Hansen Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Hansen Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-07-16.

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	10% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 50%	90270
	Night	9% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 52%	89265
Transparency	Day	34% 6% 13% 27% 17% 3	90040
	Night	32% 5% 13% 26% 20% 4	89100
Seeing	Day	12% 9% 31% 31% 14% 2	15296
	Night	11% 9% 34% 35% 10% 1	25219

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	7% 13% 4 10% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 5% 36%	2847
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 12% 5% 10% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 6% 40%	2850
	21st to end	Day	7% 12% 5% 13% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 43%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	9% 10% 4 7% 5% 4 5% 3 6% 7% 41%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 7% 2 7% 4 5% 4 4 6% 8% 47%	1844
	21st to end	Day	7% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 52%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 57%	3248
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 6% 56%	3480
	21st to end	Day	15% 9% 3 7% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 43%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 51%	2137
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 43%	2385
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 6% 43%	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 8% 45%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 46%	4082
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 43%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 57%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 51%	2545
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 56%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 1 4 5% 4 4 4 7% 9% 51%	2646
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 60%	2407
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 1 5% 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 51%	2546
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 46%	2328
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 1 5% 4 3 5% 3 6% 7% 56%	2301
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 58%	2515
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 3 5% 54%	2016
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 6% 8% 55%	1980
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 60%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 5% 55%	1940
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 1 5% 3 3 3 2 3 5% 61%	1800
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 4 57%	1906
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 60%	1673
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 2 4 4 4 3 3 4 5% 58%	1710
	21st to end	Day	11% 8% 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 8% 51%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 7% 2 5% 5% 3 3 3 5% 8% 50%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 7% 4 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 49%	2161
	21st to end	Day	12% 10% 3 12% 5% 4 5% 3 4 5% 35%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 10% 5% 13% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 41%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 9% 3 6% 4 4 5% 3 4 5% 51%	4120
	21st to end	Night	11% 9% 5% 10% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 43%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	9% 11% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 44%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 47%	2237
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 55%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 59%	3611
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 3 3 2 3 4 6% 58%	3480
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 44%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 8% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 51%	2038
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 3 4 3 4 5% 3 5% 7% 48%	1745
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 50%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	22% 5% 1 4 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 43%	2823
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 49%	2823
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 9% 45%	3090
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 1 4 3 4 3 4 6% 9% 58%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 9% 55%	1627
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 8% 10% 56%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 10% 50%	1529
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 10% 60%	1674
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 5% 3 4 4 4 8% 10% 54%	1772
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 2 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 11% 53%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 1 4 4 3 3 4 6% 9% 57%	1600
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 4 6% 63%	1839
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 1 4 2 3 3 2 4 6% 64%	1943
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 1 3 2 3 4 4 5% 7% 58%	1980
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 5% 62%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 5% 54%	2001
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 1 4 3 2 3 2 3 5% 61%	2160
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 1 4 3 2 3 3 4 5% 59%	2448
November	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 2 4 2 3 2 2 4 7% 64%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 59%	2470
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 2 4 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 57%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 4 7% 55%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 7% 55%	3036
	21st to end	Night	16% 10% 3 7% 3 3 4 3 4 7% 41%	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	47% 6% 15% 20% 10% 1	2848
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 6% 15% 20% 12% 2	2850
	21st to end	Day	45% 4 14% 24% 12% 1	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	42% 5% 17% 22% 11% 3	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 6% 14% 27% 15% 3	1854
	21st to end	Day	33% 5% 12% 25% 19% 5%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	30% 4 10% 25% 26% 5%	3248
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 5% 13% 28% 21% 2	3480
	21st to end	Day	43% 7% 22% 23% 5% 1	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	35% 5% 14% 25% 19% 2	2137
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 5% 14% 24% 15% 3	2385
	21st to end	Day	42% 6% 11% 26% 14% 1	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	36% 7% 13% 25% 14% 6%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 7% 11% 27% 16% 1	4086
	21st to end	Day	37% 9% 12% 28% 13% 1	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	24% 8% 18% 34% 14% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 7% 14% 30% 17% 3	2545
	21st to end	Day	26% 7% 13% 31% 19% 4	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	27% 7% 14% 29% 19% 2	2577
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 7% 14% 31% 23% 4	2338
	21st to end	Day	28% 7% 15% 32% 17% 1	2405
August	1st to 10th	Day	31% 10% 18% 27% 12% 2	2314
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 7% 14% 32% 19% 2	2301
	21st to end	Day	25% 6% 14% 24% 26% 6%	2515
September	1st to 10th	Day	32% 5% 11% 23% 22% 7%	2016
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 6% 12% 28% 25% 3	1980
