Columbus
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Columbus 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	15% 10% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 33%	101567
	Night	16% 10% 3 8% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 35%	97402
Transparency	Day	48% 4 11% 22% 13% 2	105259
	Night	47% 4 10% 23% 14% 2	101850
Seeing	Day	17% 9% 25% 24% 17% 8%	15140
	Night	18% 7% 25% 32% 15% 2	24885

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	19% 19% 6% 12% 5% 4 4 3 5% 5% 17%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 20% 7% 12% 6% 8% 7% 2 3 3 15%	2840
	21st to end	Day	27% 21% 8% 8% 6% 5% 3 2 4 4 11%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	21% 15% 5% 11% 5% 5% 2 3 4 5% 24%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 13% 4 13% 6% 6% 4 4 5% 5% 24%	1833
	21st to end	Day	20% 14% 4 9% 4 5% 4 2 4 5% 29%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 15% 6% 10% 6% 4 4 3 4 5% 23%	3264
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 9% 3 9% 6% 5% 4 3 4 6% 38%	3480
	21st to end	Day	20% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 6% 32%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 12% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 34%	2141
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 37%	2391
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 32%	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	21% 10% 4 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 30%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 34%	4081
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 33%	4476
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 8% 6% 6% 5% 4 5% 9% 37%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 6% 10% 39%	2480
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 11% 37%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 7% 2 7% 5% 6% 5% 4 6% 9% 38%	4312
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 8% 11% 43%	4120
	21st to end	Day	9% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 35%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 11% 38%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 6% 4 9% 10% 39%	4044
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 2 5% 4 6% 6% 5% 7% 10% 46%	4442
September	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 4 3 4 3 4 6% 8% 48%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 47%	2090
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 4 3 4 5% 43%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 44%	2042
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 4 7% 42%	1900
	21st to end	Day	20% 9% 2 8% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 34%	2028
November	1st to 10th	Day	10% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 48%	1699
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 11% 3 8% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 34%	1710
	21st to end	Day	19% 12% 4 8% 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 31%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	21% 17% 6% 10% 6% 4 3 3 4 6% 19%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 14% 6% 9% 6% 4 4 4 5% 6% 22%	2153
	21st to end	Day	24% 22% 6% 10% 6% 5% 4 3 4 5% 11%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 19% 6% 13% 6% 5% 3 3 5% 5% 18%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 17% 5% 16% 6% 5% 6% 3 4 5% 17%	4120
	21st to end	Night	27% 18% 8% 10% 6% 4 3 2 3 4 16%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	22% 13% 3 9% 6% 4 3 3 5% 4 28%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 12% 3 10% 6% 5% 4 3 5% 7% 27%	2228
	21st to end	Night	20% 14% 5% 9% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 27%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 12% 4 7% 5% 4 3 2 4 6% 32%	3587
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 9% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 5% 7% 40%	3480
	21st to end	Night	19% 9% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 39%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 10% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 37%	2055
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 38%	1736
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 37%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	25% 10% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 27%	2813
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 8% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 6% 8% 39%	2812
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 10% 43%	3079
June	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 8% 47%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 6% 4 7% 10% 44%	1687
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 4 3 5% 5% 6% 10% 45%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 46%	2644
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 47%	2840
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 40%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 3 8% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 9% 37%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 3 5% 7% 43%	2785
	21st to end	Night	4 3 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 49%	3210
September	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 2 4 6% 53%	2060
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 2 4 4 3 3 3 5% 8% 55%	2090
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 47%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 6% 7% 50%	2137
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 8% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 44%	2280
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 39%	2569
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 49%	2452
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 10% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 36%	2470
	21st to end	Night	19% 12% 4 8% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 30%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	22% 15% 4 9% 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 24%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 14% 6% 9% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 26%	3042
	21st to end	Night	25% 21% 5% 9% 5% 4 3 3 4 6% 15%	4532

