Sheep Hill Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Sheep Hill Observatory 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	17% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 39%	101331
	Night	17% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 41%	97681
Transparency	Day	42% 6% 12% 23% 16% 2	104863
	Night	41% 5% 12% 23% 16% 2	102225
Seeing	Day	22% 14% 30% 22% 10% 3	14965
	Night	21% 11% 31% 28% 9% 1	24116

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% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 46%	2517
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 10% 2 7% 7% 6% 5% 4 4 6% 35%	2520
	21st to end	Day	21% 10% 5% 7% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 32%	3037
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 38%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 42%	1833
	21st to end	Day	19% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 3 4 5% 37%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	26% 8% 3 5% 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 35%	3116
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 8% 44%	3374
	21st to end	Day	21% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 42%	4117
April	1st to 10th	Day	17% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 3 4 5% 7% 38%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 40%	2254
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 39%	2285
May	1st to 10th	Day	28% 8% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 29%	4128
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 7% 3 9% 5% 3 4 4 6% 6% 29%	4398
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 9% 45%	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	16% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 9% 36%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 2 6% 5% 6% 5% 5% 7% 9% 34%	2660
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 39%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 3 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 10% 35%	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 37%	4440
	21st to end	Day	15% 8% 3 8% 6% 6% 5% 5% 6% 8% 32%	4814
August	1st to 10th	Day	21% 5% 3 7% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 32%	4162
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 8% 42%	3730
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 47%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	16% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 43%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 50%	2214
	21st to end	Day	19% 6% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 40%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 41%	1957
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 2 5% 7% 47%	1900
	21st to end	Day	20% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 43%	1956
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 52%	1698
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 2 4 3 3 5% 3 5% 6% 46%	1710
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 7% 43%	1606
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 38%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 6% 2 4 3 4 4 4 6% 6% 43%	1906
	21st to end	Day	18% 9% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 28%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 2 4 3 4 4 3 6% 6% 46%	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 8% 3 8% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 41%	4440
	21st to end	Night	24% 11% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 34%	4614
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 9% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 42%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 5% 42%	2233
	21st to end	Night	18% 8% 3 6% 4 3 4 2 5% 6% 41%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 10% 3 6% 4 3 3 2 5% 5% 36%	3724
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 49%	3580
	21st to end	Night	18% 10% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 44%	3513
April	1st to 10th	Night	17% 8% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 7% 38%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 6% 40%	1875
	21st to end	Night	19% 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 42%	1895
May	1st to 10th	Night	26% 10% 3 8% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 29%	2834
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 10% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 32%	2501
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 42%	2738
June	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 3 5% 8% 44%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 42%	1520
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 10% 44%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 41%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 38%	2520
	21st to end	Night	16% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 37%	2739
August	1st to 10th	Night	21% 6% 3 6% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 8% 33%	2718
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 3 7% 4 5% 5% 3 5% 7% 39%	3097
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 52%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	16% 5% 2 7% 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 45%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 52%	1966
	21st to end	Night	19% 6% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 4 7% 44%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	20% 7% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 4 6% 42%	2218
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 1 5% 3 2 3 3 4 7% 50%	2280
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 2 5% 3 2 3 3 4 6% 45%	2641
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 52%	2453
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 48%	2470
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 45%	2571
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 7% 2 5% 4 4 5% 3 5% 7% 39%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 41%	3288
	21st to end	Night	19% 9% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 3 4 6% 36%	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	38% 4 12% 32% 12% 3	2518
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 5% 11% 22% 11% 2	2520
	21st to end	Day	54% 4 9% 20% 11% 2	3037
February	1st to 10th	Day	46% 4 13% 23% 12% 2	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 5% 9% 24% 17% 3	1842
	21st to end	Day	47% 4 10% 22% 13% 3	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	52% 4 10% 24% 9% 2	3119
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 7% 12% 30% 14% 2	3374
	21st to end	Day	44% 3 7% 17% 24% 5%	4117
April	1st to 10th	Day	46% 4 10% 20% 16% 5%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 5% 11% 22% 17% 3	2254
	21st to end	Day	43% 5% 9% 22% 17% 4	2285
May	1st to 10th	Day	54% 5% 12% 15% 12% 2	4142
	11th to 20th	Day	54% 5% 12% 19% 8% 2	4402
	21st to end	Day	35% 6% 12% 27% 18% 2	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	42% 7% 13% 21% 15% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 7% 13% 23% 11% 2	2660
	21st to end	Day	40% 6% 14% 23% 16% 1	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	42% 9% 12% 22% 13% 2	4370
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 8% 16% 23% 14% 1	4365
	21st to end	Day	48% 7% 11% 16% 16% 2	4661
August	1st to 10th	Day	49% 7% 13% 20% 10%	4148
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 7% 14% 29% 13% 1	3766
