The Cherrywood Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the The Cherrywood Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-10-24.

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	5% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 53%	101260
	Night	5% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 56%	97753
Transparency	Day	26% 7% 12% 23% 22% 10%	101003
	Night	26% 7% 13% 24% 23% 8%	97600
Seeing	Day	8% 6% 24% 35% 21% 7%	15591
	Night	7% 4 26% 44% 17% 2	25567

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	1 5% 2 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 58%	2538
	11th to 20th	Day	2 5% 3 6% 6% 6% 4 4 5% 8% 51%	2581
	21st to end	Day	1 6% 2 4 4 3 3 4 6% 8% 58%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	3 6% 4 8% 3 4 5% 3 5% 7% 52%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	1 5% 2 6% 3 3 4 4 5% 9% 57%	1813
	21st to end	Day	2 7% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 6% 7% 58%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	5% 8% 2 4 3 2 3 3 5% 7% 59%	3130
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 8% 2 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 50%	3446
	21st to end	Day	4 6% 2 6% 4 4 6% 4 6% 9% 47%	4062
April	1st to 10th	Day	5% 7% 2 4 4 3 4 3 6% 9% 55%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 8% 2 5% 3 4 5% 4 6% 7% 46%	2251
	21st to end	Day	9% 8% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 45%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	10% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 7% 40%	4047
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 10% 41%	4388
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 2 4 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 52%	4825
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 1 4 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 11% 49%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 1 4 4 4 5% 5% 8% 9% 51%	2660
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 4 4 4 5% 5% 8% 9% 52%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 2 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 7% 57%	4430
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 4 6% 7% 7% 6% 9% 9% 46%	4430
	21st to end	Day	4 2 1 5% 4 4 5% 5% 6% 8% 56%	4751
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 9% 39%	4092
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 4 4 5% 6% 5% 9% 10% 51%	3739
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 5% 4 4 6% 5% 7% 9% 54%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 7% 6% 60%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 2 4 3 3 5% 3 5% 7% 61%	2260
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 1 4 2 2 3 3 3 6% 66%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 61%	1912
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 66%	1900
	21st to end	Day	5% 6% 2 4 2 2 2 2 4 5% 64%	1934
November	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 5% 8% 64%	1673
	11th to 20th	Day	3 6% 1 3 3 2 3 3 5% 8% 62%	1710
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 59%	1592
December	1st to 10th	Day	2 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 10% 58%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 1 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 60%	1926
	21st to end	Day	5% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 51%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	2 8% 3 7% 3 4 4 3 4 7% 55%	4417
	11th to 20th	Night	1 4 2 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 60%	4418
	21st to end	Night	3 7% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 55%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	2 9% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 4 7% 53%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	2 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 52%	2252
	21st to end	Night	3 9% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 57%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	4 9% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 55%	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 10% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 52%	3530
	21st to end	Night	6% 8% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 8% 51%	3583
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 2 4 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 55%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 3 4 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 50%	1877
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 46%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 46%	2919
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 6% 9% 45%	2517
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 2 4 4 3 3 3 6% 7% 56%	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 1 3 4 3 3 4 6% 10% 57%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 4 3 3 5% 7% 61%	1520
	21st to end	Night	4 3 2 4 2 3 4 4 6% 7% 61%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 60%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 11% 56%	2540
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 4 4 3 4 4 7% 8% 57%	2809
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 44%	2847
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 4 3 4 5% 5% 8% 11% 53%	3099
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 5% 3 4 5% 4 7% 10% 56%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 1 4 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 61%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 2 1 3 2 3 3 2 5% 7% 65%	1919
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 6% 65%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 6% 63%	2265
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 65%	2280
	21st to end	Night	7% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 6% 60%	2470
November	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 1 4 2 2 3 3 5% 6% 66%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 2 5% 3 3 2 3 5% 6% 64%	2470
	21st to end	Night	4 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 61%	2584
December	1st to 10th	Night	2 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 5% 8% 60%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	2 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 58%	3271
	21st to end	Night	7% 9% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 51%	4873

