Inukshuk Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Inukshuk Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-02-01.

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	16% 10% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 32%	127870
	Night	17% 11% 4 9% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 30%	124133
Transparency	Day	50% 7% 12% 21% 10% 1	131335
	Night	53% 6% 11% 19% 10% 1	128755
Seeing	Day	22% 15% 31% 21% 9% 3	15931
	Night	22% 12% 30% 26% 9% 1	25141

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	14% 17% 6% 15% 6% 5% 4 4 5% 5% 19%	3677
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 15% 6% 13% 7% 6% 4 4 4 5% 23%	3650
	21st to end	Day	10% 15% 5% 14% 6% 6% 5% 4 6% 6% 20%	4218
February	1st to 10th	Day	13% 16% 4 12% 7% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 24%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 15% 5% 10% 6% 5% 4 4 6% 5% 28%	1759
	21st to end	Day	18% 13% 4 9% 7% 4 5% 5% 5% 5% 25%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	18% 12% 4 11% 6% 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 26%	4476
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 11% 4 9% 5% 5% 6% 4 6% 7% 30%	4976
	21st to end	Day	17% 11% 3 7% 5% 3 3 3 5% 5% 37%	5776
April	1st to 10th	Day	22% 10% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 33%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 9% 3 6% 5% 4 3 3 4 6% 36%	2374
	21st to end	Day	22% 9% 3 8% 6% 4 4 3 5% 5% 32%	2539
May	1st to 10th	Day	23% 10% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 26%	6346
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 9% 3 9% 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 31%	6318
	21st to end	Day	20% 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 7% 33%	6949
June	1st to 10th	Day	20% 8% 3 8% 5% 6% 4 4 5% 6% 30%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 4 6% 8% 39%	2800
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 6% 7% 7% 32%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 35%	6360
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 43%	6360
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 10% 46%	6926
August	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 37%	4498
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 38%	4118
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 40%	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 3 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 43%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 48%	2400
	21st to end	Day	18% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 3 6% 8% 39%	2135
October	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 37%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 8% 3 7% 5% 6% 5% 4 5% 7% 30%	2000
	21st to end	Day	25% 9% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 4 4 6% 29%	2038
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 9% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 4 7% 7% 33%	1851
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 12% 3 9% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 6% 27%	1690
	21st to end	Day	22% 14% 4 9% 7% 6% 6% 3 4 5% 21%	1680
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 19% 5% 10% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 5% 14%	2680
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 15% 5% 11% 6% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 23%	3066
	21st to end	Day	23% 15% 5% 11% 6% 4 6% 3 3 4 19%	4048
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 20% 8% 16% 5% 4 3 3 4 4 19%	6489
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 14% 6% 15% 8% 6% 6% 4 4 5% 20%	6455
	21st to end	Night	13% 18% 6% 11% 6% 6% 5% 4 5% 6% 20%	6962
February	1st to 10th	Night	13% 15% 4 13% 6% 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 24%	2601
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 13% 5% 11% 7% 5% 4 3 5% 5% 28%	2526
	21st to end	Night	16% 13% 5% 9% 6% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 28%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	22% 14% 4 9% 5% 5% 3 3 3 4 28%	5364
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 12% 4 9% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 8% 30%	4979
	21st to end	Night	19% 10% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 33%	5156
April	1st to 10th	Night	20% 12% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 32%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 9% 2 7% 5% 3 4 3 4 5% 36%	1975
	21st to end	Night	21% 9% 3 8% 4 4 3 3 4 7% 34%	1878
May	1st to 10th	Night	23% 9% 3 8% 5% 6% 5% 5% 6% 7% 24%	3594
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 7% 37%	3575
	21st to end	Night	17% 9% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 32%	3926
June	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 3 6% 6% 6% 6% 5% 6% 8% 33%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 42%	1600
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 35%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 3 7% 6% 6% 5% 4 7% 8% 34%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 7% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 42%	3600
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 46%	3926
August	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 3 7% 4 4 5% 4 5% 8% 39%	2647
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 2 7% 4 4 5% 3 6% 7% 41%	2898
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 41%	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 48%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 1 6% 3 3 3 3 6% 5% 51%	2000
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 2 7% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 44%	2262
October	1st to 10th	Night	17% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 5% 40%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 32%	2400
	21st to end	Night	22% 10% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 6% 6% 29%	2801
November	1st to 10th	Night	20% 11% 3 7% 5% 4 3 3 5% 6% 33%	2667
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 12% 4 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 29%	2928
	21st to end	Night	21% 12% 4 11% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 23%	2940
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 17% 5% 11% 6% 6% 5% 4 5% 6% 16%	4720
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 15% 4 9% 6% 4 4 3 4 5% 24%	5348
	21st to end	Night	27% 17% 4 9% 5% 4 4 3 4 4 19%	7150

