SGPalisadeCO Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the SGPalisadeCO 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 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 55%	124014
	Night	4 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 54%	123731
Transparency	Day	24% 7% 11% 22% 24% 12%	123775
	Night	27% 7% 11% 23% 22% 10%	123557
Seeing	Day	7% 12% 27% 32% 19% 4	16261
	Night	7% 6% 22% 39% 22% 3	26421

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 7% 3 9% 6% 5% 6% 5% 5% 8% 45%	3960
	11th to 20th	Day	3 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 6% 6% 50%	4100
	21st to end	Day	3 7% 3 7% 4 3 3 3 3 5% 59%	4510
February	1st to 10th	Day	4 8% 3 8% 4 4 4 4 7% 8% 46%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 10% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 3 7% 7% 43%	1755
	21st to end	Day	5% 10% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 3 4 5% 48%	1660
March	1st to 10th	Day	3 8% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 49%	4954
	11th to 20th	Day	2 10% 4 10% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 42%	5000
	21st to end	Day	4 10% 3 9% 7% 6% 5% 4 5% 7% 40%	5486
April	1st to 10th	Day	6% 7% 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 5% 7% 51%	2380
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 8% 2 7% 4 4 5% 4 6% 6% 49%	2371
	21st to end	Day	3 5% 2 5% 4 4 6% 4 7% 8% 51%	2435
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 6% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 48%	5880
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 54%	5904
	21st to end	Day	3 4 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 60%	6925
June	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 1 4 2 3 4 3 6% 8% 63%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 4 6% 69%	2800
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 6% 7% 68%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 72%	4483
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 2 3 3 5% 5% 10% 15% 52%	4110
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 3 4 4 4 8% 9% 61%	4454
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 4 4 4 6% 6% 9% 12% 49%	4092
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 4 4 5% 6% 4 7% 8% 58%	4002
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 4 3 4 5% 4 7% 8% 58%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 65%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 64%	2220
	21st to end	Day	4 2 1 3 2 3 2 2 4 6% 70%	2031
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 77%	3170
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 4 3 4 5% 6% 7% 10% 54%	3150
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 4 2 2 3 3 5% 6% 64%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 4 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 64%	1944
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 62%	1690
	21st to end	Day	4 7% 2 5% 3 2 2 3 5% 6% 61%	1600
December	1st to 10th	Day	3 6% 2 5% 2 3 3 2 4 6% 64%	2620
	11th to 20th	Day	4 6% 3 6% 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 53%	3026
	21st to end	Day	4 10% 3 7% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 46%	4004
January	1st to 10th	Night	2 8% 4 9% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 45%	6033
	11th to 20th	Night	3 10% 4 8% 4 3 3 3 6% 6% 48%	5880
	21st to end	Night	3 9% 3 7% 3 3 4 3 5% 5% 56%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Night	3 8% 3 7% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 48%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 10% 4 6% 6% 5% 4 3 6% 6% 45%	2532
	21st to end	Night	4 10% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 48%	1964
March	1st to 10th	Night	3 11% 3 8% 4 5% 4 3 4 5% 49%	4940
	11th to 20th	Night	4 10% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 48%	5000
	21st to end	Night	5% 11% 5% 9% 6% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 40%	5489
April	1st to 10th	Night	5% 9% 2 8% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 48%	2018
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 7% 3 8% 4 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 46%	1977
	21st to end	Night	7% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 5% 6% 7% 48%	1960
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 3 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 7% 45%	4100
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 8% 49%	4011
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 1 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 58%	3972
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 63%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 64%	1600
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 3 2 3 4 4 5% 7% 67%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 6% 69%	2580
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 3 3 4 5% 5% 9% 12% 55%	2860
	21st to end	Night	2 2 2 4 4 3 5% 4 6% 8% 60%	3109
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 2 5% 4 5% 7% 6% 9% 10% 45%	2847
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 56%	2837
