SkyStar Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the SkyStar Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-08-30.

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	5% 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 5% 70%	152320
	Night	6% 6% 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 65%	147648
Transparency	Day	17% 3 5% 15% 27% 32%	147416
	Night	22% 4 5% 14% 23% 32%	143530
Seeing	Day	8% 11% 29% 33% 13% 5%	18214
	Night	8% 5% 14% 33% 32% 8%	28545

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	11% 6% 2 4 3 2 2 2 3 4 61%	5318
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 3 1 2 2 2 3 6% 72%	5618
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 48%	6500
February	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 1 4 3 3 4 2 5% 5% 58%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 51%	2050
	21st to end	Day	12% 9% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 49%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	16% 9% 2 4 3 3 4 4 7% 8% 41%	4618
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 53%	4919
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 54%	5831
April	1st to 10th	Day	8% 7% 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 56%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 5% 64%	2489
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 1 2 2 2 3 3 5% 8% 63%	2520
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 72%	7455
	11th to 20th	Day	1 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 76%	7596
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 6% 73%	8370
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 5% 74%	2730
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 4 82%	2730
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 3 83%	2730
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 89%	7649
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 4 6% 78%	7650
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 84%	8023
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 5% 85%	5466
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 88%	5484
	21st to end	Day	2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 80%	6093
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 76%	2365
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 84%	2200
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 78%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 80%	3600
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 4 80%	3579
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 6% 71%	3405
November	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 6% 69%	1854
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 5% 65%	1890
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 2 3 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 58%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 5% 7% 68%	3040
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 1 4 4 4 5% 3 6% 7% 53%	3499
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 1 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 44%	4609
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 2 4 2 3 3 2 3 5% 56%	7605
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 6% 69%	7382
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 4 6% 47%	7747
February	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 2 5% 2 2 3 3 4 4 57%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 10% 2 3 4 3 4 2 3 5% 51%	2458
	21st to end	Night	10% 10% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 7% 51%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	17% 19% 2 5% 3 2 2 2 4 6% 38%	5496
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 15% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 47%	5301
	21st to end	Night	10% 16% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 45%	5369
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 10% 1 5% 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 53%	2100
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 58%	2079
	21st to end	Night	9% 9% 2 4 2 3 3 2 3 7% 56%	2100
May	1st to 10th	Night	9% 8% 1 4 2 2 2 1 2 4 66%	5487
	11th to 20th	Night	3 9% 3 5% 2 2 2 2 3 5% 63%	5296
	21st to end	Night	4 11% 2 5% 3 2 3 2 3 4 61%	5837
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 2 4 2 3 2 2 4 7% 66%	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 1 1 3 2 2 1 2 6% 77%	1890
	21st to end	Night	1 3 2 1 2 2 1 3 4 81%	1890
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 90%	5340
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 2 2 4 6% 82%	5340
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 85%	6096
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 3 5% 87%	4586
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 3 89%	4606
	21st to end	Night	2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 84%	5105
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 5% 77%	2033
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 1 3 1 2 1 1 2 3 79%	2200
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 78%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 79%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 1 3 1 1 2 1 2 4 74%	3579
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 5% 71%	4393
November	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 70%	2665
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 6% 2 3 2 2 3 2 4 5% 65%	2730
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 2 4 3 3 4 4 4 6% 55%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 4 68%	4370
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 2 4 3 3 5% 4 7% 7% 50%	4941
	21st to end	Night	9% 8% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 10% 48%	6611

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	27% 5% 4 12% 24% 28%	5321
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 3 4 13% 20% 45%	5618
	21st to end	Day	33% 5% 5% 9% 22% 27%	6500
February	1st to 10th	Day	29% 4 5% 13% 21% 29%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 4 6% 14% 24% 20%	2060
	21st to end	Day	36% 4 5% 12% 22% 21%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	35% 6% 6% 17% 18% 17%	4618
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 7% 10% 20% 23% 14%	4919
	21st to end	Day	27% 6% 8% 27% 21% 11%	5831
April	1st to 10th	Day	28% 4 7% 21% 25% 15%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 4 6% 19% 29% 21%	2492
	21st to end	Day	19% 4 6% 23% 33% 14%	2520
May	1st to 10th	Day	18% 3 4 19% 34% 22%	7455
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 4 20% 39% 24%	7599
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 4 21% 42% 20%	8371
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 2 5% 21% 33% 26%	2730
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 3 12% 25% 50%	2730
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 2 7% 23% 58%	2730
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 1 2 5% 16% 71%	7586
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 5% 14% 39% 30%	7581
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 4 20% 30% 37%	7845
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 6% 16% 39% 29%	4010
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 4 13% 25% 48%	4000
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 3 8% 24% 56%	4420
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 5% 10% 30% 39%	2365
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 1 2 8% 34% 47%	2200
	21st to end	Day	12% 3 4 10% 29% 43%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 2 3 9% 17% 57%	3600
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 2 2 12% 29% 44%	3579
	21st to end	Day	14% 2 3 10% 29% 43%	3405
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 2 4 13% 24% 39%	1854
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 3 6% 9% 24% 37%	1890
	21st to end	Day	26% 4 5% 12% 21% 32%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	17% 3 4 10% 25% 41%	3040
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 5% 7% 14% 24% 22%	3498
	21st to end	Day	34% 6% 6% 21% 22% 10%	4609
January	1st to 10th	Night	31% 4 4 11% 23% 27%	7605
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 4 5% 13% 17% 45%	7382
	21st to end	Night	38% 4 5% 8% 18% 27%	7747
February	1st to 10th	Night	29% 4 4 12% 21% 29%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 5% 4 10% 21% 23%	2459
	21st to end	Night	34% 4 4 12% 21% 25%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	44% 8% 6% 11% 15% 16%	5496
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 6% 7% 18% 22% 11%	5301
	21st to end	Night	36% 8% 7% 14% 20% 14%	5369
April	1st to 10th	Night	31% 5% 7% 17% 22% 18%	2100
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 3 8% 18% 23% 22%	2079
	21st to end	Night	28% 3 6% 22% 23% 17%	2100
May	1st to 10th	Night	22% 4 5% 18% 32% 19%	5485
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 6% 5% 22% 28% 20%	5297
	21st to end	Night	20% 5% 5% 21% 27% 21%	5838
June	1st to 10th	Night	15% 4 8% 19% 26% 28%	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 2 3 15% 22% 48%	1890
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 3 8% 22% 55%	1890
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 2 7% 17% 70%	5295
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 5% 18% 40% 29%	5286
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 3 22% 32% 34%	5963
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 5% 19% 39% 30%	3356
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 3 18% 22% 49%	3356
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 2 9% 20% 62%	3698
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 4 15% 26% 42%	2033
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 2 4 9% 28% 46%	2200
	21st to end	Night	12% 3 4 10% 30% 41%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 2 3 9% 16% 57%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 3 3 11% 25% 43%	3579
	21st to end	Night	17% 3 4 9% 24% 44%	4393
November	1st to 10th	Night	19% 3 4 11% 24% 39%	2665
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 3 4 11% 20% 39%	2730
	21st to end	Night	29% 5% 6% 12% 17% 31%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 3 4 10% 23% 40%	4370
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 5% 6% 13% 18% 28%	4941
	21st to end	Night	30% 6% 6% 22% 24% 11%	6611