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	64% 8% 10% 13% 4 1	3678
	11th to 20th	Day	64% 5% 10% 12% 8%	3680
	21st to end	Day	63% 7% 11% 11% 7% 1	4218
February	1st to 10th	Day	60% 6% 10% 18% 5% 1	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	56% 6% 12% 17% 8% 1	1768
	21st to end	Day	59% 6% 10% 14% 9% 1	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	58% 5% 9% 14% 12% 3	4479
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 6% 17% 16% 9% 1	4976
	21st to end	Day	49% 5% 6% 20% 17% 2	5776
April	1st to 10th	Day	53% 5% 8% 20% 12% 3	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 4 7% 21% 15% 2	2374
	21st to end	Day	54% 5% 8% 15% 14% 4	2539
May	1st to 10th	Day	56% 7% 9% 18% 8% 2	6357
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 9% 11% 18% 10% 1	6322
	21st to end	Day	50% 6% 11% 21% 11% 1	6949
June	1st to 10th	Day	53% 7% 10% 18% 12% 1	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 8% 11% 25% 13% 2	2800
	21st to end	Day	48% 9% 13% 20% 10% 1	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	43% 6% 16% 25% 9%	6290
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 7% 14% 30% 13%	6285
	21st to end	Day	32% 7% 16% 36% 10%	6728
August	1st to 10th	Day	44% 7% 16% 24% 9%	4484
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 7% 15% 27% 8% 1	4157
	21st to end	Day	39% 6% 17% 26% 11%	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	38% 7% 15% 29% 11%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 7% 13% 32% 13% 1	2400
	21st to end	Day	43% 7% 15% 25% 11%	2135
October	1st to 10th	Day	45% 5% 12% 29% 7%	3260
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 7% 15% 24% 8% 1	3240
	21st to end	Day	49% 6% 18% 20% 7%	3263
November	1st to 10th	Day	48% 8% 15% 21% 6% 1	1851
	11th to 20th	Day	57% 6% 13% 15% 8% 1	1690
	21st to end	Day	65% 7% 12% 9% 6%	1680
December	1st to 10th	Day	70% 6% 12% 10% 2	2680
	11th to 20th	Day	63% 7% 9% 14% 7%	3066
	21st to end	Day	67% 6% 8% 14% 4	4048
January	1st to 10th	Night	68% 5% 11% 12% 4	6489
	11th to 20th	Night	64% 7% 10% 13% 5%	6500
	21st to end	Night	64% 6% 8% 11% 11% 1	6962
February	1st to 10th	Night	61% 5% 10% 16% 7% 1	2601
	11th to 20th	Night	57% 5% 11% 18% 8% 1	2528
	21st to end	Night	56% 6% 9% 19% 9% 1	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	60% 4 7% 15% 12% 3	5374
	11th to 20th	Night	51% 6% 17% 16% 8% 3	4980
	21st to end	Night	50% 5% 7% 22% 13% 2	5156
April	1st to 10th	Night	53% 6% 8% 18% 13% 2	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	50% 6% 7% 21% 15% 1	1975
	21st to end	Night	51% 5% 9% 17% 15% 3	1878
May	1st to 10th	Night	55% 9% 9% 17% 8% 2	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 7% 14% 19% 14% 1	3576
	21st to end	Night	49% 7% 12% 16% 14% 1	3927
June	1st to 10th	Night	47% 8% 12% 22% 10% 2	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 7% 11% 24% 16% 2	1600
	21st to end	Night	46% 8% 12% 20% 13% 1	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	46% 6% 16% 19% 12% 1	3560
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 7% 15% 30% 11%	3552
	21st to end	Night	36% 6% 13% 29% 15%	3809
August	1st to 10th	Night	40% 9% 15% 24% 11% 1	2637
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 7% 16% 28% 8%	2925
	21st to end	Night	39% 8% 15% 25% 12% 2	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	36% 7% 11% 30% 15% 1	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 7% 13% 35% 11% 1	2000
	21st to end	Night	41% 6% 12% 28% 13%	2262
October	1st to 10th	Night	40% 6% 13% 28% 12% 1	3920
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 6% 15% 24% 9%	3899
	21st to end	Night	48% 6% 17% 20% 8%	4526
November	1st to 10th	Night	52% 6% 14% 21% 8% 1	2667
	11th to 20th	Night	55% 6% 12% 17% 9% 1	2928
	21st to end	Night	61% 7% 13% 15% 5%	2940
December	1st to 10th	Night	67% 6% 12% 12% 2	4720
	11th to 20th	Night	63% 5% 7% 14% 10% 1	5348
	21st to end	Night	68% 4 6% 13% 9%	7150

