Chiaro Observing Site
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Chiaro Observing Site 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% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 40%	127539
	Night	16% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 43%	124469
Transparency	Day	41% 6% 12% 22% 16% 3	131066
	Night	40% 5% 11% 23% 17% 4	129016
Seeing	Day	20% 14% 31% 22% 10% 3	16562
	Night	19% 11% 32% 28% 9% 1	25863

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	13% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 51%	3677
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 8% 2 7% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 45%	3650
	21st to end	Day	19% 10% 3 6% 4 4 3 2 4 5% 40%	4500
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 3 3 5% 6% 41%	1815
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 9% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 42%	1948
	21st to end	Day	17% 10% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 39%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	22% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 45%	4476
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 8% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 6% 7% 43%	4829
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 43%	5910
April	1st to 10th	Day	18% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 4 7% 39%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 2 5% 4 5% 4 3 7% 7% 41%	2374
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 40%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	24% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 28%	5875
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 9% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 35%	6244
	21st to end	Day	20% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 34%	6949
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 38%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 8% 38%	2800
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 6% 4 7% 9% 39%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 7% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 36%	6360
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 8% 3 8% 6% 6% 7% 5% 7% 11% 29%	6360
	21st to end	Day	11% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 38%	6926
August	1st to 10th	Day	18% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 8% 31%	4208
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 3 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 38%	3850
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 1 6% 4 5% 4 4 7% 9% 45%	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 44%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 4 8% 48%	2322
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 38%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	19% 6% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 45%	2077
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 50%	2000
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 2 6% 2 3 3 3 4 6% 47%	2070
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 7% 51%	1851
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 47%	1890
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 1 5% 4 4 4 3 4 7% 45%	1822
December	1st to 10th	Day	12% 8% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 46%	2680
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 8% 2 4 3 2 3 2 3 5% 46%	3066
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 41%	4048
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 52%	6489
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 49%	6455
	21st to end	Night	17% 9% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 41%	6680
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 41%	2586
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 42%	2338
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 42%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 9% 2 5% 3 3 2 2 4 6% 45%	5364
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 11% 3 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 46%	5127
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 41%	5020
April	1st to 10th	Night	17% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 40%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 42%	1975
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 2 6% 3 4 5% 3 5% 7% 43%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	23% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 8% 27%	4064
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 9% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 33%	3678
	21st to end	Night	21% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 36%	3926
June	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 8% 41%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 40%	1600
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 40%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 2 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 9% 36%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 9% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 32%	3600
	21st to end	Night	12% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 8% 41%	3926
August	1st to 10th	Night	23% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 31%	2904
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 3 7% 4 5% 4 4 6% 8% 42%	3197
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 8% 52%	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 7% 4 4 5% 4 4 6% 45%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 51%	2076
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 6% 7% 40%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	18% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 4 5% 45%	2320
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 4 6% 51%	2400
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 47%	2770
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 52%	2667
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 48%	2730
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 46%	2793
December	1st to 10th	Night	14% 8% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 49%	4720
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 6% 2 4 4 3 3 2 4 6% 43%	5348
	21st to end	Night	18% 8% 3 6% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 42%	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	35% 4 8% 28% 23% 3	3678
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 4 9% 23% 17% 6%	3680
	21st to end	Day	48% 4 9% 23% 14% 2	4500
February	1st to 10th	Day	45% 5% 13% 23% 13% 2	1815
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 5% 9% 23% 16% 3	1957
	21st to end	Day	46% 5% 10% 22% 13% 5%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	41% 5% 10% 22% 15% 8%	4479
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 6% 10% 27% 14% 5%	4829
	21st to end	Day	42% 5% 10% 15% 23% 6%	5910
April	1st to 10th	Day	45% 6% 11% 18% 15% 5%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 6% 13% 21% 16% 3	2374
	21st to end	Day	41% 7% 11% 19% 19% 4	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	52% 9% 13% 16% 9% 1	5886
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 6% 10% 21% 12% 1	6248
	21st to end	Day	45% 7% 10% 22% 14% 1	6949
June	1st to 10th	Day	40% 9% 13% 21% 15% 2	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 9% 13% 23% 11% 2	2800
	21st to end	Day	38% 9% 14% 21% 17% 1	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	40% 10% 14% 21% 13% 1	6290
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 9% 18% 17% 9% 1	6285
