Monitor Pass
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Monitor Pass clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-10.

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	2 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 65%	105147
	Night	2 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 65%	102718
Transparency	Day	11% 46% 4 10% 15% 14%	104892
	Night	12% 46% 5% 13% 15% 11%	102562
Seeing	Day	9% 18% 30% 25% 13% 4	15103
	Night	5% 9% 26% 35% 20% 5%	24486

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover SW (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	1 4 2 5% 3 4 5% 5% 8% 10% 52%	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	1 5% 2 7% 6% 5% 6% 5% 8% 8% 48%	2608
	21st to end	Day	4 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 8% 10% 41%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	2 5% 2 5% 3 4 3 4 7% 8% 57%	1742
	11th to 20th	Day	1 5% 3 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 11% 51%	1850
	21st to end	Day	1 4 2 6% 4 3 4 4 6% 8% 58%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	1 6% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 6% 9% 9% 42%	3138
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 64%	3414
	21st to end	Day	1 9% 3 6% 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 52%	4092
April	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 55%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	2 5% 1 4 4 3 3 4 6% 7% 60%	2249
	21st to end	Day	3 5% 2 3 2 3 3 3 5% 8% 62%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 69%	3986
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 5% 71%	4240
	21st to end	Day	4 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 63%	4813
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 4 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 63%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 5% 77%	2660
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 73%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 86%	4420
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 65%	4420
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 5% 73%	4681
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 2 4 4 73%	3999
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 83%	3724
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 84%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 4 5% 78%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 2 4 5% 74%	2237
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 3 1 3 4 78%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 5% 70%	3273
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 4 80%	3161
	21st to end	Day	1 3 1 4 2 3 3 3 5% 7% 68%	3357
November	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 2 3 2 3 3 4 6% 7% 63%	1755
	11th to 20th	Day	1 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 65%	1710
	21st to end	Day	1 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 61%	1691
December	1st to 10th	Day	2 5% 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 10% 57%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	3 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 6% 8% 8% 42%	1928
	21st to end	Day	1 4 3 8% 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 12% 44%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	1 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 54%	4406
	11th to 20th	Night	2 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 9% 47%	4349
	21st to end	Night	3 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 4 7% 9% 44%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	1 5% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 57%	2437
	11th to 20th	Night	1 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 7% 10% 55%	2218
	21st to end	Night	1 5% 2 4 4 3 4 4 6% 9% 59%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	1 6% 3 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 49%	3736
	11th to 20th	Night	1 5% 1 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 7% 61%	3562
	21st to end	Night	1 8% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 10% 49%	3560
April	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 1 4 3 3 4 4 7% 9% 59%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	1 4 2 3 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 64%	1879
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 7% 67%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 6% 74%	2974
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 1 4 2 2 2 2 3 5% 74%	2654
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 3 2 3 4 2 4 5% 71%	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 3 2 3 2 3 4 6% 69%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 82%	1520
	21st to end	Night	3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 81%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 91%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 4 3 2 3 2 3 5% 72%	2540
	21st to end	Night	2 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 78%	2871
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 5% 75%	2942
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 87%	3126
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 88%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 86%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 78%	1943
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 4 4 78%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 77%	3703
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 3 82%	3777
	21st to end	Night	2 4 1 3 2 3 3 2 4 6% 70%	4206
November	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 3 2 3 2 3 6% 8% 67%	2528
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 6% 9% 66%	2470
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 4 3 3 3 4 6% 7% 64%	2484
December	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 2 4 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 58%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	3 6% 3 5% 5% 4 5% 4 8% 10% 47%	3276
	21st to end	Night	1 6% 4 8% 5% 5% 6% 5% 9% 9% 42%	4862

