Salem-Avilla Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Salem-Avilla Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-07-31.

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	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 44%	89509
	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 49%	90292
Transparency	Day	39% 6% 10% 22% 19% 5%	89279
	Night	36% 5% 10% 22% 22% 6%	90127
Seeing	Day	15% 10% 24% 26% 19% 5%	14986
	Night	15% 9% 26% 30% 18% 2	24787

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	19% 8% 2 7% 3 3 3 2 3 5% 44%	2847
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 10% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 3 4 49%	2850
	21st to end	Day	25% 6% 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 4 46%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	21% 9% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 4 4 41%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 10% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 4 6% 41%	1787
	21st to end	Day	24% 7% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 37%	1631
March	1st to 10th	Day	22% 9% 3 7% 4 3 3 3 4 4 38%	3436
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 44%	3480
	21st to end	Day	17% 8% 3 7% 4 4 3 2 4 5% 42%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 6% 7% 45%	2270
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 2 6% 5% 3 4 3 5% 6% 44%	2254
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 2 6% 4 5% 4 3 4 6% 42%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	18% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 37%	3765
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 43%	4040
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 6% 8% 33%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 8% 43%	2512
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 1 4 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 10% 46%	2576
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 4 8% 10% 47%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 5% 6% 7% 6% 8% 11% 36%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 1 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 8% 46%	2470
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 40%	2678
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 1 6% 5% 6% 7% 6% 8% 11% 38%	2328
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 4 7% 9% 41%	2139
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 43%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 4 6% 7% 46%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 6% 7% 46%	2159
	21st to end	Day	11% 4 1 5% 4 4 4 3 3 6% 55%	1877
October	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 4 3 5% 4 4 6% 57%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 2 5% 2 3 3 2 4 6% 55%	1800
	21st to end	Day	19% 4 2 4 3 2 3 3 3 5% 53%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 2 4 3 2 2 3 4 6% 56%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 1 4 4 3 3 3 4 6% 55%	1862
	21st to end	Day	20% 8% 2 6% 3 3 3 2 3 5% 45%	1669
December	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 3 5% 4 3 4 2 4 5% 45%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 8% 3 5% 5% 3 3 4 4 4 44%	1918
	21st to end	Day	15% 8% 3 7% 4 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 38%	3111
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 4 46%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 6% 1 4 3 2 2 2 3 4 53%	4120
	21st to end	Night	25% 7% 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 47%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	22% 8% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 3 6% 42%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 8% 2 5% 3 2 3 3 3 5% 46%	2279
	21st to end	Night	21% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 45%	1840
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 7% 3 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 5% 41%	3419
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 3 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 50%	3480
	21st to end	Night	12% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 7% 43%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 6% 6% 50%	1908
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 50%	1875
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 49%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	18% 7% 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 38%	3130
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 45%	2860
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 8% 42%	3090
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 2 4 3 4 5% 4 7% 11% 52%	1645
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 1 4 4 3 3 4 5% 9% 59%	1580
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 60%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 2 4 6% 6% 5% 5% 8% 11% 47%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 4 4 4 5% 4 8% 12% 53%	1710
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 11% 52%	1871
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 1 4 3 4 5% 4 8% 13% 49%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 1 4 3 5% 4 5% 7% 10% 51%	1759
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 51%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 2 5% 3 4 3 4 6% 6% 57%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 53%	1800
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 2 3 2 4 3 3 5% 6% 60%	2062
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 2 4 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 61%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 6% 59%	2160
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 2 5% 4 2 2 2 2 3 56%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 4 2 3 2 3 4 5% 58%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 57%	2313
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 51%	2508
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 6% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 46%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 2 4 4 49%	3279
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 44%	4550

