Hidden Valley Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Hidden Valley Observatory 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	7% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 58%	129327
	Night	9% 6% 2 7% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 52%	127691
Transparency	Day	27% 4 7% 21% 25% 16%	129043
	Night	34% 4 8% 18% 22% 14%	127490
Seeing	Day	10% 5% 19% 33% 26% 9%	16445
	Night	11% 3 9% 33% 34% 10%	25816

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	13% 5% 1 4 3 2 4 3 4 7% 54%	3939
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 2 4 5% 55%	4100
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 43%	4510
February	1st to 10th	Day	21% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 4 5% 5% 46%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 45%	1873
	21st to end	Day	14% 4 2 7% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 48%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	13% 8% 2 8% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 7% 34%	4860
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 50%	5000
	21st to end	Day	14% 9% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 36%	5573
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 1 4 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 49%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 6% 8% 53%	2369
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 54%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 6% 71%	5515
	11th to 20th	Day	2 6% 2 4 3 3 2 2 4 8% 63%	5922
	21st to end	Day	2 5% 1 5% 3 2 2 2 3 7% 67%	6902
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 9% 56%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 1 4 3 2 3 3 5% 8% 65%	2800
	21st to end	Day	2 3 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 7% 66%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 6% 70%	6277
	11th to 20th	Day	1 4 3 7% 3 3 3 2 3 7% 64%	5880
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 6% 3 3 2 2 4 8% 63%	6402
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 3 1 5% 3 4 4 3 6% 9% 60%	4144
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 8% 70%	3783
	21st to end	Day	1 4 2 5% 3 2 3 2 4 7% 68%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 73%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	3 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 9% 61%	2280
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 5% 74%	2023
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 7% 71%	3180
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 5% 3 3 3 3 3 6% 67%	3161
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 3 3 3 4 2 5% 8% 63%	3448
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 1 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 56%	1934
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 4 3 4 4 4 6% 7% 54%	1800
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 5% 7% 56%	1690
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 1 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 9% 55%	2620
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 7% 1 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 39%	3028
	21st to end	Day	26% 8% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 34%	4004
January	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 1 4 3 2 3 3 5% 7% 57%	6016
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 2 4 3 4 3 3 4 5% 53%	5880
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 46%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 49%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 7% 47%	2413
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 2 4 3 3 2 3 6% 7% 52%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 6% 6% 36%	5031
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 2 6% 3 3 3 2 4 7% 49%	5000
	21st to end	Night	17% 10% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 42%	5388
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 1 6% 4 3 4 4 6% 7% 49%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 5% 51%	1979
	21st to end	Night	5% 6% 2 4 3 4 3 4 4 9% 56%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	2 6% 2 5% 3 2 3 1 3 5% 68%	4478
	11th to 20th	Night	1 12% 4 12% 5% 5% 4 3 4 6% 45%	3984
	21st to end	Night	2 5% 2 8% 5% 4 3 2 4 6% 59%	3972
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 5% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 4 8% 55%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	1 5% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 59%	1600
	21st to end	Night	2 4 3 8% 4 3 3 3 4 7% 59%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 11% 5% 3 2 2 3 4 60%	3678
	11th to 20th	Night	1 9% 5% 17% 5% 3 2 2 4 5% 47%	4100
	21st to end	Night	1 14% 5% 11% 6% 3 4 3 5% 8% 41%	4472
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 7% 3 9% 6% 5% 4 3 5% 8% 49%	2884
	11th to 20th	Night	1 4 2 11% 6% 6% 3 2 4 7% 55%	3062
