Cincinnati Astronomical Society Dark Sky Site
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Cincinnati Astronomical Society Dark Sky Site clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-05.

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 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 36%	101122
	Night	15% 10% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 37%	97884
Transparency	Day	44% 7% 11% 22% 14% 2	104840
	Night	44% 6% 11% 21% 15% 2	102304
Seeing	Day	21% 14% 27% 21% 12% 5%	14810
	Night	20% 11% 25% 27% 15% 2	24863

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	17% 18% 6% 10% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 22%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 16% 8% 13% 6% 5% 4 2 4 3 24%	2840
	21st to end	Day	29% 18% 8% 7% 4 4 3 3 4 4 18%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	20% 13% 4 10% 6% 3 3 3 5% 4 29%	1752
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 12% 4 10% 5% 5% 4 3 4 6% 28%	1848
	21st to end	Day	21% 13% 5% 7% 5% 3 2 3 4 6% 32%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 16% 5% 9% 4 4 3 2 3 5% 26%	3236
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 2 8% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 39%	3480
	21st to end	Day	18% 10% 3 6% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 7% 35%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	14% 11% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 4 7% 37%	2156
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 9% 3 7% 5% 3 3 3 5% 6% 39%	2352
	21st to end	Day	18% 8% 2 8% 5% 5% 4 3 6% 6% 35%	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	22% 10% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 6% 6% 30%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 34%	4081
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 35%	4476
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 6% 9% 39%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 2 7% 4 5% 6% 4 6% 9% 42%	2470
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 9% 40%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 40%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 2 4 5% 4 5% 4 7% 11% 43%	4120
	21st to end	Day	13% 8% 3 9% 6% 6% 6% 5% 6% 8% 29%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 8% 11% 40%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 2 5% 5% 6% 6% 4 7% 10% 39%	4044
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 1 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 57%	4340
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 2 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 47%	2109
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 49%	2090
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 43%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 1 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 50%	2072
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 3 6% 47%	1900
	21st to end	Day	20% 9% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 4 6% 40%	2024
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 5% 51%	1708
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 12% 4 7% 4 3 4 4 4 6% 38%	1710
	21st to end	Day	18% 11% 3 7% 5% 3 3 3 4 6% 37%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	23% 15% 4 8% 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 25%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 15% 5% 9% 5% 4 4 4 5% 5% 27%	2153
	21st to end	Day	20% 20% 5% 10% 5% 5% 4 3 4 5% 18%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 19% 6% 12% 6% 5% 4 4 4 4 21%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 17% 5% 15% 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 24%	4120
	21st to end	Night	25% 16% 5% 8% 5% 4 4 3 3 4 22%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 15% 4 8% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 28%	2423
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 12% 3 9% 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 31%	2218
	21st to end	Night	23% 15% 4 7% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 29%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 14% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 32%	3615
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 9% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 41%	3480
	21st to end	Night	15% 9% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 38%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	14% 8% 3 6% 6% 4 4 3 7% 7% 38%	2038
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 40%	1775
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 37%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	23% 12% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 29%	2813
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 3 5% 4 3 4 3 7% 8% 37%	2812
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 3 5% 4 4 5% 4 7% 10% 44%	3079
June	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 46%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 7% 12% 47%	1710
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 1 4 4 4 5% 5% 8% 11% 45%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 9% 47%	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 7% 9% 48%	2840
	21st to end	Night	10% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 4 7% 8% 37%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 7% 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 44%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 8% 42%	2785
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 3 3 4 4 4 6% 10% 58%	3312
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 52%	2050
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 54%	2090
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 47%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 53%	2106
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 6% 6% 46%	2280
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 2 4 3 4 5% 3 4 6% 41%	2570
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 49%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 10% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 40%	2470
	21st to end	Night	19% 12% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 35%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	23% 12% 4 8% 5% 4 4 2 5% 6% 27%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 13% 6% 9% 5% 3 3 3 5% 6% 30%	3042
	21st to end	Night	20% 20% 6% 10% 5% 5% 4 3 4 5% 18%	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	61% 5% 12% 13% 8%	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	65% 5% 9% 16% 5%	2840
	21st to end	Day	69% 4 9% 13% 3 1	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	58% 5% 11% 15% 9% 1	1752
	11th to 20th	Day	57% 5% 10% 18% 10% 1	1858
	21st to end	Day	55% 5% 9% 20% 9% 2	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	58% 5% 9% 20% 7% 1	3236
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 8% 11% 25% 15% 1	3480
	21st to end	Day	47% 6% 11% 23% 12% 1	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	46% 6% 12% 23% 11% 2	2156
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 6% 10% 21% 15% 4	2352
	21st to end	Day	49% 7% 11% 20% 11% 3	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	52% 7% 12% 21% 7% 1	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 8% 12% 20% 12% 1	4085
	21st to end	Day	38% 11% 16% 17% 15% 2	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	38% 9% 13% 23% 15% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 10% 14% 22% 16% 1	2470
	21st to end	Day	38% 9% 14% 22% 13% 4	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	42% 7% 11% 21% 17% 2	4055
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 8% 11% 31% 16% 1	4051
	21st to end	Day	50% 8% 11% 16% 13% 2	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	35% 8% 15% 31% 10% 1	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 7% 11% 29% 16% 1	4083