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 4 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 8% 57%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 3 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 65%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 66%	1956
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 3 2 3 2 2 4 4 70%	2147
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 76%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 2 4 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 58%	3778
	21st to end	Night	6% 6% 2 4 2 3 2 2 3 5% 65%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 2 5% 2 3 3 3 4 5% 63%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 63%	2701
	21st to end	Night	6% 8% 3 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 58%	2800
December	1st to 10th	Night	4 6% 2 4 2 2 3 2 3 5% 67%	4570
	11th to 20th	Night	4 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 53%	5181
	21st to end	Night	5% 10% 3 8% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 45%	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	32% 10% 20% 27% 11% 1	3961
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 10% 16% 22% 17% 4	4100
	21st to end	Day	27% 7% 13% 27% 22% 4	4510
February	1st to 10th	Day	34% 8% 17% 23% 15% 3	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 8% 12% 25% 16% 2	1764
	21st to end	Day	36% 6% 8% 24% 19% 5%	1660
March	1st to 10th	Day	28% 10% 10% 23% 23% 6%	4954
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 10% 14% 25% 15% 2	5000
	21st to end	Day	38% 11% 10% 26% 14% 2	5486
April	1st to 10th	Day	31% 6% 9% 23% 23% 8%	2380
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 8% 9% 21% 25% 7%	2374
	21st to end	Day	27% 7% 10% 24% 26% 6%	2435
May	1st to 10th	Day	24% 12% 11% 19% 27% 6%	5880
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 8% 10% 23% 28% 10%	5907
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 8% 19% 42% 8%	6926
June	1st to 10th	Day	19% 5% 7% 20% 30% 19%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 4 6% 11% 24% 39%	2800
	21st to end	Day	14% 4 5% 13% 27% 38%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	13% 4 6% 9% 16% 52%	4414
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 10% 19% 28% 22%	4041
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 10% 17% 19% 31%	4314
August	1st to 10th	Day	22% 9% 14% 23% 16% 17%	4078
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 9% 10% 18% 24% 18%	4041
	21st to end	Day	20% 8% 11% 19% 23% 19%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	19% 5% 7% 16% 25% 28%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 9% 18% 27% 20%	2220
	21st to end	Day	18% 4 5% 17% 40% 16%	2031
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 5% 16% 35% 28%	3170
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 8% 9% 27% 30% 7%	3150
	21st to end	Day	20% 5% 10% 32% 28% 4	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	21% 4 10% 28% 31% 6%	1944
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 5% 10% 34% 25% 3	1690
	21st to end	Day	26% 5% 12% 31% 23% 3	1600
December	1st to 10th	Day	21% 5% 16% 42% 15% 1	2620
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 6% 22% 30% 15%	3024
	21st to end	Day	34% 10% 17% 18% 20% 2	4004
January	1st to 10th	Night	34% 10% 18% 23% 14% 1	6033
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 8% 15% 24% 20% 1	5880
	21st to end	Night	30% 6% 15% 23% 24% 3	6468
February	1st to 10th	Night	32% 8% 18% 25% 14% 3	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 8% 12% 25% 17% 3	2533
	21st to end	Night	34% 7% 9% 26% 19% 5%	1964
March	1st to 10th	Night	32% 7% 8% 23% 24% 5%	4940
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 9% 10% 27% 21% 4	5000
	21st to end	Night	37% 11% 11% 26% 14% 1	5489
April	1st to 10th	Night	35% 6% 7% 21% 22% 9%	2018
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 8% 8% 20% 20% 10%	1977
	21st to end	Night	31% 7% 10% 20% 26% 6%	1960
May	1st to 10th	Night	29% 11% 11% 18% 24% 7%	4097
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 10% 11% 22% 26% 7%	4012
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 7% 19% 35% 11%	3972
June	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 8% 17% 30% 22%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 6% 7% 11% 20% 37%	1600
	21st to end	Night	15% 4 6% 12% 23% 40%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 7% 9% 14% 51%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 10% 23% 24% 22%	2806
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 11% 13% 22% 28%	3011
August	1st to 10th	Night	27% 10% 15% 16% 15% 18%	2838
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 8% 12% 15% 20% 20%	2864
	21st to end	Night	23% 7% 9% 15% 23% 23%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	19% 4 8% 14% 21% 33%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 5% 10% 19% 22% 26%	1956
	21st to end	Night	18% 4 5% 15% 35% 23%	2147
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 2 5% 13% 37% 29%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 11% 25% 30% 9%	3778
