April	1st to 10th	Day	20% 9% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 37%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 6% 6% 39%	2277
	21st to end	Day	20% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 38%	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	25% 12% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 28%	4106
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 10% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 4 7% 31%	4081
	21st to end	Day	16% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 45%	4824
June	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 34%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 6% 10% 36%	2660
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 6% 9% 37%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 33%	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 3 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 11% 37%	4440
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 32%	4792
August	1st to 10th	Day	17% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 30%	4105
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 37%	4014
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 1 5% 4 6% 6% 4 7% 10% 45%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 46%	2256
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 2 4 6% 50%	2090
	21st to end	Day	19% 6% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 4 6% 42%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	23% 7% 1 6% 3 3 4 2 4 6% 42%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 7% 47%	1873
	21st to end	Day	19% 6% 3 6% 3 3 3 4 5% 6% 42%	1881
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 7% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 4 5% 49%	1761
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 7% 1 4 4 3 3 3 4 5% 48%	1800
	21st to end	Day	18% 8% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 44%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 8% 3 5% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 40%	1616
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 7% 2 5% 4 4 3 2 3 6% 44%	1906
	21st to end	Day	22% 11% 3 7% 5% 3 3 3 5% 5% 33%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 2 5% 3 3 2 3 4 6% 48%	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 11% 4 8% 4 4 3 3 4 4 40%	4440
	21st to end	Night	21% 13% 4 8% 5% 4 4 3 4 4 29%	4884
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 39%	2367
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 40%	2218
	21st to end	Night	18% 9% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 5% 42%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	30% 11% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 32%	3724
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 10% 3 6% 4 5% 4 4 5% 6% 41%	3589
	21st to end	Night	25% 9% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 4 4 34%	3639
April	1st to 10th	Night	19% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 5% 37%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 8% 2 5% 5% 4 4 3 6% 6% 38%	1851
	21st to end	Night	20% 8% 3 5% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 39%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	24% 11% 4 8% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 26%	2834
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 12% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 25%	2813
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 6% 8% 38%	2778
June	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 37%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 4 8% 37%	1520
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 6% 9% 38%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	16% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 33%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 3 7% 9% 37%	2520
	21st to end	Night	17% 9% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 31%	2739
August	1st to 10th	Night	22% 8% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 28%	2815
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 8% 2 8% 5% 6% 5% 5% 7% 8% 37%	2809
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 8% 54%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 6% 43%	1923
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 51%	2090
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 4 5% 42%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	20% 7% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 3 6% 41%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 2 4 4 3 3 4 5% 7% 47%	2300
	21st to end	Night	20% 8% 3 5% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 40%	2717
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 47%	2537
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 4 5% 47%	2600
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 6% 7% 45%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 8% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 39%	2593
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 8% 2 5% 3 4 3 4 5% 6% 41%	3288
	21st to end	Night	19% 12% 4 8% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 35%	4884

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	42% 3 8% 29% 16% 2	2518
	11th to 20th	Day	47% 6% 9% 24% 12% 3	2520
	21st to end	Day	54% 5% 8% 22% 10% 1	2772
February	1st to 10th	Day	47% 7% 12% 17% 14% 3	1806
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 6% 11% 22% 16% 3	1857
	21st to end	Day	48% 5% 10% 21% 14% 3	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	59% 3 10% 14% 11% 2	3119
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 7% 15% 26% 14% 2	3369
	21st to end	Day	52% 5% 6% 15% 15% 7%	3991
April	1st to 10th	Day	48% 5% 8% 19% 16% 3	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 6% 9% 21% 16% 3	2277
	21st to end	Day	47% 4 9% 19% 16% 4	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	57% 6% 12% 15% 9% 1	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	53% 6% 14% 15% 10% 2	4085
	21st to end	Day	37% 7% 12% 23% 20% 2	4824
June	1st to 10th	Day	46% 7% 12% 23% 11%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 7% 14% 22% 13% 2	2660
	21st to end	Day	42% 8% 15% 21% 13% 1	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	44% 9% 12% 19% 14% 2	4370
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 6% 16% 22% 13% 2	4365
	21st to end	Day	48% 8% 12% 19% 12% 2	4639
August	1st to 10th	Day	50% 7% 16% 19% 7% 1	4092
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 8% 13% 26% 10%	4053
	21st to end	Day	32% 7% 14% 26% 19% 1	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	38% 6% 10% 24% 21% 1	2256
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 5% 9% 24% 23% 3	2090
	21st to end	Day	43% 5% 8% 19% 22% 2	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	40% 5% 9% 26% 18% 4	3480
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 3 7% 29% 26% 3	3076
	21st to end	Day	31% 4 14% 29% 20% 3	3081
November	1st to 10th	Day	40% 4 13% 22% 19% 2	1761
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 5% 10% 22% 21% 4	1800
	21st to end	Day	42% 6% 11% 26% 14% 2	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	47% 4 13% 18% 17% 2	1616
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 4 13% 16% 16% 5%	1906
	21st to end	Day	52% 4 11% 21% 10% 1	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	39% 3 10% 32% 12% 3	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 4 11% 23% 11% 3	4440
	21st to end	Night	58% 4 8% 16% 11% 2	4884
February	1st to 10th	Night	46% 5% 13% 20% 13% 2	2367
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 5% 9% 20% 17% 4	2220
	21st to end	Night	45% 5% 8% 23% 15% 4	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	54% 4 9% 18% 12% 3	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 6% 14% 20% 17% 3	3590
	21st to end	Night	55% 5% 5% 12% 17% 6%	3639
April	1st to 10th	Night	48% 4 9% 19% 16% 3	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 6% 9% 19% 18% 2	1851
	21st to end	Night	47% 5% 9% 19% 16% 4	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	57% 6% 13% 15% 7% 2	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	57% 8% 14% 13% 7% 2	2814
	21st to end	Night	43% 9% 13% 22% 13% 1	2779
June	1st to 10th	Night	46% 7% 13% 21% 12%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 5% 12% 23% 13% 1	1520
	21st to end	Night	42% 8% 14% 23% 13% 1	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	46% 8% 11% 19% 16%	2480
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 7% 16% 23% 11% 1	2472
	21st to end	Night	51% 7% 12% 17% 12% 2	2651
August	1st to 10th	Night	52% 8% 12% 18% 9% 1	2804
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 8% 15% 27% 8%	2836
	21st to end	Night	28% 6% 15% 28% 22% 1	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	40% 6% 11% 23% 18% 2	1923
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 5% 10% 23% 25% 2	2090
	21st to end	Night	43% 6% 8% 21% 19% 3	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	41% 5% 11% 26% 15% 2	3480
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 3 9% 26% 32% 3	3823
	21st to end	Night	34% 4 11% 28% 21% 2	4467
November	1st to 10th	Night	38% 6% 12% 22% 18% 3	2537
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 4 10% 21% 20% 4	2600
	21st to end	Night	39% 4 14% 27% 14% 3	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	47% 5% 12% 21% 14% 1	2593
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 4 14% 18% 17% 2	3288
	21st to end	Night	51% 5% 8% 24% 11% 1	4884

