Calaveras Hill Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Calaveras Hill Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-06-10.

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	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 45%	119893
	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 49%	118590
Transparency	Day	36% 6% 10% 21% 17% 10%	123727
	Night	34% 5% 11% 20% 18% 12%	122886
Seeing	Day	13% 5% 19% 29% 25% 10%	15467
	Night	15% 5% 24% 38% 17% 1	25468

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% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 4 47%	4077
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 6% 52%	4080
	21st to end	Day	28% 7% 2 4 2 2 2 2 5% 6% 39%	4925
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 8% 2 5% 4 2 3 3 3 5% 45%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 8% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 44%	1949
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 4 6% 47%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 49%	4886
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 3 6% 4 3 3 2 3 4 50%	4980
	21st to end	Day	18% 9% 3 6% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 45%	5462
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 3 6% 4 5% 4 3 5% 6% 44%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 43%	2176
	21st to end	Day	12% 8% 2 8% 5% 4 4 2 5% 5% 44%	2501
May	1st to 10th	Day	19% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 33%	5862
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 6% 9% 48%	5862
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 40%	6434
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 9% 11% 44%	2588
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 6% 6% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 45%	2470
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 3 7% 7% 6% 7% 5% 8% 10% 36%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 46%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 41%	4120
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 3 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 11% 35%	4465
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 3 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 65%	3991
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 4 4 3 5% 5% 8% 12% 52%	3726
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 11% 45%	3993
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 7% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 7% 40%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 2 8% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 42%	2090
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 6% 6% 5% 4 4 6% 8% 49%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 4 4 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 55%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 50%	1984
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 3 3 2 3 4 5% 59%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 9% 3 5% 5% 3 4 3 4 7% 43%	1958
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 3 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 50%	1895
	21st to end	Day	16% 8% 3 6% 4 3 4 4 4 5% 44%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	30% 9% 2 7% 3 3 3 2 3 4 34%	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 9% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 44%	3391
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 55%	4488
January	1st to 10th	Night	20% 7% 2 4 2 2 3 2 4 6% 48%	5888
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 3 1 3 2 3 3 2 3 5% 60%	5900
	21st to end	Night	32% 5% 2 5% 2 2 2 3 4 6% 37%	6095
February	1st to 10th	Night	18% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 47%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 7% 2 4 3 2 2 2 4 5% 48%	2338
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 2 6% 3 4 3 3 4 5% 46%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 45%	4968
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 3 5% 3 3 3 3 3 4 50%	4980
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 44%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 4 6% 9% 46%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 2 6% 5% 3 3 3 4 6% 45%	2173
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 3 5% 4 4 4 4 4 5% 44%	1890
May	1st to 10th	Night	21% 9% 2 6% 5% 4 3 3 5% 6% 35%	4053
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 7% 10% 48%	4053
	21st to end	Night	10% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 38%	4443
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 6% 9% 58%	1796
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 1 4 2 4 4 3 5% 10% 59%	1710
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 5% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 9% 50%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 1 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 51%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 6% 4 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 49%	2850
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 3 7% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 10% 44%	3098
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 7% 75%	2930
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 4 4 4 7% 11% 59%	3113
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 7% 11% 55%	3666
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 9% 46%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 3 7% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 8% 47%	2090
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 2 5% 4 5% 4 4 6% 10% 51%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 62%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 1 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 58%	2175
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 1 5% 2 2 2 2 3 4 62%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 2 5% 5% 52%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 55%	2500
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 48%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	30% 10% 2 6% 3 3 2 2 3 4 35%	4250
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 4 47%	4816
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 4 2 2 2 2 4 5% 55%	6490

