Kresge Environmental Education Center
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Kresge Environmental Education Center 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	14% 10% 4 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 33%	100819
	Night	14% 11% 4 8% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 6% 35%	97711
Transparency	Day	48% 7% 12% 20% 12% 1	100617
	Night	49% 6% 12% 21% 11% 1	97589
Seeing	Day	18% 11% 29% 23% 13% 6%	15340
	Night	19% 10% 30% 29% 11% 1	24925

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	14% 20% 8% 11% 6% 4 4 3 4 4 21%	2527
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 19% 6% 14% 10% 7% 5% 4 4 4 11%	2530
	21st to end	Day	25% 20% 6% 10% 6% 4 3 2 3 5% 15%	3033
February	1st to 10th	Day	13% 15% 5% 15% 8% 6% 4 3 4 5% 21%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 14% 5% 12% 8% 6% 5% 3 4 6% 24%	1771
	21st to end	Day	14% 16% 5% 11% 7% 5% 4 3 5% 5% 25%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	17% 15% 5% 9% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 29%	3204
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 15% 6% 10% 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 28%	3480
	21st to end	Day	18% 13% 4 9% 5% 4 5% 3 4 6% 29%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	16% 13% 4 9% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 30%	2207
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 10% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 35%	2423
	21st to end	Day	16% 9% 4 8% 6% 5% 4 3 5% 6% 34%	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	17% 9% 3 7% 4 4 5% 4 5% 7% 35%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 34%	4081
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 46%	4508
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 40%	2845
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 7% 43%	2850
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 9% 37%	2818
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 2 8% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 8% 37%	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 46%	4440
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 9% 41%	4573
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 39%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 40%	4044
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 6% 9% 40%	4518
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 7% 2 8% 5% 6% 6% 5% 6% 9% 38%	2147
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 47%	2090
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 34%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 3 6% 7% 40%	2025
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 10% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 31%	1830
	21st to end	Day	21% 13% 3 7% 4 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 28%	1831
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 11% 3 8% 6% 5% 4 4 5% 7% 35%	1672
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 12% 5% 10% 6% 5% 4 4 5% 7% 28%	1710
	21st to end	Day	17% 15% 5% 9% 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 26%	1539
December	1st to 10th	Day	13% 17% 6% 13% 7% 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 20%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 17% 5% 9% 4 4 5% 4 6% 6% 25%	1723
	21st to end	Day	24% 21% 7% 11% 6% 4 4 3 4 5% 11%	2599
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 15% 6% 11% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 5% 24%	4428
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 17% 7% 14% 8% 9% 5% 3 4 5% 15%	4440
	21st to end	Night	21% 17% 9% 10% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 19%	4624
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 15% 5% 10% 7% 5% 6% 4 5% 5% 23%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 15% 5% 9% 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 27%	2291
	21st to end	Night	18% 11% 5% 10% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 27%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	14% 14% 4 8% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 37%	3648
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 9% 4 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 8% 40%	3480
	21st to end	Night	15% 10% 3 9% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 5% 36%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	18% 11% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 35%	1990
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 8% 2 7% 4 5% 4 3 5% 7% 37%	1705
	21st to end	Night	17% 9% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 37%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 8% 2 7% 4 5% 4 4 6% 8% 37%	2813
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 7% 42%	2812
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 50%	3031
June	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 6% 3 5% 3 4 6% 8% 46%	1330
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 6% 3 4 5% 4 6% 9% 46%	1330
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 49%	1356
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 3 8% 10% 46%	2530
