Live Oak Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Live Oak Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-05 to 2024-10-14.

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	11% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 49%	100834
	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 53%	97834
Transparency	Day	35% 4 11% 22% 20% 8%	100648
	Night	33% 4 11% 22% 20% 11%	97696
Seeing	Day	13% 7% 22% 30% 22% 6%	14845
	Night	14% 7% 28% 35% 15% 1	24703

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	11% 9% 3 5% 2 2 3 2 4 6% 52%	2847
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 2 3 2 2 2 2 4 5% 56%	2850
	21st to end	Day	16% 9% 3 7% 3 3 2 2 4 6% 46%	3272
February	1st to 10th	Day	18% 7% 3 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 47%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 47%	1849
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 2 4 2 3 3 3 3 4 51%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	15% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 3 3 4 6% 43%	3419
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 8% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 35%	3480
	21st to end	Day	11% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 45%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 8% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 44%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 2 6% 4 4 3 2 4 6% 44%	2066
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 48%	2446
May	1st to 10th	Day	20% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 3 6% 7% 32%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 45%	4082
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 2 7% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 9% 34%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 8% 51%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 1 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 10% 51%	2470
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 4 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 44%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 4 5% 6% 5% 4 6% 8% 51%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 4 3 4 5% 4 7% 10% 56%	4120
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 9% 42%	4465
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 4 8% 72%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 2 3 4 3 6% 10% 62%	3822
	21st to end	Day	4 3 2 5% 4 4 6% 4 7% 11% 51%	3993
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 49%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 4 6% 5% 4 4 9% 44%	2090
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 54%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 2 5% 3 3 3 4 4 6% 61%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 57%	1867
	21st to end	Day	11% 4 2 5% 3 3 2 2 4 5% 60%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 2 4 3 3 4 2 4 6% 51%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 2 5% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 53%	1775
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 48%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 4 4 5% 51%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 4 5% 46%	2161
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 2 5% 2 2 3 3 3 4 55%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 56%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 1 3 2 2 2 1 3 5% 64%	4120
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 3 7% 4 3 3 2 3 6% 44%	4422
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 8% 2 6% 3 3 2 3 4 5% 50%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 2 5% 3 2 3 3 4 5% 50%	2218
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 2 4 4 4 4 1 3 6% 49%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 43%	3433
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 3 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 36%	3480
	21st to end	Night	11% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 45%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 2 4 4 3 3 4 4 7% 49%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 6% 6% 45%	2063
	21st to end	Night	13% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 49%	1730
May	1st to 10th	Night	22% 9% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 37%	2823
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 50%	2823
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 8% 43%	3090
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 1 4 3 3 3 4 6% 8% 60%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 60%	1710
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 3 4 3 5% 3 7% 8% 55%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 59%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 6% 10% 62%	2850
	21st to end	Night	6% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 10% 45%	3098
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 7% 78%	2836
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 6% 10% 63%	3012
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 4 3 3 3 4 6% 10% 58%	3666
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 4 3 4 4 3 6% 7% 52%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 6% 7% 48%	2090
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 6% 7% 59%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 1 4 2 3 3 2 4 6% 66%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 58%	2146
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 4 59%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 6% 56%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 2 4 3 3 4 2 4 5% 58%	2401
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 48%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 1 5% 4 3 2 3 4 6% 53%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 9% 3 7% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 48%	3036
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 56%	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	35% 2 4 20% 25% 14%	2848
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 2 6% 15% 31% 14%	2850
	21st to end	Day	43% 2 4 11% 27% 12%	3272
February	1st to 10th	Day	41% 3 6% 13% 22% 15%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 2 7% 19% 20% 13%	1859
	21st to end	Day	39% 2 5% 16% 21% 16%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	44% 2 5% 15% 21% 13%	3419
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 2 12% 11% 16% 8%	3480
	21st to end	Day	39% 2 11% 16% 23% 9%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	42% 3 7% 19% 15% 14%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 2 8% 17% 19% 11%	2066
	21st to end	Day	38% 3 7% 21% 22% 8%	2446
May	1st to 10th	Day	52% 3 12% 15% 14% 5%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 3 9% 19% 25% 5%	4086
	21st to end	Day	43% 5% 14% 25% 11% 3	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	29% 5% 13% 29% 21% 4	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 4 13% 30% 19% 6%	2470
	21st to end	Day	34% 6% 13% 25% 20% 3	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	29% 6% 18% 38% 9% 1	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 6% 14% 36% 19% 3	4051
	21st to end	Day	33% 8% 17% 30% 11% 1	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 11% 37% 35% 1	4090
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 5% 20% 40% 15% 3	3861
	21st to end	Day	25% 9% 18% 28% 19% 2	3992
