Charlottesville
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Charlottesville clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-04.

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	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 42%	100995
	Night	15% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 44%	97949
Transparency	Day	37% 7% 12% 22% 17% 4	104645
	Night	38% 6% 11% 22% 18% 4	102438
Seeing	Day	18% 10% 25% 26% 16% 6%	15035
	Night	17% 7% 26% 34% 15% 2	24770

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	18% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 48%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 8% 2 7% 4 5% 4 3 5% 5% 44%	2840
	21st to end	Day	17% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 41%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	12% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 42%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 2 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 43%	1663
	21st to end	Day	17% 8% 2 7% 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 38%	1635
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 38%	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 52%	3480
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 2 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 38%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 49%	2247
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 1 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 48%	2254
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 6% 42%	2304
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 2 7% 6% 5% 6% 5% 6% 8% 32%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 34%	4081
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 7% 11% 44%	4715
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 2 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 6% 10% 43%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 1 6% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 10% 40%	2660
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 44%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 5% 9% 10% 42%	4230
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 6% 8% 12% 36%	4120
	21st to end	Day	11% 7% 2 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 10% 32%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 3 7% 4 5% 5% 4 9% 11% 32%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 41%	3958
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 1 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 48%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 6% 48%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 45%	2205
	21st to end	Day	22% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 37%	2023
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 49%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 2 3 3 3 4 3 4 5% 54%	1900
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 3 6% 54%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 4 1 4 3 4 3 3 5% 5% 55%	1887
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 5% 51%	1689
	21st to end	Day	14% 4 1 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 51%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 3 5% 4 5% 5% 3 5% 8% 41%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 2 4 2 4 3 3 4 5% 52%	1910
	21st to end	Day	20% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 38%	2812
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 50%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 2 5% 5% 49%	4120
	21st to end	Night	20% 8% 3 6% 3 3 4 2 4 5% 43%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 6% 43%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 2 5% 5% 44%	2403
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 44%	1815
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 37%	3418
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 1 4 4 3 3 3 5% 8% 53%	3480
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 2 4 5% 49%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 6% 6% 46%	1933
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 6% 9% 49%	1875
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 1 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 45%	1892
May	1st to 10th	Night	20% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 9% 33%	2813
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 33%	2812
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 9% 44%	2836
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 8% 9% 45%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 6% 4 3 5% 5% 7% 9% 42%	1520
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 44%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 9% 11% 40%	2711
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 7% 3 7% 6% 6% 5% 6% 7% 11% 34%	2840
	21st to end	Night	10% 8% 4 10% 6% 7% 6% 5% 7% 9% 30%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 3 7% 5% 6% 5% 4 7% 9% 32%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 9% 35%	2839
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 8% 43%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 4 3 6% 6% 45%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 47%	1971
	21st to end	Night	24% 6% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 38%	2156
October	1st to 10th	Night	18% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 46%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 50%	2280
	21st to end	Night	14% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 54%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 3 5% 54%	2264
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 50%	2483
	21st to end	Night	13% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 51%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	15% 9% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 5% 43%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 2 4 6% 48%	3285
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 41%	4839