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 2 4 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 53%	2530
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 8% 47%	2982
August	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 47%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 8% 47%	2785
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 3 7% 4 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 47%	3124
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 7% 5% 6% 4 4 5% 7% 47%	2012
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 54%	2090
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 3 7% 4 4 5% 3 5% 6% 43%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 4 5% 7% 45%	2153
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 10% 3 7% 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 33%	2203
	21st to end	Night	22% 9% 3 9% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 5% 29%	2524
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 9% 3 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 42%	2406
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 12% 4 8% 5% 4 6% 5% 6% 7% 29%	2470
	21st to end	Night	19% 15% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 26%	2636
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 16% 6% 11% 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 21%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 14% 6% 12% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 24%	3469
	21st to end	Night	25% 23% 6% 11% 5% 4 3 2 3 4 14%	5063

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	66% 6% 10% 13% 5%	2528
	11th to 20th	Day	75% 5% 12% 6% 2	2530
	21st to end	Day	74% 5% 11% 7% 3 1	3033
February	1st to 10th	Day	64% 6% 8% 15% 7%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	63% 4 9% 14% 9% 1	1780
	21st to end	Day	60% 6% 10% 15% 7% 2	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	56% 7% 11% 19% 6% 1	3204
	11th to 20th	Day	54% 6% 11% 20% 8% 2	3480
	21st to end	Day	56% 5% 13% 14% 10% 2	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	54% 6% 11% 19% 10% 1	2207
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 6% 12% 20% 13% 2	2423
	21st to end	Day	50% 6% 13% 18% 13% 1	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	45% 8% 12% 21% 12% 3	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 9% 14% 23% 10% 1	4085
	21st to end	Day	36% 6% 11% 19% 23% 5%	4521
June	1st to 10th	Day	38% 8% 12% 25% 15% 2	2845
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 8% 13% 24% 17% 2	2850
	21st to end	Day	39% 9% 12% 23% 15% 1	2818
July	1st to 10th	Day	41% 7% 14% 20% 16% 2	4371
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 7% 12% 34% 15% 1	4365
	21st to end	Day	37% 7% 15% 17% 22% 2	4428
August	1st to 10th	Day	40% 7% 13% 21% 17% 1	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 6% 13% 28% 13% 1	4083
	21st to end	Day	39% 7% 13% 28% 12% 1	4517
September	1st to 10th	Day	41% 8% 14% 24% 12% 2	2147
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 6% 13% 31% 15% 1	2090
	21st to end	Day	46% 7% 13% 22% 11% 1	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	43% 6% 11% 26% 13% 2	2025
	11th to 20th	Day	53% 6% 13% 19% 9%	1831
	21st to end	Day	56% 6% 13% 18% 8%	1831
November	1st to 10th	Day	47% 7% 11% 24% 11% 1	1672
	11th to 20th	Day	55% 5% 14% 17% 9%	1710
	21st to end	Day	59% 4 14% 16% 6% 1	1539
December	1st to 10th	Day	66% 5% 12% 13% 3	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	59% 7% 14% 15% 5%	1719
	21st to end	Day	76% 4 10% 6% 3	2599
January	1st to 10th	Night	60% 6% 13% 14% 5% 1	4428
	11th to 20th	Night	70% 6% 11% 10% 3	4440
	21st to end	Night	69% 5% 10% 13% 3	4624
February	1st to 10th	Night	62% 7% 9% 14% 7% 1	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	57% 6% 10% 18% 9% 1	2293
	21st to end	Night	57% 5% 11% 18% 8% 1	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	49% 5% 14% 25% 7% 1	3648
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 7% 15% 22% 15% 1	3480
	21st to end	Night	48% 5% 12% 22% 11% 1	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	50% 5% 10% 21% 12% 2	1990
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 5% 12% 18% 17% 2	1705
	21st to end	Night	44% 6% 12% 19% 15% 3	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	43% 8% 11% 22% 13% 4	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 6% 10% 28% 12% 3	2813
	21st to end	Night	33% 7% 11% 22% 20% 6%	3039
June	1st to 10th	Night	35% 6% 11% 29% 18% 2	1330
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 6% 15% 23% 19% 2	1330
	21st to end	Night	33% 6% 13% 26% 19% 1	1356
July	1st to 10th	Night	31% 6% 14% 26% 16% 6%	2490
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 6% 13% 33% 18% 1	2482
	21st to end	Night	31% 9% 18% 20% 21% 2	2887
August	1st to 10th	Night	34% 6% 14% 29% 16% 1	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 7% 15% 31% 12% 2	2812
	21st to end	Night	34% 7% 13% 31% 14% 1	3124
September	1st to 10th	Night	35% 8% 12% 27% 16% 2	2012
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 7% 12% 31% 19% 2	2090
	21st to end	Night	41% 6% 11% 29% 13% 1	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	40% 5% 11% 25% 18% 1	2153