	21st to end	Day	26% 5% 10% 31% 27% 1	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	35% 4 8% 26% 26% 2	1940
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 3 8% 28% 24% 8%	1800
	21st to end	Day	33% 3 10% 26% 23% 5%	1906
November	1st to 10th	Day	25% 4 12% 31% 23% 4	1673
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 6% 9% 25% 28% 3	1710
	21st to end	Day	34% 5% 10% 27% 21% 4	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	33% 5% 16% 29% 15% 2	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 5% 13% 32% 13% 1	2159
	21st to end	Day	51% 5% 11% 20% 12% 1	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	44% 4 14% 24% 13% 1	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 5% 14% 26% 19% 1	4120
	21st to end	Night	45% 4 13% 21% 15% 2	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	41% 6% 12% 21% 15% 4	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 6% 13% 29% 15% 3	2237
	21st to end	Night	31% 4 12% 22% 22% 9%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	28% 4 9% 25% 27% 7%	3611
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 4 9% 26% 29% 4	3480
	21st to end	Night	39% 7% 23% 23% 7% 1	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	35% 5% 12% 23% 22% 3	2038
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 5% 14% 26% 17% 2	1745
	21st to end	Night	35% 6% 12% 27% 18% 2	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	41% 6% 10% 24% 15% 5%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 8% 14% 24% 20% 1	2824
	21st to end	Night	34% 9% 19% 24% 14% 1	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	22% 8% 17% 31% 19% 2	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 5% 15% 29% 18% 5%	1627
	21st to end	Night	21% 6% 16% 30% 22% 5%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	27% 7% 15% 25% 20% 5%	1489
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 6% 16% 30% 22% 7%	1620
	21st to end	Night	20% 8% 18% 32% 20% 2	1673
August	1st to 10th	Night	24% 8% 20% 31% 13% 3	1601
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 6% 17% 32% 19% 4	1600
	21st to end	Night	22% 6% 12% 25% 25% 9%	1839
September	1st to 10th	Night	23% 4 12% 27% 24% 10%	1943
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 6% 11% 27% 26% 6%	1980
	21st to end	Night	24% 5% 10% 27% 30% 4	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	31% 6% 9% 25% 24% 4	2001
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 4 8% 26% 26% 8%	2160
	21st to end	Night	29% 4 11% 23% 25% 7%	2448
November	1st to 10th	Night	21% 3 11% 30% 27% 7%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 5% 9% 29% 26% 5%	2470
	21st to end	Night	29% 4 11% 28% 24% 4	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	29% 6% 14% 30% 19% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 5% 11% 36% 17% 1	3037
	21st to end	Night	44% 6% 12% 25% 11% 2	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	13% 10% 38% 29% 8% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 14% 32% 27% 8% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	12% 9% 44% 29% 5% 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 13% 46% 24% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 11% 44% 28% 6% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	9% 13% 56% 18% 4	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	15% 14% 43% 21% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 10% 33% 22% 9%	270
	21st to end	Day	22% 20% 36% 18% 4	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 18% 42% 20% 5%	317
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 15% 39% 22% 7%	583
	21st to end	Day	20% 18% 32% 19% 9% 2	650
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 12% 36% 28% 10%	653
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 11% 32% 26% 13% 3	675
	21st to end	Day	15% 9% 33% 28% 12% 2	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 6% 26% 34% 23% 6%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 35% 35% 14% 1	680
	21st to end	Day	7% 8% 34% 35% 16% 1	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 21% 37% 26% 5%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 19% 46% 23% 5%	645
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 17% 42% 28% 5%	684
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 17% 45% 24% 4	626
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 17% 44% 25% 3	615
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 20% 38% 26% 5%	634
September	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 22% 37% 18% 2	306
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 28% 41% 17% 5%	270
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 31% 27% 17% 3	270
October	1st to 10th	Day	21% 9% 22% 30% 15% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 15% 41% 24% 12% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	22% 12% 36% 23% 6% 2	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 14% 38% 24% 9% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 17% 43% 21% 7% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	22% 13% 29% 26% 9% 1	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 10% 45% 26% 12% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 9% 41% 26% 7%	270
	21st to end	Day	18% 15% 39% 25% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	12% 11% 35% 33% 8% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 11% 37% 33% 7% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	10% 11% 39% 32% 8%	1045
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 42% 29% 5%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 11% 42% 31% 4 1	763
	21st to end	Night	10% 14% 43% 28% 4	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	12% 14% 40% 29% 5%	689
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 11% 38% 28% 6% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	17% 15% 40% 24% 4	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	14% 14% 40% 26% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 14% 39% 27% 4	563
	21st to end	Night	15% 11% 38% 29% 7% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	22% 8% 35% 29% 7%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 8% 34% 33% 8%	561
	21st to end	Night	15% 9% 31% 34% 12% 1	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 29% 43% 16% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 35% 40% 12%	570
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 36% 45% 11%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 22% 42% 26%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 22% 51% 20% 2	540
	21st to end	Night	4 1 17% 51% 26% 1	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 19% 53% 19% 1	537
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 22% 47% 20% 1	534
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 23% 42% 25% 2	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 27% 44% 17% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 33% 37% 16% 1	540
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 35% 37% 13% 1	540
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 32% 34% 12%	561
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 10% 37% 32% 7%	720
	21st to end	Night	14% 10% 33% 32% 11% 1	864
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 10% 34% 39% 9%	925
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 11% 40% 32% 7%	950
	21st to end	Night	11% 12% 32% 34% 9% 1	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	8% 11% 41% 34% 5%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 11% 38% 31% 7%	950
	21st to end	Night	16% 10% 36% 33% 5%	1045

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