Bourne Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Bourne Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-07-03.

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	15% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 40%	89619
	Night	15% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 43%	89525
Transparency	Day	41% 7% 11% 19% 18% 5%	89393
	Night	40% 6% 10% 19% 19% 6%	89355
Seeing	Day	18% 11% 22% 23% 17% 9%	14369
	Night	17% 9% 22% 29% 20% 4	24430

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	20% 12% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 37%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 4 4 48%	2840
	21st to end	Day	28% 9% 2 4 2 3 3 2 4 4 39%	3234
February	1st to 10th	Day	18% 9% 3 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 38%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 7% 1 5% 3 2 4 3 5% 5% 40%	1848
	21st to end	Day	24% 7% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 3 5% 39%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	27% 7% 3 7% 3 3 4 3 5% 5% 34%	3207
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 2 5% 4 4 5% 3 4 6% 47%	3480
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 2 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 40%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 6% 44%	2154
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 6% 45%	2254
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 3 6% 8% 49%	2432
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 7% 4 4 5% 3 5% 9% 41%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 7% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 35%	4081
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 9% 42%	4476
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 3 7% 6% 6% 5% 5% 7% 10% 34%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 1 5% 5% 5% 6% 6% 9% 12% 41%	2470
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 6% 6% 6% 7% 6% 8% 9% 38%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 2 7% 6% 7% 8% 6% 8% 10% 30%	2366
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 2 7% 8% 8% 8% 6% 8% 12% 26%	2340
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 8% 8% 7% 8% 7% 8% 10% 30%	2547
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 8% 7% 7% 7% 7% 8% 11% 30%	2327
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 7% 6% 7% 6% 5% 7% 9% 31%	2164
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 2 8% 6% 6% 7% 5% 7% 8% 29%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 40%	1994
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 41%	1980
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 4 7% 47%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 2 4 3 4 3 3 3 5% 55%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 2 3 2 3 3 4 5% 6% 54%	1882
	21st to end	Day	15% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 4 54%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 4 57%	1677
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 52%	1710
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 4 5% 6% 45%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	23% 7% 2 5% 3 4 3 4 5% 6% 38%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 2 7% 5% 3 4 2 4 5% 43%	2153
	21st to end	Day	23% 8% 4 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 7% 34%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 9% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 40%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 9% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 44%	4120
	21st to end	Night	27% 12% 2 4 3 2 2 2 3 4 39%	4404
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 2 6% 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 42%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 7% 2 5% 5% 3 3 3 3 4 42%	2218
	21st to end	Night	23% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 5% 38%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	25% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 3 3 5% 5% 35%	3644
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 4 3 4 4 3 6% 8% 49%	3480
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 42%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 1 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 7% 48%	2041
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 2 4 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 49%	1875
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 7% 50%	1746
May	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 8% 41%	2813
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 2 5% 6% 4 4 4 6% 8% 37%	2812
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 8% 11% 45%	3079
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 35%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 6% 5% 4 4 6% 7% 12% 45%	1710
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 6% 8% 11% 43%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 7% 6% 5% 7% 5% 8% 11% 36%	1638
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 3 6% 5% 6% 6% 5% 9% 12% 36%	1620
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 8% 7% 5% 6% 6% 8% 12% 34%	1771
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 9% 11% 37%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 3 6% 9% 40%	1732
	21st to end	Night	13% 7% 2 6% 5% 6% 5% 4 7% 9% 35%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 42%	1948
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 44%	1980
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 51%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 1 4 2 3 2 3 4 6% 57%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 3 4 4 3 3 2 4 5% 56%	2077
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 4 3 3 2 3 4 5% 55%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 2 3 3 3 3 2 4 6% 57%	2396
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 53%	2470
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 2 4 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 45%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 8% 2 5% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 39%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 5% 5% 46%	3042
	21st to end	Night	22% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 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	49% 4 6% 15% 22% 5%	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 4 7% 21% 23% 6%	2840
	21st to end	Day	49% 3 5% 16% 22% 5%	3234
February	1st to 10th	Day	46% 4 7% 18% 20% 4	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 4 6% 19% 19% 6%	1858
	21st to end	Day	49% 4 7% 13% 20% 7%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	52% 4 10% 12% 13% 9%	3207
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 5% 7% 18% 24% 9%	3480
	21st to end	Day	45% 4 8% 20% 19% 3	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	39% 5% 10% 21% 20% 5%	2154
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 4 9% 17% 24% 8%	2254
	21st to end	Day	33% 6% 11% 27% 20% 3	2432
May	1st to 10th	Day	39% 8% 13% 21% 18% 2	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 9% 11% 23% 11% 1	4085
	21st to end	Day	34% 9% 14% 22% 20% 1	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	42% 9% 16% 20% 10% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 10% 19% 27% 12% 1	2470
	21st to end	Day	36% 11% 17% 21% 12% 3	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	42% 12% 18% 18% 8% 1	2301
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 12% 19% 13% 8% 3	2271
	21st to end	Day	43% 13% 18% 18% 9%	2405
August	1st to 10th	Day	43% 12% 18% 21% 5% 1	2314
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 11% 16% 18% 8% 2	2164