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% 4 5% 17% 22% 11%	4078
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 2 4 19% 20% 19%	4080
	21st to end	Day	48% 2 4 12% 23% 12%	4925
February	1st to 10th	Day	43% 3 5% 13% 19% 16%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 4 7% 17% 17% 12%	1959
	21st to end	Day	40% 5% 8% 16% 19% 14%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	35% 5% 6% 19% 14% 20%	4886
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 4 5% 8% 17% 28%	4980
	21st to end	Day	42% 4 7% 20% 17% 11%	5464
April	1st to 10th	Day	40% 5% 9% 16% 17% 14%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 5% 7% 17% 17% 13%	2176
	21st to end	Day	41% 5% 7% 20% 17% 11%	2501
May	1st to 10th	Day	47% 7% 10% 19% 13% 4	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 7% 11% 23% 19% 8%	5866
	21st to end	Day	36% 7% 11% 31% 13% 1	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	28% 8% 16% 27% 19% 2	2588
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 7% 13% 25% 19% 4	2470
	21st to end	Day	40% 8% 13% 25% 11% 3	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	32% 7% 17% 36% 7% 1	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 9% 17% 25% 13% 1	4051
	21st to end	Day	38% 9% 17% 28% 8%	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 12% 44% 22% 1	3977
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 8% 25% 34% 10% 2	3762
	21st to end	Day	30% 11% 18% 23% 17% 1	3992
September	1st to 10th	Day	41% 8% 12% 17% 16% 7%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 7% 12% 20% 16% 5%	2090
	21st to end	Day	31% 7% 11% 21% 17% 12%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	19% 4 6% 12% 22% 37%	3480
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 4 8% 19% 23% 21%	3276
	21st to end	Day	27% 3 6% 19% 28% 18%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	42% 4 8% 16% 18% 12%	1958
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 4 9% 16% 20% 15%	1895
	21st to end	Day	43% 4 7% 15% 19% 13%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	56% 3 4 15% 15% 8%	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 4 8% 15% 18% 13%	3389
	21st to end	Day	33% 3 4 20% 25% 15%	4488
January	1st to 10th	Night	39% 3 6% 17% 19% 16%	5888
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 2 5% 18% 26% 19%	5900
	21st to end	Night	50% 2 4 11% 20% 13%	6095
February	1st to 10th	Night	40% 4 8% 12% 18% 19%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 3 6% 18% 18% 14%	2338
	21st to end	Night	41% 5% 5% 17% 18% 15%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	41% 4 8% 16% 15% 16%	4968
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 4 7% 11% 14% 25%	4980
	21st to end	Night	41% 5% 10% 16% 18% 10%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	35% 5% 13% 19% 15% 14%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 5% 9% 14% 15% 17%	2173
	21st to end	Night	43% 5% 9% 17% 15% 10%	1890
May	1st to 10th	Night	49% 5% 8% 18% 14% 5%	4080
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 6% 13% 22% 20% 9%	4054
	21st to end	Night	38% 8% 15% 28% 9%	4452
June	1st to 10th	Night	21% 6% 18% 32% 21% 2	1796
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 6% 14% 31% 23% 5%	1710
	21st to end	Night	29% 8% 18% 29% 14% 2	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	26% 8% 24% 35% 6% 1	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 9% 21% 27% 14% 1	2796
	21st to end	Night	34% 8% 24% 26% 7%	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 16% 48% 21%	2920
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 9% 32% 34% 7% 1	3143
	21st to end	Night	21% 11% 25% 27% 13% 1	3666
September	1st to 10th	Night	33% 7% 19% 19% 14% 7%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 10% 13% 25% 15% 4	2090
	21st to end	Night	27% 7% 15% 22% 17% 11%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 3 7% 18% 19% 38%	3480
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 4 10% 19% 28% 21%	3609
	21st to end	Night	22% 2 8% 22% 30% 16%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	35% 4 9% 19% 19% 14%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 4 12% 18% 19% 17%	2500
	21st to end	Night	38% 4 9% 17% 19% 14%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	55% 3 6% 13% 12% 10%	4250
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 4 8% 12% 19% 17%	4817
	21st to end	Night	32% 3 6% 15% 27% 17%	6490

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	21% 8% 36% 26% 7% 2	300
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 9% 30% 26% 11% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	22% 8% 33% 28% 9% 1	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	24% 10% 23% 28% 12% 2	300
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 9% 30% 25% 9% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	24% 8% 42% 21% 5%	249
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 10% 37% 27% 5%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 9% 43% 25% 8%	300
	21st to end	Day	17% 12% 35% 27% 9%	330
April	1st to 10th	Day	18% 11% 32% 28% 10%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 11% 32% 29% 13%	294
	21st to end	Day	14% 11% 38% 29% 7% 1	601
May	1st to 10th	Day	17% 7% 36% 29% 11% 1	703
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 27% 36% 15% 2	725
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 23% 41% 18% 3	789
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 10% 37% 35% 10%	726
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 8% 41% 35% 8%	680
	21st to end	Day	9% 1 8% 29% 37% 16%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 6% 26% 40% 16%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 4 22% 47% 21%	668
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 5% 25% 45% 18%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 2 26% 45% 25%	615
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 28% 43% 22%	477
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 3 23% 39% 28%	430
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 1 5% 16% 43% 25%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 3 18% 40% 32%	300
	21st to end	Day	10% 1 3 22% 39% 26%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 11% 25% 39% 18%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 2 11% 35% 28% 12%	300
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 19% 29% 21% 10%	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 6% 16% 32% 21% 6%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 4 17% 30% 23% 6%	300
	21st to end	Day	23% 10% 30% 21% 11% 5%	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	22% 8% 24% 28% 16% 4	300
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 10% 23% 32% 11% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 30% 32% 14% 1	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 5% 28% 36% 10% 1	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 7% 28% 36% 8%	1000
	21st to end	Night	25% 6% 28% 35% 7%	926
February	1st to 10th	Night	23% 10% 29% 32% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 9% 31% 29% 4	784
	21st to end	Night	22% 11% 34% 30% 2	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 11% 38% 28% 3	625
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 9% 37% 30% 5%	600
	21st to end	Night	18% 8% 40% 29% 4	660
April	1st to 10th	Night	15% 9% 44% 29% 4	600
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 39% 30% 4	593
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 40% 25% 7% 1	600
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 8% 44% 30% 4	600
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 36% 37% 8% 1	591
	21st to end	Night	11% 3 36% 40% 9%	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 21% 52% 19% 1	599
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 23% 53% 16% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 16% 46% 27% 3	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 11% 49% 30% 2	555
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 8% 51% 34% 2	552
	21st to end	Night	4 2 8% 50% 34% 2	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 7% 53% 36% 2	567
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 6% 49% 36% 4	564
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 4 41% 43% 4	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 7% 40% 38% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 1 6% 38% 42% 3	570
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 11% 38% 40% 4	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 12% 48% 31% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 2 19% 44% 21% 1	655
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 25% 36% 21% 2	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 19% 40% 21% 1	780
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 24% 41% 17% 2	900
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 24% 35% 15% 1	1000
December	1st to 10th	Night	23% 5% 21% 37% 13% 2	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 6% 24% 34% 10% 1	1000
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 25% 37% 11%	1100

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