Thompson's Yard
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Thompson's Yard 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	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 42%	125764
	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 44%	122310
Transparency	Day	37% 7% 12% 21% 17% 5%	129383
	Night	37% 6% 10% 20% 20% 6%	126760
Seeing	Day	17% 7% 22% 25% 19% 10%	16316
	Night	16% 6% 23% 33% 19% 2	26387

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover SE (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	16% 5% 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 5% 56%	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 3 2 3 3 3 5% 57%	4060
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 2 6% 3 4 3 2 3 4 48%	4466
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 4 3 6% 7% 43%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 43%	1847
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 41%	1728
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 40%	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 53%	4980
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 2 5% 4 4 3 2 4 6% 45%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 52%	2245
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 1 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 49%	2374
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 44%	2522
May	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 3 7% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 33%	5862
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 4 7% 9% 28%	5861
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 40%	6433
June	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 4 8% 11% 40%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 3 5% 5% 5% 6% 4 9% 11% 39%	2600
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 6% 5% 4 6% 6% 9% 11% 41%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 3 7% 6% 5% 5% 5% 8% 10% 38%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 2 8% 6% 6% 7% 6% 8% 13% 32%	5900
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 2 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 31%	6424
August	1st to 10th	Day	16% 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 26%	4156
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 2 7% 6% 5% 7% 5% 9% 11% 34%	4044
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 1 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 10% 52%	4212
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 8% 47%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 1 5% 3 4 4 4 7% 9% 41%	2090
	21st to end	Day	18% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 37%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 54%	1933
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 56%	1900
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 1 5% 3 3 3 3 3 6% 55%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 2 4 5% 54%	1957
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 53%	1865
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 1 4 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 49%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 1 4 3 3 4 2 4 5% 53%	2930
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 44%	3373
	21st to end	Day	21% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 41%	4466
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 57%	5889
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 3 2 2 2 3 4 57%	5900
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 48%	6490
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 44%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 44%	2434
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 44%	1900
March	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 45%	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 56%	4980
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 1 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 46%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 47%	2155
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 2 5% 8% 48%	1975
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 46%	1894
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 2 8% 5% 4 4 4 6% 9% 37%	4033
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 8% 3 8% 4 4 4 4 5% 9% 33%	4032
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 6% 9% 42%	4421
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 3 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 38%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 4 4 6% 4 7% 12% 40%	1800
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 6% 5% 6% 5% 9% 10% 42%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 3 8% 5% 6% 7% 5% 7% 9% 31%	4058
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 3 9% 7% 7% 6% 6% 8% 11% 26%	4057
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 3 8% 6% 5% 7% 6% 8% 10% 29%	4427
August	1st to 10th	Night	17% 9% 3 8% 5% 6% 6% 4 7% 10% 23%	2861
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 2 7% 5% 6% 6% 6% 8% 11% 33%	2785
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 6% 9% 51%	3409
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 3 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 44%	1975
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 3 8% 4 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 38%	2090
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 3 7% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 6% 36%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 4 5% 4 3 4 6% 48%	2247
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 55%	2280
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 2 2 4 5% 56%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 5% 53%	2341
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 52%	2532
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 1 4 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 51%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 52%	4250
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 9% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 4 4 40%	4822
	21st to end	Night	21% 4 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 45%	6490

