Pointe Sainte-Foy
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Pointe Sainte-Foy clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-04.

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	18% 10% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 31%	101337
	Night	19% 12% 4 8% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 30%	97681
Transparency	Day	51% 7% 14% 19% 8% 1	104797
	Night	55% 6% 12% 18% 8% 1	102311
Seeing	Day	23% 14% 29% 22% 10% 2	15207
	Night	24% 11% 28% 28% 8% 1	23698

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover NE (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	15% 17% 6% 12% 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 22%	2517
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 14% 7% 16% 7% 5% 4 3 4 4 27%	2520
	21st to end	Day	10% 12% 6% 9% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 33%	2772
February	1st to 10th	Day	11% 14% 5% 13% 7% 6% 4 4 6% 5% 26%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 15% 6% 10% 5% 6% 4 4 5% 6% 27%	1835
	21st to end	Day	13% 15% 4 10% 7% 4 4 4 4 7% 28%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 12% 4 9% 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 30%	3116
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 17% 5% 8% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 5% 27%	3315
	21st to end	Day	14% 13% 4 8% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 37%	4060
April	1st to 10th	Day	21% 13% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 3 4 5% 29%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 37%	2342
	21st to end	Day	24% 8% 3 8% 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 31%	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	21% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 35%	4202
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 3 7% 6% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 32%	4398
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 5% 6% 7% 32%	4864
June	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 8% 27%	2850
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 7% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 35%	2850
	21st to end	Day	22% 9% 3 7% 6% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 27%	2850
July	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 3 7% 6% 6% 5% 4 7% 9% 31%	4479
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 9% 32%	4440
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 6% 8% 41%	4814
August	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 3 6% 5% 5% 7% 5% 8% 10% 30%	4402
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 7% 2 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 30%	4045
	21st to end	Day	21% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 39%	4322
September	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 38%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 2 5% 2 3 4 3 5% 7% 46%	2114
	21st to end	Day	20% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 37%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 8% 2 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 32%	2085
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 7% 4 9% 5% 5% 6% 4 6% 7% 24%	1741
	21st to end	Day	26% 11% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 24%	1881
November	1st to 10th	Day	20% 11% 3 8% 6% 4 5% 3 4 5% 32%	1698
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 12% 4 9% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 4 25%	1710
	21st to end	Day	22% 17% 4 8% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 23%	1374
December	1st to 10th	Day	24% 17% 4 9% 5% 5% 5% 3 4 3 21%	1330
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 14% 4 10% 6% 4 3 3 4 5% 25%	1668
	21st to end	Day	23% 17% 5% 9% 5% 3 4 3 3 4 24%	2533
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 19% 6% 14% 6% 4 4 3 3 4 22%	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 16% 5% 13% 7% 5% 4 4 5% 5% 23%	4440
	21st to end	Night	11% 14% 5% 11% 7% 6% 5% 4 6% 6% 25%	4884
February	1st to 10th	Night	11% 14% 5% 12% 7% 6% 5% 4 4 6% 26%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 16% 6% 11% 6% 5% 4 3 5% 5% 26%	2226
	21st to end	Night	15% 14% 4 10% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 6% 30%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	24% 12% 4 7% 4 4 5% 4 3 6% 28%	3724
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 16% 4 10% 6% 6% 4 3 5% 5% 23%	3644
	21st to end	Night	17% 15% 4 8% 5% 4 4 3 4 4 32%	3568
April	1st to 10th	Night	22% 13% 4 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 5% 28%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 10% 2 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 34%	1787
	21st to end	Night	23% 9% 4 7% 5% 2 4 3 4 5% 35%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	23% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 32%	2753
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 9% 2 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 33%	2495
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 35%	2707
June	1st to 10th	Night	21% 8% 2 7% 6% 4 5% 4 7% 7% 28%	1330
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 6% 3 6% 5% 5% 3 3 5% 8% 36%	1330
	21st to end	Night	22% 9% 5% 6% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 7% 29%	1330
July	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 6% 7% 33%	2477
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 6% 2 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 35%	2520
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 7% 4 5% 4 4 6% 7% 42%	2739
August	1st to 10th	Night	19% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 8% 33%	2506
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 3 7% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 8% 29%	2773
	21st to end	Night	20% 6% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 32%	3330
September	1st to 10th	Night	18% 6% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 40%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 44%	2066
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 3 5% 5% 4 3 3 5% 6% 39%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 6% 36%	2094
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 5% 30%	2438
	21st to end	Night	24% 10% 3 7% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 29%	2717
November	1st to 10th	Night	19% 11% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 31%	2453
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 10% 4 10% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 30%	2470
	21st to end	Night	22% 15% 5% 7% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 5% 24%	2800
December	1st to 10th	Night	23% 17% 3 10% 6% 5% 5% 3 4 4 19%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 14% 5% 11% 6% 4 4 3 4 5% 24%	3531
	21st to end	Night	24% 20% 4 8% 4 3 3 3 3 3 24%	5126

