Birchwood
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Birchwood clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-05.

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% 7% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 39%	100939
	Night	13% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 42%	98073
Transparency	Day	40% 7% 12% 22% 16% 3	104720
	Night	38% 6% 11% 22% 18% 4	102430
Seeing	Day	16% 8% 21% 24% 20% 10%	14733
	Night	16% 7% 23% 31% 20% 3	24742

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% 11% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 35%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 8% 4 8% 4 4 4 2 4 5% 37%	2840
	21st to end	Day	23% 11% 2 6% 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 36%	3252
February	1st to 10th	Day	20% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 36%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 6% 34%	1848
	21st to end	Day	21% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 37%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	23% 11% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 30%	3138
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 49%	3480
	21st to end	Day	15% 8% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 6% 38%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 8% 42%	2236
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 6% 7% 44%	2254
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 2 7% 4 5% 4 4 6% 8% 43%	2415
May	1st to 10th	Day	12% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 7% 37%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 35%	4081
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 3 6% 5% 5% 6% 4 7% 9% 41%	4476
June	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 37%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 1 5% 5% 6% 6% 5% 9% 10% 44%	2470
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 6% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 11% 40%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 5% 2 7% 6% 7% 7% 7% 9% 12% 32%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 36%	4120
	21st to end	Day	15% 10% 4 10% 8% 7% 7% 6% 8% 8% 19%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 6% 9% 11% 41%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 42%	3764
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 6% 4 5% 6% 4 7% 8% 49%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 2 7% 5% 4 6% 4 7% 7% 40%	2152
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 1 6% 4 5% 6% 4 6% 8% 40%	2090
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 1 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 47%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 54%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 1 4 3 4 3 3 4 7% 55%	2009
	21st to end	Day	14% 4 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 50%	2006
November	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 4 4 6% 53%	1708
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 6% 5% 3 4 3 5% 7% 48%	1710
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 2 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 45%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	21% 9% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 5% 36%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 9% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 3 6% 5% 38%	2153
	21st to end	Day	20% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 8% 32%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	18% 10% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 38%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 37%	4120
	21st to end	Night	21% 13% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 32%	4400
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 41%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 8% 4 6% 5% 3 4 3 4 4 37%	2218
	21st to end	Night	23% 10% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 35%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 9% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 32%	3714
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 48%	3480
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 6% 40%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 49%	1958
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 8% 49%	1875
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 4 3 5% 4 5% 7% 48%	1762
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 37%	2813
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 38%	2812
	21st to end	Night	6% 6% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 4 8% 9% 43%	3079
June	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 3 7% 5% 6% 6% 5% 6% 10% 40%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 2 4 4 4 5% 4 9% 12% 51%	1710
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 44%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 9% 11% 34%	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 11% 44%	2840
	21st to end	Night	13% 9% 4 10% 6% 7% 6% 5% 7% 9% 23%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 12% 44%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 9% 50%	3061
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 4 4 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 51%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 42%	2009
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 40%	2090
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 49%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 5% 7% 57%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 53%	2171
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 2 4 4 3 3 3 4 5% 53%	2589
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 52%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 51%	2470
	21st to end	Night	16% 8% 2 5% 4 4 3 4 4 6% 44%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 9% 3 5% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 5% 35%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 43%	3042
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 3 8% 5% 6% 6% 5% 6% 7% 28%	4532

