Land's End
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Land's End clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-10-20.

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% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 43%	100877
	Night	15% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 42%	97729
Transparency	Day	38% 7% 14% 23% 16% 3	100674
	Night	40% 6% 11% 22% 17% 3	97603
Seeing	Day	15% 6% 20% 32% 21% 6%	15159
	Night	17% 6% 24% 33% 18% 3	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	16% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 52%	2645
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 4 6% 47%	2840
	21st to end	Day	15% 9% 4 8% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 40%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	12% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 41%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 6% 46%	1796
	21st to end	Day	15% 8% 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 6% 6% 37%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 9% 2 7% 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 36%	3311
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 56%	3480
	21st to end	Day	18% 8% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 42%	3932
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 50%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 50%	2254
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 3 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 44%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 9% 33%	3788
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 34%	4260
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 7% 10% 47%	4823
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 1 5% 4 4 5% 5% 8% 11% 42%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 2 5% 5% 4 5% 4 8% 10% 43%	2660
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 3 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 11% 44%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 1 5% 4 5% 6% 6% 9% 13% 42%	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 3 7% 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 10% 36%	4234
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 3 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 34%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	14% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 6% 8% 10% 29%	4090
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 2 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 6% 9% 37%	3730
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 4 8% 12% 47%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 3 6% 8% 44%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 7% 5% 3 6% 3 6% 7% 43%	2280
	21st to end	Day	19% 8% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 6% 7% 37%	2031
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 46%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 51%	1890
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 2 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 50%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 50%	1761
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 1 4 4 3 4 3 4 6% 51%	1710
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 1 5% 3 3 3 4 4 6% 51%	1630
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 8% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 7% 43%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 2 5% 3 3 2 3 3 5% 52%	1910
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 3 6% 4 3 3 4 4 6% 44%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 5% 6% 46%	4298
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 8% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 44%	4120
	21st to end	Night	17% 9% 3 7% 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 43%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 2 6% 3 4 4 4 5% 7% 42%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 2 5% 6% 41%	2267
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 1 5% 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 46%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 8% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 35%	3524
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 49%	3480
	21st to end	Night	16% 8% 2 7% 4 3 3 2 3 4 47%	3700
April	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 2 5% 5% 4 4 3 6% 7% 42%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 2 5% 8% 49%	1875
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 45%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	19% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 32%	3130
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 34%	2638
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 4 3 6% 10% 44%	2732
June	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 2 7% 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 39%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 41%	1520
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 6% 6% 6% 6% 4 7% 9% 43%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 6% 6% 5% 6% 5% 6% 11% 39%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 3 5% 4 5% 7% 5% 8% 11% 36%	2708
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 31%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	15% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 10% 28%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 7% 10% 40%	3067
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 10% 47%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	13% 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 44%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 5% 7% 46%	1900
	21st to end	Night	20% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 36%	2144
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 45%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 51%	2275
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 4 5% 50%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 4 5% 48%	2316
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 1 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 48%	2470
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 51%	2546
December	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 3 7% 4 4 5% 3 4 5% 41%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 6% 46%	3285
	21st to end	Night	13% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 43%	4884