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	64% 6% 11% 15% 4 1	2518
	11th to 20th	Day	61% 7% 9% 17% 5% 1	2520
	21st to end	Day	51% 6% 11% 23% 9%	2772
February	1st to 10th	Day	59% 5% 12% 15% 8% 2	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	59% 5% 13% 13% 9% 1	1844
	21st to end	Day	56% 5% 10% 18% 8% 2	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	54% 7% 11% 16% 9% 2	3119
	11th to 20th	Day	57% 6% 11% 17% 7% 1	3315
	21st to end	Day	50% 5% 10% 19% 13% 4	4060
April	1st to 10th	Day	57% 4 11% 14% 10% 3	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	47% 5% 11% 23% 11% 2	2342
	21st to end	Day	54% 6% 10% 17% 11% 2	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	47% 6% 14% 17% 15% 1	4216
	11th to 20th	Day	47% 9% 18% 19% 7% 1	4402
	21st to end	Day	48% 8% 10% 20% 13% 1	4864
June	1st to 10th	Day	50% 10% 12% 19% 7% 1	2850
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 8% 14% 20% 11% 2	2850
	21st to end	Day	56% 7% 11% 16% 9%	2850
July	1st to 10th	Day	47% 9% 15% 23% 7%	4409
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 8% 21% 21% 4	4365
	21st to end	Day	40% 8% 20% 25% 8%	4661
August	1st to 10th	Day	45% 9% 19% 20% 6%	4388
	11th to 20th	Day	50% 8% 20% 17% 5%	4084
	21st to end	Day	45% 7% 15% 19% 13% 1	4322
September	1st to 10th	Day	42% 7% 16% 24% 10%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 6% 17% 29% 10%	2114
	21st to end	Day	46% 6% 14% 25% 8%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	54% 7% 11% 23% 5%	3462
	11th to 20th	Day	52% 8% 18% 21% 2	2866
	21st to end	Day	53% 6% 17% 16% 7%	3081
November	1st to 10th	Day	55% 6% 11% 20% 8%	1698
	11th to 20th	Day	60% 5% 10% 18% 6% 1	1710
	21st to end	Day	64% 6% 12% 12% 5% 1	1374
December	1st to 10th	Day	67% 5% 11% 13% 4	1330
	11th to 20th	Day	61% 5% 8% 18% 7%	1668
	21st to end	Day	62% 6% 11% 12% 6% 2	2533
January	1st to 10th	Night	66% 6% 10% 12% 5%	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	62% 5% 10% 19% 4 1	4440
	21st to end	Night	57% 6% 12% 17% 8% 1	4884
February	1st to 10th	Night	59% 5% 10% 17% 8% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	60% 5% 11% 15% 9% 1	2228
	21st to end	Night	56% 5% 9% 16% 13% 1	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	59% 5% 12% 15% 8% 2	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	63% 6% 9% 15% 7% 1	3645
	21st to end	Night	56% 4 8% 21% 9% 2	3568
April	1st to 10th	Night	57% 4 9% 15% 12% 2	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	50% 5% 10% 21% 12% 2	1787
	21st to end	Night	53% 5% 8% 17% 15% 2	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	51% 6% 12% 19% 11% 1	2759
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 9% 13% 17% 12% 1	2496
	21st to end	Night	45% 7% 12% 18% 17% 1	2708
June	1st to 10th	Night	52% 7% 13% 19% 8% 1	1330
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 7% 12% 20% 12% 3	1330
	21st to end	Night	55% 6% 12% 17% 10%	1330
July	1st to 10th	Night	48% 8% 19% 19% 7%	2437
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 8% 19% 21% 4	2472
	21st to end	Night	41% 8% 21% 22% 8%	2651
August	1st to 10th	Night	48% 8% 16% 23% 6%	2496
	11th to 20th	Night	51% 10% 18% 16% 5%	2800
	21st to end	Night	50% 6% 13% 20% 11%	3330
September	1st to 10th	Night	44% 6% 14% 23% 11% 1	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 6% 17% 28% 8% 1	2066
	21st to end	Night	45% 6% 11% 26% 12%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	50% 6% 11% 26% 7%	3497
	11th to 20th	Night	54% 6% 13% 23% 3	4052
	21st to end	Night	51% 6% 18% 15% 10%	4467
November	1st to 10th	Night	54% 6% 12% 20% 6% 1	2453
	11th to 20th	Night	54% 7% 13% 17% 9%	2470
	21st to end	Night	62% 6% 11% 14% 6% 1	2800
December	1st to 10th	Night	68% 5% 11% 12% 4	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	62% 5% 9% 15% 8%	3532
	21st to end	Night	65% 5% 8% 15% 6% 1	5126

