CAMSAT Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the CAMSAT Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-12-24.

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% 9% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 35%	101867
	Night	16% 9% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 35%	98255
Transparency	Day	45% 8% 14% 21% 11% 1	105469
	Night	46% 7% 13% 21% 11% 1	102741
Seeing	Day	17% 10% 27% 28% 14% 4	14545
	Night	19% 9% 29% 30% 13% 2	23984

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	17% 13% 4 9% 5% 5% 3 3 4 5% 32%	2517
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 17% 7% 16% 7% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 20%	2690
	21st to end	Day	21% 18% 6% 10% 6% 5% 4 3 4 5% 18%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 15% 5% 12% 6% 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 22%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 13% 6% 12% 6% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 27%	1663
	21st to end	Day	18% 13% 5% 9% 5% 6% 3 3 4 5% 28%	1458
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 10% 3 8% 5% 4 4 3 5% 5% 32%	3432
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 13% 5% 9% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 30%	3480
	21st to end	Day	16% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 39%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	18% 12% 3 9% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 29%	2264
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 9% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 4 7% 36%	2301
	21st to end	Day	19% 8% 3 7% 4 5% 4 4 5% 5% 34%	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	18% 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 32%	4139
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 10% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 33%	4398
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 47%	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 8% 36%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 40%	2660
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 40%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 42%	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 45%	4440
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 43%	4574
August	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 39%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 11% 38%	4044
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 45%	4322
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 44%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 4 4 5% 4 3 6% 8% 48%	2199
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 39%	2033
October	1st to 10th	Day	17% 8% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 37%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 6% 32%	1900
	21st to end	Day	22% 10% 4 9% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 25%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 8% 3 9% 5% 6% 5% 3 6% 8% 33%	1681
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 11% 4 10% 6% 6% 6% 5% 6% 7% 27%	1600
	21st to end	Day	19% 12% 4 9% 7% 4 6% 3 5% 8% 23%	1600
December	1st to 10th	Day	18% 13% 5% 11% 7% 5% 6% 5% 6% 6% 18%	1600
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 13% 4 8% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 26%	1986
	21st to end	Day	28% 16% 4 12% 6% 5% 4 3 4 4 15%	2796
January	1st to 10th	Night	18% 15% 4 9% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 25%	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 12% 4 12% 8% 6% 6% 4 5% 6% 22%	4266
	21st to end	Night	21% 13% 5% 9% 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 22%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	13% 16% 5% 9% 6% 6% 5% 4 5% 6% 25%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 12% 5% 10% 6% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 29%	2403
	21st to end	Night	15% 11% 4 9% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 30%	1993
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 9% 3 7% 6% 5% 5% 3 4 5% 34%	3408
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 10% 4 8% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 35%	3479
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 3 5% 4 4 5% 3 4 6% 43%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	18% 11% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 34%	1915
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 2 7% 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 39%	1844
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 35%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 39%	2801
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 8% 2 7% 4 5% 6% 4 5% 8% 36%	2495
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 9% 51%	2738
June	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 7% 42%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 7% 6% 5% 4 5% 6% 9% 43%	1520
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 9% 43%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 50%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 1 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 8% 50%	2520
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 2 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 52%	2976
August	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 48%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 51%	2785
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 48%	3302
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 47%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 1 4 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 55%	1979
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 2 7% 4 3 4 4 6% 6% 42%	2147
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 2 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 41%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 34%	2280
	21st to end	Night	21% 9% 3 6% 4 5% 6% 4 5% 7% 31%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 2 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 38%	2612
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 10% 3 7% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 30%	2800
	21st to end	Night	20% 11% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 7% 26%	2800
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 13% 4 9% 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 22%	2800
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 16% 4 9% 5% 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 23%	3428
	21st to end	Night	30% 13% 4 9% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 15%	4933