	11th to 20th	Night	52% 6% 12% 20% 9% 1	2207
	21st to end	Night	55% 5% 12% 19% 8% 1	2524
November	1st to 10th	Night	41% 5% 13% 26% 14% 1	2406
	11th to 20th	Night	53% 6% 14% 19% 8% 1	2470
	21st to end	Night	57% 6% 15% 17% 6%	2636
December	1st to 10th	Night	64% 6% 12% 14% 4	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	60% 6% 13% 14% 6%	3472
	21st to end	Night	75% 5% 10% 7% 3	5063

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	26% 17% 36% 14% 7% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 14% 46% 16% 4 1	270
	21st to end	Day	29% 15% 33% 17% 4 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	24% 20% 38% 14% 3 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 20% 37% 19% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	25% 29% 32% 12% 2	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	29% 16% 37% 14% 3 1	315
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 15% 35% 23% 8%	460
	21st to end	Day	29% 11% 31% 22% 7% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	21% 16% 33% 20% 9% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 13% 31% 17% 8% 4	452
	21st to end	Day	21% 12% 30% 24% 10% 3	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	22% 12% 29% 23% 11% 3	463
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 9% 28% 23% 13% 7%	487
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 25% 28% 17% 9%	548
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 9% 30% 31% 13% 5%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 8% 30% 29% 16% 5%	680
	21st to end	Day	13% 8% 29% 29% 16% 5%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 23% 30% 22% 11%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 27% 29% 19% 9%	668
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 24% 30% 23% 11%	600
August	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 20% 27% 23% 15%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 18% 29% 24% 13%	479
	21st to end	Day	11% 8% 19% 27% 22% 12%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 24% 26% 17% 14%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 18% 24% 28% 16%	490
	21st to end	Day	18% 12% 20% 24% 19% 8%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	17% 9% 28% 23% 15% 8%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 16% 33% 23% 6% 1	462
	21st to end	Day	29% 14% 33% 17% 5% 1	346
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 19% 34% 22% 8% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 20% 37% 15% 6% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	26% 21% 34% 15% 4	189
December	1st to 10th	Day	24% 17% 38% 14% 7% 1	180
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 23% 37% 11% 3 1	180
	21st to end	Day	27% 21% 36% 12% 3	247
January	1st to 10th	Night	22% 15% 36% 20% 6% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 15% 33% 23% 4 1	950
	21st to end	Night	21% 11% 34% 28% 6%	889
February	1st to 10th	Night	23% 14% 39% 21% 3 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 16% 32% 24% 5%	743
	21st to end	Night	24% 18% 34% 21% 2	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 13% 34% 25% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 15% 36% 26% 6% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	22% 11% 31% 28% 7% 1	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	24% 12% 35% 24% 5%	660
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 10% 35% 24% 7% 2	563
	21st to end	Night	20% 9% 33% 31% 7%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	18% 7% 31% 33% 11% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 4 26% 34% 12% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 25% 38% 20% 2	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 29% 44% 12%	380
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 29% 39% 13%	380
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 25% 45% 14%	406
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 18% 43% 25% 3	555
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 18% 43% 21% 4	552
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 19% 45% 24% 2	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 14% 43% 29% 2	567
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 17% 39% 28% 4	564
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 19% 37% 28% 3	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 20% 35% 22% 5%	684
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 17% 35% 28% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 22% 32% 18% 4	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	18% 7% 26% 30% 18% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 12% 31% 25% 9%	735
	21st to end	Night	26% 12% 32% 26% 5%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	19% 12% 31% 26% 12% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 15% 34% 23% 7% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	25% 14% 35% 20% 6%	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	24% 15% 35% 20% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 15% 39% 21% 3	897
	21st to end	Night	30% 12% 35% 21% 2	1045

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