Bolton
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Bolton clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-11-03.

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	17% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 39%	126479
	Night	17% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 40%	123563
Transparency	Day	43% 6% 12% 21% 15% 3	130012
	Night	43% 6% 12% 21% 16% 2	128117
Seeing	Day	23% 16% 31% 20% 8% 2	16298
	Night	22% 15% 33% 24% 7% 1	25177

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover NE (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	12% 6% 3 9% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 41%	3597
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 47%	3570
	21st to end	Day	17% 8% 3 5% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 44%	3960
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 7% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 36%	1861
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 8% 3 8% 4 4 6% 4 5% 7% 39%	1948
	21st to end	Day	18% 10% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 3 6% 38%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 10% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 5% 36%	4476
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 9% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 39%	4743
	21st to end	Day	24% 10% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 31%	5822
April	1st to 10th	Day	18% 10% 2 6% 5% 3 4 3 4 6% 37%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 39%	2374
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 3 6% 5% 5% 4 4 4 6% 37%	2600
May	1st to 10th	Day	29% 11% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 24%	5886
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 9% 3 8% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 32%	6016
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 6% 8% 35%	6949
June	1st to 10th	Day	18% 6% 2 5% 5% 5% 4 4 7% 8% 35%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 8% 37%	2800
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 35%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 33%	6360
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 3 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 11% 38%	6360
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 43%	6926
August	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 4 7% 9% 34%	4312
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 8% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 38%	4086
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 46%	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 47%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 51%	2209
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 43%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	21% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 4 6% 42%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 7% 46%	1947
	21st to end	Day	20% 7% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 42%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 2 4 4 50%	1779
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 1 4 3 3 4 4 4 5% 48%	1800
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 6% 5% 43%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	15% 9% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 46%	2610
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 47%	2986
	21st to end	Day	20% 11% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 38%	3960
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 47%	6349
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 8% 3 10% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 40%	6315
	21st to end	Night	16% 10% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 38%	6996
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 6% 6% 39%	2535
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 9% 2 8% 5% 4 4 3 6% 6% 40%	2338
	21st to end	Night	16% 9% 2 7% 5% 3 4 3 4 7% 40%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 9% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 38%	5364
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 10% 4 7% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 39%	5215
	21st to end	Night	24% 9% 3 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 5% 34%	5106
April	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 3 3 6% 6% 36%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 3 4 5% 6% 39%	1974
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 2 7% 4 3 4 2 5% 6% 40%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	33% 9% 2 6% 4 3 3 4 4 6% 26%	4054
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 10% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 5% 6% 7% 30%	3905
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 2 8% 5% 4 4 3 6% 7% 33%	3926
June	1st to 10th	Night	17% 9% 3 6% 5% 4 3 3 6% 7% 38%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 38%	1600
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 7% 8% 40%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 38%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 9% 40%	3600
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 47%	3926
August	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 3 7% 5% 4 6% 4 6% 7% 34%	2804
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 37%	2958
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 57%	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 3 3 5% 7% 49%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 53%	2190
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 2 7% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 44%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	20% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 45%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 6% 7% 47%	2449
	21st to end	Night	22% 8% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 4 6% 39%	2860
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 49%	2564
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 5% 47%	2600
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 45%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 43%	4565
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 42%	5208
	21st to end	Night	17% 9% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 40%	6996

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	41% 6% 8% 27% 16% 2	3598
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 5% 10% 22% 18% 5%	3600
	21st to end	Day	41% 5% 10% 21% 19% 3	3960
February	1st to 10th	Day	46% 6% 14% 19% 13% 2	1861
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 7% 10% 20% 15% 3	1957
	21st to end	Day	48% 5% 9% 20% 14% 3	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	50% 5% 11% 14% 11% 9%	4479
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 7% 15% 26% 10% 2	4743
	21st to end	Day	52% 4 7% 15% 15% 6%	5822
April	1st to 10th	Day	48% 6% 10% 18% 16% 4	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 7% 12% 19% 18% 3	2374
	21st to end	Day	47% 6% 9% 17% 17% 4	2600
May	1st to 10th	Day	58% 8% 13% 12% 8% 1	5897
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 8% 14% 16% 10% 1	6020
	21st to end	Day	45% 8% 12% 21% 13% 1	6949
June	1st to 10th	Day	44% 8% 14% 22% 11% 1	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 9% 14% 19% 15% 2	2800
	21st to end	Day	44% 8% 13% 20% 14% 1	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	46% 8% 11% 20% 13% 1	6290
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 8% 16% 24% 12% 1	6285
	21st to end	Day	39% 5% 12% 27% 15% 1	6728
August	1st to 10th	Day	45% 9% 16% 21% 9% 1	4298
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 7% 15% 26% 10% 1	4125
	21st to end	Day	31% 7% 13% 30% 18% 1	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	37% 7% 12% 24% 19% 2	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 5% 9% 25% 23% 3	2209
	21st to end	Day	41% 6% 10% 20% 21% 2	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	40% 6% 9% 22% 20% 3	3590
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 4 8% 27% 26% 4	3150
	21st to end	Day	32% 5% 12% 30% 18% 3	3180
November	1st to 10th	Day	38% 4 12% 25% 18% 2	1779
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 5% 10% 22% 23% 3	1800
	21st to end	Day	42% 6% 14% 25% 12% 2	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	39% 4 16% 27% 13% 1	2610
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 4 15% 18% 19% 5%	2986
	21st to end	Day	48% 6% 9% 19% 15% 5%	3960
January	1st to 10th	Night	36% 5% 11% 32% 15% 2	6349
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 6% 13% 21% 13% 4	6360
	21st to end	Night	47% 5% 10% 16% 18% 5%	6996
February	1st to 10th	Night	46% 5% 14% 20% 13% 2	2535
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 5% 10% 20% 16% 4	2340
	21st to end	Night	46% 4 8% 24% 15% 4	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	47% 5% 10% 17% 15% 6%	5374
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 7% 17% 18% 12% 2	5216
	21st to end	Night	51% 5% 6% 12% 20% 6%	5106
April	1st to 10th	Night	48% 6% 10% 19% 15% 3	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 6% 9% 19% 18% 2	1974
	21st to end	Night	45% 7% 10% 18% 16% 4	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	59% 7% 13% 12% 8% 1	4060
	11th to 20th	Night	51% 10% 13% 15% 9% 2	3906
	21st to end	Night	49% 8% 13% 18% 11% 1	3927
June	1st to 10th	Night	45% 8% 12% 22% 12% 1	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 8% 13% 21% 12% 1	1600
	21st to end	Night	37% 10% 15% 23% 14% 1	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	42% 7% 13% 22% 15%	3560
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 7% 19% 19% 13% 1	3552
	21st to end	Night	38% 6% 12% 28% 15% 1	3809
August	1st to 10th	Night	49% 9% 12% 19% 10% 1	2794
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 10% 15% 24% 9%	2985
	21st to end	Night	26% 7% 15% 31% 21% 1	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	36% 6% 13% 24% 19% 1	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 6% 11% 22% 26% 2	2190
	21st to end	Night	41% 7% 9% 23% 18% 3	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	37% 6% 15% 23% 16% 2	3590
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 5% 11% 27% 28% 4	3985
	21st to end	Night	34% 4 12% 31% 17% 2	4610
November	1st to 10th	Night	37% 7% 10% 23% 20% 4	2564
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 4 11% 21% 20% 4	2600
	21st to end	Night	40% 5% 14% 26% 13% 2	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	43% 4 12% 29% 12% 1	4565
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 5% 14% 15% 19% 2	5208
	21st to end	Night	44% 6% 9% 22% 15% 3	6996