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	22% 7% 12% 31% 20% 8%	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 10% 15% 27% 18% 6%	2581
	21st to end	Day	23% 6% 15% 30% 22% 4	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	32% 5% 12% 27% 18% 6%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 6% 10% 29% 26% 5%	1823
	21st to end	Day	26% 5% 11% 25% 24% 10%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	25% 5% 11% 21% 30% 8%	3130
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 10% 15% 28% 13% 3	3446
	21st to end	Day	28% 10% 16% 30% 14% 2	4062
April	1st to 10th	Day	27% 6% 13% 24% 21% 9%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 6% 12% 21% 18% 8%	2254
	21st to end	Day	34% 8% 12% 25% 19% 2	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	34% 11% 13% 22% 14% 5%	4047
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 12% 16% 24% 14% 4	4392
	21st to end	Day	22% 11% 16% 25% 20% 6%	4825
June	1st to 10th	Day	25% 10% 16% 24% 17% 8%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 8% 12% 17% 23% 13%	2660
	21st to end	Day	22% 7% 13% 23% 23% 12%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	23% 6% 9% 16% 29% 16%	4361
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 8% 12% 21% 19% 13%	4355
	21st to end	Day	23% 7% 11% 18% 20% 21%	4601
August	1st to 10th	Day	36% 9% 15% 18% 14% 8%	4078
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 8% 14% 19% 20% 15%	3775
	21st to end	Day	24% 6% 10% 18% 26% 15%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	21% 5% 9% 21% 25% 19%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 6% 9% 20% 26% 18%	2260
	21st to end	Day	22% 4 7% 19% 36% 12%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	25% 5% 8% 21% 28% 13%	1912
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 4 10% 24% 29% 13%	1900
	21st to end	Day	24% 4 9% 26% 25% 13%	1934
November	1st to 10th	Day	19% 4 11% 26% 27% 13%	1673
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 6% 9% 26% 32% 7%	1710
	21st to end	Day	24% 4 8% 23% 30% 10%	1592
December	1st to 10th	Day	24% 5% 13% 30% 20% 8%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 6% 10% 26% 32% 3	1924
	21st to end	Day	32% 7% 9% 22% 23% 6%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	28% 6% 11% 27% 24% 4	4417
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 11% 14% 24% 23% 8%	4418
	21st to end	Night	28% 7% 14% 30% 16% 5%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	29% 6% 11% 27% 21% 5%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 5% 9% 28% 21% 5%	2252
	21st to end	Night	29% 4 7% 25% 25% 11%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	28% 6% 8% 21% 31% 6%	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 9% 14% 21% 23% 3	3530
	21st to end	Night	29% 8% 16% 30% 15% 3	3583
April	1st to 10th	Night	28% 7% 11% 23% 22% 9%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 8% 13% 23% 17% 7%	1877
	21st to end	Night	38% 6% 10% 25% 18% 4	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	32% 12% 13% 21% 14% 7%	2919
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 10% 20% 22% 14% 3	2518
	21st to end	Night	25% 10% 21% 21% 17% 6%	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	22% 7% 21% 29% 14% 8%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 6% 14% 19% 22% 16%	1520
	21st to end	Night	20% 8% 11% 25% 27% 9%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	23% 6% 12% 21% 28% 11%	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 6% 17% 25% 24% 8%	2492
	21st to end	Night	22% 7% 13% 24% 19% 15%	2721
August	1st to 10th	Night	34% 9% 15% 21% 16% 4	2838
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 9% 18% 20% 18% 11%	3129
	21st to end	Night	23% 6% 14% 23% 26% 9%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	22% 7% 10% 20% 22% 18%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 5% 11% 24% 24% 17%	1919
	21st to end	Night	21% 5% 8% 22% 31% 13%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	23% 5% 11% 19% 28% 13%	2265
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 4 11% 22% 27% 14%	2280
	21st to end	Night	27% 4 9% 22% 27% 11%	2470
November	1st to 10th	Night	19% 5% 11% 24% 27% 13%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 4 7% 29% 30% 8%	2470
	21st to end	Night	23% 4 11% 22% 30% 9%	2584
December	1st to 10th	Night	24% 6% 13% 27% 22% 9%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 5% 11% 28% 29% 4	3272
	21st to end	Night	32% 6% 10% 24% 23% 4	4873

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	5% 7% 19% 45% 18% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 29% 44% 13% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	3 3 30% 43% 18% 3	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	6% 10% 36% 39% 8% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	3 7% 39% 41% 8% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	5% 8% 39% 41% 5%	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	5% 9% 33% 34% 17% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 10% 29% 36% 11% 3	429
	21st to end	Day	11% 13% 38% 25% 11% 2	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	10% 14% 32% 30% 11% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 17% 31% 28% 8% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	15% 13% 28% 28% 14% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 10% 27% 35% 12% 2	596
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 5% 20% 32% 19% 6%	675
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 26% 29% 24% 5%	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 18% 34% 29% 11%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 24% 39% 22% 5%	680
	21st to end	Day	4 4 19% 38% 26% 8%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 14% 31% 35% 12%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 13% 33% 36% 12%	668
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 13% 26% 39% 14%	712
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 1 21% 34% 27% 9%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 19% 36% 30% 9%	477
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 18% 34% 29% 9%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 18% 32% 28% 11%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 21% 34% 29% 10%	470
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 21% 30% 24% 14%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 18% 25% 28% 15%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 23% 43% 18% 9%	300
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 29% 34% 19% 4	306
November	1st to 10th	Day	5% 6% 23% 42% 17% 8%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 27% 40% 16% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 24% 46% 14% 3	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	4 9% 27% 42% 14% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	3 6% 29% 49% 13% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	6% 8% 31% 43% 8% 3	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 8% 32% 42% 11% 3	950
	11th to 20th	Night	4 8% 37% 39% 11% 1	938
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 33% 49% 9%	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 43% 40% 7% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	4 6% 38% 42% 10%	744
	21st to end	Night	5% 6% 39% 46% 4	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 37% 45% 10% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 28% 45% 12% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	8% 8% 30% 46% 7% 1	694
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 35% 44% 6%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 33% 37% 10% 1	563
	21st to end	Night	15% 4 30% 37% 13% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 27% 39% 14% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 3 16% 40% 20% 3	561
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 22% 39% 24% 2	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 13% 48% 27% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 20% 54% 18% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 13% 48% 30% 2	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 10% 39% 38% 5%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 7% 44% 41% 5%	552
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 7% 36% 46% 5%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 10% 40% 40% 4	567
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 7% 47% 36% 4	564
	21st to end	Night	4 1 8% 44% 37% 6%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 9% 45% 32% 6%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 13% 46% 29% 5%	570
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 15% 49% 24% 3	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 18% 45% 20% 4	745
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 21% 50% 18% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	11% 3 24% 45% 14% 3	862
November	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 29% 47% 15% 2	925
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 7% 34% 44% 9% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 29% 46% 13% 1	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	5% 7% 33% 46% 10%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 37% 44% 9% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 38% 41% 9% 1	1045

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