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	23% 14% 23% 28% 10% 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 13% 28% 37% 8% 1	426
	21st to end	Day	15% 18% 33% 24% 7% 2	594
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 16% 34% 24% 8% 2	540
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 18% 32% 24% 7%	535
	21st to end	Day	16% 22% 33% 21% 7%	446
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 20% 36% 19% 5% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 17% 32% 25% 8% 3	540
	21st to end	Day	13% 22% 34% 23% 8% 1	594
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 19% 30% 26% 10% 3	540
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 21% 37% 19% 9% 3	532
	21st to end	Day	10% 19% 31% 24% 11% 5%	540
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 15% 34% 23% 11% 3	543
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 14% 36% 29% 10% 4	568
	21st to end	Day	8% 14% 33% 29% 12% 5%	617
June	1st to 10th	Day	2 8% 32% 36% 16% 6%	570
	11th to 20th	Day	2 7% 35% 34% 17% 6%	570
	21st to end	Day	1 5% 33% 34% 20% 7%	570
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 20% 47% 17% 12%	566
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 17% 46% 19% 15%	564
	21st to end	Day	2 1 13% 51% 19% 15%	619
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 21% 44% 18% 14%	567
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 20% 44% 18% 15%	557
	21st to end	Day	1 2 22% 47% 16% 12%	620
September	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 27% 45% 15% 8%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	4 5% 34% 36% 15% 5%	530
	21st to end	Day	4 11% 30% 35% 15% 6%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 10% 33% 34% 16% 3	530
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 12% 34% 34% 13% 2	530
	21st to end	Day	5% 10% 29% 37% 16% 3	463
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 11% 23% 39% 16% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 10% 30% 34% 15% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	11% 15% 33% 28% 12% 2	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 14% 31% 31% 16%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 10% 31% 35% 17% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	20% 18% 25% 26% 9% 2	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	12% 8% 22% 31% 20% 7%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 7% 23% 36% 20% 6%	840
	21st to end	Night	15% 9% 21% 34% 18% 2	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 22% 31% 21% 5%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 8% 19% 33% 19% 5%	824
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 22% 35% 17% 2	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	17% 9% 24% 32% 17% 2	840
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 16% 36% 22% 6%	840
	21st to end	Night	11% 8% 16% 38% 22% 4	924
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 19% 35% 23% 4	840
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 17% 37% 23% 5%	831
	21st to end	Night	10% 7% 17% 32% 28% 7%	840
May	1st to 10th	Night	8% 7% 17% 35% 29% 4	692
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 16% 35% 30% 7%	621
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 18% 35% 29% 4	683
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 14% 40% 34% 7%	630
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 9% 43% 40% 4	630
	21st to end	Night	2 1 7% 37% 46% 6%	630
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 28% 58% 10%	615
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 24% 62% 12%	612
	21st to end	Night	2 1 2 20% 59% 17%	789
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 23% 55% 19%	836
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 17% 57% 22%	832
	21st to end	Night	2 2 18% 56% 22%	916
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 5% 23% 57% 14%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 7% 32% 47% 10%	800
	21st to end	Night	4 2 10% 35% 37% 13%	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 9% 41% 35% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 14% 39% 28% 9%	800
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 15% 37% 26% 13%	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 14% 41% 26% 8%	820
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 18% 37% 24% 10%	840
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 19% 35% 21% 7%	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 21% 34% 22% 6%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 22% 35% 19% 4	840
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 21% 32% 18% 6%	924

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