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	34% 5% 7% 32% 20% 3	2646
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 4 8% 21% 24% 5%	2840
	21st to end	Day	45% 5% 9% 22% 16% 3	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	42% 5% 10% 26% 14% 3	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 4 9% 23% 19% 5%	1805
	21st to end	Day	45% 6% 12% 17% 15% 5%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	47% 7% 11% 16% 16% 4	3311
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 6% 10% 25% 25% 8%	3480
	21st to end	Day	43% 6% 12% 18% 19% 3	3932
April	1st to 10th	Day	34% 5% 11% 23% 21% 6%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 5% 13% 24% 20% 5%	2254
	21st to end	Day	38% 5% 12% 24% 15% 5%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	44% 11% 15% 20% 9% 2	3823
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 9% 15% 22% 7% 1	4264
	21st to end	Day	28% 10% 16% 26% 17% 2	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	32% 9% 18% 27% 13% 2	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 8% 18% 25% 14% 2	2660
	21st to end	Day	32% 9% 18% 24% 16% 2	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	30% 12% 25% 19% 11% 3	4370
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 9% 23% 20% 6% 1	4161
	21st to end	Day	41% 10% 17% 17% 14% 1	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	47% 8% 17% 22% 5% 1	4077
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 8% 14% 25% 12%	3766
	21st to end	Day	28% 7% 16% 29% 19% 2	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	37% 9% 16% 17% 17% 4	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 7% 11% 22% 18% 2	2280
	21st to end	Day	46% 6% 9% 21% 15% 3	2031
October	1st to 10th	Day	38% 5% 10% 24% 19% 3	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 5% 9% 25% 23% 4	1890
	21st to end	Day	36% 4 7% 24% 23% 6%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	35% 5% 8% 27% 21% 4	1761
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 4 11% 20% 23% 6%	1710
	21st to end	Day	34% 5% 9% 27% 21% 4	1630
December	1st to 10th	Day	41% 4 12% 24% 16% 3	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 4 6% 28% 18% 6%	1906
	21st to end	Day	41% 6% 10% 28% 15% 1	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	39% 4 8% 25% 20% 5%	4298
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 5% 7% 22% 21% 3	4120
	21st to end	Night	45% 5% 6% 22% 18% 4	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	42% 4 11% 23% 16% 3	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 4 6% 22% 18% 6%	2269
	21st to end	Night	41% 4 9% 22% 18% 6%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	49% 6% 8% 19% 15% 2	3524
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 5% 7% 21% 23% 8%	3480
	21st to end	Night	42% 4 7% 24% 17% 6%	3700
April	1st to 10th	Night	40% 6% 10% 16% 23% 4	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 5% 11% 24% 21% 6%	1875
	21st to end	Night	39% 6% 11% 24% 17% 4	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	47% 9% 14% 19% 9% 2	3160
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 11% 12% 22% 7% 1	2639
	21st to end	Night	34% 9% 16% 25% 15% 1	2739
June	1st to 10th	Night	38% 10% 15% 22% 14% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 10% 17% 23% 13% 2	1520
	21st to end	Night	36% 9% 14% 23% 14% 3	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	38% 14% 17% 21% 10% 2	2480
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 11% 22% 23% 5% 1	2659
	21st to end	Night	49% 9% 12% 18% 12%	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	49% 8% 17% 20% 5%	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 8% 16% 24% 13%	3097
	21st to end	Night	32% 6% 11% 27% 23% 1	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	36% 8% 16% 20% 16% 4	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 5% 11% 23% 21% 2	1900
	21st to end	Night	49% 6% 10% 16% 17% 2	2144
October	1st to 10th	Night	39% 6% 9% 24% 19% 3	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 5% 8% 23% 23% 5%	2275
	21st to end	Night	36% 4 8% 24% 22% 5%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	38% 5% 10% 22% 22% 4	2316
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 5% 9% 20% 19% 9%	2470
	21st to end	Night	34% 4 9% 26% 22% 4	2546
December	1st to 10th	Night	45% 5% 10% 21% 15% 3	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 4 11% 22% 20% 5%	3288
	21st to end	Night	39% 6% 12% 26% 15% 2	4884

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	21% 9% 31% 32% 7%	216
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 14% 37% 27% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	18% 8% 33% 34% 6%	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 10% 30% 37% 6% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 8% 40% 24% 4	404
	21st to end	Day	21% 12% 32% 30% 5%	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	16% 11% 34% 32% 5% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 10% 37% 28% 8% 1	460
	21st to end	Day	17% 8% 31% 35% 8% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 13% 32% 32% 10% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 27% 36% 17% 4	452
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 23% 35% 16% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 22% 38% 16% 2	463
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 3 19% 35% 21% 4	487
	21st to end	Day	19% 3 12% 31% 27% 9%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 3 10% 39% 29% 8%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 2 11% 34% 31% 8%	490
	21st to end	Day	8% 1 11% 38% 34% 7%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 5% 33% 38% 12%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 2 4 28% 45% 12%	484
	21st to end	Day	9% 2 6% 37% 36% 9%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 8% 33% 33% 12%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 2 7% 30% 34% 12%	479
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 7% 28% 35% 17%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	15% 2 9% 28% 31% 15%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 10% 28% 32% 10%	490
	21st to end	Day	24% 4 17% 30% 20% 4	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 4 13% 26% 26% 11%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 22% 32% 24% 3	486
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 24% 34% 17% 4	495
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 6% 21% 32% 19% 6%	409
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 11% 28% 29% 14% 1	370
	21st to end	Day	17% 10% 23% 30% 18% 2	290
December	1st to 10th	Day	24% 4 31% 32% 9%	180
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 6% 29% 33% 12% 1	180
	21st to end	Day	23% 6% 29% 27% 15%	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 12% 37% 28% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 11% 34% 29% 8%	760
	21st to end	Night	21% 9% 36% 32% 3	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	20% 6% 37% 32% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 10% 43% 21% 4	743
	21st to end	Night	21% 9% 33% 32% 5%	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 34% 33% 8%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 7% 35% 28% 8% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 33% 34% 7%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	18% 7% 36% 31% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 29% 38% 12% 1	751
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 26% 40% 12% 1	760
May	1st to 10th	Night	17% 4 26% 39% 12% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 4 21% 40% 18% 2	465
	21st to end	Night	16% 1 11% 36% 30% 6%	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 9% 39% 31% 5%	380
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 2 11% 46% 27% 5%	380
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 13% 40% 32% 5%	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 7% 38% 36% 5%	370
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 5% 35% 46% 6%	477
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 8% 40% 36% 4	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 6% 38% 36% 5%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 8% 36% 36% 6%	732
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 8% 31% 39% 9%	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	15% 1 9% 32% 34% 8%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 2 11% 30% 36% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	24% 4 12% 33% 25% 3	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	19% 3 14% 30% 27% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 5% 23% 33% 19% 3	759
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 25% 29% 18% 3	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 22% 33% 17% 4	740
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 29% 31% 14% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	14% 9% 28% 32% 15% 2	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	21% 6% 33% 27% 10% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 37% 29% 9%	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 32% 33% 9% 1	836

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