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	69% 3 9% 13% 5%	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	73% 4 10% 10% 4	2840
	21st to end	Day	79% 2 8% 8% 3	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	63% 3 9% 15% 9%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	61% 5% 9% 17% 9%	1843
	21st to end	Day	58% 3 11% 19% 8% 2	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	64% 2 10% 20% 4 1	3264
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 4 9% 28% 11% 1	3480
	21st to end	Day	53% 3 10% 25% 10%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	51% 4 11% 20% 13% 1	2141
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 4 11% 21% 13% 3	2391
	21st to end	Day	51% 4 11% 20% 12% 2	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	55% 3 11% 23% 7% 1	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 4 12% 21% 12% 1	4085
	21st to end	Day	42% 6% 13% 22% 13% 3	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	43% 5% 11% 24% 15% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 6% 15% 23% 15% 1	2480
	21st to end	Day	39% 6% 16% 22% 15% 3	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	42% 5% 11% 23% 16% 3	4247
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 6% 11% 30% 19% 1	4051
	21st to end	Day	41% 6% 12% 20% 17% 4	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	38% 7% 14% 28% 12% 1	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 6% 11% 31% 16% 1	4083
	21st to end	Day	31% 7% 14% 31% 14% 3	4441
September	1st to 10th	Day	34% 5% 10% 24% 23% 4	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 6% 9% 27% 21% 3	2090
	21st to end	Day	43% 4 8% 22% 21% 1	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	26% 3 9% 34% 26% 1	3393
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 4 10% 27% 23% 2	3140
	21st to end	Day	39% 3 11% 26% 18% 2	3317
November	1st to 10th	Day	37% 5% 10% 28% 18% 3	1699
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 4 9% 21% 12% 3	1710
	21st to end	Day	55% 3 12% 20% 10% 1	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	67% 3 9% 17% 3	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	63% 4 9% 18% 6%	2150
	21st to end	Day	76% 3 9% 7% 4	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	67% 3 9% 15% 5%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	70% 3 10% 14% 4	4120
	21st to end	Night	73% 4 8% 12% 4 1	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	60% 3 10% 18% 8% 1	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	57% 3 10% 18% 11% 1	2229
	21st to end	Night	60% 3 10% 17% 8% 2	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	54% 2 8% 25% 10% 1	3587
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 4 11% 31% 11% 2	3480
	21st to end	Night	47% 4 7% 29% 12% 1	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	46% 4 12% 22% 14% 2	2055
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 4 11% 18% 18% 4	1736
	21st to end	Night	45% 4 11% 23% 15% 2	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	57% 4 9% 20% 7% 2	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 5% 12% 28% 10% 2	2813
	21st to end	Night	34% 6% 13% 30% 13% 3	3087
June	1st to 10th	Night	35% 6% 13% 24% 20% 3	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 7% 15% 26% 18% 3	1687
	21st to end	Night	32% 7% 16% 24% 18% 3	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	38% 4 11% 23% 18% 6%	2601
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 6% 11% 31% 18% 1	2786
	21st to end	Night	40% 6% 13% 21% 15% 5%	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	40% 6% 15% 25% 12% 1	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 5% 9% 26% 20%	2812
	21st to end	Night	28% 6% 15% 29% 19% 3	3210
September	1st to 10th	Night	33% 4 12% 24% 21% 6%	2060
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 4 10% 27% 27% 4	2090
	21st to end	Night	39% 3 9% 21% 25% 1	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	26% 4 6% 30% 32% 2	3566
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 3 10% 29% 25% 3	3779
	21st to end	Night	34% 3 7% 25% 26% 4	4230
November	1st to 10th	Night	38% 3 10% 25% 20% 3	2452
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 4 8% 23% 15% 2	2470
	21st to end	Night	55% 2 12% 21% 9% 1	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	63% 4 10% 18% 6%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	58% 4 11% 20% 7%	3044
	21st to end	Night	73% 3 8% 13% 3	4532

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% 15% 34% 18% 6% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 19% 39% 11% 5%	270
	21st to end	Day	30% 14% 34% 15% 6%	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	30% 16% 33% 16% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 17% 38% 16% 4 1	270
	21st to end	Day	24% 20% 38% 16% 2	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	23% 15% 34% 21% 7%	349
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 14% 33% 21% 7% 1	460
	21st to end	Day	27% 13% 32% 22% 6%	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	20% 12% 34% 21% 11% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 15% 25% 24% 10% 5%	452
	21st to end	Day	20% 12% 31% 25% 10% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	24% 11% 26% 22% 12% 4	463
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 7% 23% 25% 17% 7%	487
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 23% 26% 23% 11%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 4 23% 29% 21% 10%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 18% 28% 26% 9%	500
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 25% 28% 21% 8%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 15% 23% 24% 22%	599
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 16% 25% 28% 17%	484
	21st to end	Day	10% 3 14% 28% 28% 17%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 13% 24% 31% 19%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 3 22% 27% 22% 15%	479
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 12% 30% 30% 19%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	13% 3 15% 25% 26% 17%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 2 13% 22% 35% 19%	490
	21st to end	Day	20% 10% 15% 26% 19% 11%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 22% 31% 21% 10%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 11% 31% 26% 16% 3	490
	21st to end	Day	21% 12% 30% 26% 9% 1	477
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 10% 31% 28% 13% 4	279
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 18% 26% 23% 13% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	26% 9% 37% 22% 6% 1	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	24% 16% 33% 19% 6% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 13% 40% 18% 5%	270
	21st to end	Day	31% 16% 28% 19% 6%	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	22% 14% 34% 24% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 12% 32% 23% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	25% 11% 32% 28% 4	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	27% 10% 30% 30% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 13% 35% 26% 2	743
	21st to end	Night	27% 11% 36% 24% 2	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 10% 33% 28% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 12% 34% 27% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	24% 9% 31% 26% 8%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	19% 11% 34% 28% 7% 1	725
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 34% 29% 12% 1	563
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 38% 31% 7% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 31% 30% 12%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 4 23% 36% 16% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 19% 39% 28% 3	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 22% 43% 22% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 15% 43% 26% 2	570
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 19% 42% 25% 2	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 12% 40% 27% 9%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 12% 39% 36% 5%	552
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 11% 39% 36% 2	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 10% 41% 35% 4	567
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 11% 40% 34% 4	564
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 9% 37% 38% 7%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	15% 2 15% 32% 32% 5%	730
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 2 11% 36% 35% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 5% 18% 32% 24% 2	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 23% 36% 22% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 6% 27% 33% 13% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	22% 9% 28% 31% 10% 1	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	18% 6% 25% 33% 16% 1	755
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 12% 31% 28% 10%	760
	21st to end	Night	24% 9% 27% 32% 8%	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	28% 9% 30% 27% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 9% 31% 30% 6% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	30% 13% 28% 26% 4	836

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