Black Cliff
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Black Cliff clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-07-16.

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	2 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 68%	147107
	Night	3 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 65%	143017
Transparency	Day	17% 3 7% 17% 28% 28%	142002
	Night	19% 4 8% 19% 28% 23%	139114
Seeing	Day	6% 10% 23% 30% 22% 9%	17368
	Night	5% 6% 20% 40% 26% 2	27012

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 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 53%	4757
	11th to 20th	Day	1 3 1 3 2 3 2 2 4 5% 74%	5340
	21st to end	Day	3 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 58%	5844
February	1st to 10th	Day	3 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 4 6% 8% 57%	2069
	11th to 20th	Day	4 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 54%	2050
	21st to end	Day	3 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 60%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	2 9% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 54%	4618
	11th to 20th	Day	2 7% 2 7% 4 5% 4 3 5% 7% 53%	5096
	21st to end	Day	3 6% 3 6% 4 4 6% 4 7% 8% 50%	5607
April	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 1 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 60%	2499
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 4 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 64%	2489
	21st to end	Day	4 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 65%	2728
May	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 4 6% 68%	7626
	11th to 20th	Day	1 3 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 5% 71%	7596
	21st to end	Day	1 3 1 4 2 3 3 3 4 6% 68%	8370
June	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 69%	2730
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 5% 75%	2898
	21st to end	Day	2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 79%	2940
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 3 3 81%	6459
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 68%	6113
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 72%	6401
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 5% 78%	5779
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 4 85%	5624
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 5% 71%	5984
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 5% 73%	2316
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 77%	2200
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 80%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 5% 77%	3600
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 4 4 78%	3415
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 78%	3269
November	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 7% 69%	1854
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 7% 68%	1890
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 4 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 63%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 1 4 2 3 3 3 3 5% 70%	3040
	11th to 20th	Day	4 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 10% 52%	3499
	21st to end	Day	3 5% 1 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 53%	4587
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 57%	8049
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 6% 72%	7650
	21st to end	Night	3 8% 3 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 57%	8370
February	1st to 10th	Night	3 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 59%	2547
	11th to 20th	Night	4 6% 2 4 3 4 4 3 5% 8% 56%	2458
	21st to end	Night	4 6% 3 6% 3 4 4 2 5% 7% 58%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	2 8% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 57%	5496
	11th to 20th	Night	4 8% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 6% 7% 50%	5123
	21st to end	Night	4 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 56%	5610
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 61%	2116
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 4 4 3 2 3 4 6% 65%	2079
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 1 4 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 61%	1890
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 64%	5321
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 67%	5296
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 4 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 62%	5837
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 7% 67%	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 1 3 2 2 2 1 3 4 75%	1714
	21st to end	Night	2 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 4 76%	1680
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 82%	3720
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 5% 3 4 3 3 6% 7% 61%	3952
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 4 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 66%	4472
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 6% 71%	4033
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 4 83%	4229
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 69%	5015
September	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 2 3 2 4 5% 73%	2082
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 5% 75%	2200
	21st to end	Night	1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 82%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 77%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 1 3 3 2 3 2 3 5% 72%	3738
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 5% 74%	4527
November	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 2 2 2 4 8% 70%	2665
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 68%	2730
	21st to end	Night	3 4 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 66%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 6% 68%	4370
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 1 4 2 3 3 4 5% 10% 59%	4941
	21st to end	Night	2 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 11% 48%	6611

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	28% 5% 14% 30% 19% 3	4758
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 2 9% 21% 32% 22%	5340
	21st to end	Day	27% 3 10% 22% 29% 9%	5844
February	1st to 10th	Day	25% 5% 12% 27% 23% 8%	2069
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 5% 9% 25% 27% 8%	2060
	21st to end	Day	23% 4 12% 28% 24% 9%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	29% 4 6% 22% 27% 12%	4618
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 4 9% 25% 25% 9%	5096
	21st to end	Day	27% 4 12% 24% 25% 8%	5607
April	1st to 10th	Day	23% 4 9% 20% 29% 15%	2499
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 3 7% 20% 30% 20%	2492
	21st to end	Day	18% 3 7% 20% 38% 13%	2728
May	1st to 10th	Day	17% 3 5% 17% 41% 17%	7626
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 3 5% 11% 38% 30%	7599
	21st to end	Day	15% 4 5% 12% 41% 24%	8371
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 6% 12% 31% 34%	2730
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 2 5% 8% 23% 51%	2898
	21st to end	Day	9% 2 4 5% 22% 58%	2940
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 1 2 3 11% 72%	6391
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 4 5% 7% 16% 54%	6040
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 5% 9% 16% 53%	6217
August	1st to 10th	Day	13% 3 4 11% 31% 39%	4208
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 4 9% 21% 56%	4071
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 3 8% 23% 54%	4311
September	1st to 10th	Day	15% 3 6% 8% 22% 46%	2316
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 2 4 12% 27% 43%	2200
	21st to end	Day	10% 1 5% 11% 36% 38%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 3 4 8% 30% 44%	3600
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 2 3 15% 36% 33%	3415
	21st to end	Day	12% 2 3 21% 45% 17%	3269
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 2 10% 26% 31% 15%	1854
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 2 9% 29% 35% 9%	1890
	21st to end	Day	22% 2 9% 23% 33% 11%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	17% 3 7% 24% 33% 15%	3040
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 5% 10% 25% 27% 5%	3498
	21st to end	Day	25% 5% 16% 29% 21% 3	4587
January	1st to 10th	Night	27% 4 15% 29% 22% 3	8049
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 3 11% 22% 31% 18%	7650
	21st to end	Night	27% 4 9% 22% 27% 12%	8370
February	1st to 10th	Night	25% 4 11% 28% 25% 7%	2547
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 4 10% 23% 29% 9%	2459
	21st to end	Night	26% 3 11% 26% 25% 8%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	26% 4 8% 23% 27% 13%	5496
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 5% 8% 28% 23% 6%	5123
	21st to end	Night	26% 4 10% 23% 30% 7%	5610
April	1st to 10th	Night	22% 5% 8% 26% 26% 12%	2116
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 3 8% 21% 32% 16%	2079
	21st to end	Night	22% 4 7% 19% 37% 12%	1890
May	1st to 10th	Night	20% 4 7% 16% 36% 17%	5319
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 7% 13% 38% 25%	5297
	21st to end	Night	18% 4 6% 9% 44% 19%	5838
June	1st to 10th	Night	16% 3 5% 13% 29% 34%	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 2 4 7% 22% 50%	1714
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 4 6% 19% 59%	1680
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 2 3 10% 73%	3680
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 4 5% 8% 17% 47%	3903
	21st to end	Night	19% 4 5% 9% 10% 53%	4344
August	1st to 10th	Night	17% 4 5% 11% 27% 36%	2928
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 4 7% 21% 57%	3054
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 4 9% 20% 57%	3608
September	1st to 10th	Night	14% 3 6% 9% 23% 45%	2082
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 2 4 12% 24% 45%	2200
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 5% 12% 32% 41%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 4 9% 26% 47%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 2 3 12% 36% 32%	3738
	21st to end	Night	14% 2 3 16% 43% 21%	4527
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 2 8% 25% 34% 15%	2665
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 4 7% 24% 38% 11%	2730
	21st to end	Night	19% 3 6% 24% 36% 12%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	17% 4 7% 26% 32% 15%	4370
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 5% 12% 29% 29% 5%	4941
	21st to end	Night	28% 6% 14% 30% 20% 3	6611