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	45% 2 5% 23% 21% 4	2848
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 3 10% 22% 21% 3	2850
	21st to end	Day	44% 3 5% 18% 24% 7%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	47% 4 8% 20% 17% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 4 7% 19% 19% 6%	1796
	21st to end	Day	51% 3 6% 13% 17% 8%	1631
March	1st to 10th	Day	50% 5% 6% 12% 18% 10%	3436
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 5% 8% 23% 18% 5%	3480
	21st to end	Day	45% 5% 7% 21% 21% 1	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	38% 5% 9% 22% 20% 5%	2270
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 5% 8% 21% 18% 7%	2254
	21st to end	Day	43% 6% 9% 19% 20% 2	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	46% 7% 10% 21% 14% 2	3800
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 8% 11% 25% 16% 1	4044
	21st to end	Day	45% 9% 12% 21% 11% 2	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	36% 8% 13% 25% 16% 2	2512
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 8% 13% 28% 18% 2	2576
	21st to end	Day	28% 9% 13% 27% 19% 4	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	35% 11% 16% 23% 12% 1	2406
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 9% 13% 27% 16% 4	2401
	21st to end	Day	34% 11% 17% 26% 11% 1	2537
August	1st to 10th	Day	35% 10% 16% 28% 11% 1	2314
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 9% 12% 24% 16% 2	2139
	21st to end	Day	34% 10% 14% 23% 14% 5%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	36% 7% 10% 21% 19% 7%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 6% 11% 17% 23% 6%	2159
	21st to end	Day	31% 5% 8% 21% 26% 9%	1877
October	1st to 10th	Day	28% 5% 11% 22% 26% 9%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 4 6% 18% 29% 11%	1800
	21st to end	Day	36% 4 5% 22% 23% 9%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	30% 4 9% 25% 24% 8%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 4 8% 20% 28% 10%	1862
	21st to end	Day	44% 3 6% 17% 24% 6%	1669
December	1st to 10th	Day	42% 4 8% 23% 17% 6%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 3 5% 20% 22% 6%	1915
	21st to end	Day	47% 4 9% 18% 17% 5%	3111
January	1st to 10th	Night	42% 3 6% 18% 27% 3	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 4 8% 21% 25% 5%	4120
	21st to end	Night	43% 3 9% 18% 23% 4	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	46% 3 8% 19% 18% 6%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 4 6% 20% 21% 7%	2280
	21st to end	Night	42% 4 7% 16% 21% 9%	1840
March	1st to 10th	Night	44% 5% 9% 12% 19% 11%	3419
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 4 7% 25% 18% 7%	3480
	21st to end	Night	40% 5% 9% 21% 23% 2	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	34% 5% 10% 22% 20% 9%	1908
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 5% 8% 22% 21% 10%	1875
	21st to end	Night	36% 5% 10% 23% 22% 4	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	45% 7% 10% 21% 13% 3	3160
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 6% 12% 28% 15% 1	2861
	21st to end	Night	40% 7% 14% 23% 14% 2	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	25% 9% 15% 30% 20% 2	1645
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 5% 12% 30% 25% 4	1580
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 13% 31% 24% 5%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	28% 9% 21% 25% 15% 2	1665
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 8% 19% 29% 19% 5%	1656
	21st to end	Night	23% 10% 16% 33% 17% 1	1772
August	1st to 10th	Night	23% 8% 21% 33% 14% 1	1601
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 9% 15% 28% 19% 3	1759
	21st to end	Night	28% 9% 14% 27% 18% 3	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	25% 7% 12% 24% 24% 8%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 6% 10% 21% 25% 7%	1800
	21st to end	Night	25% 5% 9% 22% 29% 11%	2062
October	1st to 10th	Night	25% 5% 10% 23% 25% 12%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 4 7% 17% 32% 12%	2160
	21st to end	Night	36% 3 5% 19% 27% 10%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	29% 3 7% 22% 27% 11%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 4 7% 23% 26% 11%	2313
	21st to end	Night	38% 4 6% 18% 28% 6%	2508
December	1st to 10th	Night	41% 4 8% 19% 21% 7%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 3 5% 19% 26% 7%	3281
	21st to end	Night	42% 4 8% 20% 22% 4	4550

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	26% 19% 34% 16% 5% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 23% 31% 14% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	23% 25% 33% 14% 5%	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	28% 17% 36% 14% 4 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 27% 28% 11% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	39% 22% 28% 9% 1	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	28% 19% 34% 14% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 24% 34% 14% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	25% 28% 32% 11% 3	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	21% 19% 36% 16% 7%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 16% 33% 19% 7%	452
	21st to end	Day	22% 18% 30% 20% 8% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	17% 17% 33% 22% 9% 2	463
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 31% 29% 15% 2	646
	21st to end	Day	11% 7% 25% 33% 18% 5%	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 20% 33% 26% 7%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 20% 38% 26% 7%	680
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 23% 34% 27% 8%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 15% 34% 33% 10%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 12% 35% 34% 10%	668
	21st to end	Day	9% 1 10% 33% 34% 12%	736
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 12% 38% 34% 9%	626
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 2 11% 36% 30% 10%	453
	21st to end	Day	13% 1 6% 23% 40% 17%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 10% 29% 40% 9%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 2 15% 27% 34% 11%	449
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 17% 43% 16% 6%	270
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 6% 30% 36% 20% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 12% 34% 26% 10% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	25% 13% 33% 19% 6% 2	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	19% 14% 29% 23% 14% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 16% 41% 22% 7% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	27% 16% 25% 23% 8%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	22% 21% 32% 17% 7% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 21% 29% 18% 7% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	25% 17% 41% 14% 3	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	22% 15% 32% 26% 4	950
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 16% 33% 22% 4	950
	21st to end	Night	21% 16% 36% 25% 3	1045
February	1st to 10th	Night	26% 15% 31% 24% 4	950
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 15% 36% 22% 1	804
	21st to end	Night	27% 19% 32% 21% 3	584
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 10% 35% 28% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 15% 33% 25% 5%	570
	21st to end	Night	17% 14% 36% 26% 7%	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 15% 36% 25% 7% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 13% 37% 24% 11%	563
	21st to end	Night	14% 13% 37% 26% 10%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 28% 41% 10% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 27% 32% 17% 2	561
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 26% 32% 24% 4	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 14% 39% 34% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 15% 42% 35% 3	570
	21st to end	Night	4 2 12% 41% 36% 5%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 12% 33% 43% 7%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 8% 36% 45% 8%	552
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 8% 36% 42% 9%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 9% 39% 40% 7%	537
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 10% 38% 39% 6%	534
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 8% 33% 43% 7%	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 9% 35% 43% 5%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 2 12% 33% 37% 4	540
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 16% 32% 36% 4	625
October	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 19% 34% 30% 4	720
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 29% 35% 17% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	18% 10% 27% 28% 15% 1	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 25% 36% 16% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 11% 31% 35% 11%	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 13% 29% 26% 12%	798
December	1st to 10th	Night	22% 11% 33% 28% 7%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 12% 29% 30% 7%	950
	21st to end	Night	23% 15% 31% 26% 5%	1045

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