	21st to end	Day	47% 12% 13% 16% 9% 2	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	40% 9% 13% 16% 17% 4	1994
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 8% 11% 19% 20% 2	1980
	21st to end	Day	36% 5% 11% 17% 23% 7%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	32% 6% 9% 18% 28% 8%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 4 9% 23% 24% 10%	1882
	21st to end	Day	34% 3 5% 19% 28% 10%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	32% 2 8% 16% 33% 9%	1677
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 3 7% 17% 27% 10%	1710
	21st to end	Day	39% 4 6% 18% 25% 7%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	47% 5% 6% 19% 17% 6%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 3 6% 16% 23% 7%	2150
	21st to end	Day	48% 4 10% 18% 18% 3	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	43% 4 7% 16% 26% 5%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 4 6% 22% 18% 8%	4120
	21st to end	Night	52% 2 5% 13% 23% 5%	4404
February	1st to 10th	Night	42% 4 8% 18% 21% 7%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 3 5% 18% 20% 7%	2219
	21st to end	Night	47% 4 8% 15% 18% 8%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	51% 4 10% 14% 14% 6%	3644
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 4 10% 17% 26% 10%	3480
	21st to end	Night	43% 4 7% 19% 20% 7%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	35% 5% 10% 19% 25% 6%	2041
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 4 8% 20% 22% 10%	1875
	21st to end	Night	32% 5% 10% 28% 20% 5%	1746
May	1st to 10th	Night	38% 10% 14% 21% 16% 2	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 8% 14% 23% 12% 1	2813
	21st to end	Night	29% 10% 15% 26% 18% 2	3087
June	1st to 10th	Night	38% 12% 16% 20% 12% 2	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 10% 21% 25% 14% 1	1710
	21st to end	Night	33% 10% 19% 20% 14% 4	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	39% 11% 18% 20% 10% 1	1593
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 13% 23% 17% 9% 3	1566
	21st to end	Night	38% 13% 20% 19% 8% 2	1672
August	1st to 10th	Night	38% 12% 19% 24% 7% 1	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 10% 17% 18% 14% 1	1732
	21st to end	Night	44% 9% 16% 17% 11% 2	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	38% 9% 14% 18% 17% 5%	1948
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 7% 13% 20% 21% 2	1980
	21st to end	Night	33% 6% 11% 20% 20% 9%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	29% 5% 11% 18% 30% 7%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 4 9% 21% 25% 9%	2077
	21st to end	Night	32% 3 6% 19% 29% 12%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	31% 3 7% 19% 27% 12%	2396
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 3 5% 18% 28% 12%	2470
	21st to end	Night	39% 4 6% 20% 24% 6%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	46% 4 8% 19% 17% 5%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 4 7% 16% 27% 6%	3044
	21st to end	Night	50% 3 8% 20% 16% 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	30% 21% 36% 11% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 20% 25% 17% 5%	270
	21st to end	Day	28% 25% 35% 9% 3 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	30% 22% 32% 13% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 24% 24% 10% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	36% 23% 31% 8% 1	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	30% 15% 33% 16% 6%	318
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 21% 27% 20% 7% 1	460
	21st to end	Day	23% 17% 34% 18% 6% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	25% 14% 28% 22% 9% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 17% 31% 22% 13% 1	452
	21st to end	Day	19% 10% 28% 26% 14% 3	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	18% 11% 29% 23% 14% 5%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 23% 29% 16% 10%	487
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 17% 33% 21% 11%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 19% 29% 24% 12%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 16% 26% 28% 19%	490
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 17% 28% 26% 15%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	12% 2 7% 28% 28% 22%	453
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 2 10% 19% 34% 25%	444
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 8% 25% 34% 25%	488
August	1st to 10th	Day	13% 3 13% 23% 27% 21%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 6% 29% 30% 17%	439
	21st to end	Day	15% 3 10% 24% 30% 18%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 7% 12% 28% 27% 15%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 12% 25% 29% 12%	450
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 17% 29% 24% 11%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	16% 4 21% 31% 18% 9%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 11% 22% 27% 19% 5%	450
	21st to end	Day	20% 10% 25% 26% 15% 3	495
November	1st to 10th	Day	19% 11% 29% 25% 13% 3	275
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 20% 35% 17% 8% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	16% 16% 38% 21% 9% 1	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	33% 21% 27% 16% 3 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 16% 37% 17% 3 1	270
	21st to end	Day	34% 17% 28% 16% 5%	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	26% 16% 31% 21% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 17% 30% 23% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	24% 16% 32% 25% 3	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	22% 14% 30% 29% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 17% 31% 23% 2	743
	21st to end	Night	25% 16% 34% 22% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 15% 31% 29% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 14% 33% 25% 9% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	21% 13% 29% 29% 8%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 14% 28% 29% 12%	711
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 10% 28% 31% 13% 1	563
	21st to end	Night	12% 8% 26% 35% 18% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 9% 23% 34% 23% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 19% 33% 24% 4	561
	21st to end	Night	12% 3 13% 34% 32% 6%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 10% 39% 34% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 14% 30% 35% 13%	570
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 10% 36% 38% 9%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 8% 21% 46% 13%	531
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 2 7% 22% 48% 13%	522
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 6% 26% 47% 13%	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 5% 28% 42% 11%	537
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 2 7% 27% 42% 9%	534
	21st to end	Night	16% 2 10% 25% 38% 10%	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 10% 29% 37% 10%	688
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 2 14% 29% 35% 4	720
	21st to end	Night	13% 2 17% 33% 32% 3	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 19% 32% 24% 7%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 25% 33% 19% 3	720
	21st to end	Night	16% 9% 21% 35% 17% 2	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 24% 33% 19% 2	740
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 12% 28% 30% 13% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	21% 12% 26% 29% 13% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	23% 16% 27% 26% 8%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 12% 29% 27% 8% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	29% 13% 25% 26% 6%	836

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