Las Brisas Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Las Brisas Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-12-18.

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 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 51%	135800
	Night	2 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 57%	132710
Transparency	Day	27% 6% 12% 23% 23% 10%	130766
	Night	23% 6% 13% 26% 25% 8%	128748
Seeing	Day	10% 17% 32% 25% 12% 2	17009
	Night	5% 12% 37% 33% 12% 1	27084

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	4 3 6% 3 3 5% 4 5% 8% 60%	3638
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 57%	3888
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 61%	4510
February	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 7% 4 3 3 3 5% 8% 57%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 4 4 4 4 4 6% 10% 59%	1934
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 8% 60%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	1 5% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 61%	4500
	11th to 20th	Day	1 8% 4 11% 6% 7% 5% 5% 6% 7% 41%	4993
	21st to end	Day	1 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 5% 7% 9% 51%	5789
April	1st to 10th	Day	2 7% 2 6% 6% 4 5% 4 7% 8% 48%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	4 8% 3 9% 6% 5% 4 4 5% 7% 45%	2371
	21st to end	Day	4 11% 3 7% 6% 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 41%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 10% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 43%	5622
	11th to 20th	Day	4 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 8% 45%	6240
	21st to end	Day	4 6% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 9% 47%	6925
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 5% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 6% 9% 10% 44%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	4 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 8% 52%	2800
	21st to end	Day	3 4 2 6% 5% 6% 7% 6% 8% 8% 46%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 5% 4 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 51%	6339
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 6% 2 8% 6% 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 39%	6340
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 7% 40%	6631
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 2 7% 5% 6% 7% 6% 9% 10% 37%	5744
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 46%	5366
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 9% 40%	5984
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 4 5% 6% 51%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 54%	2385
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 61%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 5% 71%	3276
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 58%	3250
	21st to end	Day	2 4 2 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 69%	3485
November	1st to 10th	Day	1 4 2 3 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 67%	1853
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 3 4 2 3 4 5% 8% 66%	1890
	21st to end	Day	4 2 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 8% 61%	1811
December	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 5% 3 2 3 2 3 6% 71%	2700
	11th to 20th	Day	1 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 66%	3082
	21st to end	Day	3 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 56%	4004
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 9% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 56%	6327
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 5% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 64%	6133
	21st to end	Night	4 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 64%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 6% 4 3 3 4 5% 8% 61%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 58%	2351
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 64%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 59%	5374
	11th to 20th	Night	1 6% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 8% 53%	5004
	21st to end	Night	1 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 57%	5171
April	1st to 10th	Night	2 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 59%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	3 8% 3 7% 4 5% 4 4 5% 7% 51%	1977
	21st to end	Night	3 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 51%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	3 8% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 10% 47%	4356
	11th to 20th	Night	4 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 52%	3671
	21st to end	Night	4 6% 3 6% 3 4 3 4 5% 7% 55%	3972
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 9% 53%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 8% 60%	1600
	21st to end	Night	4 3 2 4 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 8% 52%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 52%	3640
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 5% 4 5% 6% 5% 9% 13% 45%	3640
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 7% 5% 6% 6% 6% 9% 10% 43%	4238
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 46%	4066
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 6% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 47%	4483
	21st to end	Night	6% 7% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 39%	4993
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 4 4 7% 9% 49%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 5% 3 4 4 3 6% 8% 58%	2014
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 61%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 3 3 2 3 2 4 6% 70%	3910
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 63%	3898
	21st to end	Night	2 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 4 5% 72%	4281
November	1st to 10th	Night	1 4 2 3 2 2 4 3 5% 7% 68%	2665
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 3 4 3 4 3 4 6% 69%	2730
	21st to end	Night	1 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 63%	2804
December	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 4 2 2 3 2 4 7% 72%	4710
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 3 3 3 3 4 5% 8% 67%	5280
	21st to end	Night	4 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 55%	6974