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% 18% 35% 20% 4	220
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 17% 37% 13% 4 1	220
	21st to end	Day	19% 18% 37% 21% 5%	283
February	1st to 10th	Day	30% 22% 33% 14% 2	300
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 26% 38% 9% 1	306
	21st to end	Day	28% 21% 33% 16% 2	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	26% 17% 34% 18% 5%	500
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 18% 36% 18% 3 1	500
	21st to end	Day	29% 22% 27% 14% 7% 1	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	29% 21% 29% 15% 5% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 20% 24% 14% 10% 2	492
	21st to end	Day	31% 19% 29% 14% 6% 1	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	24% 16% 32% 20% 6% 2	503
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 17% 35% 20% 8% 2	527
	21st to end	Day	19% 15% 31% 23% 11% 1	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	24% 11% 32% 22% 9% 2	530
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 14% 32% 26% 10% 3	530
	21st to end	Day	18% 15% 33% 22% 9% 2	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	12% 9% 30% 32% 14% 3	525
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 8% 33% 29% 15% 3	524
	21st to end	Day	12% 8% 32% 30% 15% 4	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 26% 32% 17% 4	526
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 8% 25% 28% 18% 8%	519
	21st to end	Day	14% 11% 29% 26% 13% 7%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	15% 11% 30% 19% 15% 9%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 8% 24% 25% 20% 13%	530
	21st to end	Day	18% 10% 30% 22% 14% 5%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	23% 13% 25% 22% 12% 5%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 19% 31% 19% 6% 1	530
	21st to end	Day	29% 14% 29% 22% 6%	493
November	1st to 10th	Day	25% 18% 32% 18% 6% 1	425
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 20% 33% 13% 7% 1	230
	21st to end	Day	31% 17% 36% 13% 3 1	220
December	1st to 10th	Day	30% 15% 35% 17% 3	220
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 25% 33% 11% 2 1	220
	21st to end	Day	31% 18% 33% 14% 4 1	242
January	1st to 10th	Night	25% 16% 35% 22% 3	840
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 18% 30% 20% 5% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	19% 13% 37% 26% 5%	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	23% 14% 37% 22% 3	801
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 18% 38% 19% 4	783
	21st to end	Night	24% 18% 29% 25% 4	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	24% 15% 36% 22% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 19% 32% 21% 5%	800
	21st to end	Night	24% 17% 27% 25% 7%	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	27% 14% 31% 23% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 16% 29% 22% 8%	791
	21st to end	Night	26% 14% 29% 23% 7% 1	678
May	1st to 10th	Night	23% 9% 31% 28% 8% 1	400
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 11% 28% 31% 9%	394
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 39% 26% 12%	433
June	1st to 10th	Night	18% 5% 32% 36% 9%	400
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 8% 30% 34% 12% 1	400
	21st to end	Night	21% 5% 32% 29% 13% 1	400
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 29% 42% 14%	390
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 26% 42% 14% 1	388
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 28% 43% 14% 2	438
August	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 24% 41% 21% 1	433
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 3 21% 36% 24% 2	604
	21st to end	Night	13% 7% 26% 34% 18% 2	880
September	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 29% 32% 18% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 20% 32% 23% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	18% 9% 25% 26% 20% 2	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	20% 9% 28% 27% 15% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 13% 30% 26% 8% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	26% 14% 28% 26% 6%	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	27% 14% 28% 23% 8% 1	820
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 16% 34% 17% 9% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	29% 17% 27% 22% 6%	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	30% 15% 30% 21% 4	840
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 16% 31% 20% 4 1	840
	21st to end	Night	34% 15% 29% 18% 4	924

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