	21st to end	Night	23% 4 5% 34% 29% 4	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	23% 5% 9% 26% 30% 8%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 6% 8% 32% 28% 4	2701
	21st to end	Night	29% 4 8% 29% 26% 4	2800
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 4 15% 41% 18% 1	4570
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 7% 15% 37% 12%	5182
	21st to end	Night	36% 9% 14% 22% 17% 2	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	14% 10% 26% 31% 14% 5%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 12% 29% 32% 16% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 28% 41% 14% 3	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	9% 14% 38% 29% 9% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 14% 43% 25% 8% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	12% 18% 32% 30% 7% 1	274
March	1st to 10th	Day	12% 23% 29% 22% 12% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 20% 33% 25% 12% 2	500
	21st to end	Day	12% 24% 37% 20% 6% 1	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 21% 34% 21% 11% 2	500
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 24% 35% 18% 7% 1	492
	21st to end	Day	10% 19% 36% 23% 12% 1	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	11% 18% 33% 27% 10% 1	503
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 12% 31% 32% 15% 2	552
	21st to end	Day	6% 14% 28% 29% 21% 3	789
June	1st to 10th	Day	2 10% 24% 34% 26% 3	730
	11th to 20th	Day	4 13% 27% 33% 19% 4	730
	21st to end	Day	4 9% 23% 39% 22% 3	730
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 19% 37% 33% 6%	692
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 17% 39% 36% 4	484
	21st to end	Day	4 3 14% 43% 32% 4	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 21% 39% 29% 4	487
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 16% 41% 28% 6%	477
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 21% 38% 27% 7%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 21% 31% 29% 10%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 9% 27% 36% 17% 7%	490
	21st to end	Day	6% 9% 19% 33% 25% 7%	431
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 11% 19% 24% 27% 13%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	4 11% 24% 32% 23% 6%	300
	21st to end	Day	8% 8% 29% 31% 22% 3	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 18% 25% 31% 18% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	3 13% 33% 34% 13% 4	300
	21st to end	Day	11% 10% 25% 35% 18% 1	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 9% 30% 33% 17% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 8% 31% 35% 12% 4	300
	21st to end	Day	11% 10% 32% 34% 11% 2	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 22% 41% 21% 3	875
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 7% 21% 40% 20% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 22% 44% 16% 3	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	8% 7% 28% 42% 13% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 32% 37% 13% 2	784
	21st to end	Night	8% 10% 30% 42% 9% 1	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	8% 12% 27% 37% 15% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 7% 25% 42% 18% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	8% 10% 29% 35% 15% 2	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 11% 32% 37% 10% 1	618
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 11% 28% 37% 12% 2	593
	21st to end	Night	9% 11% 28% 34% 14% 5%	600
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 27% 40% 14% 2	600
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 21% 38% 22% 4	591
	21st to end	Night	8% 9% 21% 35% 23% 4	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 6% 21% 42% 26% 4	600
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 6% 23% 43% 21% 3	600
	21st to end	Night	3 3 19% 42% 31% 3	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 14% 34% 42% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 7% 38% 45% 6%	552
	21st to end	Night	2 1 8% 35% 48% 6%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 9% 35% 45% 4	567
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 10% 41% 37% 5%	564
	21st to end	Night	4 2 11% 39% 37% 7%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 15% 40% 35% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 19% 38% 33% 4	626
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 18% 32% 32% 7%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 20% 40% 24% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 21% 40% 24% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	8% 7% 23% 35% 23% 4	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	6% 7% 22% 38% 24% 2	780
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 7% 24% 42% 18% 3	994
	21st to end	Night	9% 9% 21% 39% 19% 4	1000
December	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 22% 45% 18% 1	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 26% 39% 18% 2	1000
	21st to end	Night	12% 8% 24% 44% 11% 1	1100

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