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	19% 6% 13% 29% 24% 10%	3639
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 6% 11% 22% 29% 11%	3888
	21st to end	Day	21% 5% 10% 26% 26% 12%	4510
February	1st to 10th	Day	23% 5% 15% 26% 20% 11%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 5% 12% 26% 30% 8%	1944
	21st to end	Day	22% 5% 9% 22% 27% 15%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 5% 7% 16% 33% 20%	4500
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 7% 10% 22% 22% 5%	4993
	21st to end	Day	24% 7% 12% 38% 16% 2	5789
April	1st to 10th	Day	28% 7% 13% 22% 20% 9%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 7% 10% 22% 19% 7%	2374
	21st to end	Day	35% 8% 13% 24% 17% 3	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	32% 8% 12% 24% 17% 7%	5622
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 9% 11% 19% 21% 10%	6244
	21st to end	Day	24% 9% 14% 22% 23% 8%	6926
June	1st to 10th	Day	29% 11% 16% 19% 18% 8%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 9% 10% 17% 23% 17%	2800
	21st to end	Day	29% 9% 12% 20% 20% 10%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	25% 7% 7% 16% 21% 23%	6271
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 5% 15% 25% 13% 6%	6265
	21st to end	Day	39% 7% 14% 15% 15% 11%	6440
August	1st to 10th	Day	40% 8% 18% 16% 13% 3	4184
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 7% 15% 15% 19% 12%	3882
	21st to end	Day	35% 6% 15% 17% 21% 6%	4311
September	1st to 10th	Day	30% 7% 10% 19% 23% 11%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 5% 11% 19% 27% 11%	2385
	21st to end	Day	23% 5% 8% 23% 32% 9%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 7% 17% 36% 20%	3276
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 3 8% 32% 26% 8%	3250
	21st to end	Day	16% 4 6% 25% 40% 10%	3485
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 3 12% 23% 34% 13%	1853
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 9% 33% 29% 10%	1890
	21st to end	Day	20% 4 11% 26% 28% 12%	1811
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 3 10% 32% 28% 10%	2700
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 4 11% 30% 31% 8%	3080
	21st to end	Day	20% 5% 12% 26% 27% 10%	4004
January	1st to 10th	Night	22% 6% 10% 29% 27% 6%	6327
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 9% 26% 28% 15%	6133
	21st to end	Night	19% 6% 11% 24% 29% 11%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 4 14% 30% 23% 9%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 5% 11% 28% 24% 7%	2351
	21st to end	Night	19% 4 9% 25% 29% 13%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 7% 7% 16% 37% 11%	5374
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 6% 10% 20% 30% 8%	5004
	21st to end	Night	24% 5% 16% 36% 17% 1	5171
April	1st to 10th	Night	23% 5% 13% 28% 24% 6%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 6% 12% 26% 20% 6%	1977
	21st to end	Night	31% 7% 15% 28% 17% 4	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	30% 6% 18% 28% 11% 7%	4353
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 7% 12% 29% 19% 7%	3672
	21st to end	Night	27% 7% 14% 22% 23% 6%	3972
June	1st to 10th	Night	24% 9% 22% 23% 14% 10%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 9% 14% 20% 22% 17%	1600
	21st to end	Night	25% 9% 13% 21% 20% 11%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	27% 7% 8% 20% 27% 10%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 6% 23% 29% 11% 3	3592
	21st to end	Night	33% 8% 19% 20% 11% 10%	4117
August	1st to 10th	Night	41% 8% 21% 16% 10% 4	2950
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 9% 22% 18% 17% 5%	3243
	21st to end	Night	28% 8% 23% 21% 17% 2	3597
September	1st to 10th	Night	29% 7% 13% 24% 20% 7%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 6% 14% 23% 23% 12%	2014
	21st to end	Night	23% 6% 10% 25% 28% 8%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	16% 5% 9% 24% 34% 12%	3910
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 3 12% 32% 24% 8%	3898
	21st to end	Night	15% 3 6% 29% 37% 10%	4281
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 12% 27% 30% 12%	2665
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 4 9% 32% 29% 11%	2730
	21st to end	Night	20% 4 10% 25% 29% 11%	2804
December	1st to 10th	Night	13% 4 10% 36% 30% 7%	4710
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 11% 30% 36% 6%	5281
	21st to end	Night	23% 6% 12% 23% 29% 7%	6974