	21st to end	Day	40% 7% 12% 21% 20% 1	6728
August	1st to 10th	Day	48% 9% 14% 21% 9%	4194
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 8% 13% 26% 12% 1	3886
	21st to end	Day	32% 8% 12% 27% 19% 2	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	37% 7% 13% 20% 20% 3	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 6% 11% 23% 23% 3	2322
	21st to end	Day	46% 6% 10% 17% 19% 2	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	36% 5% 11% 18% 25% 5%	3376
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 4 10% 23% 32% 6%	3240
	21st to end	Day	27% 4 13% 25% 27% 4	3321
November	1st to 10th	Day	34% 4 14% 25% 20% 3	1851
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 4 10% 22% 22% 3	1890
	21st to end	Day	39% 5% 13% 29% 13% 2	1822
December	1st to 10th	Day	39% 4 15% 26% 15% 2	2680
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 4 10% 29% 13% 3	3066
	21st to end	Day	41% 7% 11% 23% 17% 2	4048
January	1st to 10th	Night	34% 4 9% 25% 22% 6%	6489
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 4 10% 24% 17% 7%	6500
	21st to end	Night	44% 4 9% 22% 19% 3	6680
February	1st to 10th	Night	44% 5% 14% 23% 13% 2	2586
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 4 9% 20% 18% 5%	2340
	21st to end	Night	42% 5% 8% 22% 18% 5%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	42% 4 8% 23% 13% 10%	5374
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 5% 12% 24% 14% 5%	5128
	21st to end	Night	45% 5% 7% 15% 23% 5%	5020
April	1st to 10th	Night	45% 5% 9% 19% 17% 5%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 6% 9% 19% 21% 3	1975
	21st to end	Night	40% 6% 9% 20% 21% 5%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	54% 7% 12% 16% 9% 2	4070
	11th to 20th	Night	51% 5% 11% 17% 14% 1	3679
	21st to end	Night	46% 8% 11% 21% 13% 1	3927
June	1st to 10th	Night	41% 7% 11% 20% 19% 1	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 8% 13% 25% 12% 1	1600
	21st to end	Night	37% 10% 16% 20% 16% 2	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	42% 9% 14% 20% 13% 1	3560
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 8% 16% 21% 9% 1	3552
	21st to end	Night	38% 7% 15% 22% 17% 1	3809
August	1st to 10th	Night	49% 8% 17% 15% 9% 1	2894
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 6% 13% 30% 11% 1	3227
	21st to end	Night	30% 6% 11% 31% 21% 2	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	40% 7% 10% 22% 19% 2	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 6% 11% 22% 25% 4	2076
	21st to end	Night	44% 6% 7% 21% 19% 2	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	37% 6% 10% 23% 22% 2	3788
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 4 10% 27% 30% 5%	3899
	21st to end	Night	27% 4 10% 30% 25% 4	4469
November	1st to 10th	Night	33% 5% 12% 25% 22% 4	2667
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 4 8% 23% 20% 5%	2730
	21st to end	Night	37% 5% 12% 26% 17% 2	2793
December	1st to 10th	Night	38% 4 11% 30% 15% 2	4720
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 4 10% 25% 14% 4	5348
	21st to end	Night	44% 5% 11% 20% 17% 4	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	25% 23% 36% 13% 3 1	220
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 31% 23% 12% 2	220
	21st to end	Day	28% 24% 30% 14% 3 1	349
February	1st to 10th	Day	25% 23% 38% 10% 2 1	315
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 21% 36% 12% 1	496
	21st to end	Day	27% 22% 34% 14% 3	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	26% 21% 33% 16% 4	500
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 24% 37% 14% 4 1	500
	21st to end	Day	26% 23% 32% 15% 4 1	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	25% 22% 33% 13% 5% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 18% 36% 16% 7% 2	492
	21st to end	Day	25% 17% 34% 18% 5% 2	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	28% 15% 33% 16% 6% 1	503
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 13% 36% 20% 6% 2	527
	21st to end	Day	22% 10% 25% 27% 14% 3	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	18% 10% 31% 26% 13% 2	530
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 11% 32% 27% 11% 2	530
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 33% 32% 15% 2	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	12% 7% 25% 32% 18% 6%	525
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 24% 36% 22% 5%	524
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 31% 32% 16% 4	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 27% 33% 17% 6%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 22% 33% 20% 6%	519
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 28% 30% 17% 8%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	17% 7% 30% 22% 16% 8%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 30% 31% 13% 9%	530
	21st to end	Day	24% 9% 28% 24% 11% 4	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	24% 8% 24% 23% 14% 7%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 14% 29% 24% 12% 3	530
	21st to end	Day	21% 14% 33% 20% 10% 2	511
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 15% 35% 23% 11% 2	425
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 18% 31% 22% 6%	430
	21st to end	Day	23% 17% 32% 21% 6% 1	362
December	1st to 10th	Day	26% 23% 35% 10% 5% 1	220
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 22% 30% 10% 5%	220
	21st to end	Day	26% 19% 31% 18% 5% 1	242
January	1st to 10th	Night	20% 18% 39% 19% 4	840
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 17% 33% 22% 3	840
	21st to end	Night	20% 18% 40% 20% 2	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 15% 39% 22% 2	801
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 19% 40% 15% 1	783
	21st to end	Night	23% 20% 36% 18% 3	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	22% 16% 38% 20% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 15% 39% 20% 4 1	800
	21st to end	Night	20% 12% 41% 21% 5%	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	21% 16% 38% 20% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 13% 35% 26% 4	791
	21st to end	Night	20% 12% 37% 27% 5% 1	800
May	1st to 10th	Night	22% 11% 34% 25% 7% 1	610
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 9% 36% 27% 5%	445
	21st to end	Night	20% 4 22% 40% 12% 1	433
June	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 27% 38% 12%	400
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 4 26% 41% 15%	400
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 24% 49% 14%	400
July	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 23% 45% 15% 2	390
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 20% 44% 22% 1	388
	21st to end	Night	11% 3 23% 47% 16%	438
August	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 16% 46% 20% 2	586
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 21% 39% 23% 3	790
	21st to end	Night	13% 3 20% 40% 22% 3	880
September	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 24% 35% 19% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 4 20% 35% 22% 5%	800
	21st to end	Night	22% 5% 23% 32% 16% 2	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	22% 6% 26% 27% 16% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 11% 28% 32% 11%	800
	21st to end	Night	22% 9% 36% 24% 9% 1	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 9% 36% 27% 11% 1	820
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 16% 32% 25% 8% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	17% 15% 36% 25% 7% 1	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	24% 17% 33% 18% 6% 1	840
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 13% 39% 22% 3	840
	21st to end	Night	21% 14% 38% 24% 2	924

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