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	47% 5% 8% 20% 18% 2	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 5% 8% 17% 19% 1	2840
	21st to end	Day	49% 4 8% 23% 15% 1	3252
February	1st to 10th	Day	49% 4 8% 19% 16% 3	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	50% 5% 7% 18% 17% 4	1858
	21st to end	Day	49% 4 8% 15% 17% 6%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	52% 7% 8% 13% 12% 8%	3138
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 5% 7% 22% 22% 6%	3480
	21st to end	Day	44% 6% 9% 26% 13% 2	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	38% 7% 11% 22% 18% 4	2236
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 7% 8% 19% 23% 6%	2254
	21st to end	Day	38% 7% 11% 27% 15% 2	2415
May	1st to 10th	Day	43% 9% 11% 22% 13% 2	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 11% 13% 22% 11% 1	4085
	21st to end	Day	36% 9% 13% 22% 19% 1	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	37% 10% 16% 22% 13% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 10% 20% 23% 15% 2	2470
	21st to end	Day	34% 12% 19% 17% 14% 4	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	39% 10% 22% 18% 9% 1	4055
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 8% 23% 21% 7% 2	4051
	21st to end	Day	59% 10% 12% 13% 5%	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	32% 10% 16% 32% 10% 1	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 9% 17% 25% 15% 2	3801
	21st to end	Day	32% 7% 12% 31% 16% 2	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	38% 10% 12% 17% 16% 6%	2152
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 7% 12% 20% 19% 2	2090
	21st to end	Day	35% 6% 13% 20% 20% 6%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	25% 4 7% 18% 34% 12%	3480
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 4 6% 24% 32% 12%	3314
	21st to end	Day	29% 4 9% 24% 26% 8%	3282
November	1st to 10th	Day	32% 5% 9% 21% 27% 6%	1708
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 4 7% 23% 25% 6%	1710
	21st to end	Day	40% 4 8% 23% 20% 4	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	51% 4 7% 21% 14% 3	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 5% 9% 20% 17% 3	2150
	21st to end	Day	48% 6% 11% 22% 10% 2	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	45% 5% 8% 23% 17% 2	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 6% 8% 17% 18% 5%	4120
	21st to end	Night	52% 4 8% 18% 17% 1	4400
February	1st to 10th	Night	44% 4 11% 20% 18% 3	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	51% 4 7% 17% 16% 5%	2219
	21st to end	Night	51% 5% 7% 16% 16% 5%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	52% 6% 9% 13% 15% 4	3714
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 6% 8% 23% 19% 10%	3480
	21st to end	Night	44% 6% 7% 22% 18% 2	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	33% 5% 12% 24% 23% 4	1958
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 4 9% 23% 22% 8%	1875
	21st to end	Night	34% 6% 14% 28% 17% 2	1762
May	1st to 10th	Night	42% 9% 12% 22% 13% 1	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 9% 15% 22% 12% 1	2813
	21st to end	Night	31% 12% 15% 24% 17% 1	3087
June	1st to 10th	Night	36% 12% 15% 22% 13% 2	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 9% 22% 29% 16% 2	1710
	21st to end	Night	31% 11% 19% 21% 14% 5%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	40% 11% 20% 20% 8% 1	2795
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 8% 24% 26% 6% 4	2786
	21st to end	Night	54% 11% 14% 14% 6% 1	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	29% 8% 16% 33% 13% 1	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 8% 21% 26% 15% 1	3090
	21st to end	Night	27% 8% 15% 33% 17% 1	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	37% 8% 16% 19% 14% 5%	2009
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 9% 12% 17% 21% 1	2090
	21st to end	Night	33% 6% 11% 22% 22% 6%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	24% 3 7% 21% 30% 14%	3480
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 4 5% 21% 34% 16%	3605
	21st to end	Night	25% 4 5% 27% 29% 10%	4263
November	1st to 10th	Night	33% 4 8% 22% 24% 9%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 4 6% 22% 26% 8%	2470
	21st to end	Night	41% 4 7% 22% 22% 4	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	49% 6% 8% 19% 15% 3	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 6% 10% 20% 23% 2	3044
	21st to end	Night	49% 7% 12% 19% 12% 1	4532

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% 21% 29% 23% 4 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 23% 29% 13% 8% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	22% 15% 42% 16% 5%	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	26% 20% 28% 20% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 14% 31% 15% 3 1	270
	21st to end	Day	34% 20% 32% 12% 3	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	24% 16% 36% 16% 6% 1	275
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 17% 32% 23% 7% 1	460
	21st to end	Day	21% 13% 34% 24% 8% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	17% 16% 27% 27% 12% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 13% 30% 24% 14% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	15% 10% 31% 27% 12% 4	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 12% 27% 27% 14% 7%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 25% 26% 22% 10%	487
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 19% 24% 22% 18%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 4 17% 28% 26% 14%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 13% 27% 30% 22%	490
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 13% 29% 28% 18%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 11% 22% 31% 24%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 2 9% 24% 30% 25%	484
	21st to end	Day	11% 2 7% 23% 33% 23%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 8% 21% 36% 20%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 3 13% 27% 32% 14%	479
	21st to end	Day	12% 2 9% 19% 34% 24%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 9% 26% 33% 20%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 1 12% 21% 32% 18%	490
	21st to end	Day	17% 4 12% 23% 32% 11%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 19% 26% 27% 13%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 9% 23% 30% 21% 5%	490
	21st to end	Day	17% 8% 20% 31% 20% 4	455
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 7% 24% 30% 16% 5%	282
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 14% 32% 33% 9% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	13% 11% 36% 25% 14% 1	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	30% 10% 29% 24% 6% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 15% 31% 23% 11% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	28% 15% 28% 20% 8% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	24% 13% 37% 21% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 16% 31% 26% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 12% 35% 31% 2	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 12% 35% 30% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 14% 35% 24% 2	743
	21st to end	Night	28% 13% 36% 21% 2	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 12% 32% 32% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 11% 34% 27% 8% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 11% 31% 32% 7%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	14% 10% 30% 35% 10%	628
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 8% 32% 30% 13%	563
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 27% 39% 13% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 27% 35% 21% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 21% 31% 25% 5%	561
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 12% 33% 35% 6%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 14% 36% 34% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 11% 35% 37% 11%	570
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 8% 34% 39% 10%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 9% 25% 42% 10%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 2 8% 25% 42% 13%	552
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 9% 26% 44% 11%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 5% 28% 48% 11%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 12% 33% 39% 6%	564
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 8% 24% 45% 11%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 13% 28% 39% 8%	679
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 3 10% 29% 38% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	14% 3 16% 30% 34% 3	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 16% 32% 28% 8%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 22% 34% 22% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 20% 39% 17% 2	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 20% 37% 19% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 9% 31% 33% 12% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 8% 26% 35% 10% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	24% 12% 25% 30% 8%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 8% 31% 33% 8%	760
	21st to end	Night	25% 11% 26% 31% 7%	836

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