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	37% 7% 7% 29% 14% 6%	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 6% 8% 19% 19% 7%	2840
	21st to end	Day	45% 5% 10% 21% 16% 3	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	42% 5% 11% 24% 15% 3	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 5% 8% 21% 19% 5%	1672
	21st to end	Day	46% 6% 10% 16% 17% 5%	1635
March	1st to 10th	Day	46% 6% 9% 19% 14% 7%	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 7% 8% 25% 22% 8%	3480
	21st to end	Day	46% 7% 10% 18% 15% 4	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	33% 6% 11% 22% 19% 9%	2247
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 6% 12% 20% 22% 6%	2254
	21st to end	Day	41% 7% 11% 22% 14% 5%	2304
May	1st to 10th	Day	46% 10% 13% 18% 12% 2	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 10% 13% 20% 11% 1	4085
	21st to end	Day	31% 10% 17% 21% 20% 2	4729
June	1st to 10th	Day	34% 9% 16% 25% 15% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 11% 14% 21% 15% 2	2660
	21st to end	Day	32% 10% 15% 25% 15% 2	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	33% 11% 21% 19% 10% 6%	4165
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 10% 18% 26% 9% 1	4051
	21st to end	Day	45% 10% 13% 21% 12% 1	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	43% 9% 19% 23% 6%	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 8% 15% 25% 14% 1	3997
	21st to end	Day	31% 7% 18% 26% 16% 1	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	36% 7% 13% 17% 22% 5%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 7% 9% 26% 19% 4	2205
	21st to end	Day	47% 6% 10% 17% 16% 3	2023
October	1st to 10th	Day	34% 4 7% 19% 31% 5%	3160
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 4 7% 24% 30% 11%	3140
	21st to end	Day	21% 3 10% 30% 24% 12%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	31% 4 9% 23% 28% 5%	1887
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 4 10% 21% 22% 8%	1689
	21st to end	Day	33% 5% 11% 24% 23% 4	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	42% 6% 11% 23% 13% 4	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 5% 9% 30% 15% 7%	1906
	21st to end	Day	43% 7% 10% 26% 12% 2	2812
January	1st to 10th	Night	35% 5% 9% 24% 23% 5%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 4 8% 21% 23% 6%	4120
	21st to end	Night	45% 4 7% 24% 17% 4	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	39% 6% 10% 24% 17% 3	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 3 8% 20% 19% 7%	2405
	21st to end	Night	42% 5% 10% 20% 17% 6%	1815
March	1st to 10th	Night	45% 7% 10% 20% 15% 3	3418
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 6% 8% 22% 29% 7%	3480
	21st to end	Night	37% 5% 10% 22% 20% 5%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	38% 5% 11% 17% 22% 7%	1933
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 6% 14% 20% 22% 6%	1875
	21st to end	Night	37% 5% 13% 24% 15% 5%	1892
May	1st to 10th	Night	47% 8% 14% 19% 10% 3	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 10% 12% 21% 9% 1	2813
	21st to end	Night	34% 9% 17% 24% 14% 2	2843
June	1st to 10th	Night	32% 10% 13% 29% 15% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 10% 18% 21% 13% 2	1520
	21st to end	Night	33% 10% 16% 20% 18% 3	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	35% 11% 24% 14% 13% 3	2666
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 10% 19% 23% 6% 1	2786
	21st to end	Night	47% 10% 14% 18% 10%	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	46% 9% 16% 22% 6% 1	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 9% 13% 23% 12% 1	2866
	21st to end	Night	38% 7% 14% 30% 10% 1	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	39% 7% 11% 21% 15% 7%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 6% 12% 22% 20% 3	1971
	21st to end	Night	46% 6% 10% 19% 16% 3	2156
October	1st to 10th	Night	42% 4 9% 19% 20% 7%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 4 8% 22% 30% 11%	3779
	21st to end	Night	20% 3 8% 32% 27% 10%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	34% 5% 8% 21% 25% 7%	2264
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 4 8% 21% 24% 7%	2483
	21st to end	Night	35% 4 9% 25% 22% 6%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	43% 5% 9% 23% 16% 4	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 4 9% 22% 20% 6%	3288
	21st to end	Night	39% 7% 13% 24% 15% 2	4839

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	24% 18% 34% 18% 7%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 27% 27% 16% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	25% 21% 33% 18% 3 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	23% 21% 38% 15% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 23% 29% 10% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	28% 18% 30% 21% 3	377
March	1st to 10th	Day	22% 17% 31% 22% 6% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 20% 30% 22% 7% 1	460
	21st to end	Day	23% 16% 29% 25% 6% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	22% 18% 29% 20% 9% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 14% 29% 22% 12% 4	452
	21st to end	Day	23% 11% 30% 22% 12% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	19% 14% 30% 22% 11% 3	463
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 9% 25% 26% 14% 5%	487
	21st to end	Day	18% 4 25% 26% 21% 6%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 4 27% 29% 20% 8%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 7% 24% 32% 16% 10%	490
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 23% 35% 21% 6%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 18% 28% 31% 10%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 14% 35% 28% 12%	484
	21st to end	Day	11% 4 17% 35% 24% 10%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 17% 27% 28% 10%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 1 17% 29% 26% 14%	479
	21st to end	Day	10% 3 13% 33% 25% 16%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 14% 27% 23% 17%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 3 18% 26% 29% 10%	490
	21st to end	Day	29% 8% 18% 26% 15% 4	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 5% 18% 33% 17% 7%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 12% 23% 28% 18% 4	490
	21st to end	Day	15% 10% 31% 29% 11% 3	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 10% 25% 31% 13% 4	467
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 11% 29% 25% 13% 2	322
	21st to end	Day	17% 13% 33% 26% 9% 2	180
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 15% 34% 22% 7% 2	180
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 10% 32% 22% 11% 1	180
	21st to end	Day	26% 12% 34% 20% 7% 2	211
January	1st to 10th	Night	18% 11% 38% 29% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 10% 34% 31% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	17% 10% 40% 29% 3	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 10% 38% 33% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 13% 37% 24% 1	743
	21st to end	Night	20% 13% 38% 27% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	16% 13% 37% 30% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 11% 35% 27% 6% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 12% 35% 29% 6%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 14% 36% 27% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 11% 33% 31% 10% 1	751
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 30% 37% 9%	752
May	1st to 10th	Night	18% 7% 26% 33% 15%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 3 20% 36% 18% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	16% 1 16% 39% 25% 3	477
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 16% 45% 26% 1	380
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 2 16% 42% 29% 1	380
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 18% 49% 20% 2	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 12% 34% 35% 6%	478
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 10% 37% 41% 5%	552
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 12% 41% 32% 4	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	14% 2 8% 40% 33% 4	567
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 2 9% 35% 35% 4	592
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 11% 37% 33% 4	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	16% 2 12% 34% 31% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 12% 35% 31% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	26% 3 17% 31% 22% 1	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	20% 5% 17% 31% 24% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 23% 35% 17% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 25% 39% 13% 1	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 26% 38% 14% 2	755
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 8% 30% 35% 11%	760
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 31% 36% 10% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 8% 35% 30% 7% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 32% 38% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 30% 39% 4	836

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