Crystal Mountain
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Crystal Mountain clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-08-15.

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	13% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 44%	94768
	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 50%	93966
Transparency	Day	39% 7% 11% 21% 18% 4	94539
	Night	35% 6% 11% 22% 21% 6%	93801
Seeing	Day	16% 11% 24% 26% 18% 5%	15074
	Night	15% 10% 25% 31% 18% 2	24849

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% 11% 3 5% 3 3 3 2 3 5% 45%	2847
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 10% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 3 4 50%	2850
	21st to end	Day	24% 7% 2 4 3 2 2 2 3 4 47%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	20% 9% 2 4 5% 3 4 3 3 4 43%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 9% 4 6% 5% 3 4 3 4 5% 43%	1758
	21st to end	Day	20% 9% 2 7% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 37%	1660
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 11% 2 6% 4 3 3 2 3 4 41%	3436
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 3 6% 5% 3 4 3 5% 6% 45%	3480
	21st to end	Day	17% 8% 2 7% 5% 3 4 3 4 5% 42%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 2 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 44%	2251
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 4 6% 45%	2254
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 2 6% 6% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 41%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	18% 7% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 37%	3793
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 43%	4082
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 3 8% 6% 5% 6% 4 6% 7% 34%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 41%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 2 6% 6% 6% 5% 6% 8% 10% 43%	2470
	21st to end	Day	4 4 1 5% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 10% 47%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 6% 7% 10% 40%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 52%	4120
	21st to end	Day	12% 9% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 31%	4465
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 6% 6% 6% 7% 5% 8% 9% 41%	2458
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 2 7% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 8% 40%	2219
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 4 7% 9% 43%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 46%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 45%	2121
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 54%	1895
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 56%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 2 4 3 2 2 2 4 6% 56%	1800
	21st to end	Day	17% 5% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 5% 51%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 2 4 3 2 4 3 4 5% 58%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 54%	1900
	21st to end	Day	16% 9% 3 6% 3 3 3 2 4 4 48%	1640
December	1st to 10th	Day	17% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 4 4 6% 46%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 9% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 3 3 5% 43%	1964
	21st to end	Day	13% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 39%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 8% 4 7% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 45%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 1 4 2 3 3 2 4 4 55%	4120
	21st to end	Night	23% 9% 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 48%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 42%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 8% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 46%	2307
	21st to end	Night	17% 9% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 46%	1810
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 8% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 41%	3419
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 2 5% 2 3 2 3 4 4 51%	3480
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 3 7% 4 4 5% 3 6% 8% 43%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 4 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 51%	1929
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 1 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 50%	1875
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 49%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 40%	3086
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 45%	2823
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 42%	3090
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 1 4 3 3 4 4 7% 10% 54%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 1 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 9% 59%	1710
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 5% 9% 62%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 10% 49%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 3 3 2 3 4 6% 9% 62%	2850
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 8% 42%	3098
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 2 4 4 4 5% 4 7% 10% 52%	1701
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 1 4 3 4 5% 4 7% 9% 52%	1781
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 1 5% 3 4 4 4 7% 9% 52%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 57%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 53%	1835
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 2 3 3 2 3 4 5% 6% 60%	2045
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 7% 60%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 60%	2160
	21st to end	Night	18% 5% 1 5% 3 3 3 2 2 4 55%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 3 2 3 2 4 6% 59%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 56%	2280
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 4 4 3 2 5% 5% 51%	2531
December	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 47%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 49%	3211
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 45%	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	43% 5% 5% 22% 21% 4	2848
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 5% 10% 21% 22% 4	2850
	21st to end	Day	43% 3 6% 18% 21% 8%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	47% 5% 8% 20% 16% 5%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 4 7% 19% 19% 6%	1767
	21st to end	Day	51% 4 7% 13% 16% 9%	1660
March	1st to 10th	Day	47% 6% 7% 12% 18% 10%	3436
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 7% 10% 21% 18% 5%	3480
	21st to end	Day	44% 5% 9% 20% 20% 1	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	39% 6% 9% 20% 20% 5%	2251
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 5% 9% 20% 17% 7%	2254
	21st to end	Day	43% 7% 9% 20% 19% 3	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	45% 8% 11% 20% 14% 2	3828
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 11% 12% 25% 15% 1	4086
	21st to end	Day	45% 11% 13% 18% 11% 3	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	36% 10% 14% 23% 15% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 9% 14% 25% 18% 1	2470
	21st to end	Day	30% 9% 13% 26% 19% 3	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	36% 8% 18% 27% 11% 1	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 6% 10% 33% 21% 2	4051
	21st to end	Day	48% 7% 15% 21% 9%	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	34% 10% 17% 26% 11% 1	2444
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 10% 13% 23% 16% 2	2219