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	17% 39% 9% 23% 10% 1	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 37% 11% 17% 10% 2	2608
	21st to end	Day	24% 40% 9% 15% 12%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	10% 66% 6% 11% 6% 2	1742
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 63% 4 10% 10% 2	1860
	21st to end	Day	10% 64% 4 11% 8% 2	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	23% 41% 6% 19% 9% 2	3138
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 40% 5% 25% 19% 2	3414
	21st to end	Day	21% 41% 6% 16% 14% 2	4092
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 65% 4 10% 8% 2	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 65% 3 11% 10% 3	2252
	21st to end	Day	8% 65% 5% 11% 9% 2	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	10% 40% 4 16% 24% 6%	3986
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 39% 2 9% 28% 12%	4243
	21st to end	Day	12% 41% 3 13% 27% 6%	4814
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 64% 3 7% 13% 7%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	4 64% 2 9% 13% 9%	2660
	21st to end	Day	5% 62% 1 3 8% 21%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 35% 1 2 6% 52%	4351
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 35% 1 5% 7% 33%	4345
	21st to end	Day	10% 34% 2 6% 14% 33%	4533
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 36% 1 5% 17% 30%	3984
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 36% 1 2 9% 47%	3760
	21st to end	Day	7% 36% 1 6% 23% 28%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	5% 59% 1 3 15% 18%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 59% 2 8% 15% 9%	2237
	21st to end	Day	6% 59% 1 7% 16% 11%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 36% 1 4 25% 23%	3273
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 35% 1 7% 39% 10%	3161
	21st to end	Day	13% 36% 3 17% 23% 10%	3357
November	1st to 10th	Day	7% 55% 4 11% 18% 5%	1755
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 59% 5% 8% 16% 5%	1710
	21st to end	Day	10% 61% 7% 10% 9% 4	1691
December	1st to 10th	Day	12% 61% 6% 11% 9% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 49% 7% 9% 8% 4	1928
	21st to end	Day	18% 39% 11% 16% 14% 2	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 37% 11% 22% 10% 1	4406
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 37% 10% 18% 8% 1	4349
	21st to end	Night	24% 39% 11% 19% 7%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	12% 65% 7% 8% 6% 2	2437
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 63% 5% 11% 11% 1	2219
	21st to end	Night	8% 64% 4 13% 9% 2	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 41% 7% 20% 12% 3	3736
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 39% 5% 30% 8% 2	3562
	21st to end	Night	22% 40% 8% 20% 9% 1	3560
April	1st to 10th	Night	8% 66% 6% 12% 8% 1	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 66% 4 13% 9% 2	1879
	21st to end	Night	7% 67% 5% 13% 8%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	8% 40% 4 22% 23% 4	2974
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 39% 2 12% 29% 9%	2654
	21st to end	Night	9% 39% 3 18% 29% 3	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 64% 4 7% 14% 5%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	3 64% 3 9% 14% 8%	1520
	21st to end	Night	4 62% 1 3 10% 19%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 34% 1 2 7% 53%	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 35% 1 5% 6% 39%	2492
	21st to end	Night	7% 34% 1 7% 14% 37%	2781
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 35% 1 5% 22% 27%	2933
	11th to 20th	Night	3 36% 3 10% 47%	3156
	21st to end	Night	6% 35% 1 8% 26% 25%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	3 58% 1 3 18% 17%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 59% 2 9% 17% 7%	1943
	21st to end	Night	6% 59% 1 8% 14% 11%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 35% 1 5% 27% 24%	3703
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 36% 2 8% 36% 12%	3777
	21st to end	Night	13% 37% 2 13% 26% 9%	4206
November	1st to 10th	Night	6% 55% 4 14% 16% 5%	2528
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 59% 3 11% 16% 4	2470
	21st to end	Night	11% 60% 6% 9% 10% 3	2484
December	1st to 10th	Night	12% 60% 7% 12% 8% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 50% 9% 11% 11% 2	3276
	21st to end	Night	23% 38% 10% 15% 10% 3	4862

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	17% 21% 31% 20% 9% 2	180
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 21% 26% 22% 14% 4	222
	21st to end	Day	8% 19% 29% 28% 12% 3	407
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 19% 30% 22% 11% 3	385
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 24% 32% 24% 9% 1	455
	21st to end	Day	10% 24% 34% 24% 7% 1	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	16% 26% 32% 19% 6% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 27% 28% 21% 9% 2	460
	21st to end	Day	14% 26% 32% 20% 7%	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 25% 32% 18% 10% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 24% 28% 19% 7% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	12% 25% 29% 21% 10% 3	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 25% 30% 20% 7% 3	463
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 23% 27% 23% 12% 4	488
	21st to end	Day	13% 17% 25% 25% 14% 6%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 20% 28% 23% 13% 5%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 21% 34% 22% 10% 5%	490
	21st to end	Day	3 14% 33% 30% 13% 5%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 13% 32% 31% 17% 4	486
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 12% 29% 32% 17% 6%	484
	21st to end	Day	5% 10% 32% 27% 20% 6%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 14% 30% 27% 20% 6%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	4 16% 30% 26% 17% 7%	477
	21st to end	Day	3 13% 32% 31% 16% 5%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	4 13% 30% 32% 17% 4	490
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 17% 28% 30% 13% 4	490
	21st to end	Day	6% 12% 31% 38% 10% 3	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 15% 30% 28% 18% 4	490
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 15% 25% 32% 16% 5%	490
	21st to end	Day	8% 16% 30% 24% 19% 4	484
November	1st to 10th	Day	10% 17% 24% 20% 22% 8%	297
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 13% 24% 33% 16% 7%	270
	21st to end	Day	4 13% 30% 29% 18% 6%	261
December	1st to 10th	Day	12% 18% 24% 22% 16% 8%	180
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 23% 31% 19% 14% 6%	180
	21st to end	Day	17% 13% 29% 24% 12% 5%	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 13% 32% 24% 16% 9%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 14% 27% 33% 15% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	5% 8% 34% 30% 16% 6%	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	5% 11% 29% 34% 16% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	4 13% 32% 30% 16% 5%	744
	21st to end	Night	5% 18% 29% 33% 12% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	7% 15% 38% 25% 13% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 18% 29% 25% 19% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	5% 19% 32% 30% 12% 1	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	7% 12% 33% 32% 15% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 16% 27% 30% 16% 4	751
	21st to end	Night	6% 13% 29% 31% 16% 4	760
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 13% 29% 33% 17% 3	645
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 8% 24% 42% 19% 2	460
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 22% 38% 25% 3	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 23% 41% 22% 2	380
	11th to 20th	Night	2 5% 26% 41% 25% 1	380
	21st to end	Night	3 4 21% 46% 23% 3	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 17% 49% 29% 1	370
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 20% 48% 29% 1	368
	21st to end	Night	4 1 13% 41% 35% 5%	477
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 18% 42% 33% 3	622
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 21% 42% 26% 5%	752
	21st to end	Night	3 3 21% 44% 26% 4	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 20% 41% 29% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 21% 37% 29% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	2 6% 21% 36% 28% 8%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 22% 39% 22% 8%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 7% 17% 41% 24% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	4 7% 24% 31% 23% 11%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	4 10% 25% 30% 24% 8%	778
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 9% 30% 33% 16% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	7% 10% 25% 31% 21% 6%	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 11% 32% 31% 15% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 12% 30% 32% 13% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	8% 13% 33% 32% 11% 3	836

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