	21st to end	Day	35% 6% 10% 29% 19% 2	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	40% 6% 10% 22% 19% 3	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 4 11% 23% 25% 3	2214
	21st to end	Day	45% 5% 9% 19% 18% 3	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	37% 6% 9% 18% 23% 6%	3256
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 4 11% 24% 30% 5%	3140
	21st to end	Day	27% 3 14% 25% 26% 4	3194
November	1st to 10th	Day	35% 3 11% 26% 22% 3	1698
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 4 11% 24% 19% 4	1710
	21st to end	Day	40% 3 14% 29% 12% 2	1606
December	1st to 10th	Day	46% 4 15% 20% 14% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 4 17% 23% 12% 2	1906
	21st to end	Day	52% 6% 11% 23% 8%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	38% 4 12% 30% 12% 4	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 5% 13% 24% 12% 2	4440
	21st to end	Night	51% 4 9% 22% 12% 2	4614
February	1st to 10th	Night	44% 4 13% 24% 13% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 5% 10% 20% 17% 5%	2235
	21st to end	Night	45% 3 6% 25% 17% 3	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	50% 4 9% 22% 11% 3	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 5% 14% 26% 17% 2	3581
	21st to end	Night	44% 5% 7% 16% 22% 6%	3513
April	1st to 10th	Night	45% 5% 11% 21% 15% 4	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 5% 9% 21% 19% 2	1875
	21st to end	Night	43% 5% 9% 22% 18% 4	1895
May	1st to 10th	Night	54% 8% 10% 17% 10% 1	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	53% 6% 15% 14% 11% 2	2502
	21st to end	Night	38% 8% 14% 25% 12% 3	2739
June	1st to 10th	Night	40% 6% 11% 22% 20% 2	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 7% 15% 26% 12% 1	1520
	21st to end	Night	34% 9% 15% 26% 16% 1	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	39% 9% 16% 20% 15% 2	2480
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 8% 14% 24% 13% 1	2472
	21st to end	Night	42% 8% 15% 15% 18% 2	2651
August	1st to 10th	Night	49% 7% 17% 17% 9% 1	2708
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 8% 12% 27% 10% 1	3127
	21st to end	Night	31% 6% 11% 31% 20% 1	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	41% 5% 10% 25% 19% 1	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 5% 11% 23% 25% 3	1966
	21st to end	Night	42% 4 9% 22% 22% 2	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	38% 6% 11% 22% 20% 2	3699
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 4 9% 28% 29% 4	3779
	21st to end	Night	30% 4 12% 32% 20% 2	4340
November	1st to 10th	Night	35% 4 11% 24% 22% 4	2453
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 3 9% 24% 19% 5%	2470
	21st to end	Night	37% 5% 14% 29% 14% 2	2571
December	1st to 10th	Night	44% 5% 13% 24% 13% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 5% 13% 20% 16% 4	3288
	21st to end	Night	48% 7% 12% 21% 11%	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	24% 26% 32% 16% 3	180
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 26% 33% 8% 2	180
	21st to end	Day	23% 22% 36% 13% 4 1	274
February	1st to 10th	Day	31% 21% 36% 10% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 20% 37% 15% 2	441
	21st to end	Day	29% 18% 34% 15% 3	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	27% 22% 30% 18% 4	460
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 23% 33% 15% 4 1	460
	21st to end	Day	29% 20% 30% 15% 5% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	28% 20% 31% 14% 5% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 20% 34% 14% 6% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	31% 16% 32% 16% 3 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	34% 16% 28% 15% 6% 2	463
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 15% 31% 21% 9% 1	487
	21st to end	Day	19% 9% 27% 29% 13% 2	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	18% 10% 33% 24% 12% 2	490
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 12% 30% 26% 12% 1	490
	21st to end	Day	15% 11% 33% 26% 13% 2	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 27% 31% 18% 5%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 27% 35% 19% 3	484
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 30% 32% 15% 2	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	15% 4 27% 32% 15% 7%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 23% 33% 19% 5%	479
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 29% 27% 15% 7%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	18% 11% 24% 24% 16% 7%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 27% 25% 14% 12%	490
	21st to end	Day	23% 10% 30% 22% 10% 5%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	26% 8% 28% 21% 12% 5%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 17% 30% 22% 11% 1	490
	21st to end	Day	26% 13% 30% 19% 11% 1	468
November	1st to 10th	Day	21% 11% 31% 24% 9% 3	374
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 16% 31% 21% 4 1	370
	21st to end	Day	20% 20% 36% 18% 4 2	266
December	1st to 10th	Day	26% 24% 29% 14% 7%	180
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 18% 34% 12% 3	180
	21st to end	Day	30% 15% 37% 14% 4 1	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 16% 39% 20% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 15% 33% 23% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	21% 17% 38% 22% 2	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	23% 13% 38% 24% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 17% 41% 18% 1	743
	21st to end	Night	26% 16% 35% 19% 4	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	24% 16% 36% 20% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 17% 36% 21% 3 1	760
	21st to end	Night	22% 17% 36% 20% 5% 1	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	23% 18% 35% 20% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 16% 34% 24% 4	751
	21st to end	Night	23% 13% 34% 25% 5%	755
May	1st to 10th	Night	26% 12% 34% 21% 7%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 12% 31% 29% 6%	380
	21st to end	Night	19% 6% 22% 38% 14% 1	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	19% 5% 29% 34% 13% 1	380
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 30% 38% 13%	380
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 26% 46% 11%	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 24% 38% 20% 1	370
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 3 20% 43% 19% 1	368
	21st to end	Night	13% 4 22% 44% 15% 2	416
August	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 21% 41% 22% 2	499
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 18% 39% 23% 2	750
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 18% 40% 21% 2	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	17% 4 25% 34% 18% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 5% 19% 34% 21% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	21% 5% 25% 33% 14% 2	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	24% 8% 27% 24% 15% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 10% 28% 32% 10% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	24% 10% 34% 23% 8%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	17% 11% 31% 28% 12% 1	755
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 11% 32% 24% 7% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 16% 33% 27% 6% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	25% 14% 32% 24% 4 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 13% 34% 27% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	24% 14% 34% 25% 2	836

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