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	30% 27% 26% 14% 5%	200
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 23% 32% 8% 4	200
	21st to end	Day	28% 25% 33% 10% 3	220
February	1st to 10th	Day	31% 24% 31% 13% 2	392
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 29% 30% 11% 1	496
	21st to end	Day	30% 21% 33% 12% 3 1	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	31% 23% 31% 12% 3	500
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 25% 30% 15% 3 1	500
	21st to end	Day	33% 19% 31% 11% 4 1	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	34% 21% 28% 11% 5% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 22% 30% 10% 5%	492
	21st to end	Day	28% 20% 33% 15% 3 2	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	33% 19% 29% 15% 5% 1	503
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 14% 40% 16% 4 1	527
	21st to end	Day	20% 14% 34% 23% 8% 1	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	18% 14% 37% 20% 10% 2	530
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 12% 37% 23% 7% 2	530
	21st to end	Day	19% 12% 35% 22% 8% 3	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	17% 11% 30% 26% 14% 2	525
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 32% 32% 14% 3	524
	21st to end	Day	13% 9% 36% 31% 10% 2	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	10% 10% 31% 32% 14% 3	526
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 29% 30% 14% 3	519
	21st to end	Day	11% 9% 33% 27% 14% 5%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	18% 9% 30% 23% 13% 6%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 7% 28% 22% 14% 9%	530
	21st to end	Day	20% 11% 31% 24% 9% 5%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	25% 12% 25% 22% 11% 5%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 17% 29% 22% 9% 2	475
	21st to end	Day	28% 14% 31% 20% 7% 1	462
November	1st to 10th	Day	21% 16% 32% 20% 8% 2	401
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 21% 27% 18% 4 1	400
	21st to end	Day	30% 19% 30% 16% 6%	400
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 30% 29% 18% 4	210
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 27% 31% 8% 3	200
	21st to end	Day	26% 21% 32% 15% 4 1	220
January	1st to 10th	Night	22% 20% 39% 17% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 19% 36% 17% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	20% 20% 38% 19% 3	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	24% 18% 40% 18% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 21% 40% 15% 1	783
	21st to end	Night	25% 21% 34% 17% 2	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	25% 20% 36% 17% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 22% 37% 17% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	25% 20% 33% 18% 4	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	26% 21% 31% 20% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 20% 33% 18% 5%	790
	21st to end	Night	22% 21% 35% 20% 3	600
May	1st to 10th	Night	31% 15% 31% 21% 3	600
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 17% 37% 21% 6%	542
	21st to end	Night	19% 9% 36% 30% 6%	433
June	1st to 10th	Night	20% 5% 37% 30% 8%	400
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 8% 33% 32% 5% 1	400
	21st to end	Night	15% 4 38% 35% 7%	400
July	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 28% 41% 10% 1	390
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 29% 41% 11%	388
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 30% 43% 9%	438
August	1st to 10th	Night	13% 4 29% 42% 12% 1	525
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 30% 38% 14% 1	639
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 26% 38% 15% 2	880
September	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 31% 33% 14% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 25% 30% 20% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	21% 8% 27% 29% 13% 2	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	24% 10% 28% 25% 12% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 12% 31% 24% 11% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	27% 14% 32% 20% 6%	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	20% 14% 32% 25% 8% 1	789
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 18% 33% 18% 7% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	24% 19% 33% 19% 5% 1	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	26% 19% 34% 17% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 17% 33% 21% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	26% 17% 37% 17% 3	880

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