CCK's Universe
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the CCK's Universe clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-12-09.

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 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 41%	101316
	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 43%	98423
Transparency	Day	37% 7% 12% 19% 18% 7%	105123
	Night	36% 7% 11% 18% 19% 9%	102755
Seeing	Day	14% 10% 23% 25% 19% 9%	15192
	Night	14% 9% 23% 30% 20% 3	25241

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	16% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 46%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 55%	2840
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 43%	3192
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 5% 40%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 7% 3 6% 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 45%	1848
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 4 5% 8% 41%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 9% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 5% 5% 36%	3339
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 2 5% 4 3 5% 3 6% 8% 50%	3480
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 5% 42%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 6% 6% 48%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 6% 7% 49%	2172
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 53%	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 3 5% 8% 47%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 3 7% 4 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 38%	4081
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 1 5% 5% 5% 6% 4 7% 10% 47%	4476
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 3 6% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 9% 35%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 6% 8% 11% 41%	2470
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 3 6% 7% 6% 7% 6% 9% 11% 35%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	12% 8% 3 9% 7% 7% 7% 6% 9% 10% 21%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 2 7% 6% 7% 8% 6% 10% 12% 33%	4120
	21st to end	Day	7% 7% 3 9% 8% 8% 9% 7% 10% 12% 20%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 2 6% 5% 6% 7% 6% 10% 12% 27%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 43%	3889
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 6% 4 5% 6% 5% 7% 11% 41%	4057
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 5% 6% 7% 5% 7% 9% 37%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 7% 6% 5% 5% 3 7% 8% 38%	2090
	21st to end	Day	12% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 41%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 2 4 3 4 3 3 5% 5% 52%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 57%	1938
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 6% 5% 57%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 51%	1912
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 3 6% 54%	1800
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 8% 46%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 3 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 44%	1782
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 5% 6% 46%	2153
	21st to end	Day	19% 8% 3 7% 3 4 3 2 4 5% 42%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	18% 7% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 42%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 48%	4120
	21st to end	Night	19% 9% 2 7% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 41%	4459
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 3 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 44%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 46%	2218
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 43%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	22% 10% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 38%	3514
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 49%	3480
	21st to end	Night	18% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 42%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 50%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 3 4 3 4 5% 8% 51%	1969
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 6% 4 4 5% 3 5% 6% 55%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 11% 45%	2813
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 42%	2812
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 1 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 51%	3079
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 2 8% 6% 5% 6% 5% 7% 11% 33%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 9% 12% 43%	1710
	21st to end	Night	6% 6% 2 6% 6% 5% 7% 7% 8% 11% 36%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 8% 3 8% 7% 6% 6% 6% 8% 10% 26%	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 2 7% 5% 7% 8% 7% 12% 15% 29%	2840
	21st to end	Night	8% 8% 3 9% 8% 7% 7% 6% 9% 12% 22%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 3 9% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 28%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 2 7% 4 4 6% 6% 8% 10% 42%	2935
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 6% 3 4 4 4 7% 11% 49%	3567
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 36%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 42%	2090
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 2 7% 5% 4 4 5% 5% 8% 43%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 2 5% 6% 52%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 3 3 3 2 3 4 5% 59%	2241
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 56%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 53%	2381
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 4 3 3 2 3 4 6% 53%	2600
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 7% 49%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 48%	2581
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 3 5% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 49%	3042
	21st to end	Night	17% 9% 3 8% 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 37%	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	39% 4 7% 18% 24% 9%	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 4 6% 16% 31% 13%	2840
	21st to end	Day	42% 4 4 15% 23% 11%	3192
February	1st to 10th	Day	45% 4 8% 16% 19% 8%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 5% 5% 17% 25% 8%	1858
	21st to end	Day	42% 5% 7% 16% 20% 11%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	48% 6% 8% 15% 16% 8%	3339
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 7% 10% 17% 24% 12%	3480
	21st to end	Day	41% 6% 8% 20% 18% 7%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	36% 5% 11% 20% 18% 10%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 5% 9% 19% 21% 12%	2172
	21st to end	Day	27% 5% 12% 24% 27% 5%	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	33% 8% 13% 25% 18% 3	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 7% 11% 23% 14% 2	4085
	21st to end	Day	28% 9% 17% 22% 21% 2	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	41% 10% 16% 18% 13% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 9% 17% 25% 16% 1	2470
	21st to end	Day	38% 11% 19% 17% 13% 2	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	50% 14% 18% 13% 4 2	4055
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 15% 25% 21% 3 1	4051
	21st to end	Day	49% 17% 18% 13% 3	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	44% 11% 21% 22% 3	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 10% 15% 30% 12% 1	3928
	21st to end	Day	34% 9% 17% 27% 12% 1	4057
September	1st to 10th	Day	41% 10% 16% 16% 14% 4	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 7% 11% 18% 17% 4	2090