September	1st to 10th	Day	34% 4 11% 23% 18% 10%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 5% 12% 20% 19% 6%	2090
	21st to end	Day	28% 5% 10% 22% 21% 14%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	25% 4 10% 21% 24% 16%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 3 6% 18% 23% 19%	1867
	21st to end	Day	29% 2 5% 16% 27% 20%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	36% 3 9% 20% 23% 10%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 3 9% 19% 22% 15%	1775
	21st to end	Day	40% 3 6% 16% 20% 14%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	36% 2 10% 19% 23% 9%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 2 7% 13% 23% 14%	2159
	21st to end	Day	34% 2 5% 16% 27% 16%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	33% 2 3 17% 27% 17%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 1 4 17% 28% 22%	4120
	21st to end	Night	44% 3 4 13% 24% 13%	4422
February	1st to 10th	Night	39% 2 6% 13% 21% 18%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 2 6% 17% 20% 16%	2218
	21st to end	Night	41% 2 6% 14% 20% 18%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	42% 3 8% 15% 21% 11%	3433
	11th to 20th	Night	49% 3 11% 13% 14% 9%	3480
	21st to end	Night	41% 3 9% 16% 22% 8%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	36% 4 9% 19% 17% 15%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 3 11% 14% 18% 14%	2063
	21st to end	Night	37% 3 10% 20% 21% 9%	1730
May	1st to 10th	Night	47% 4 10% 19% 14% 6%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 3 12% 24% 18% 8%	2824
	21st to end	Night	39% 4 14% 29% 9% 5%	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	21% 6% 16% 29% 23% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 4 16% 30% 21% 7%	1710
	21st to end	Night	26% 6% 14% 30% 21% 4	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	22% 7% 24% 39% 8% 1	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 6% 18% 39% 18% 1	2796
	21st to end	Night	32% 7% 23% 30% 8%	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 13% 41% 33% 2	2826
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 4 28% 35% 14% 2	3039
	21st to end	Night	22% 7% 22% 29% 18% 3	3666
September	1st to 10th	Night	31% 6% 12% 25% 17% 10%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 5% 15% 22% 16% 7%	2090
	21st to end	Night	24% 5% 13% 25% 20% 14%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	21% 3 10% 25% 23% 18%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 3 8% 16% 23% 22%	2151
	21st to end	Night	30% 2 5% 17% 23% 22%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	32% 3 8% 21% 23% 14%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 3 8% 20% 24% 16%	2401
	21st to end	Night	40% 3 7% 16% 20% 15%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	34% 2 9% 21% 22% 12%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 2 5% 11% 23% 17%	3037
	21st to end	Night	35% 2 4 15% 29% 16%	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% 14% 35% 26% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 13% 33% 23% 7% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	18% 19% 38% 20% 5%	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	27% 16% 34% 19% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 18% 37% 17% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	30% 15% 38% 17%	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	23% 13% 40% 20% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 20% 37% 18% 7%	270
	21st to end	Day	17% 15% 43% 19% 6%	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	22% 18% 38% 19% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 18% 37% 21% 6%	264
	21st to end	Day	18% 13% 39% 22% 8%	626
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 11% 38% 28% 7%	653
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 31% 31% 13% 2	675
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 27% 34% 15% 3	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 17% 42% 26% 7%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 1 18% 47% 23% 4	680
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 10% 40% 31% 10%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 8% 38% 33% 11%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 5% 37% 45% 9%	668
	21st to end	Day	4 1 4 37% 45% 9%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 4 34% 46% 14%	676
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 3 38% 41% 13%	537
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 4 26% 40% 23%	430
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 1 5% 25% 39% 21%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 1 7% 26% 45% 15%	300
	21st to end	Day	9% 2 6% 35% 33% 15%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 14% 38% 33% 9%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 25% 31% 24% 5%	279
	21st to end	Day	22% 10% 25% 26% 15% 2	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 29% 30% 12% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 11% 29% 30% 11% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	24% 16% 31% 19% 9% 1	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 34% 28% 10% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 13% 38% 21% 7%	270
	21st to end	Day	20% 11% 39% 24% 5% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	18% 9% 36% 29% 7% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 10% 32% 31% 7%	950
	21st to end	Night	20% 10% 36% 28% 6%	974
February	1st to 10th	Night	22% 12% 34% 28% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 12% 40% 24% 2	744
	21st to end	Night	23% 14% 42% 19% 2	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 13% 37% 26% 4	584
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 12% 36% 30% 5%	570
	21st to end	Night	15% 11% 44% 26% 4	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	15% 11% 44% 29% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 12% 40% 24% 6%	563
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 43% 24% 8% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 10% 42% 26% 7%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 37% 33% 11% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 35% 34% 13%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 23% 42% 25% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 27% 50% 14% 2	570
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 16% 46% 26% 3	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 12% 48% 29% 4	555
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 9% 55% 29% 3	552
	21st to end	Night	3 1 8% 52% 33% 3	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 8% 53% 34% 4	567
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 50% 33% 4	564
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 4 46% 40% 5%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 10% 41% 34% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 2 7% 40% 37% 3	570
	21st to end	Night	9% 1 12% 38% 36% 4	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 12% 48% 26% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 3 24% 39% 18% 2	678
	21st to end	Night	14% 8% 28% 30% 18% 2	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 4 25% 39% 16% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 30% 37% 14% 1	881
	21st to end	Night	19% 11% 30% 28% 11% 1	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 32% 34% 10% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 9% 31% 33% 6% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	20% 9% 33% 32% 7%	1045

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