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	33% 3 5% 22% 30% 7%	4057
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 3 4 18% 36% 8%	4060
	21st to end	Day	40% 4 6% 22% 23% 5%	4466
February	1st to 10th	Day	39% 5% 11% 21% 19% 4	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 5% 8% 21% 19% 5%	1856
	21st to end	Day	44% 5% 11% 15% 19% 7%	1728
March	1st to 10th	Day	43% 5% 6% 16% 18% 11%	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 5% 7% 19% 23% 16%	4980
	21st to end	Day	41% 4 7% 23% 19% 5%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	30% 5% 12% 22% 24% 6%	2245
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 6% 10% 21% 21% 8%	2374
	21st to end	Day	38% 7% 12% 24% 15% 3	2522
May	1st to 10th	Day	41% 10% 16% 20% 11% 2	5897
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 9% 11% 20% 8% 1	5865
	21st to end	Day	37% 9% 14% 21% 16% 3	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	35% 9% 17% 25% 13% 1	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 11% 18% 20% 14% 2	2600
	21st to end	Day	31% 12% 19% 23% 14% 1	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	38% 11% 15% 21% 13% 2	5835
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 14% 25% 18% 4 1	5831
	21st to end	Day	45% 12% 15% 21% 8%	6240
August	1st to 10th	Day	49% 10% 17% 19% 5%	4143
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 12% 19% 20% 9% 2	4083
	21st to end	Day	26% 8% 16% 34% 14% 2	4212
September	1st to 10th	Day	34% 9% 13% 22% 18% 4	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 9% 13% 19% 19% 3	2090
	21st to end	Day	46% 7% 9% 19% 17% 3	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	30% 4 7% 20% 27% 11%	3206
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 4 5% 22% 24% 24%	3140
	21st to end	Day	25% 4 8% 25% 22% 15%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	34% 4 8% 21% 26% 8%	1957
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 4 9% 23% 27% 7%	1865
	21st to end	Day	35% 5% 9% 22% 26% 4	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	34% 4 6% 20% 28% 7%	2930
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 4 10% 17% 22% 5%	3370
	21st to end	Day	40% 6% 11% 27% 16% 2	4466
January	1st to 10th	Night	30% 4 5% 19% 31% 10%	5889
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 4 6% 17% 34% 8%	5900
	21st to end	Night	38% 3 6% 21% 26% 5%	6490
February	1st to 10th	Night	41% 5% 10% 21% 19% 4	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 4 9% 17% 21% 7%	2436
	21st to end	Night	40% 5% 9% 18% 21% 7%	1900
March	1st to 10th	Night	41% 5% 6% 16% 23% 10%	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 4 6% 19% 25% 17%	4980
	21st to end	Night	37% 5% 7% 26% 21% 5%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	36% 5% 11% 20% 23% 5%	2155
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 5% 10% 21% 22% 8%	1975
	21st to end	Night	36% 7% 12% 24% 17% 4	1894
May	1st to 10th	Night	43% 8% 14% 21% 13% 1	4060
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 9% 13% 19% 12% 1	4033
	21st to end	Night	37% 8% 13% 26% 13% 3	4429
June	1st to 10th	Night	37% 11% 14% 23% 14% 2	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 11% 17% 22% 14% 1	1800
	21st to end	Night	34% 10% 19% 20% 13% 3	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	45% 12% 14% 17% 11% 1	4015
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 14% 21% 13% 3 1	4006
	21st to end	Night	45% 12% 15% 21% 6%	4297
August	1st to 10th	Night	53% 9% 18% 15% 5%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 13% 19% 19% 9% 1	2812
	21st to end	Night	29% 8% 12% 33% 15% 2	3409
September	1st to 10th	Night	34% 10% 14% 20% 16% 6%	1975
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 9% 10% 18% 19% 2	2090
	21st to end	Night	46% 9% 10% 16% 16% 4	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	37% 5% 8% 18% 24% 8%	3754
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 3 6% 24% 27% 18%	3779
	21st to end	Night	26% 2 6% 25% 26% 15%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	35% 5% 7% 20% 24% 9%	2341
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 4 7% 19% 26% 10%	2532
	21st to end	Night	32% 5% 7% 24% 26% 6%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	35% 4 6% 21% 30% 4	4250
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 4 7% 17% 16% 9%	4824
	21st to end	Night	37% 5% 14% 22% 20% 2	6490

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% 17% 33% 19% 7%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 16% 34% 18% 8%	300
	21st to end	Day	21% 13% 42% 20% 5%	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 15% 36% 21% 8% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 13% 34% 12% 4	300
	21st to end	Day	24% 16% 35% 20% 5%	327
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 12% 32% 25% 9% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 14% 38% 23% 6% 1	500
	21st to end	Day	24% 12% 32% 24% 7%	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	20% 14% 30% 24% 10% 3	500
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 12% 27% 25% 16% 3	492
	21st to end	Day	17% 9% 26% 27% 17% 4	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 11% 28% 28% 14% 5%	503
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 4 20% 28% 21% 11%	527
	21st to end	Day	18% 4 15% 25% 23% 15%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 17% 31% 25% 14%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 15% 25% 26% 20%	530
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 10% 31% 30% 17%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 7% 26% 34% 22%	525
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 8% 23% 33% 29%	524
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 7% 27% 31% 24%	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	14% 2 13% 23% 29% 19%	502
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 9% 27% 28% 24%	479
	21st to end	Day	11% 2 6% 23% 33% 25%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 2 10% 24% 29% 23%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 2 11% 19% 29% 20%	490
	21st to end	Day	23% 6% 16% 29% 21% 6%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	17% 5% 17% 29% 20% 13%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 23% 27% 24% 7%	490
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 21% 33% 19% 6%	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	20% 3 27% 30% 15% 5%	495
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 10% 32% 24% 14% 3	365
	21st to end	Day	14% 12% 33% 24% 13% 4	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	26% 9% 33% 24% 7% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 10% 29% 28% 13% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	25% 12% 27% 24% 10% 2	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	20% 10% 37% 28% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 10% 35% 31% 5%	800
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 41% 31% 2	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 10% 35% 33% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 13% 35% 25% 2	783
	21st to end	Night	18% 12% 36% 31% 3	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 11% 31% 34% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 11% 33% 29% 7% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	20% 8% 35% 32% 6%	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	18% 12% 32% 30% 9%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 9% 31% 31% 13%	791
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 28% 36% 13%	694
May	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 26% 39% 15% 1	600
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 4 21% 34% 22% 2	591
	21st to end	Night	16% 2 11% 36% 32% 3	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 12% 41% 31% 3	600
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 2 11% 33% 36% 6%	600
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 9% 34% 44% 3	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 6% 31% 43% 7%	585
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 4 29% 49% 8%	582
	21st to end	Night	10% 1 5% 33% 43% 8%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	15% 2 7% 30% 39% 8%	579
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 2 7% 33% 41% 6%	564
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 6% 30% 44% 8%	795
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 9% 32% 39% 8%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 3 9% 31% 35% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	21% 4 14% 32% 27% 2	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 16% 31% 28% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 22% 38% 18% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 22% 37% 18% 2	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	17% 5% 21% 38% 17% 1	780
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 27% 38% 12%	800
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 29% 35% 13% 1	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	23% 7% 32% 32% 7%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 5% 31% 35% 8%	800
	21st to end	Night	24% 6% 26% 36% 7%	880

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