	21st to end	Night	1 6% 4 11% 4 3 2 2 3 4 60%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 7% 66%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 3 6% 4 4 3 2 4 6% 59%	1900
	21st to end	Night	2 5% 1 3 3 2 2 2 3 6% 70%	2151
October	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 4 3 2 2 2 3 6% 71%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 3 8% 4 3 3 2 4 6% 59%	3777
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 4 3 2 2 2 4 6% 65%	4121
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 4 3 3 2 3 5% 6% 59%	2363
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 4 5% 9% 53%	2600
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 4 5% 57%	2708
December	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 60%	4560
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 7% 8% 36%	5176
	21st to end	Night	26% 7% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 35%	6952

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	30% 5% 18% 25% 17% 5%	3939
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 6% 8% 15% 18% 20%	4100
	21st to end	Day	42% 5% 6% 15% 19% 14%	4510
February	1st to 10th	Day	39% 4 6% 20% 20% 10%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 6% 10% 20% 19% 8%	1882
	21st to end	Day	37% 6% 8% 24% 18% 7%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	43% 10% 7% 18% 20% 2	4860
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 4 15% 29% 11% 8%	5000
	21st to end	Day	41% 10% 16% 21% 12% 2	5573
April	1st to 10th	Day	33% 6% 13% 24% 20% 5%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 6% 14% 27% 19% 6%	2372
	21st to end	Day	28% 6% 14% 28% 20% 4	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	17% 2 8% 31% 30% 12%	5515
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 5% 8% 34% 27% 6%	5925
	21st to end	Day	20% 4 9% 32% 33% 2	6904
June	1st to 10th	Day	25% 7% 10% 27% 24% 6%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 3 9% 24% 32% 13%	2800
	21st to end	Day	22% 2 4 17% 31% 24%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	19% 1 1 8% 21% 50%	6209
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 1 2 6% 19% 47%	5811
	21st to end	Day	24% 1 2 20% 30% 24%	6217
August	1st to 10th	Day	24% 1 2 13% 32% 29%	4129
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 1 1 12% 50% 18%	3820
	21st to end	Day	20% 1 3 12% 38% 26%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	17% 1 2 11% 32% 37%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 3 6% 24% 29% 14%	2280
	21st to end	Day	15% 2 5% 22% 37% 19%	2023
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 5% 13% 30% 36%	3180
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 2 6% 26% 27% 18%	3161
	21st to end	Day	21% 2 6% 23% 31% 16%	3448
November	1st to 10th	Day	26% 6% 7% 25% 25% 11%	1934
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 5% 11% 22% 24% 9%	1800
	21st to end	Day	28% 4 10% 18% 29% 11%	1690
December	1st to 10th	Day	28% 3 6% 22% 33% 8%	2620
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 4 10% 19% 15% 8%	3028
	21st to end	Day	50% 4 11% 20% 11% 3	4004
January	1st to 10th	Night	28% 4 19% 27% 16% 5%	6016
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 5% 10% 16% 21% 14%	5880
	21st to end	Night	40% 4 8% 13% 18% 16%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Night	40% 3 7% 17% 20% 13%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 4 11% 19% 21% 8%	2415
	21st to end	Night	31% 4 11% 29% 18% 7%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	47% 7% 9% 16% 19% 3	5031
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 5% 11% 24% 17% 8%	5000
	21st to end	Night	42% 7% 12% 24% 13% 2	5388
April	1st to 10th	Night	32% 5% 13% 24% 20% 6%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 6% 10% 28% 16% 7%	1979
	21st to end	Night	26% 6% 11% 32% 19% 6%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	23% 2 8% 28% 29% 11%	4475
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 9% 8% 21% 20% 7%	3985
	21st to end	Night	24% 7% 9% 22% 36% 2	3972
June	1st to 10th	Night	28% 7% 9% 24% 24% 8%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 4 7% 16% 30% 18%	1600
	21st to end	Night	25% 5% 3 13% 28% 26%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	31% 1 6% 16% 46%	3638
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 1 2 5% 14% 35%	4046
	21st to end	Night	44% 2 2 11% 21% 21%	4345
August	1st to 10th	Night	35% 2 2 10% 27% 24%	2875
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 2 1 7% 36% 21%	3091
	21st to end	Night	31% 2 4 10% 36% 18%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	20% 2 3 9% 32% 34%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 3 4 21% 30% 14%	1900
	21st to end	Night	20% 2 3 19% 34% 21%	2151
October	1st to 10th	Night	18% 1 4 11% 25% 41%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 2 4 23% 22% 20%	3777
	21st to end	Night	24% 2 5% 22% 29% 19%	4121
November	1st to 10th	Night	27% 4 8% 24% 24% 14%	2363
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 4 11% 23% 24% 9%	2600
	21st to end	Night	30% 3 8% 20% 24% 15%	2708
