Pegasus Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

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

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% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 8% 37%	101186
	Night	9% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 38%	97939
Transparency	Day	40% 8% 13% 19% 15% 4	104941
	Night	39% 9% 14% 19% 15% 4	102323
Seeing	Day	18% 13% 21% 22% 17% 9%	15065
	Night	16% 11% 19% 31% 20% 3	25112

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	9% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 39%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 3 8% 5% 6% 6% 5% 5% 5% 40%	2840
	21st to end	Day	12% 13% 4 11% 4 3 4 3 5% 5% 36%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	11% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 6% 5% 7% 6% 38%	1790
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 10% 4 8% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 37%	1848
	21st to end	Day	12% 8% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 39%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	15% 9% 4 8% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 37%	3361
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 49%	3480
	21st to end	Day	13% 9% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 39%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 9% 42%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 8% 3 6% 4 4 5% 3 6% 8% 42%	2278
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 43%	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 8% 4 9% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 8% 32%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 8% 3 10% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 8% 29%	4081
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 8% 5% 5% 6% 6% 8% 11% 37%	4476
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 7% 7% 7% 7% 5% 8% 9% 32%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 7% 2 8% 7% 7% 7% 7% 8% 10% 34%	2470
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 2 7% 7% 6% 7% 6% 9% 10% 33%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 2 8% 7% 7% 8% 6% 7% 11% 33%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 3 8% 7% 7% 7% 6% 8% 9% 31%	4120
	21st to end	Day	10% 10% 4 13% 9% 9% 8% 5% 8% 8% 17%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	10% 7% 3 9% 7% 6% 7% 6% 9% 11% 25%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 8% 5% 7% 7% 6% 10% 11% 33%	4044
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 6% 4 6% 6% 5% 7% 8% 47%	4198
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 7% 3 7% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 8% 38%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 33%	2090
	21st to end	Day	12% 7% 2 6% 5% 6% 5% 4 6% 8% 38%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 2 7% 3 4 5% 3 5% 7% 48%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 53%	1900
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 3 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 52%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 53%	1859
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 49%	1710
	21st to end	Day	10% 8% 3 6% 4 4 3 2 6% 7% 46%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	13% 8% 4 9% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 35%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 7% 3 8% 4 4 4 4 7% 7% 40%	2153
	21st to end	Day	10% 9% 4 9% 6% 5% 6% 3 6% 7% 35%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	11% 9% 4 11% 6% 6% 6% 4 5% 7% 31%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 9% 3 9% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 36%	4120
	21st to end	Night	12% 13% 4 9% 5% 5% 4 4 4 5% 34%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	10% 8% 3 8% 4 3 5% 4 6% 7% 40%	2385
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 9% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 3 6% 6% 37%	2218
	21st to end	Night	12% 9% 4 7% 6% 6% 5% 4 6% 6% 36%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	16% 12% 5% 10% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 26%	3491
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 7% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 45%	3480
	21st to end	Night	12% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 4 8% 41%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 8% 44%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 8% 45%	1864
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 2 7% 5% 4 3 4 6% 7% 46%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 8% 4 8% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 35%	2813
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 8% 3 10% 7% 5% 5% 5% 7% 7% 32%	2812
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 8% 6% 5% 6% 5% 8% 12% 38%	3079
June	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 4 9% 15% 34%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	4 6% 3 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 10% 11% 41%	1710
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 8% 12% 42%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 6% 2 8% 6% 8% 8% 6% 8% 11% 32%	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 6% 2 7% 6% 6% 7% 5% 9% 11% 36%	2840
	21st to end	Night	10% 9% 4 13% 8% 8% 6% 6% 7% 8% 21%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 3 8% 6% 5% 7% 7% 9% 11% 31%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 3 9% 7% 7% 6% 6% 7% 10% 32%	2785
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 8% 9% 48%	3423
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 3 8% 5% 6% 5% 5% 6% 9% 40%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 9% 3 8% 6% 5% 6% 4 5% 9% 35%	2090
	21st to end	Night	9% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 6% 6% 45%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 3 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 6% 47%	2120
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 7% 2 7% 5% 3 4 4 6% 6% 48%	2280
	21st to end	Night	8% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 4 5% 52%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 3 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 48%	2436
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 8% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 47%	2477
	21st to end	Night	10% 7% 2 7% 4 4 5% 4 6% 6% 45%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	13% 10% 4 8% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 33%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 10% 4 9% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 38%	3042
	21st to end	Night	10% 10% 4 10% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 7% 29%	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	33% 9% 12% 22% 22% 3	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 10% 10% 13% 26% 3	2840
	21st to end	Day	44% 8% 9% 16% 20% 2	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	44% 6% 11% 18% 18% 3	1790
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 8% 10% 17% 17% 4	1858
	21st to end	Day	45% 6% 10% 15% 17% 6%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	42% 9% 10% 16% 15% 7%	3361
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 7% 9% 20% 21% 8%	3480
	21st to end	Day	42% 7% 12% 22% 15% 3	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	36% 8% 13% 22% 18% 4	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 6% 10% 19% 21% 6%	2278
	21st to end	Day	38% 7% 14% 24% 15% 2	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	44% 11% 14% 18% 12% 1	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 13% 13% 20% 7% 1	4085
	21st to end	Day	35% 12% 17% 20% 15% 1	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	44% 12% 19% 17% 8% 1	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 11% 18% 17% 12% 1	2470
	21st to end	Day	42% 10% 16% 18% 12% 2	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	44% 11% 19% 19% 7%	4055
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 10% 22% 18% 5% 1	4051
