Cima
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Cima clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-08-05.

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 3 2 3 3 3 4 5% 72%	129618
	Night	1 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 6% 73%	127510
Transparency	Day	14% 3 5% 13% 26% 39%	129340
	Night	14% 3 5% 14% 27% 37%	127303
Seeing	Day	5% 12% 26% 33% 18% 6%	16407
	Night	4 8% 19% 34% 29% 6%	26643

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	2 3 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 6% 70%	4098
	11th to 20th	Day	1 3 1 4 3 3 2 2 4 6% 72%	4100
	21st to end	Day	4 8% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 56%	4761
February	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 1 4 3 4 3 3 5% 5% 65%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 3 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 66%	1950
	21st to end	Day	3 5% 1 5% 4 3 3 2 4 7% 63%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	1 3 1 5% 3 4 3 3 4 7% 65%	4518
	11th to 20th	Day	2 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 58%	4955
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 66%	5486
April	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 3 4 3 3 3 4 5% 67%	2385
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 75%	2369
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 4 5% 75%	2505
May	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 74%	5880
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 3 5% 76%	5841
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 4 82%	6423
June	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 6% 78%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 84%	2600
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 82%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 85%	5879
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 6% 73%	5880
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 5% 74%	6401
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 69%	4088
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 4 79%	3724
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 5% 78%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 70%	2195
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 82%	2090
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 81%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 4 81%	3490
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 5% 84%	3413
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 5% 78%	3234
November	1st to 10th	Day	1 3 3 2 2 2 2 5% 6% 74%	1764
	11th to 20th	Day	1 3 1 4 2 2 3 2 3 6% 74%	1800
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 3 2 3 3 4 5% 7% 67%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 3 2 3 4 4 7% 7% 65%	2950
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 1 4 3 3 4 4 8% 9% 58%	3409
	21st to end	Day	3 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 7% 8% 55%	4510
January	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 71%	5867
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 4 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 70%	5880
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 60%	6226
February	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 64%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 63%	2338
	21st to end	Night	3 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 64%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	1 4 1 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 63%	5376
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 6% 7% 57%	5044
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 67%	5489
April	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 69%	2010
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 1 3 3 2 2 2 4 6% 73%	1979
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 7% 76%	1892
May	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 4 2 2 3 2 4 5% 74%	4100
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 82%	4074
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 2 2 4 5% 82%	4474
June	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 2 2 2 2 3 6% 81%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 3 85%	1800
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 86%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 89%	4100
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 5% 80%	4100
	21st to end	Night	2 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 5% 5% 77%	4472
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 6% 75%	2937
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 5% 82%	3126
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 85%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 4 76%	1984
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 3 86%	2090
	21st to end	Night	1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 85%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 87%	3490
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 85%	3520
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 80%	4320
November	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 77%	2535
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 74%	2600
	21st to end	Night	3 4 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 7% 67%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 1 3 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 68%	4240
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 3 4 4 5% 4 6% 10% 58%	4811
	21st to end	Night	2 3 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 10% 55%	6468

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	16% 3 5% 22% 37% 16%	4099
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 3 6% 21% 23% 33%	4100
	21st to end	Day	29% 4 6% 13% 26% 22%	4761
February	1st to 10th	Day	21% 3 6% 15% 25% 30%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 3 5% 17% 29% 26%	1960
	21st to end	Day	22% 3 7% 15% 31% 22%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	18% 4 6% 14% 32% 26%	4518
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 5% 10% 20% 28% 14%	4955
	21st to end	Day	15% 5% 9% 22% 33% 16%	5486
April	1st to 10th	Day	19% 3 5% 16% 28% 29%	2385
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 2 4 14% 32% 35%	2372
	21st to end	Day	13% 2 4 15% 35% 31%	2505
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 4 4 13% 31% 34%	5880
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 4 11% 28% 45%	5844
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 2 6% 29% 54%	6424
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 3 10% 25% 51%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 4 5% 15% 68%	2600
	21st to end	Day	9% 2 2 5% 14% 69%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 2 4 12% 73%	5816
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 5% 8% 21% 52%	5811
	21st to end	Day	11% 4 5% 9% 13% 58%	6217
August	1st to 10th	Day	15% 3 5% 17% 29% 31%	4074
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 6% 10% 24% 49%	3760
	21st to end	Day	9% 2 4 9% 17% 59%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 4 6% 11% 20% 46%	2195
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 4 7% 25% 55%	2090
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 3 10% 26% 52%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 3 7% 20% 60%	3490
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 2 10% 32% 49%	3413
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 2 7% 32% 46%	3234
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 2 4 15% 35% 32%	1764
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 2 4 14% 31% 35%	1800
	21st to end	Day	16% 4 6% 16% 28% 30%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	19% 3 4 13% 32% 29%	2950
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 4 8% 21% 30% 17%	3408
	21st to end	Day	25% 5% 10% 22% 28% 10%	4510
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 4 6% 20% 36% 21%	5867
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 9% 18% 26% 31%	5880
	21st to end	Night	24% 4 6% 13% 27% 26%	6226
February	1st to 10th	Night	22% 3 7% 15% 25% 28%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 3 6% 17% 27% 26%	2339
	21st to end	Night	19% 4 7% 16% 29% 26%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 4 6% 19% 28% 24%	5376
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 7% 8% 23% 26% 14%	5044
	21st to end	Night	15% 4 9% 21% 36% 15%	5489
April	1st to 10th	Night	17% 3 6% 18% 30% 26%	2010
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 3 3 15% 33% 32%	1979
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 5% 15% 38% 31%	1892
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 3 6% 11% 31% 35%	4097
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 2 3 8% 35% 45%	4075
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 2 7% 31% 52%	4474
June	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 3 11% 25% 52%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 2 7% 17% 65%	1800
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 2 6% 13% 72%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 2 4 13% 75%	4055
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 3 8% 22% 56%	4046
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 5% 11% 16% 55%	4344
August	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 4 18% 32% 32%	2928
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 2 5% 13% 25% 47%	3156
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 2 8% 19% 64%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 5% 9% 23% 47%	1984
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 2 3 8% 27% 54%	2090
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 3 9% 24% 56%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 2 7% 18% 64%	3490
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 2 6% 35% 50%	3520
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 3 7% 29% 50%	4320
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 2 3 14% 35% 34%	2535
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 2 4 13% 31% 37%	2600
	21st to end	Night	18% 2 6% 14% 26% 33%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	17% 2 4 11% 32% 33%	4240
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 3 6% 19% 29% 20%	4811
	21st to end	Night	22% 6% 10% 23% 29% 10%	6468