	21st to end	Day	25% 7% 16% 29% 20% 3	4339
September	1st to 10th	Day	36% 6% 11% 22% 19% 6%	2109
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 7% 13% 22% 23% 2	2090
	21st to end	Day	41% 5% 9% 23% 19% 2	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	23% 5% 9% 30% 32% 2	3449
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 4 8% 30% 26% 2	3140
	21st to end	Day	35% 3 10% 26% 23% 3	3313
November	1st to 10th	Day	35% 5% 11% 27% 20% 3	1708
	11th to 20th	Day	47% 4 9% 20% 16% 4	1710
	21st to end	Day	49% 5% 11% 21% 14% 1	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	62% 5% 10% 17% 5%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	57% 7% 10% 16% 11%	2150
	21st to end	Day	67% 7% 9% 11% 6% 1	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	64% 7% 8% 13% 7%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	64% 5% 10% 14% 7% 1	4120
	21st to end	Night	64% 5% 9% 16% 5% 1	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	58% 5% 10% 18% 8% 1	2423
	11th to 20th	Night	56% 4 9% 18% 12% 1	2219
	21st to end	Night	58% 5% 11% 14% 9% 3	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	52% 6% 8% 22% 11% 1	3615
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 7% 11% 26% 15% 1	3480
	21st to end	Night	45% 7% 9% 26% 13% 1	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	43% 6% 12% 22% 14% 2	2038
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 7% 10% 19% 17% 6%	1775
	21st to end	Night	45% 7% 11% 20% 14% 2	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	55% 7% 9% 18% 8% 2	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 10% 14% 23% 10% 1	2813
	21st to end	Night	30% 11% 16% 24% 14% 4	3087
June	1st to 10th	Night	32% 9% 14% 24% 19% 2	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 9% 16% 21% 22% 3	1710
	21st to end	Night	30% 10% 17% 23% 16% 4	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	35% 7% 12% 24% 18% 5%	2795
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 8% 13% 29% 19% 1	2786
	21st to end	Night	42% 8% 12% 21% 13% 4	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	33% 9% 14% 31% 11% 2	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 8% 9% 24% 18% 1	2812
	21st to end	Night	21% 7% 17% 30% 21% 4	3312
September	1st to 10th	Night	31% 7% 13% 23% 19% 7%	2050
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 8% 12% 22% 27% 3	2090
	21st to end	Night	37% 6% 9% 21% 25% 1	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	24% 4 8% 25% 36% 3	3509
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 4 8% 26% 29% 5%	3779
	21st to end	Night	33% 4 8% 22% 26% 7%	4231
November	1st to 10th	Night	37% 4 11% 23% 22% 3	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 4 8% 20% 18% 4	2470
	21st to end	Night	51% 5% 9% 21% 12% 2	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	59% 4 10% 19% 7% 1	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	55% 5% 11% 21% 8% 1	3044
	21st to end	Night	66% 7% 8% 13% 5%	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% 26% 29% 12% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 25% 30% 7% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	35% 25% 27% 11% 2	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	33% 23% 29% 13% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 29% 29% 3 2	270
	21st to end	Day	37% 25% 32% 5%	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	31% 24% 29% 12% 4	334
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 22% 31% 13% 4	460
	21st to end	Day	33% 21% 26% 16% 4	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	23% 23% 27% 17% 8% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 23% 24% 16% 9% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	27% 19% 33% 13% 6% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	27% 18% 30% 16% 8% 2	463
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 10% 33% 20% 10% 5%	487
	21st to end	Day	11% 12% 28% 28% 16% 6%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 11% 24% 29% 16% 7%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 9% 26% 31% 14% 7%	490
	21st to end	Day	11% 11% 32% 22% 15% 9%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 16% 24% 19% 20%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 7% 25% 28% 21% 11%	484
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 21% 29% 20% 12%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 19% 28% 24% 12%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 7% 22% 32% 21% 8%	479
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 21% 30% 24% 12%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 19% 28% 26% 9%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 3 18% 29% 30% 10%	490
	21st to end	Day	23% 9% 19% 23% 22% 4	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	12% 8% 27% 30% 17% 7%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 16% 30% 21% 10% 5%	490
	21st to end	Day	27% 13% 33% 21% 6%	473
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 18% 33% 25% 7% 1	282
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 17% 30% 17% 5% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	24% 22% 34% 14% 5%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	33% 21% 30% 10% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 24% 33% 13% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	31% 26% 29% 11% 3	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	30% 20% 28% 18% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 21% 29% 16% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	26% 20% 31% 20% 2	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	31% 17% 29% 21% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 20% 30% 19% 1	743
	21st to end	Night	31% 19% 33% 17% 1	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	24% 19% 28% 24% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 17% 32% 18% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	24% 14% 30% 24% 7%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	21% 15% 32% 24% 7%	708
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 14% 34% 23% 11% 1	563
	21st to end	Night	21% 10% 34% 28% 6%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	22% 11% 29% 25% 12% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 8% 26% 31% 17% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 22% 32% 28% 3	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 23% 40% 23% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 19% 39% 27% 3	570
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 24% 34% 26% 4	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 15% 32% 28% 10%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 15% 36% 36% 4	552
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 14% 38% 33% 4	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 11% 40% 35% 4	567
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 14% 38% 31% 6%	564
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 15% 34% 36% 7%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 14% 33% 31% 6%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 15% 31% 35% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 18% 34% 24% 2	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 22% 32% 24% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 10% 26% 29% 14% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	23% 12% 26% 27% 11%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	18% 11% 25% 28% 18% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 17% 26% 24% 9% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	26% 12% 26% 26% 9% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	29% 18% 27% 21% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 16% 29% 22% 6% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	29% 17% 29% 22% 3	836

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