General Nathan Twining Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the General Nathan Twining Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-07-06.

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 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 66%	123312
	Night	3 4 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 61%	124428
Transparency	Day	16% 4 7% 21% 29% 22%	123076
	Night	20% 5% 7% 20% 28% 20%	124251
Seeing	Day	5% 7% 17% 30% 27% 15%	15698
	Night	5% 4 22% 45% 23% 2	25965

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	3 8% 2 5% 2 2 3 3 5% 6% 60%	4098
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 71%	4100
	21st to end	Day	3 4 2 5% 3 3 3 4 6% 6% 61%	4510
February	1st to 10th	Day	2 5% 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 65%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 64%	1944
	21st to end	Day	3 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 5% 6% 70%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 68%	4924
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 6% 7% 60%	5000
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 63%	5564
April	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 3 2 3 3 4 5% 6% 68%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 3 3 2 3 2 4 6% 69%	2371
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 5% 6% 73%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 5% 8% 70%	5440
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 68%	5610
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 5% 6% 77%	6551
June	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 3 4 4 5% 10% 64%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 2 2 2 3 3 5% 6% 75%	2800
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 4 3 4 4 4 7% 8% 58%	2723
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 4 4 4 8% 8% 61%	4176
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 4 4 5% 8% 11% 60%	4110
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 4 4 5% 6% 6% 10% 12% 48%	4454
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 4 5% 5% 8% 12% 56%	4014
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 4 5% 4 6% 9% 62%	3726
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 4 5% 5% 6% 6% 9% 11% 48%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 57%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 6% 7% 62%	2280
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 72%	2033
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 78%	3170
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 2 3 3 3 2 4 7% 72%	3150
	21st to end	Day	2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 4 83%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 4 6% 74%	1959
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 6% 73%	1873
	21st to end	Day	4 4 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 5% 65%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 5% 76%	2662
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 68%	3026
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 6% 68%	4296
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 7% 8% 53%	5867
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 2 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 70%	5880
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 6% 56%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 2 4 3 2 3 2 4 6% 66%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 60%	2340
	21st to end	Night	3 4 1 4 2 2 3 2 4 5% 69%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 66%	4953
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 58%	5000
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 63%	5405
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 67%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 5% 68%	1977
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 67%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 5% 3 4 4 3 4 5% 60%	4540
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 66%	4301
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 73%	4341
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 7% 8% 56%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 66%	1600
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 6% 4 4 4 6% 8% 10% 48%	1668
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 6% 8% 53%	2905
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 45%	2860
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 6% 6% 7% 7% 7% 10% 12% 36%	3109
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 2 8% 7% 7% 7% 6% 9% 13% 37%	2922
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 6% 5% 6% 7% 6% 8% 10% 42%	3113
	21st to end	Night	3 4 2 7% 6% 7% 8% 7% 11% 11% 34%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 49%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 56%	1900
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 6% 66%	2142
October	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 6% 72%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 1 4 2 3 3 3 4 6% 66%	3778
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 5% 79%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 3 1 1 3 2 4 6% 74%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 5% 75%	2505
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 3 2 3 3 2 4 6% 66%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 7% 74%	4524
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 9% 66%	5181
	21st to end	Night	3 4 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 6% 67%	6722