	21st to end	Day	41% 6% 8% 20% 18% 6%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	33% 3 7% 13% 30% 14%	3480
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 3 5% 17% 26% 33%	3204
	21st to end	Day	20% 3 7% 18% 37% 16%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	35% 5% 8% 13% 26% 14%	1912
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 3 5% 19% 24% 15%	1800
	21st to end	Day	36% 5% 9% 18% 23% 10%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	40% 5% 10% 16% 20% 8%	1782
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 3 6% 15% 26% 9%	2150
	21st to end	Day	44% 5% 6% 15% 24% 4	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	39% 6% 6% 16% 22% 11%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 6% 7% 20% 25% 10%	4120
	21st to end	Night	45% 5% 5% 10% 25% 10%	4459
February	1st to 10th	Night	40% 4 9% 16% 21% 11%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 4 6% 16% 22% 11%	2219
	21st to end	Night	40% 5% 8% 16% 16% 15%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	48% 6% 10% 15% 14% 8%	3514
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 6% 11% 13% 26% 12%	3480
	21st to end	Night	41% 5% 9% 16% 18% 11%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	33% 6% 10% 18% 20% 12%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 5% 8% 22% 22% 12%	1969
	21st to end	Night	28% 6% 10% 24% 23% 9%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	28% 11% 16% 23% 18% 5%	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 9% 15% 23% 15% 2	2813
	21st to end	Night	25% 9% 15% 26% 21% 4	3087
June	1st to 10th	Night	41% 10% 17% 18% 13% 1	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 10% 19% 25% 14% 2	1710
	21st to end	Night	37% 11% 21% 15% 11% 4	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	49% 13% 21% 12% 4 1	2795
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 15% 27% 18% 4 1	2786
	21st to end	Night	50% 16% 18% 12% 3 1	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	45% 10% 22% 20% 2	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 11% 18% 26% 12% 1	2962
	21st to end	Night	27% 8% 21% 31% 11% 1	3567
September	1st to 10th	Night	39% 11% 18% 15% 14% 4	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 8% 12% 17% 17% 5%	2090
	21st to end	Night	38% 8% 11% 18% 20% 6%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	34% 4 9% 12% 29% 14%	3480
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 2 5% 12% 30% 34%	3714
	21st to end	Night	19% 3 5% 20% 33% 20%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	32% 4 9% 14% 26% 15%	2381
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 4 6% 15% 27% 15%	2600
	21st to end	Night	37% 4 6% 18% 23% 11%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	37% 5% 10% 18% 23% 7%	2581
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 4 7% 14% 26% 10%	3044
	21st to end	Night	47% 5% 6% 18% 20% 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	20% 24% 41% 13% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 23% 34% 17% 6% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	25% 29% 33% 11% 3	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	21% 26% 34% 15% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 22% 34% 14% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	24% 25% 36% 12% 3	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 22% 33% 22% 8% 1	398
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 18% 34% 22% 8%	460
	21st to end	Day	20% 17% 34% 21% 8%	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	18% 18% 30% 23% 10% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 15% 32% 22% 15% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	10% 12% 28% 30% 16% 5%	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 14% 29% 27% 16% 6%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 20% 31% 20% 10%	487
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 16% 31% 22% 13%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 2 17% 29% 27% 11%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 16% 26% 26% 21%	490
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 15% 34% 27% 14%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 9% 26% 32% 23%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 5% 21% 39% 24%	484
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 11% 27% 35% 19%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 14% 24% 29% 19%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 2 8% 22% 36% 23%	479
	21st to end	Day	14% 2 11% 29% 28% 15%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 12% 26% 29% 16%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 15% 29% 26% 10%	490
	21st to end	Day	17% 3 14% 30% 25% 11%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 25% 29% 18% 8%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 8% 26% 29% 20% 7%	490
	21st to end	Day	13% 8% 25% 30% 19% 4	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	21% 9% 26% 25% 17% 3	450
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 19% 41% 18% 6% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	14% 19% 32% 26% 9%	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	22% 17% 35% 17% 8% 1	294
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 17% 39% 14% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	27% 14% 31% 20% 7% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 18% 33% 23% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 17% 29% 27% 9%	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 19% 34% 23% 4	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	18% 15% 31% 30% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 15% 35% 24% 3	743
	21st to end	Night	17% 19% 34% 26% 4	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	14% 15% 34% 30% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 17% 30% 27% 10% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	14% 18% 33% 26% 10%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	14% 13% 36% 26% 12%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 12% 32% 29% 14% 1	662
	21st to end	Night	7% 8% 28% 39% 16% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 29% 35% 18% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 25% 35% 22% 3	561
	21st to end	Night	11% 3 14% 37% 30% 5%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	12% 1 14% 38% 31% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 15% 32% 34% 10%	570
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 13% 32% 37% 8%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 1 7% 33% 35% 14%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 1 6% 28% 43% 14%	552
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 8% 34% 40% 10%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 1 7% 33% 40% 10%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 5% 29% 43% 7%	564
	21st to end	Night	13% 2 9% 29% 34% 12%	679
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 10% 31% 36% 8%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 3 11% 33% 33% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	13% 3 16% 31% 33% 4	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 4 20% 33% 24% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 23% 31% 22% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	12% 8% 23% 35% 21% 1	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 9% 20% 34% 21% 1	780
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 13% 26% 30% 14% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	15% 12% 29% 29% 14% 1	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	15% 14% 30% 28% 12% 1	795
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 13% 28% 28% 11% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	24% 15% 22% 31% 8%	836

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