Tanager Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Tanager 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	3 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 65%	123402
	Night	4 4 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 61%	124312
Transparency	Day	17% 4 10% 20% 28% 21%	123166
	Night	21% 4 9% 19% 27% 19%	124135
Seeing	Day	6% 6% 18% 31% 27% 13%	15844
	Night	6% 4 23% 44% 21% 2	26046

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	2 6% 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 63%	4098
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 5% 6% 71%	4100
	21st to end	Day	3 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 4 6% 61%	4510
February	1st to 10th	Day	3 6% 2 3 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 64%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	4 5% 1 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 61%	1936
	21st to end	Day	3 3 2 5% 3 2 3 2 5% 6% 66%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 68%	4882
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 2 4 3 4 4 4 5% 7% 58%	5000
	21st to end	Day	3 4 1 4 3 3 4 3 6% 7% 62%	5573
April	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 7% 68%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 65%	2371
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 7% 70%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 3 2 3 4 3 5% 8% 67%	5440
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 67%	5653
	21st to end	Day	1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 7% 77%	6732
June	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 2 4 3 6% 9% 64%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 6% 74%	2800
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 3 3 4 3 3 6% 9% 60%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 7% 9% 61%	4192
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 3 3 3 4 5% 9% 12% 58%	4110
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 4 4 5% 6% 6% 10% 13% 46%	4454
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 4 5% 5% 9% 12% 53%	4038
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 7% 11% 62%	3726
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 5% 4 5% 6% 5% 9% 11% 48%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 57%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 3 3 4 5% 4 6% 7% 61%	2280
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 72%	2037
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 5% 76%	3170
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 69%	3150
	21st to end	Day	2 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 5% 80%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 6% 74%	1959
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 5% 74%	1830
	21st to end	Day	4 4 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 68%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 78%	2627
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 7% 68%	3026
	21st to end	Day	3 4 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 7% 70%	4160
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 7% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 5% 59%	5867
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 5% 72%	5880
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 7% 58%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 1 3 3 2 3 2 5% 7% 67%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 60%	2349
	21st to end	Night	3 4 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 5% 69%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 66%	4992
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 4 6% 55%	5000
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 65%	5383
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 65%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 1 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 64%	1977
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 67%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 56%	4540
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 7% 62%	4258
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 3 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 67%	4161
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 57%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 67%	1600
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 9% 8% 49%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 55%	2869
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 6% 4 5% 6% 6% 10% 14% 39%	2860
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 2 7% 6% 7% 6% 6% 10% 12% 33%	3109
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 2 9% 7% 9% 7% 7% 10% 12% 32%	2898
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 6% 10% 11% 42%	3113
	21st to end	Night	3 4 2 7% 6% 7% 9% 7% 11% 11% 33%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 1 5% 4 4 6% 4 7% 10% 50%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 4 4 3 5% 3 5% 6% 59%	1900
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 6% 68%	2137
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 5% 73%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 60%	3778
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 5% 80%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 76%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 76%	2547
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 5% 66%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 6% 76%	4560
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 9% 68%	5181
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 4 3 3 3 2 3 5% 68%	6858