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	24% 4 4 33% 31% 4	4099
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 3 9% 27% 32% 15%	4100
	21st to end	Day	22% 4 6% 22% 32% 14%	4510
February	1st to 10th	Day	18% 4 6% 24% 30% 17%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 3 5% 23% 33% 14%	1954
	21st to end	Day	16% 2 4 17% 35% 26%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	15% 3 3 14% 32% 33%	4924
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 6% 4 20% 27% 22%	5000
	21st to end	Day	18% 4 4 20% 40% 15%	5564
April	1st to 10th	Day	16% 4 3 15% 37% 25%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 4 2 15% 30% 33%	2374
	21st to end	Day	13% 3 3 18% 37% 27%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 7% 20% 31% 27%	5440
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 5% 13% 30% 33%	5613
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 6% 13% 18% 52%	6552
June	1st to 10th	Day	15% 4 7% 19% 25% 31%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 3 3 11% 22% 50%	2800
	21st to end	Day	22% 5% 8% 17% 20% 29%	2723
July	1st to 10th	Day	18% 6% 10% 14% 22% 30%	4112
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 14% 30% 26% 8%	4041
	21st to end	Day	21% 8% 17% 35% 16% 2	4314
August	1st to 10th	Day	17% 7% 18% 29% 20% 10%	4000
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 12% 22% 27% 17%	3762
	21st to end	Day	25% 9% 17% 23% 19% 6%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	24% 6% 9% 21% 25% 16%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 10% 18% 24% 23%	2280
	21st to end	Day	14% 3 5% 20% 31% 26%	2033
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 3 5% 13% 30% 38%	3170
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 3 5% 16% 36% 27%	3150
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 3 19% 42% 27%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 3 23% 40% 19%	1959
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 2 5% 24% 41% 14%	1873
	21st to end	Day	22% 3 5% 23% 33% 15%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 5% 36% 32% 13%	2662
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 3 6% 34% 32% 5%	3024
	21st to end	Day	16% 4 8% 29% 32% 11%	4296
January	1st to 10th	Night	26% 5% 6% 27% 31% 5%	5867
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 8% 25% 36% 14%	5880
	21st to end	Night	25% 4 6% 19% 30% 16%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 3 7% 22% 31% 17%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 4 4 22% 30% 17%	2340
	21st to end	Night	18% 2 3 17% 34% 26%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 4 2 13% 34% 28%	4953
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 7% 3 16% 30% 20%	5000
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 4 19% 37% 18%	5405
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 4 13% 35% 28%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 4 4 13% 25% 36%	1977
	21st to end	Night	18% 4 4 13% 33% 28%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	23% 6% 6% 13% 24% 27%	4537
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 7% 11% 29% 32%	4302
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 6% 10% 14% 55%	4341
June	1st to 10th	Night	22% 6% 8% 17% 20% 28%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 4 5% 11% 18% 46%	1600
	21st to end	Night	27% 6% 11% 16% 15% 25%	1668
July	1st to 10th	Night	27% 7% 12% 14% 15% 25%	2860
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 7% 14% 27% 18% 4	2806
	21st to end	Night	32% 10% 18% 28% 9% 2	3011
August	1st to 10th	Night	32% 9% 17% 21% 15% 7%	2913
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 9% 14% 17% 17% 13%	3143
	21st to end	Night	36% 9% 17% 20% 12% 5%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	27% 7% 13% 19% 20% 15%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 6% 10% 15% 20% 24%	1900
	21st to end	Night	18% 4 5% 15% 30% 28%	2142
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 4 5% 11% 30% 37%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 5% 5% 15% 26% 32%	3778
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 3 17% 39% 29%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 2 23% 39% 21%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 3 3 20% 38% 23%	2505
	21st to end	Night	22% 2 5% 18% 36% 16%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	13% 2 5% 33% 31% 15%	4524
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 3 6% 30% 37% 9%	5182
	21st to end	Night	18% 4 5% 31% 32% 10%	6722

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% 3 16% 48% 20% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 19% 38% 21% 6%	300
	21st to end	Day	3 6% 21% 39% 24% 7%	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 20% 38% 24% 5%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 8% 22% 45% 16% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	10% 10% 26% 39% 10% 4	249
March	1st to 10th	Day	7% 15% 29% 30% 15% 3	483
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 14% 26% 26% 18% 4	500
	21st to end	Day	8% 21% 27% 27% 14% 3	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	8% 13% 26% 30% 15% 8%	500
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 17% 33% 26% 14% 4	492
	21st to end	Day	7% 12% 29% 32% 17% 3	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	3 11% 32% 28% 20% 6%	503
	11th to 20th	Day	4 9% 25% 31% 22% 10%	528
	21st to end	Day	3 9% 27% 29% 22% 9%	623
June	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 17% 32% 34% 11%	730
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 14% 34% 33% 12%	730
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 14% 32% 32% 15%	653
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 7% 27% 36% 28%	507
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 16% 31% 47%	484
	21st to end	Day	2 2 3 15% 35% 44%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 5% 18% 38% 36%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 5% 20% 37% 34%	477
	21st to end	Day	4 1 4 21% 38% 32%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 6% 23% 33% 31%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 12% 24% 40% 17%	490
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 12% 23% 34% 22%	362
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 5% 14% 24% 34% 20%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 12% 28% 36% 11%	300
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 10% 25% 35% 15%	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	5% 8% 17% 36% 28% 7%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 11% 38% 37% 9%	300
	21st to end	Day	7% 7% 19% 38% 21% 8%	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 14% 45% 25% 6%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	4 6% 21% 41% 22% 6%	300
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 20% 43% 16% 4	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 22% 51% 20% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 26% 47% 17% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 25% 46% 17% 1	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 28% 49% 13% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 33% 47% 9%	784
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 38% 48% 5%	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	6% 7% 35% 44% 9% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 7% 31% 44% 13%	800
	21st to end	Night	6% 6% 32% 46% 9%	847
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 39% 44% 9%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 9% 39% 38% 8%	593
	21st to end	Night	4 8% 38% 40% 10%	600
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 33% 48% 9%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 23% 48% 18% 1	591
	21st to end	Night	3 3 29% 51% 14%	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 20% 50% 23% 1	600
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 22% 52% 20% 1	600
	21st to end	Night	4 2 15% 49% 28% 1	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 8% 40% 41% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 4 33% 53% 5%	552
	21st to end	Night	4 2 4 28% 54% 9%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 2 26% 56% 10%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 4 36% 49% 5%	564
	21st to end	Night	2 3 2 33% 53% 7%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 6% 44% 39% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 8% 46% 33% 2	570
	21st to end	Night	4 2 12% 46% 33% 3	684
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 16% 47% 28% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 16% 52% 22% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	4 2 19% 43% 27% 4	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 17% 52% 24% 1	780
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 19% 52% 21% 2	905
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 21% 42% 23% 1	1000
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 21% 52% 18% 1	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 24% 47% 18%	1000
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 24% 51% 14% 1	991

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