Strawberry Point Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Strawberry Point Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-07-31.

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	3 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 60%	147306
	Night	2 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 65%	143311
Transparency	Day	22% 5% 7% 18% 28% 21%	142104
	Night	20% 4 7% 19% 29% 21%	139516
Seeing	Day	9% 19% 31% 25% 12% 4	17253
	Night	6% 13% 25% 31% 21% 5%	27397

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	1 8% 4 6% 4 3 4 3 4 7% 54%	5318
	11th to 20th	Day	1 4 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 6% 77%	5340
	21st to end	Day	2 10% 4 7% 3 2 3 2 3 5% 58%	5844
February	1st to 10th	Day	1 10% 3 4 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 57%	1911
	11th to 20th	Day	4 9% 3 5% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 54%	2050
	21st to end	Day	3 8% 3 7% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 56%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	1 8% 5% 8% 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 53%	4901
	11th to 20th	Day	2 12% 3 7% 4 5% 4 3 6% 7% 46%	5110
	21st to end	Day	1 8% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 48%	5607
April	1st to 10th	Day	2 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 6% 57%	2310
	11th to 20th	Day	2 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 6% 8% 58%	2577
	21st to end	Day	3 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 58%	2730
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 55%	7626
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 59%	7596
	21st to end	Day	2 4 1 5% 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 61%	8370
June	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 6% 7% 67%	2730
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 5% 73%	2730
	21st to end	Day	1 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 6% 70%	2730
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 3 76%	6009
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 53%	6010
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 4 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 60%	6532
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 56%	5779
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 4 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 67%	5798
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 49%	6209
September	1st to 10th	Day	4 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 54%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 4 3 4 3 2 4 5% 67%	2200
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 4 3 2 4 3 4 5% 66%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 4 71%	3549
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 67%	3250
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 4 3 2 2 2 3 4 75%	3548
November	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 2 3 2 2 3 2 5% 6% 68%	1884
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 6% 68%	1890
	21st to end	Day	3 6% 2 4 3 2 2 3 5% 8% 60%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	1 5% 1 4 2 2 3 4 5% 6% 66%	3040
	11th to 20th	Day	4 7% 2 4 3 3 4 3 6% 7% 56%	3499
	21st to end	Day	3 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 54%	4609
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 10% 3 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 57%	7605
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 5% 75%	7650
	21st to end	Night	2 7% 3 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 61%	8370
February	1st to 10th	Night	2 8% 3 4 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 58%	2704
	11th to 20th	Night	3 10% 2 4 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 56%	2458
	21st to end	Night	2 9% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 7% 56%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	2 14% 3 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 5% 52%	5211
	11th to 20th	Night	2 10% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 8% 47%	5110
	21st to end	Night	2 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 59%	5610
April	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 2 5% 3 4 3 4 5% 6% 63%	2310
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 64%	1984
	21st to end	Night	3 4 1 4 2 2 3 4 6% 8% 63%	1890
May	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 64%	5321
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 1 4 2 3 3 3 4 5% 71%	5296
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 7% 72%	5837
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 8% 69%	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 4 6% 75%	1890
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 5% 76%	1890
July	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 80%	4190
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 4 3 4 5% 4 6% 8% 60%	4190
	21st to end	Night	1 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 65%	4562
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 3 3 4 5% 4 6% 8% 63%	4033