December	1st to 10th	Night	27% 2 6% 24% 27% 13%	4560
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 4 11% 16% 18% 6%	5176
	21st to end	Night	52% 5% 11% 18% 10% 4	6952

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	25% 7% 15% 29% 18% 5%	331
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 4 21% 28% 26% 5%	400
	21st to end	Day	15% 3 21% 31% 23% 7%	440
February	1st to 10th	Day	23% 7% 22% 20% 19% 9%	400
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 13% 23% 30% 16% 4	455
	21st to end	Day	12% 9% 25% 33% 18% 3	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	24% 10% 22% 27% 14% 2	500
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 8% 20% 26% 18% 6%	500
	21st to end	Day	16% 11% 27% 28% 15% 3	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 10% 25% 30% 16% 5%	500
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 12% 25% 32% 14% 6%	492
	21st to end	Day	6% 9% 26% 31% 21% 7%	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 8% 25% 35% 17% 6%	503
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 8% 25% 30% 23% 6%	528
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 20% 33% 23% 7%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 20% 37% 25% 8%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 24% 40% 24% 4	530
	21st to end	Day	2 2 18% 40% 29% 9%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 13% 39% 33% 10%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 6% 41% 37% 12%	524
	21st to end	Day	3 9% 40% 36% 12%	575
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 13% 41% 34% 7%	504
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 13% 42% 33% 10%	477
	21st to end	Day	4 1 9% 36% 37% 13%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 11% 37% 33% 15%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 18% 36% 27% 11%	490
	21st to end	Day	3 4 12% 31% 38% 11%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 17% 31% 31% 14%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 18% 27% 31% 14%	490
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 17% 27% 30% 13%	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 17% 25% 30% 14%	470
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 17% 33% 26% 10%	300
	21st to end	Day	11% 2 18% 33% 28% 7%	245
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 8% 15% 25% 28% 10%	200
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 17% 24% 25% 11%	200
	21st to end	Day	22% 6% 23% 23% 20% 6%	220
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 4 11% 36% 25% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 2 12% 36% 27% 7%	800
	21st to end	Night	17% 3 9% 37% 29% 4	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 6% 12% 31% 24% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 4 15% 35% 23% 6%	784
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 14% 40% 24% 3	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 13% 35% 24% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 4 14% 32% 26% 6%	800
	21st to end	Night	17% 4 16% 36% 25% 3	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 4 14% 38% 27% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 13% 36% 26% 6%	791
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 18% 33% 28% 9%	800
May	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 14% 37% 31% 8%	770
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 8% 35% 38% 11%	554
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 11% 33% 36% 7%	433
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 7% 39% 38% 10%	400
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 9% 40% 42% 5%	400
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 34% 47% 11%	400
July	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 23% 60% 13%	402
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 18% 53% 23%	582
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 19% 53% 19%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 2 26% 48% 14%	579
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 3 31% 47% 14%	712
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 2 24% 48% 20%	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 25% 51% 18%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 5% 30% 44% 14%	760
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 6% 24% 46% 16%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 6% 33% 38% 15%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 2 6% 29% 42% 14%	760
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 8% 32% 34% 17%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 1 11% 30% 37% 12%	780
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 1 8% 37% 35% 6%	800
	21st to end	Night	11% 3 11% 40% 29% 7%	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	17% 2 10% 36% 27% 7%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 3 12% 37% 23% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	21% 5% 15% 38% 18% 4	880

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