Gates of Lodore
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Gates of Lodore 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 5% 4 6% 9% 54%	147319
	Night	3 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 8% 53%	143281
Transparency	Day	25% 7% 13% 24% 21% 11%	142142
	Night	26% 7% 14% 26% 20% 8%	139466
Seeing	Day	7% 14% 26% 32% 17% 4	17879
	Night	6% 7% 22% 44% 19% 2	27981

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 7% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 6% 8% 9% 41%	4977
	11th to 20th	Day	1 4 1 8% 3 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 55%	5340
	21st to end	Day	1 6% 2 10% 5% 5% 6% 4 5% 8% 48%	5844
February	1st to 10th	Day	1 7% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 45%	1890
	11th to 20th	Day	2 9% 3 8% 4 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 41%	1845
	21st to end	Day	1 6% 2 8% 5% 5% 6% 4 6% 9% 47%	1691
March	1st to 10th	Day	1 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 8% 48%	5064
	11th to 20th	Day	2 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 11% 44%	5110
	21st to end	Day	2 9% 3 8% 6% 5% 6% 6% 8% 10% 37%	5607
April	1st to 10th	Day	3 8% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 9% 47%	2484
	11th to 20th	Day	4 9% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 9% 44%	2491
	21st to end	Day	4 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 44%	2660
May	1st to 10th	Day	6% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 48%	7626
	11th to 20th	Day	4 5% 1 5% 4 5% 6% 5% 8% 9% 48%	7826
	21st to end	Day	4 4 1 4 3 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 54%	9026
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 4 3 4 5% 4 8% 9% 57%	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 62%	2940
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 65%	2940
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 70%	6479
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 3 3 4 6% 6% 9% 10% 55%	6159
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 65%	6532
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 4 5% 5% 8% 9% 58%	5779
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 6% 9% 65%	5798
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 5% 4 4 5% 4 7% 7% 56%	6080
September	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 65%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 3 3 4 4 4 6% 7% 64%	2302
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 5% 3 2 3 2 4 4 69%	2160
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 3 2 3 3 2 4 5% 71%	3270
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 1 3 2 3 4 3 6% 8% 60%	3250
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 62%	3548
November	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 6% 10% 56%	2003
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 1 4 3 3 5% 4 6% 9% 57%	1680
	21st to end	Day	2 6% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 5% 9% 52%	1680
December	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 2 4 3 4 4 3 4 8% 63%	2700
	11th to 20th	Day	1 5% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 8% 10% 51%	3106
	21st to end	Day	3 8% 4 9% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 38%	4092
January	1st to 10th	Night	1 6% 3 10% 6% 6% 6% 6% 9% 9% 38%	7988
	11th to 20th	Night	1 4 2 8% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 56%	7650
	21st to end	Night	1 6% 3 10% 6% 6% 6% 4 6% 7% 45%	8370
February	1st to 10th	Night	1 6% 3 6% 4 6% 6% 5% 7% 11% 46%	2730
	11th to 20th	Night	2 6% 3 7% 6% 5% 6% 4 7% 10% 43%	2662
	21st to end	Night	1 7% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 50%	2108
March	1st to 10th	Night	2 8% 4 8% 4 4 5% 4 7% 8% 47%	5050
	11th to 20th	Night	3 8% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 42%	5110
	21st to end	Night	4 10% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 39%	5610
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 7% 2 6% 5% 4 6% 4 6% 8% 49%	2134
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 9% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 8% 44%	2077
	21st to end	Night	4 6% 2 5% 4 5% 6% 5% 8% 9% 45%	1957
May	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 52%	5321
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 1 6% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 8% 51%	5062
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 1 4 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 50%	5181
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 4 3 4 4 4 7% 11% 55%	1680
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 5% 8% 61%	1680
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 3 2 4 5% 4 6% 7% 65%	1680
July	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 4 5% 3 6% 8% 63%	3720
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 4 4 4 6% 5% 8% 9% 54%	4036
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 7% 9% 64%	4562
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 4 3 3 5% 3 7% 8% 64%	4033