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	12% 20% 35% 24% 9%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 22% 39% 23% 3 1	300
	21st to end	Day	5% 22% 42% 23% 7% 1	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	13% 35% 35% 15% 1 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 30% 42% 12% 4	300
	21st to end	Day	17% 30% 36% 14% 3	249
March	1st to 10th	Day	15% 23% 36% 20% 7%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 27% 36% 18% 6%	493
	21st to end	Day	17% 32% 35% 13% 3 1	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 33% 34% 15% 3 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 33% 32% 12% 3 1	492
	21st to end	Day	17% 32% 31% 16% 4 1	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 25% 34% 18% 6% 1	581
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 17% 34% 28% 9% 2	725
	21st to end	Day	10% 19% 29% 28% 13% 2	789
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 14% 30% 29% 18% 3	730
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 12% 33% 29% 14% 4	730
	21st to end	Day	4 10% 37% 28% 17% 4	730
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 6% 25% 34% 25% 5%	721
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 20% 39% 26% 7%	718
	21st to end	Day	10% 3 21% 34% 27% 5%	675
August	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 28% 35% 16% 4	527
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 29% 35% 16% 7%	517
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 32% 33% 16% 3	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 10% 29% 32% 17% 5%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 12% 38% 28% 14% 2	515
	21st to end	Day	7% 12% 22% 33% 21% 5%	330
October	1st to 10th	Day	8% 12% 29% 26% 18% 6%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 21% 32% 22% 13% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	10% 20% 34% 25% 10% 1	363
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 18% 36% 23% 10% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 16% 38% 27% 8% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	6% 18% 43% 24% 8% 1	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 24% 38% 21% 8%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 20% 49% 16% 6%	321
	21st to end	Day	11% 28% 37% 19% 5% 1	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	4 19% 40% 28% 8% 1	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	4 22% 42% 24% 7% 1	910
	21st to end	Night	2 12% 50% 30% 6% 1	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	4 17% 56% 20% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	4 18% 51% 25% 3	784
	21st to end	Night	3 22% 49% 23% 2	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	3 17% 48% 28% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 13% 41% 34% 7%	800
	21st to end	Night	5% 16% 48% 27% 4	743
April	1st to 10th	Night	7% 18% 44% 28% 3	600
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 18% 38% 29% 5% 1	593
	21st to end	Night	10% 15% 40% 30% 6%	600
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 11% 35% 35% 8% 1	600
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 8% 31% 39% 11% 1	591
	21st to end	Night	7% 10% 34% 34% 14% 1	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 26% 43% 18% 3	600
	11th to 20th	Night	4 6% 30% 46% 14% 1	600
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 21% 45% 24% 2	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 15% 45% 30% 2	585
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 12% 44% 35% 3	582
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 10% 40% 38% 4	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 13% 44% 29% 3	597
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 14% 45% 29% 3	594
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 15% 42% 30% 3	660
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 19% 44% 25% 4	600
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 24% 44% 20% 3	600
	21st to end	Night	5% 7% 29% 40% 18% 2	600
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 7% 34% 39% 13% 2	790
	11th to 20th	Night	4 7% 41% 34% 13% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	6% 9% 39% 32% 12% 2	897
November	1st to 10th	Night	4 12% 43% 32% 9% 1	1025
	11th to 20th	Night	4 15% 44% 30% 7% 1	1050
	21st to end	Night	5% 14% 42% 31% 8%	1050
December	1st to 10th	Night	4 18% 41% 30% 6%	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	3 16% 50% 24% 6%	1036
	21st to end	Night	5% 21% 45% 23% 5%	1100

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