	21st to end	Day	61% 10% 14% 11% 4	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	49% 9% 19% 20% 3	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 8% 24% 17% 9% 2	4083
	21st to end	Day	33% 8% 14% 33% 11% 2	4198
September	1st to 10th	Day	41% 10% 14% 16% 15% 3	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 8% 12% 19% 14% 2	2090
	21st to end	Day	43% 7% 14% 17% 15% 4	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	29% 6% 7% 19% 26% 12%	3421
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 5% 6% 23% 23% 20%	3140
	21st to end	Day	27% 3 8% 26% 22% 13%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	31% 5% 9% 21% 25% 8%	1859
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 6% 8% 21% 26% 6%	1710
	21st to end	Day	36% 6% 9% 22% 22% 5%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	48% 7% 8% 18% 15% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 6% 14% 17% 23% 5%	2150
	21st to end	Day	41% 8% 12% 21% 15% 2	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	38% 12% 15% 16% 18% 2	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 11% 12% 14% 22% 4	4120
	21st to end	Night	48% 7% 9% 14% 21% 2	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	41% 6% 13% 20% 17% 3	2385
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 7% 9% 18% 16% 4	2219
	21st to end	Night	46% 7% 11% 16% 16% 4	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	50% 15% 9% 11% 13% 3	3491
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 8% 13% 21% 17% 9%	3480
	21st to end	Night	41% 6% 13% 23% 14% 3	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	35% 8% 14% 23% 18% 3	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 7% 12% 22% 20% 4	1864
	21st to end	Night	35% 8% 14% 26% 16% 1	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	41% 12% 15% 23% 8% 1	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 16% 15% 21% 7%	2813
	21st to end	Night	29% 16% 20% 25% 10% 1	3087
June	1st to 10th	Night	37% 14% 21% 20% 7% 1	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 11% 26% 21% 10%	1710
	21st to end	Night	34% 11% 21% 20% 12% 2	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	43% 13% 19% 19% 6%	2795
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 13% 25% 18% 4 1	2786
	21st to end	Night	56% 11% 17% 12% 4	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	42% 12% 28% 15% 4	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 10% 23% 15% 7%	2812
	21st to end	Night	30% 9% 18% 34% 9% 1	3423
September	1st to 10th	Night	39% 12% 13% 20% 12% 3	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 10% 13% 18% 14% 1	2090
	21st to end	Night	37% 9% 12% 23% 17% 3	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	32% 6% 9% 18% 25% 9%	3536
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 4 7% 22% 23% 18%	3779
	21st to end	Night	30% 4 6% 25% 24% 12%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	34% 7% 11% 20% 21% 6%	2436
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 6% 7% 20% 24% 8%	2477
	21st to end	Night	37% 5% 9% 24% 20% 4	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	46% 10% 11% 16% 13% 4	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 8% 11% 17% 20% 3	3044
	21st to end	Night	44% 10% 12% 20% 13% 1	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	29% 27% 30% 11% 2 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 22% 21% 17% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	26% 32% 26% 12% 4	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	27% 26% 29% 14% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 29% 23% 10%	270
	21st to end	Day	38% 28% 22% 9% 2	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	27% 20% 25% 20% 7% 1	408
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 21% 25% 20% 6% 1	460
	21st to end	Day	27% 21% 26% 19% 6%	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	25% 18% 24% 20% 10% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 19% 25% 20% 12% 4	452
	21st to end	Day	20% 15% 26% 20% 15% 4	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 20% 23% 22% 13% 6%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 11% 19% 27% 16% 9%	487
	21st to end	Day	11% 7% 21% 27% 20% 14%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 23% 27% 20% 12%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 22% 23% 25% 16%	490
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 27% 23% 19% 15%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 3 13% 23% 32% 20%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 10% 26% 27% 25%	484
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 14% 23% 30% 21%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	16% 4 16% 23% 19% 21%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 13% 30% 25% 18%	479
	21st to end	Day	11% 3 12% 26% 27% 21%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 14% 27% 31% 15%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 15% 21% 29% 14%	490
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 17% 29% 25% 7%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 9% 20% 26% 22% 8%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 14% 22% 27% 20% 5%	490
	21st to end	Day	18% 14% 22% 26% 17% 3	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 12% 28% 26% 14% 4	397
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 21% 33% 17% 9% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	17% 22% 32% 18% 10% 1	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	28% 26% 27% 14% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 20% 30% 19% 8% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	23% 22% 31% 15% 6% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	25% 18% 28% 24% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 17% 27% 28% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	21% 20% 27% 28% 3	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 15% 31% 30% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 22% 28% 23% 1	743
	21st to end	Night	23% 23% 30% 21% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 19% 29% 29% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 15% 29% 25% 9% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 18% 30% 26% 8%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	19% 18% 24% 30% 9%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 13% 24% 32% 12% 1	650
	21st to end	Night	13% 11% 21% 40% 15% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 9% 21% 36% 18% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 18% 37% 24% 3	561
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 12% 35% 35% 6%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 15% 35% 33% 7%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 11% 34% 36% 11%	570
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 9% 36% 40% 7%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 6% 27% 46% 8%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 4 24% 46% 14%	552
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 3 25% 47% 14%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 7% 31% 43% 11%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 7% 29% 41% 9%	564
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 4 28% 44% 11%	674
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 10% 30% 40% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 11% 28% 35% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 15% 32% 29% 4	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 9% 16% 28% 26% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 9% 21% 35% 18% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	15% 12% 19% 36% 16% 2	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	16% 8% 18% 38% 17% 3	780
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 12% 20% 36% 13% 1	763
	21st to end	Night	18% 14% 22% 33% 13% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	22% 17% 23% 31% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 14% 27% 32% 8% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	22% 17% 24% 31% 5%	836

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