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	27% 19% 31% 17% 4 1	180
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 23% 31% 13% 5%	180
	21st to end	Day	15% 21% 37% 22% 4 1	198
February	1st to 10th	Day	24% 24% 34% 14% 3 1	180
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 20% 37% 17% 4	448
	21st to end	Day	22% 22% 29% 22% 5%	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	24% 19% 30% 21% 7% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 18% 33% 18% 7% 2	460
	21st to end	Day	23% 17% 27% 22% 10% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	27% 16% 29% 19% 8%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 12% 31% 22% 9% 1	452
	21st to end	Day	28% 16% 32% 16% 6% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	27% 16% 33% 18% 5% 1	463
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 13% 32% 24% 9% 2	487
	21st to end	Day	23% 19% 31% 19% 6% 1	543
June	1st to 10th	Day	22% 14% 29% 26% 9% 1	680
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 11% 28% 27% 13% 1	680
	21st to end	Day	26% 10% 26% 24% 11% 2	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	17% 12% 30% 26% 13% 2	511
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 11% 32% 28% 12% 2	484
	21st to end	Day	15% 9% 33% 28% 12% 2	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	17% 8% 28% 27% 15% 4	486
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 5% 27% 27% 18% 4	479
	21st to end	Day	21% 10% 25% 21% 16% 7%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	18% 12% 27% 26% 13% 3	490
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 11% 27% 22% 18% 5%	490
	21st to end	Day	20% 13% 24% 23% 14% 6%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	22% 13% 26% 25% 10% 3	490
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 14% 27% 18% 10% 1	405
	21st to end	Day	33% 15% 28% 18% 6%	429
November	1st to 10th	Day	30% 15% 24% 22% 8% 1	374
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 16% 29% 17% 9%	370
	21st to end	Day	32% 18% 30% 17% 3 1	181
December	1st to 10th	Day	33% 12% 27% 19% 6% 3	180
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 18% 29% 17% 3 2	180
	21st to end	Day	34% 17% 32% 13% 4 1	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	26% 16% 32% 22% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 15% 30% 25% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	17% 12% 34% 30% 6% 1	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 12% 34% 28% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 15% 39% 20% 4 1	743
	21st to end	Night	24% 12% 33% 27% 4	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 11% 35% 26% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 14% 32% 22% 7% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	23% 10% 30% 29% 7% 1	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	29% 13% 26% 26% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 9% 33% 25% 6%	663
	21st to end	Night	28% 11% 30% 24% 6%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	25% 10% 32% 27% 6%	528
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 9% 27% 32% 7%	374
	21st to end	Night	27% 6% 30% 29% 8%	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	25% 7% 27% 35% 5% 1	380
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 25% 37% 12%	380
	21st to end	Night	24% 6% 23% 37% 9%	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	17% 5% 30% 37% 11% 1	370
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 3 22% 41% 14% 1	368
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 18% 46% 14%	416
August	1st to 10th	Night	19% 4 14% 47% 16% 1	378
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 5% 21% 40% 16% 1	553
	21st to end	Night	19% 5% 24% 32% 18% 2	742
September	1st to 10th	Night	20% 5% 25% 34% 15% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 6% 23% 31% 18% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	22% 6% 25% 31% 15% 1	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	22% 9% 26% 33% 9% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 10% 24% 27% 9% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	30% 12% 29% 25% 4	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	26% 13% 26% 25% 9%	755
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 14% 27% 25% 8% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	30% 12% 31% 20% 7%	829
December	1st to 10th	Night	31% 12% 28% 22% 8% 1	850
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 18% 28% 22% 6% 1	850
	21st to end	Night	33% 16% 29% 18% 4 1	902

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