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	52% 11% 19% 11% 7% 1	2518
	11th to 20th	Day	68% 8% 11% 9% 4	2690
	21st to end	Day	67% 9% 11% 9% 4 1	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	62% 8% 11% 15% 4 1	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	56% 7% 13% 16% 7% 1	1672
	21st to end	Day	56% 7% 13% 17% 6% 1	1458
March	1st to 10th	Day	52% 7% 14% 17% 9%	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	50% 8% 15% 17% 9% 1	3480
	21st to end	Day	43% 6% 12% 22% 15% 2	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	51% 7% 12% 17% 11% 2	2264
	11th to 20th	Day	47% 6% 11% 20% 14% 1	2301
	21st to end	Day	49% 7% 11% 18% 12% 3	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	46% 8% 14% 17% 13% 2	4151
	11th to 20th	Day	47% 12% 14% 18% 9% 1	4402
	21st to end	Day	33% 8% 15% 25% 16% 3	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	42% 9% 13% 21% 14% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 8% 13% 25% 16% 2	2660
	21st to end	Day	37% 8% 17% 23% 14% 1	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	33% 8% 15% 27% 15% 2	4370
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 8% 14% 36% 10% 1	4365
	21st to end	Day	34% 9% 16% 24% 17% 1	4428
August	1st to 10th	Day	41% 8% 14% 22% 14% 1	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 7% 17% 28% 10% 1	4083
	21st to end	Day	32% 8% 14% 35% 10% 1	4322
September	1st to 10th	Day	36% 9% 14% 28% 11% 1	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 8% 15% 29% 15% 1	2199
	21st to end	Day	40% 9% 14% 26% 10%	2033
October	1st to 10th	Day	36% 6% 16% 26% 15% 1	3160
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 6% 17% 25% 14%	3140
	21st to end	Day	49% 7% 15% 22% 6%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	48% 8% 14% 20% 9% 1	1681
	11th to 20th	Day	54% 9% 14% 15% 8% 1	1600
	21st to end	Day	58% 7% 15% 16% 3	1600
December	1st to 10th	Day	64% 9% 13% 10% 3	1600
	11th to 20th	Day	57% 11% 14% 11% 7%	1986
	21st to end	Day	71% 9% 8% 10% 2	2796
January	1st to 10th	Night	58% 9% 17% 12% 4 1	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	63% 14% 11% 9% 3 1	4266
	21st to end	Night	62% 10% 13% 10% 4 1	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	58% 9% 11% 18% 4 1	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	56% 6% 13% 16% 8% 1	2405
	21st to end	Night	53% 8% 12% 19% 8% 1	1993
March	1st to 10th	Night	52% 6% 12% 22% 7% 1	3418
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 6% 15% 19% 10% 1	3480
	21st to end	Night	40% 5% 13% 23% 18% 2	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	51% 4 11% 20% 13% 1	1915
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 7% 10% 19% 16% 2	1844
	21st to end	Night	46% 8% 11% 18% 15% 2	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	45% 7% 13% 17% 16% 3	2808
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 10% 16% 18% 11% 2	2496
	21st to end	Night	30% 8% 13% 25% 21% 2	2739
June	1st to 10th	Night	39% 7% 11% 24% 16% 2	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 6% 13% 22% 21% 2	1520
	21st to end	Night	37% 8% 12% 24% 17% 1	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	31% 5% 16% 25% 21% 3	2480
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 5% 14% 34% 15% 1	2472
	21st to end	Night	30% 8% 15% 30% 17% 1	2881
August	1st to 10th	Night	35% 5% 14% 28% 15% 2	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 6% 16% 32% 12% 1	2812
	21st to end	Night	34% 7% 12% 32% 15% 1	3302
September	1st to 10th	Night	34% 8% 14% 27% 15% 1	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 6% 13% 33% 18%	1979
	21st to end	Night	42% 7% 12% 26% 12%	2147
October	1st to 10th	Night	34% 5% 10% 27% 24% 1	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 5% 15% 28% 10%	3779
	21st to end	Night	40% 6% 15% 27% 11%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	44% 7% 13% 23% 13% 1	2612
	11th to 20th	Night	50% 8% 15% 17% 10% 1	2800
	21st to end	Night	55% 9% 17% 15% 4	2800
December	1st to 10th	Night	61% 9% 12% 14% 4	2800
	11th to 20th	Night	61% 8% 13% 13% 5%	3428
	21st to end	Night	69% 11% 11% 8% 3	4933

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	23% 18% 31% 18% 9% 1	180
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 21% 33% 17% 6%	230
	21st to end	Day	24% 19% 33% 21% 3	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	21% 23% 35% 16% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 21% 39% 16% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	26% 24% 31% 18% 2	261
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 14% 38% 22% 6%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 18% 33% 23% 7%	460
	21st to end	Day	24% 12% 33% 23% 7% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	18% 15% 33% 28% 6%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 11% 29% 22% 11% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	22% 11% 35% 21% 10% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	21% 7% 25% 31% 11% 5%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 4 24% 34% 18% 4	487
	21st to end	Day	13% 3 21% 35% 21% 6%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 27% 35% 16% 2	490
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 24% 36% 21% 2	490
	21st to end	Day	14% 4 23% 37% 17% 4	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 18% 36% 29% 7%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 2 18% 35% 23% 8%	484
	21st to end	Day	7% 3 22% 41% 21% 6%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 17% 34% 24% 10%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 18% 30% 29% 9%	479
	21st to end	Day	11% 3 19% 36% 22% 9%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 21% 31% 21% 10%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 16% 32% 24% 16%	490
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 29% 28% 16% 7%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	19% 9% 26% 25% 16% 6%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 13% 33% 24% 8% 2	490
	21st to end	Day	24% 14% 31% 22% 8% 1	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	20% 16% 28% 25% 10% 1	292
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 19% 35% 23% 6% 1	200
	21st to end	Day	25% 16% 39% 16% 5% 1	200
December	1st to 10th	Day	22% 17% 33% 21% 6% 2	200
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 23% 29% 17% 5%	200
	21st to end	Day	27% 19% 38% 13% 2	204
January	1st to 10th	Night	24% 14% 38% 18% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 14% 33% 23% 3 1	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 11% 37% 26% 6% 1	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	20% 16% 39% 22% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 14% 36% 23% 5%	743
	21st to end	Night	21% 14% 40% 20% 4	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 12% 36% 28% 4 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 13% 34% 26% 5% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 9% 31% 29% 11%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	24% 9% 31% 29% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 10% 32% 29% 11% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	21% 6% 29% 32% 11%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	19% 3 27% 31% 18% 2	551
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 2 27% 37% 17% 1	374
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 19% 43% 24% 2	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 24% 41% 18% 1	380
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 24% 41% 22% 2	380
	21st to end	Night	12% 3 20% 41% 22% 1	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 15% 46% 29% 2	370
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 15% 42% 26% 2	368
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 14% 47% 25% 3	552
August	1st to 10th	Night	10% 1 13% 40% 32% 4	567
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 14% 38% 32% 5%	564
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 20% 37% 26% 3	727
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 21% 34% 24% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 18% 29% 29% 8%	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 5% 19% 31% 22% 5%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	17% 5% 28% 28% 20% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 11% 28% 29% 9% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	25% 9% 30% 30% 6% 1	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	21% 10% 26% 32% 10% 1	780
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 14% 30% 27% 7% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	24% 11% 34% 24% 6%	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	28% 13% 33% 21% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 14% 38% 22% 4 1	800
	21st to end	Night	30% 11% 36% 20% 2	851

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