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	15% 8% 23% 33% 17% 3	226
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 7% 25% 36% 21% 4	330
	21st to end	Day	5% 9% 19% 33% 28% 6%	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	9% 13% 24% 29% 20% 5%	509
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 14% 25% 33% 16% 4	535
	21st to end	Day	6% 12% 30% 33% 16% 4	446
March	1st to 10th	Day	12% 15% 25% 26% 19% 3	540
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 16% 26% 28% 16% 4	540
	21st to end	Day	10% 20% 32% 23% 12% 3	594
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 17% 24% 27% 18% 6%	540
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 21% 29% 27% 12% 4	532
	21st to end	Day	8% 20% 27% 24% 16% 6%	540
May	1st to 10th	Day	7% 15% 33% 24% 16% 6%	543
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 15% 24% 28% 20% 8%	568
	21st to end	Day	6% 12% 23% 29% 20% 10%	617
June	1st to 10th	Day	2 9% 23% 28% 25% 12%	570
	11th to 20th	Day	4 14% 25% 27% 23% 8%	570
	21st to end	Day	4 7% 24% 30% 27% 9%	570
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 23% 35% 24% 11%	566
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 18% 37% 28% 14%	545
	21st to end	Day	3 2 15% 38% 26% 15%	575
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 21% 36% 24% 12%	527
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 20% 30% 29% 15%	517
	21st to end	Day	3 4 19% 28% 30% 15%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	4 5% 16% 28% 30% 17%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	3 9% 25% 25% 26% 12%	530
	21st to end	Day	2 8% 19% 26% 34% 11%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 11% 24% 25% 24% 13%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 10% 18% 26% 28% 12%	430
	21st to end	Day	5% 7% 19% 29% 26% 13%	363
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 7% 20% 27% 26% 15%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 11% 19% 32% 21% 12%	330
	21st to end	Day	6% 7% 20% 32% 25% 10%	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	6% 7% 22% 32% 25% 8%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 21% 37% 26% 7%	330
	21st to end	Day	11% 9% 24% 36% 16% 4	359
January	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 22% 37% 21% 5%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 23% 45% 22% 2	840
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 24% 41% 20% 3	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	6% 8% 26% 38% 20% 2	840
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 8% 24% 42% 16% 2	824
	21st to end	Night	7% 7% 26% 43% 15% 2	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	6% 10% 25% 40% 17% 1	840
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 10% 24% 37% 21% 2	840
	21st to end	Night	6% 13% 28% 38% 15% 1	924
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 13% 25% 37% 18% 1	840
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 13% 28% 37% 16% 2	831
	21st to end	Night	7% 10% 30% 35% 16% 2	630
May	1st to 10th	Night	7% 10% 29% 37% 16% 1	630
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 7% 24% 35% 26% 2	621
	21st to end	Night	7% 10% 21% 36% 25% 1	683
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 6% 22% 42% 24% 2	630
	11th to 20th	Night	4 6% 23% 43% 24%	454
	21st to end	Night	2 2 14% 48% 32% 2	420
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 9% 48% 39% 2	410
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 10% 44% 39% 2	513
	21st to end	Night	4 1 11% 42% 41% 2	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 15% 48% 31% 1	597
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 11% 44% 40% 2	668
	21st to end	Night	3 1 10% 39% 44% 4	880
September	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 11% 35% 44% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 16% 39% 35% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	1 3 16% 38% 36% 7%	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 18% 38% 32% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 17% 41% 31% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	3 6% 17% 37% 33% 4	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 16% 39% 32% 4	820
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 19% 43% 25% 4	840
	21st to end	Night	5% 6% 20% 41% 25% 4	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 20% 46% 21% 3	840
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 23% 43% 22% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 26% 42% 18% 1	924

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