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 3 3 4 5% 5% 7% 7% 62%	4051
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 4 4 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 58%	4895
September	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 4 2 2 3 3 4 6% 68%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 7% 61%	2095
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 3 2 3 3 2 4 5% 70%	2240
October	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 5% 74%	3920
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 60%	3898
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 60%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	3 5% 2 4 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 57%	2490
	11th to 20th	Night	2 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 55%	2940
	21st to end	Night	2 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 7% 54%	2940
December	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 2 4 2 3 3 3 5% 8% 64%	4710
	11th to 20th	Night	2 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 6% 10% 10% 46%	5321
	21st to end	Night	2 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 12% 37%	7128

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% 10% 23% 24% 10%	4980
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 8% 19% 33% 15% 2	5340
	21st to end	Day	29% 6% 16% 30% 17% 2	5844
February	1st to 10th	Day	33% 12% 17% 24% 12% 2	1890
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 11% 18% 24% 11% 2	1854
	21st to end	Day	32% 9% 18% 24% 15% 2	1691
March	1st to 10th	Day	32% 6% 14% 29% 12% 7%	5064
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 7% 17% 28% 15% 2	5110
	21st to end	Day	36% 9% 18% 24% 11% 2	5607
April	1st to 10th	Day	33% 8% 14% 22% 18% 5%	2484
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 7% 13% 23% 18% 3	2494
	21st to end	Day	32% 10% 13% 26% 18% 2	2660
May	1st to 10th	Day	30% 6% 12% 22% 23% 7%	7626
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 6% 12% 24% 25% 7%	7829
	21st to end	Day	22% 6% 12% 29% 27% 5%	9027
June	1st to 10th	Day	20% 8% 11% 23% 28% 10%	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 8% 16% 29% 23%	2940
	21st to end	Day	16% 5% 8% 14% 29% 28%	2940
July	1st to 10th	Day	13% 3 4 10% 21% 49%	6411
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 5% 6% 17% 29% 25%	6086
	21st to end	Day	16% 5% 6% 16% 26% 32%	6348
August	1st to 10th	Day	21% 6% 9% 26% 18% 20%	4208
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 11% 22% 26% 16%	4197
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 11% 20% 24% 23%	4383
September	1st to 10th	Day	18% 4 9% 18% 27% 24%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 7% 9% 22% 29% 16%	2302
	21st to end	Day	20% 3 5% 24% 34% 14%	2160
October	1st to 10th	Day	17% 3 7% 21% 32% 21%	3270
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 5% 9% 33% 27% 5%	3250
	21st to end	Day	24% 5% 11% 33% 24% 3	3548
November	1st to 10th	Day	23% 7% 13% 33% 20% 3	2003
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 9% 19% 32% 16% 1	1680
	21st to end	Day	29% 7% 16% 30% 17% 1	1680
December	1st to 10th	Day	22% 7% 18% 41% 10% 1	2700
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 8% 28% 29% 8%	3104
	21st to end	Day	38% 10% 16% 21% 12% 3	4092
January	1st to 10th	Night	33% 9% 23% 24% 11% 1	7989
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 7% 20% 35% 14% 1	7650
	21st to end	Night	31% 7% 18% 25% 18% 2	8370
February	1st to 10th	Night	31% 8% 20% 26% 13% 2	2730
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 8% 15% 26% 15% 2	2663
	21st to end	Night	30% 7% 17% 27% 15% 3	2108
March	1st to 10th	Night	31% 6% 10% 32% 15% 6%	5050
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 7% 16% 30% 15% 3	5110
	21st to end	Night	37% 8% 17% 27% 9% 1	5610
April	1st to 10th	Night	32% 8% 13% 25% 18% 4	2134
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 7% 13% 22% 20% 3	2077
	21st to end	Night	30% 10% 14% 26% 18% 2	1957
May	1st to 10th	Night	29% 6% 10% 23% 27% 5%	5319
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 7% 10% 26% 23% 8%	5063
	21st to end	Night	26% 7% 12% 29% 25% 1	5182
June	1st to 10th	Night	20% 7% 13% 22% 26% 11%	1680
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 5% 8% 14% 27% 24%	1680
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 8% 11% 30% 29%	1680
July	1st to 10th	Night	19% 4 5% 10% 22% 40%	3680
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 4 7% 18% 24% 25%	3986
	21st to end	Night	15% 4 7% 19% 27% 27%	4434
August	1st to 10th	Night	17% 5% 9% 26% 22% 21%	2928
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 7% 13% 19% 22% 16%	2928
	21st to end	Night	18% 5% 11% 18% 29% 19%	3523
September	1st to 10th	Night	17% 4 8% 19% 27% 25%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 7% 10% 22% 22% 17%	2095
	21st to end	Night	17% 4 7% 20% 38% 14%	2240
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 3 7% 20% 36% 19%	3920
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 5% 8% 30% 28% 6%	3898