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	25% 29% 28% 16% 2	180
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 28% 36% 8% 2 1	180
	21st to end	Day	24% 26% 37% 10% 2 1	198
February	1st to 10th	Day	29% 24% 33% 13% 1	408
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 30% 33% 7% 2	456
	21st to end	Day	26% 28% 31% 12% 3	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	28% 24% 33% 13% 3	460
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 28% 33% 10% 3 1	460
	21st to end	Day	28% 23% 32% 10% 5% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	29% 25% 29% 12% 5% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 27% 32% 13% 3	452
	21st to end	Day	27% 20% 33% 15% 3 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	31% 24% 30% 11% 3 1	463
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 16% 41% 13% 6% 1	487
	21st to end	Day	19% 14% 36% 23% 7% 1	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	19% 16% 33% 23% 7% 1	490
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 18% 40% 19% 7% 1	490
	21st to end	Day	16% 13% 39% 25% 6% 2	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	15% 9% 31% 31% 11% 2	485
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 8% 33% 31% 12% 2	484
	21st to end	Day	13% 11% 36% 28% 11% 1	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	13% 9% 36% 30% 10% 2	486
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 11% 30% 28% 14% 3	479
	21st to end	Day	14% 9% 32% 27% 13% 6%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	19% 10% 31% 24% 13% 3	490
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 12% 28% 24% 11% 8%	490
	21st to end	Day	24% 12% 29% 23% 7% 4	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	26% 13% 27% 20% 9% 5%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 17% 34% 19% 10% 2	427
	21st to end	Day	23% 19% 29% 20% 7% 3	429
November	1st to 10th	Day	19% 18% 35% 17% 9% 2	395
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 22% 33% 15% 5% 1	400
	21st to end	Day	23% 24% 30% 16% 8%	400
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 25% 37% 14% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 28% 32% 8% 2	180
	21st to end	Day	26% 25% 35% 9% 4 2	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	22% 20% 37% 18% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 21% 34% 14% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	22% 20% 35% 19% 3	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	24% 18% 38% 18% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 22% 39% 13% 1	743
	21st to end	Night	25% 21% 33% 17% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	26% 18% 34% 19% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 21% 39% 17% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	25% 19% 35% 17% 3	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	24% 18% 35% 19% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 19% 36% 19% 3	727
	21st to end	Night	22% 17% 36% 21% 4	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	29% 14% 33% 20% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 14% 40% 19% 4	562
	21st to end	Night	22% 7% 33% 32% 6%	438
June	1st to 10th	Night	18% 9% 31% 32% 9% 1	380
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 6% 33% 33% 8%	380
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 29% 37% 6%	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 29% 40% 10% 1	370
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 27% 42% 10%	368
	21st to end	Night	15% 4 27% 43% 10%	416
August	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 33% 39% 8%	558
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 27% 41% 12%	576
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 24% 39% 17% 2	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 31% 34% 13% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 25% 30% 18% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	23% 6% 28% 28% 13% 2	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	24% 9% 26% 27% 13% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 11% 34% 23% 12% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	24% 13% 35% 19% 8%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	17% 14% 33% 25% 9% 1	780
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 22% 33% 18% 7% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	21% 21% 33% 21% 4 1	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	25% 18% 34% 18% 4	768
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 20% 33% 20% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	26% 19% 34% 19% 2	836

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