	21st to end	Day	36% 9% 14% 23% 13% 5%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	36% 8% 11% 20% 19% 6%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 7% 13% 16% 22% 5%	2121
	21st to end	Day	31% 6% 8% 20% 26% 8%	1895
October	1st to 10th	Day	28% 6% 10% 21% 27% 8%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 4 7% 18% 29% 11%	1800
	21st to end	Day	37% 4 7% 21% 22% 10%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	30% 5% 8% 25% 23% 9%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 5% 8% 21% 28% 9%	1900
	21st to end	Day	43% 3 6% 18% 25% 6%	1640
December	1st to 10th	Day	39% 5% 10% 22% 18% 6%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 5% 6% 18% 23% 5%	1961
	21st to end	Day	43% 8% 10% 16% 17% 6%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	41% 5% 7% 18% 27% 3	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 5% 10% 20% 24% 6%	4120
	21st to end	Night	41% 4 10% 17% 23% 5%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	45% 4 9% 19% 17% 6%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 4 7% 21% 20% 6%	2308
	21st to end	Night	41% 4 8% 17% 21% 9%	1810
March	1st to 10th	Night	43% 6% 9% 12% 18% 11%	3419
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 6% 8% 25% 17% 7%	3480
	21st to end	Night	38% 7% 9% 23% 20% 2	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	34% 5% 10% 22% 19% 10%	1929
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 6% 9% 22% 21% 9%	1875
	21st to end	Night	36% 5% 12% 23% 20% 3	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	42% 10% 11% 22% 13% 3	3116
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 8% 14% 26% 14% 1	2824
	21st to end	Night	40% 10% 14% 22% 13% 2	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	23% 9% 16% 30% 19% 2	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 6% 14% 32% 24% 3	1710
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 13% 31% 24% 6%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	30% 7% 20% 27% 16% 1	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 6% 13% 36% 25% 2	2796
	21st to end	Night	39% 7% 15% 25% 14%	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	23% 8% 22% 32% 14% 1	1691
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 9% 15% 29% 19% 2	1781
	21st to end	Night	25% 9% 18% 26% 19% 3	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	26% 7% 12% 24% 23% 8%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 8% 12% 19% 25% 6%	1835
	21st to end	Night	24% 5% 10% 22% 29% 9%	2045
October	1st to 10th	Night	24% 5% 13% 22% 24% 11%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 5% 8% 17% 31% 12%	2160
	21st to end	Night	36% 4 5% 20% 24% 11%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	28% 5% 8% 23% 26% 10%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 4 7% 22% 26% 10%	2280
	21st to end	Night	36% 4 7% 19% 27% 6%	2531
December	1st to 10th	Night	40% 5% 9% 19% 21% 7%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 4 6% 18% 25% 7%	3213
	21st to end	Night	39% 6% 9% 23% 19% 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	27% 18% 31% 17% 6% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 27% 32% 13% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	25% 26% 32% 11% 5% 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	32% 16% 33% 14% 4 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 26% 30% 13% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	38% 26% 27% 8% 1	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	29% 17% 34% 16% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 21% 36% 12% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	28% 25% 35% 9% 3	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	21% 22% 35% 15% 7%	431
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 17% 30% 19% 6% 1	452
	21st to end	Day	20% 19% 35% 17% 7% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	22% 15% 31% 23% 8% 1	478
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 9% 30% 28% 15% 2	675
	21st to end	Day	11% 9% 28% 32% 15% 5%	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 21% 29% 27% 7%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 21% 39% 24% 6%	680
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 23% 38% 23% 8%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 16% 33% 32% 10%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 16% 32% 35% 10%	668
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 14% 32% 32% 12%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 14% 37% 32% 8%	676
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 2 10% 32% 33% 9%	501
	21st to end	Day	12% 2 6% 29% 36% 15%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 10% 28% 38% 10%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 13% 25% 36% 11%	411
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 17% 39% 21% 6%	270
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 30% 36% 20% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 14% 33% 23% 11% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	28% 16% 30% 18% 7% 1	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 14% 33% 20% 14% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 17% 36% 25% 4 1	270
	21st to end	Day	28% 16% 24% 21% 10%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	22% 26% 27% 17% 7% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 21% 31% 19% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	25% 20% 38% 14% 3	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 18% 29% 28% 4	950
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 18% 31% 24% 4	950
	21st to end	Night	21% 14% 36% 25% 3	1045
February	1st to 10th	Night	26% 17% 29% 24% 5%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 19% 36% 22% 1	833
	21st to end	Night	26% 19% 33% 19% 3	554
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 13% 30% 31% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 14% 31% 28% 4 1	570
	21st to end	Night	19% 13% 33% 29% 6%	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 15% 35% 27% 6%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 15% 33% 26% 11%	563
	21st to end	Night	16% 12% 37% 26% 9%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 28% 40% 10% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 9% 26% 32% 19% 2	561
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 22% 35% 22% 5%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 14% 36% 35% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 14% 42% 35% 3	570
	21st to end	Night	4 1 14% 38% 37% 6%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 10% 35% 41% 7%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 12% 32% 43% 8%	552
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 6% 38% 40% 10%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 8% 38% 42% 6%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 10% 36% 37% 6%	549
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 7% 34% 43% 8%	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 1 9% 31% 46% 4	540
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 1 12% 32% 40% 4	540
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 15% 31% 36% 5%	605
October	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 17% 36% 31% 4	720
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 8% 25% 38% 15% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	21% 8% 27% 27% 15% 2	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 10% 25% 37% 15% 2	740
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 11% 31% 33% 12%	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 16% 28% 27% 11%	836
December	1st to 10th	Night	22% 11% 33% 28% 7%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 14% 29% 29% 6%	950
	21st to end	Night	21% 17% 28% 28% 5%	1045

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