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 3 4 3 5% 6% 72%	4051
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 6% 7% 61%	4771
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 6% 6% 63%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 5% 73%	2200
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 76%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 76%	3649
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 66%	3898
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 3 3 2 3 2 4 5% 72%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 2 3 3 2 3 2 4 6% 69%	2631
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 1 3 2 3 4 3 5% 6% 68%	2730
	21st to end	Night	3 6% 2 4 2 3 3 3 5% 7% 65%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 2 3 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 67%	4370
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 1 3 2 3 3 4 7% 9% 59%	4941
	21st to end	Night	3 6% 3 5% 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 57%	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	29% 6% 12% 23% 23% 6%	5321
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 3 9% 19% 26% 32%	5340
	21st to end	Day	30% 4 5% 22% 25% 15%	5844
February	1st to 10th	Day	27% 4 12% 21% 26% 9%	1911
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 4 9% 21% 25% 11%	2060
	21st to end	Day	28% 4 10% 20% 27% 10%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	31% 5% 6% 19% 28% 12%	4901
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 7% 9% 23% 22% 7%	5110
	21st to end	Day	28% 7% 13% 25% 23% 5%	5607
April	1st to 10th	Day	25% 5% 8% 23% 26% 13%	2310
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 4 8% 23% 30% 13%	2580
	21st to end	Day	23% 5% 7% 22% 34% 9%	2730
May	1st to 10th	Day	26% 6% 5% 16% 35% 12%	7626
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 6% 15% 41% 15%	7599
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 4 16% 42% 14%	8371
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 3 7% 16% 36% 25%	2730
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 3 4 8% 28% 43%	2730
	21st to end	Day	13% 3 3 9% 25% 46%	2730
July	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 3 7% 13% 62%	5946
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 6% 7% 11% 24% 30%	5941
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 8% 15% 16% 35%	6348
August	1st to 10th	Day	26% 8% 11% 22% 15% 18%	4208
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 5% 11% 15% 23% 27%	4197
	21st to end	Day	23% 5% 6% 14% 25% 27%	4476
September	1st to 10th	Day	25% 6% 8% 13% 21% 27%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 3 6% 17% 26% 30%	2200
	21st to end	Day	18% 5% 5% 13% 33% 26%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 4 11% 34% 33%	3549
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 4 4 21% 35% 20%	3250
	21st to end	Day	16% 2 4 20% 39% 19%	3548
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 3 6% 24% 35% 15%	1884
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 4 7% 23% 34% 14%	1890
	21st to end	Day	22% 4 8% 20% 31% 15%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	18% 4 6% 23% 28% 21%	3040
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 5% 8% 21% 31% 9%	3498
	21st to end	Day	25% 6% 13% 22% 26% 8%	4609
January	1st to 10th	Night	29% 4 9% 26% 23% 9%	7605
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 7% 21% 26% 28%	7650
	21st to end	Night	25% 4 5% 20% 28% 18%	8370
February	1st to 10th	Night	26% 4 10% 23% 24% 12%	2704
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 4 8% 18% 26% 16%	2459
	21st to end	Night	28% 5% 9% 18% 29% 11%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	29% 6% 7% 17% 26% 15%	5211
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 6% 10% 26% 21% 6%	5110
	21st to end	Night	21% 6% 10% 26% 32% 5%	5610
April	1st to 10th	Night	21% 5% 7% 25% 29% 14%	2310
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 4 8% 24% 32% 14%	1984
	21st to end	Night	18% 4 7% 22% 38% 10%	1890
May	1st to 10th	Night	20% 5% 5% 19% 35% 16%	5319
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 4 3 14% 45% 18%	5297
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 4 20% 46% 14%	5838
June	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 6% 13% 38% 28%	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 5% 9% 26% 47%	1890
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 3 8% 25% 50%	1890
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 3 6% 15% 63%	4145
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 5% 5% 12% 23% 34%	4136
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 10% 17% 18% 34%	4434
August	1st to 10th	Night	23% 5% 12% 23% 16% 21%	2928
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 13% 14% 23% 31%	2928
	21st to end	Night	15% 4 7% 13% 25% 36%	3430
September	1st to 10th	Night	19% 5% 8% 16% 23% 30%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 6% 15% 25% 35%	2200
	21st to end	Night	14% 3 5% 14% 33% 30%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 3 4 11% 28% 41%	3649