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	10% 16% 32% 30% 11% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 15% 32% 28% 13% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	8% 18% 28% 29% 15% 2	438
February	1st to 10th	Day	12% 18% 34% 25% 9% 2	500
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 22% 34% 21% 11% 2	495
	21st to end	Day	11% 20% 35% 24% 10% 1	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	12% 20% 32% 26% 9% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 18% 33% 24% 11% 2	500
	21st to end	Day	7% 22% 38% 22% 8% 2	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 16% 32% 27% 12% 4	500
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 21% 33% 25% 10% 3	492
	21st to end	Day	4 20% 28% 26% 15% 6%	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 15% 33% 31% 13% 4	503
	11th to 20th	Day	3 13% 29% 33% 15% 6%	528
	21st to end	Day	5% 9% 30% 33% 17% 6%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 7% 25% 36% 23% 7%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	1 9% 28% 35% 19% 7%	530
	21st to end	Day	2 7% 23% 38% 22% 7%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 16% 47% 25% 9%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 8% 45% 28% 15%	524
	21st to end	Day	2 2 11% 40% 30% 14%	575
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 15% 42% 26% 12%	504
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 16% 41% 26% 14%	477
	21st to end	Day	3 2 16% 38% 30% 12%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 17% 41% 25% 10%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	1 6% 24% 41% 24% 4	490
	21st to end	Day	1 9% 23% 36% 24% 7%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 10% 25% 36% 21% 5%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	4 10% 24% 37% 20% 5%	459
	21st to end	Day	3 11% 25% 33% 23% 6%	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	5% 15% 23% 31% 21% 5%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	2 14% 28% 33% 18% 6%	300
	21st to end	Day	6% 16% 27% 30% 16% 4	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	6% 12% 28% 36% 15% 2	300
	11th to 20th	Day	4 15% 23% 35% 20% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	13% 17% 30% 26% 12% 2	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 11% 24% 33% 20% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	4 12% 29% 33% 18% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	9% 11% 25% 33% 17% 4	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	6% 12% 26% 34% 19% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 12% 26% 35% 18% 4	784
	21st to end	Night	8% 13% 28% 32% 15% 5%	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	6% 14% 26% 35% 17% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 12% 24% 29% 22% 7%	800
	21st to end	Night	4 14% 26% 34% 18% 4	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 14% 26% 33% 21% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	3 15% 26% 33% 19% 4	791
	21st to end	Night	2 12% 24% 33% 24% 5%	692
May	1st to 10th	Night	3 11% 28% 35% 21% 3	600
	11th to 20th	Night	1 11% 24% 29% 32% 3	591
	21st to end	Night	2 11% 20% 34% 30% 3	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 17% 43% 32% 2	600
	11th to 20th	Night	1 5% 23% 37% 32% 3	600
	21st to end	Night	1 3 15% 43% 35% 3	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 6% 38% 49% 5%	585
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 4 37% 50% 5%	582
	21st to end	Night	4 2 5% 30% 54% 4	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 5% 37% 48% 6%	607
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 4 28% 54% 12%	752
	21st to end	Night	2 1 6% 26% 49% 16%	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 6% 27% 49% 14%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 11% 37% 39% 11%	760
	21st to end	Night	2 4 13% 31% 35% 16%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	3 5% 14% 38% 32% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	2 5% 14% 39% 32% 9%	760
	21st to end	Night	3 8% 17% 33% 28% 11%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	2 8% 17% 37% 30% 7%	780
	11th to 20th	Night	3 7% 19% 39% 26% 7%	800
	21st to end	Night	5% 11% 22% 35% 22% 5%	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 8% 23% 38% 20% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 12% 21% 37% 23% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	6% 12% 25% 36% 16% 5%	880

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