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	23% 3 8% 31% 31% 4	4099
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 3 12% 27% 27% 16%	4100
	21st to end	Day	24% 4 8% 19% 30% 14%	4510
February	1st to 10th	Day	21% 3 10% 25% 27% 13%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 5% 8% 24% 30% 12%	1946
	21st to end	Day	20% 3 7% 18% 31% 23%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	17% 2 7% 12% 34% 28%	4882
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 6% 8% 20% 25% 19%	5000
	21st to end	Day	20% 3 8% 19% 38% 14%	5573
April	1st to 10th	Day	16% 3 8% 14% 35% 23%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 3 7% 15% 29% 27%	2374
	21st to end	Day	14% 3 7% 16% 35% 24%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 4 10% 19% 29% 24%	5440
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 9% 13% 30% 30%	5656
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 7% 13% 20% 50%	6733
June	1st to 10th	Day	15% 4 10% 18% 26% 28%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 3 6% 10% 21% 48%	2800
	21st to end	Day	20% 4 10% 17% 21% 27%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	17% 6% 11% 14% 20% 32%	4128
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 18% 31% 23% 8%	4041
	21st to end	Day	23% 9% 17% 33% 17% 2	4314
August	1st to 10th	Day	19% 8% 19% 27% 18% 9%	4024
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 12% 23% 27% 17%	3762
	21st to end	Day	26% 8% 18% 22% 20% 6%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	24% 7% 9% 19% 26% 15%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 6% 11% 16% 26% 22%	2280
	21st to end	Day	15% 4 6% 20% 32% 24%	2037
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 3 5% 13% 30% 36%	3170
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 3 6% 15% 35% 26%	3150
	21st to end	Day	9% 2 5% 19% 40% 24%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 7% 20% 40% 17%	1959
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 4 7% 23% 40% 13%	1830
	21st to end	Day	22% 3 6% 22% 34% 14%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 5% 32% 34% 14%	2627
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 4 8% 35% 29% 5%	3024
	21st to end	Day	17% 2 11% 28% 32% 11%	4160
January	1st to 10th	Night	26% 3 9% 26% 29% 6%	5867
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 4 7% 26% 31% 15%	5880
	21st to end	Night	26% 4 8% 17% 30% 14%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Night	20% 2 10% 23% 31% 14%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 4 8% 21% 28% 14%	2349
	21st to end	Night	19% 3 5% 16% 33% 23%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 2 7% 11% 34% 25%	4992
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 4 8% 15% 28% 16%	5000
	21st to end	Night	18% 3 10% 16% 38% 15%	5383
April	1st to 10th	Night	19% 2 8% 13% 33% 25%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 3 6% 13% 26% 30%	1977
	21st to end	Night	18% 4 9% 13% 32% 24%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	25% 4 12% 15% 22% 22%	4537
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 5% 11% 10% 28% 27%	4259
	21st to end	Night	15% 3 8% 11% 13% 50%	4161
June	1st to 10th	Night	20% 7% 13% 15% 18% 27%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 3 7% 11% 19% 44%	1600
	21st to end	Night	28% 7% 13% 12% 15% 26%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	24% 8% 12% 15% 13% 28%	2824
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 9% 19% 27% 14% 5%	2806
	21st to end	Night	35% 12% 17% 27% 8% 2	3011
August	1st to 10th	Night	35% 11% 17% 19% 11% 7%	2889
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 9% 16% 15% 17% 15%	3143
	21st to end	Night	36% 12% 17% 18% 12% 5%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	28% 7% 13% 18% 20% 14%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 6% 11% 17% 20% 23%	1900
	21st to end	Night	18% 4 7% 15% 30% 26%	2137
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 3 6% 11% 29% 37%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 3 7% 11% 25% 30%	3778
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 3 20% 41% 24%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 4 19% 41% 19%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 3 6% 20% 40% 19%	2547
	21st to end	Night	23% 3 5% 18% 34% 17%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	13% 2 6% 33% 32% 14%	4560
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 3 7% 32% 34% 8%	5182
	21st to end	Night	20% 3 7% 30% 32% 8%	6858

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	7% 3 20% 46% 22% 2	300
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 23% 34% 21% 6%	300
	21st to end	Day	2 5% 22% 42% 21% 8%	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	5% 6% 27% 38% 22% 2	300
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 8% 23% 44% 14% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	6% 8% 31% 40% 14% 1	249
March	1st to 10th	Day	7% 14% 28% 34% 13% 4	465
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 14% 26% 29% 18% 3	500
	21st to end	Day	10% 18% 30% 26% 15% 3	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 15% 26% 31% 14% 5%	500
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 16% 29% 31% 12% 3	492
	21st to end	Day	6% 12% 33% 28% 17% 4	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 12% 30% 28% 19% 6%	503
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 9% 27% 28% 21% 9%	528
	21st to end	Day	4 9% 24% 34% 23% 6%	700
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 5% 14% 33% 34% 11%	730
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 15% 34% 34% 11%	730
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 12% 33% 39% 9%	730
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 9% 28% 34% 25%	523
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 3 17% 33% 43%	484
	21st to end	Day	2 2 2 17% 34% 43%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 1 4 20% 39% 32%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 5% 21% 41% 28%	477
	21st to end	Day	4 1 6% 24% 36% 29%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 7% 24% 38% 23%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 12% 31% 33% 17%	490
	21st to end	Day	4 4 15% 20% 36% 21%	356
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 16% 23% 34% 19%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 14% 29% 31% 15%	300
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 11% 28% 36% 12%	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 18% 39% 22% 6%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 14% 37% 30% 12%	300
	21st to end	Day	8% 7% 20% 38% 19% 8%	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 19% 39% 25% 5%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	4 5% 21% 41% 22% 6%	300
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 21% 43% 16% 3	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 28% 48% 17% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 28% 47% 14% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 30% 44% 15% 1	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 29% 47% 12% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 7% 33% 45% 7%	784
	21st to end	Night	5% 6% 43% 42% 4	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 35% 43% 10%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 30% 44% 11% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	7% 8% 32% 45% 8%	838
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 8% 40% 40% 7% 1	600
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 11% 37% 38% 9%	593
	21st to end	Night	6% 11% 36% 40% 8% 1	600
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 6% 34% 46% 10%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 26% 41% 18% 1	591
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 32% 46% 13%	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 20% 54% 19% 1	600
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 22% 50% 21% 1	600
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 15% 45% 31% 1	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 8% 44% 39% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 5% 32% 54% 4	552
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 3 26% 56% 8%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 5% 26% 55% 9%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 5% 38% 47% 3	564
	21st to end	Night	4 3 4 33% 52% 4	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 6% 43% 41% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 9% 47% 33% 3	570
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 14% 45% 32% 1	674
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 16% 46% 26% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 18% 52% 21% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 22% 42% 25% 2	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 21% 52% 20% 1	780
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 22% 50% 20% 2	947
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 22% 41% 21% 2	1000
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 25% 50% 15% 1	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 25% 48% 15% 1	1000
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 29% 47% 11%	1049

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