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 4 4 18% 35% 20%	3898
	21st to end	Night	15% 3 4 15% 41% 21%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 9% 22% 33% 16%	2631
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 3 9% 22% 36% 15%	2730
	21st to end	Night	20% 3 7% 17% 34% 18%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 3 6% 19% 30% 23%	4370
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 5% 8% 27% 32% 8%	4941
	21st to end	Night	25% 6% 11% 22% 27% 9%	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	15% 27% 31% 18% 8% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 26% 28% 21% 9% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	9% 24% 28% 26% 11% 2	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	13% 30% 28% 19% 8% 3	351
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 27% 34% 16% 5% 1	535
	21st to end	Day	13% 32% 32% 20% 4 1	446
March	1st to 10th	Day	17% 29% 28% 16% 9% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 25% 34% 18% 8% 1	540
	21st to end	Day	14% 32% 34% 14% 5% 1	594
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 26% 36% 18% 9% 2	540
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 30% 32% 16% 5% 1	532
	21st to end	Day	12% 29% 29% 19% 8% 2	540
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 24% 34% 18% 8% 1	543
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 21% 32% 25% 9% 4	568
	21st to end	Day	10% 22% 31% 23% 11% 3	617
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 14% 37% 29% 13% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 15% 43% 24% 10% 3	570
	21st to end	Day	6% 13% 38% 30% 11% 3	570
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 8% 32% 39% 15% 4	566
	11th to 20th	Day	4 5% 24% 37% 22% 8%	564
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 21% 39% 23% 7%	616
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 6% 30% 35% 17% 6%	527
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 7% 29% 35% 17% 7%	517
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 30% 33% 19% 8%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	4 10% 25% 31% 21% 9%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 17% 32% 26% 16% 5%	530
	21st to end	Day	5% 15% 28% 30% 17% 5%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 22% 27% 23% 15% 6%	505
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 17% 24% 25% 17% 5%	330
	21st to end	Day	10% 21% 27% 25% 15% 2	363
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 24% 25% 25% 15% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 19% 33% 22% 13% 4	330
	21st to end	Day	9% 22% 24% 25% 16% 3	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	6% 21% 33% 22% 16% 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 23% 30% 23% 13% 5%	330
	21st to end	Day	17% 26% 32% 18% 7% 1	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	10% 18% 26% 24% 16% 7%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 17% 28% 28% 16% 4	840
	21st to end	Night	8% 15% 31% 28% 15% 4	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	9% 17% 32% 25% 14% 3	840
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 17% 36% 25% 10% 3	824
	21st to end	Night	9% 20% 29% 29% 11% 3	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	10% 20% 30% 27% 12% 1	840
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 17% 27% 27% 19% 2	840
	21st to end	Night	6% 21% 32% 28% 10% 2	924
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 23% 29% 25% 15% 2	840
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 23% 33% 24% 11% 3	700
	21st to end	Night	6% 23% 31% 25% 13% 3	630
May	1st to 10th	Night	7% 13% 37% 29% 12% 2	630
	11th to 20th	Night	4 14% 27% 31% 21% 3	621
	21st to end	Night	5% 15% 28% 31% 20% 2	683
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 9% 24% 42% 21% 2	630
	11th to 20th	Night	2 10% 30% 37% 18% 3	630
	21st to end	Night	2 6% 25% 41% 23% 3	630
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 18% 39% 35% 5%	615
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 11% 37% 40% 7%	612
	21st to end	Night	3 1 8% 37% 45% 7%	687
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 14% 39% 37% 6%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 9% 40% 41% 6%	594
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 11% 35% 38% 10%	750
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 11% 32% 39% 9%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 6% 17% 36% 30% 8%	800
	21st to end	Night	4 8% 17% 32% 30% 9%	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 10% 24% 32% 23% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 11% 23% 31% 22% 8%	800
	21st to end	Night	4 18% 19% 29% 23% 7%	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	5% 12% 26% 30% 20% 7%	820
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 13% 28% 30% 19% 6%	840
	21st to end	Night	8% 14% 25% 27% 21% 5%	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 14% 26% 30% 19% 4	840
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 15% 28% 30% 17% 2	840
	21st to end	Night	10% 21% 29% 26% 12% 2	924

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