Cuddeback Lake
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Cuddeback Lake clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-05-26.

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 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 5% 76%	118432
	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 6% 76%	119721
Transparency	Day	11% 3 5% 13% 26% 41%	118187
	Night	11% 3 6% 15% 28% 36%	119556
Seeing	Day	5% 12% 24% 30% 22% 7%	16148
	Night	3 8% 21% 37% 27% 4	26007

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 2 1 3 3 2 2 2 4 6% 74%	3639
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 7% 70%	3802
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 59%	5016
February	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 3 3 3 2 3 5% 6% 67%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 2 2 3 3 3 6% 6% 68%	1950
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 6% 68%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 63%	4518
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 2 4 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 62%	4709
	21st to end	Day	2 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 6% 9% 70%	5881
April	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 2 3 2 3 2 4 7% 71%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 2 2 1 3 5% 77%	2369
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 2 3 2 4 6% 78%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 85%	4193
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 3 5% 84%	4201
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 88%	4544
June	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 5% 80%	2499
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 2 4 88%	2660
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 86%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 90%	4420
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 78%	4368
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 81%	4394
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 3 4 82%	3783
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 90%	3724
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 90%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 80%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 3 89%	2110
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 88%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 87%	3490
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 85%	3326
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 5% 78%	3242
November	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 3 2 4 5% 79%	1764
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 5% 6% 75%	1800
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 5% 8% 70%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 3 2 3 5% 4 5% 8% 66%	2950
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 4 3 3 4 5% 6% 7% 60%	3409
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 53%	4211
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 6% 73%	6306
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 3 2 3 3 2 5% 7% 71%	6132
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 62%	5984
February	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 66%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 69%	2338
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 6% 67%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 6% 8% 65%	5376
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 2 4 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 61%	5278
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 5% 7% 72%	5077
April	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 6% 73%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 6% 75%	1979
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 6% 80%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 86%	2997
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 3 5% 85%	2924
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 92%	3159
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 2 2 2 5% 84%	1674
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 3 90%	1520
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 89%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 92%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 81%	2590
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 83%	3166
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 4 84%	3166
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 3 91%	3126
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 91%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 84%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 3 89%	2068
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 3 89%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 89%	3490
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 5% 87%	3608
	21st to end	Night	1 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 4 82%	4317
November	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 5% 78%	2535
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 6% 76%	2600
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 3 2 2 2 3 5% 6% 71%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 4 7% 71%	4240
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 2 3 3 4 7% 9% 63%	4811
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 55%	6732

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	13% 4 6% 30% 33% 14%	3639
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 11% 17% 24% 29%	3802
	21st to end	Day	23% 4 8% 21% 22% 22%	5016
February	1st to 10th	Day	18% 3 7% 20% 29% 23%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 3 7% 19% 33% 22%	1960
	21st to end	Day	17% 4 9% 20% 30% 20%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	18% 4 6% 19% 27% 25%	4518
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 5% 8% 22% 31% 15%	4709
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 13% 22% 34% 17%	5881
April	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 7% 20% 31% 26%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 2 6% 17% 35% 29%	2372
	21st to end	Day	7% 3 6% 18% 37% 28%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 4 14% 34% 41%	4193
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 3 10% 34% 46%	4204
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 3 9% 34% 47%	4544
June	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 5% 12% 26% 48%	2499
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 2 8% 20% 65%	2660
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 2 3 12% 74%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 2 3 7% 83%	4351
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 2 3 6% 11% 68%	4293
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 4 7% 25% 55%	4256
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 1 3 5% 22% 60%	3770
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 1 4 14% 76%	3760
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 1 4 14% 75%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 4 5% 15% 65%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 3 5% 27% 60%	2110
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 2 7% 28% 57%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 2 6% 19% 65%	3490
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 2 7% 31% 53%	3326
	21st to end	Day	11% 1 3 7% 34% 44%	3242
November	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 5% 14% 41% 30%	1764
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 3 6% 17% 30% 32%	1800
	21st to end	Day	14% 3 8% 17% 31% 27%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 3 6% 15% 31% 28%	2950
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 8% 7% 20% 35% 10%	3408
	21st to end	Day	25% 7% 11% 25% 25% 7%	4211
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 3 5% 24% 37% 17%	6306
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 9% 21% 25% 27%	6132
	21st to end	Night	22% 4 9% 17% 26% 22%	5984
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 3 8% 17% 27% 24%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 3 6% 19% 30% 25%	2339
	21st to end	Night	16% 4 8% 20% 29% 22%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	15% 4 8% 20% 29% 23%	5376
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 10% 28% 25% 12%	5278
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 10% 30% 32% 12%	5077
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 8% 24% 30% 23%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 6% 21% 35% 25%	1979
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 5% 23% 41% 21%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 6% 13% 40% 34%	2997
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 3 11% 39% 40%	2925
	21st to end	Night	3 1 4 13% 43% 37%	3159
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 4 14% 29% 45%	1674
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 3 10% 21% 61%	1520
	21st to end	Night	4 1 3 4 15% 72%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 1 2 8% 85%	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 4 5% 12% 70%	2542
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 3 8% 26% 54%	3067
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 3 6% 29% 54%	3156
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 2 4 15% 75%	3156
	21st to end	Night	4 1 1 3 19% 72%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 4 4 22% 60%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 2 8% 27% 57%	2068
	21st to end	Night	4 1 2 7% 29% 57%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 2 7% 16% 69%	3490
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 2 6% 31% 55%	3608
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 3 5% 34% 48%	4317
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 4 14% 38% 32%	2535
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 6% 16% 30% 35%	2600
	21st to end	Night	15% 3 7% 17% 28% 30%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	14% 2 5% 12% 35% 32%	4240
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 10% 23% 31% 16%	4811
	21st to end	Night	23% 7% 12% 26% 26% 7%	6732