	21st to end	Night	23% 6% 14% 35% 21% 3	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	24% 8% 13% 28% 23% 4	2490
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 8% 17% 33% 17% 1	2940
	21st to end	Night	28% 7% 14% 30% 19% 3	2940
December	1st to 10th	Night	21% 6% 19% 38% 14% 1	4710
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 9% 24% 32% 9%	5322
	21st to end	Night	34% 9% 17% 22% 16% 2	7128

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	5% 13% 29% 35% 16% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	4 16% 25% 41% 12% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	3 13% 28% 42% 13% 1	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	6% 21% 30% 34% 8% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 15% 29% 38% 8%	330
	21st to end	Day	5% 15% 32% 40% 8%	310
March	1st to 10th	Day	9% 17% 32% 32% 9% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 21% 31% 27% 11% 1	540
	21st to end	Day	12% 23% 33% 23% 7% 1	594
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 20% 32% 21% 10% 3	540
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 25% 34% 20% 7% 1	532
	21st to end	Day	12% 25% 24% 27% 10% 2	540
May	1st to 10th	Day	11% 21% 29% 24% 13% 3	543
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 17% 28% 28% 14% 3	642
	21st to end	Day	8% 12% 24% 33% 19% 4	844
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 9% 25% 31% 26% 4	780
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 14% 26% 32% 19% 2	780
	21st to end	Day	2 12% 28% 33% 20% 4	780
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 6% 19% 37% 29% 7%	771
	11th to 20th	Day	3 6% 20% 33% 28% 10%	631
	21st to end	Day	3 4 22% 35% 27% 9%	616
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 7% 25% 37% 19% 8%	527
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 23% 40% 21% 7%	517
	21st to end	Day	3 6% 27% 33% 22% 8%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	4 9% 26% 28% 23% 10%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	4 14% 31% 24% 20% 7%	530
	21st to end	Day	8% 14% 21% 26% 22% 9%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 11% 21% 25% 23% 11%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 17% 21% 32% 18% 5%	330
	21st to end	Day	8% 16% 28% 31% 17% 1	363
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 23% 20% 31% 15% 4	330
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 14% 28% 38% 13% 3	330
	21st to end	Day	7% 11% 22% 42% 15% 3	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	6% 12% 29% 36% 14% 4	330
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 10% 29% 45% 10% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	10% 15% 26% 37% 10% 2	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 8% 26% 44% 14% 2	980
	11th to 20th	Night	3 10% 28% 44% 13% 2	840
	21st to end	Night	6% 8% 26% 46% 12% 2	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	5% 8% 30% 46% 9% 2	840
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 7% 31% 48% 9%	824
	21st to end	Night	5% 9% 29% 48% 8% 1	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	6% 7% 28% 46% 13% 1	840
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 6% 24% 48% 15% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	7% 10% 28% 42% 12% 1	924
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 10% 29% 40% 10% 1	664
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 12% 27% 39% 9% 1	623
	21st to end	Night	7% 12% 29% 34% 14% 3	630
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 11% 25% 34% 17% 2	630
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 7% 20% 42% 21% 3	621
	21st to end	Night	6% 8% 20% 40% 22% 2	683
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 6% 21% 38% 29% 2	630
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 7% 23% 46% 16% 1	630
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 15% 48% 27% 2	630
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 10% 43% 38% 3	615
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 11% 44% 37% 4	612
	21st to end	Night	2 1 6% 42% 44% 4	687
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 9% 45% 38% 3	597
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 10% 45% 38% 3	594
	21st to end	Night	3 1 10% 41% 37% 7%	660
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 13% 40% 33% 6%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 15% 46% 27% 5%	695
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 17% 38% 27% 9%	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 20% 41% 25% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 7% 20% 43% 21% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	7% 8% 23% 41% 19% 3	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 24% 45% 18% 2	841
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 8% 28% 45% 11% 2	1050
	21st to end	Night	5% 10% 23% 46% 14% 2	1050
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 26% 48% 13% 1	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 26% 50% 11% 1	1050
	21st to end	Night	9% 9% 30% 43% 7% 2	1155

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