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	10% 13% 29% 32% 17% 1	200
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 16% 20% 29% 17% 5%	256
	21st to end	Day	10% 13% 23% 29% 21% 3	550
February	1st to 10th	Day	9% 20% 24% 29% 13% 5%	500
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 18% 28% 26% 14% 4	495
	21st to end	Day	9% 17% 32% 27% 15%	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 21% 28% 21% 14% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 19% 32% 22% 14% 3	500
	21st to end	Day	9% 25% 30% 23% 12% 2	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	8% 16% 28% 27% 16% 5%	500
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 21% 33% 22% 14% 5%	492
	21st to end	Day	7% 18% 27% 22% 19% 8%	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	6% 17% 32% 25% 15% 4	503
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 15% 28% 26% 19% 7%	528
	21st to end	Day	5% 14% 26% 28% 20% 7%	550
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 10% 27% 29% 21% 10%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	2 9% 29% 28% 23% 9%	490
	21st to end	Day	1 7% 29% 29% 24% 10%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 25% 35% 26% 11%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	2 18% 39% 25% 17%	484
	21st to end	Day	2 2 14% 38% 27% 15%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 21% 33% 26% 14%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 17% 35% 28% 15%	477
	21st to end	Day	2 3 19% 38% 27% 13%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 6% 18% 30% 32% 13%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	2 9% 24% 33% 25% 8%	490
	21st to end	Day	2 9% 19% 32% 29% 9%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 10% 20% 32% 29% 6%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	3 9% 19% 33% 29% 7%	490
	21st to end	Day	5% 8% 20% 27% 32% 8%	421
November	1st to 10th	Day	5% 13% 18% 31% 29% 5%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 7% 21% 37% 26% 5%	300
	21st to end	Day	6% 11% 22% 34% 23% 3	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	3 11% 22% 38% 24% 2	300
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 8% 23% 33% 28% 3	300
	21st to end	Day	12% 17% 22% 31% 17% 2	265
January	1st to 10th	Night	8% 8% 17% 38% 24% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	4 6% 22% 41% 25% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	7% 9% 23% 36% 22% 2	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	6% 12% 22% 34% 23% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	4 13% 24% 34% 20% 4	784
	21st to end	Night	6% 14% 23% 39% 16% 2	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	4 18% 24% 35% 17% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 13% 26% 30% 22% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	5% 16% 31% 30% 17% 2	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 13% 29% 33% 19% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	3 15% 31% 31% 19% 1	791
	21st to end	Night	2 14% 27% 30% 23% 4	800
May	1st to 10th	Night	2 13% 36% 32% 15% 2	634
	11th to 20th	Night	2 13% 29% 32% 23% 2	591
	21st to end	Night	2 14% 29% 36% 18% 1	634
June	1st to 10th	Night	1 9% 28% 41% 19% 1	534
	11th to 20th	Night	4 28% 43% 24% 1	380
	21st to end	Night	1 2 22% 46% 28% 1	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 13% 48% 35% 2	370
	11th to 20th	Night	2 13% 50% 34% 1	392
	21st to end	Night	2 2 16% 46% 32% 2	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 18% 42% 34% 3	756
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 16% 38% 39% 5%	752
	21st to end	Night	2 1 14% 37% 39% 7%	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 13% 34% 43% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	3 21% 33% 37% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	4 15% 34% 40% 6%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	1 6% 18% 39% 32% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	1 6% 15% 37% 34% 8%	760
	21st to end	Night	2 8% 18% 31% 33% 8%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	2 10% 15% 35% 32% 6%	780
	11th to 20th	Night	1 6% 14% 43% 32% 5%	800
	21st to end	Night	4 7% 19% 37% 30% 3	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 7% 18% 40% 26% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 8% 20% 39% 24% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	6% 10% 22% 39% 20% 2	880

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