Deep Sky West Remote Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Deep Sky West Remote Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-05-26.

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	3 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 62%	117889
	Night	3 3 2 4 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 62%	120288
Transparency	Day	19% 5% 10% 20% 28% 18%	117646
	Night	20% 5% 9% 20% 29% 17%	120120
Seeing	Day	7% 15% 28% 28% 16% 4	15815
	Night	5% 11% 32% 35% 16% 1	26010

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 7% 4 7% 3 4 3 2 4 6% 60%	3960
	11th to 20th	Day	1 4 2 4 2 2 3 2 4 6% 72%	4100
	21st to end	Day	2 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 4 7% 59%	4510
February	1st to 10th	Day	2 5% 1 4 3 4 3 3 6% 7% 61%	1865
	11th to 20th	Day	2 5% 2 5% 2 4 3 3 5% 7% 62%	1949
	21st to end	Day	2 4 2 3 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 66%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	1 4 1 4 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 68%	4672
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 6% 59%	5000
	21st to end	Day	1 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 63%	5705
April	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 3 2 3 4 4 7% 7% 65%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 7% 65%	2371
	21st to end	Day	3 4 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 67%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 5% 5% 70%	3920
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 4 3 4 4 3 6% 7% 61%	4028
	21st to end	Day	2 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 5% 76%	4897
June	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 4 3 3 5% 4 6% 9% 61%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 4 6% 6% 69%	2660
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 1 5% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 8% 55%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 52%	4430
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 5% 4 6% 8% 7% 10% 12% 44%	4111
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 6% 6% 6% 7% 7% 9% 10% 38%	4454
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 5% 5% 6% 7% 6% 8% 10% 46%	3921
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 4 4 4 5% 5% 6% 9% 58%	3726
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 7% 5% 6% 7% 5% 8% 10% 44%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 4 5% 4 4 6% 8% 52%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 7% 58%	2280
	21st to end	Day	4 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 6% 71%	2084
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 74%	3170
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 4 3 4 3 3 4 5% 65%	3150
	21st to end	Day	2 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 5% 80%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 2 2 2 3 3 5% 8% 70%	1874
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 8% 71%	1800
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 1 4 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 65%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 6% 77%	2754
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 2 6% 3 3 3 2 3 7% 67%	3026
	21st to end	Day	2 4 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 6% 70%	4004
January	1st to 10th	Night	1 6% 3 8% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 58%	6033
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 3 3 4 3 3 4 5% 69%	5880
	21st to end	Night	1 4 2 5% 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 60%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 2 5% 2 3 3 3 5% 7% 63%	2534
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 1 4 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 63%	2338
	21st to end	Night	3 4 1 4 3 2 3 2 4 7% 67%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 68%	5207
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 60%	5000
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 7% 68%	5246
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 7% 66%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 65%	1977
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 67%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 66%	3270
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 3 5% 3 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 53%	3088
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 5% 73%	2806
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 2 4 4 3 4 4 8% 9% 54%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 7% 67%	1520
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 5% 4 4 7% 4 7% 9% 49%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 2 6% 6% 7% 6% 4 7% 7% 46%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 6% 5% 4 6% 6% 10% 13% 42%	2853
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 42%	3109
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 2 8% 7% 8% 9% 7% 9% 11% 33%	3018
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 2 5% 5% 5% 7% 6% 8% 11% 46%	3113
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 8% 7% 6% 7% 7% 10% 11% 34%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 51%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 5% 2 4 5% 4 7% 8% 56%	1900
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 3 2 3 4 3 4 6% 65%	2091
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 73%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 4 2 3 2 2 5% 6% 67%	3778
	21st to end	Night	3 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 6% 76%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 6% 73%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 3 2 3 2 3 4 5% 73%	2600
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 64%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 6% 74%	4432
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 69%	5181
	21st to end	Night	2 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 6% 67%	6974

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	24% 3 8% 26% 32% 6%	3961
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 8% 26% 28% 19%	4100
	21st to end	Day	22% 6% 8% 16% 34% 15%	4510
February	1st to 10th	Day	21% 3 10% 23% 29% 14%	1865
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 4 7% 24% 29% 15%	1959
	21st to end	Day	17% 3 6% 17% 33% 24%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	16% 3 5% 11% 34% 30%	4672
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 8% 18% 31% 18%	5000
	21st to end	Day	17% 3 7% 26% 38% 10%	5705
April	1st to 10th	Day	17% 4 7% 18% 34% 20%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 3 6% 17% 30% 24%	2374
	21st to end	Day	15% 3 8% 19% 37% 17%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 4 8% 15% 32% 27%	3920
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 5% 11% 15% 30% 18%	4031
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 7% 12% 20% 47%	4897
June	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 12% 20% 24% 22%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 3 7% 13% 22% 40%	2660
	21st to end	Day	25% 4 12% 18% 20% 21%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	23% 9% 16% 15% 15% 22%	4361
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 8% 19% 29% 13% 5%	4041
	21st to end	Day	32% 10% 17% 28% 11% 2	4314
August	1st to 10th	Day	26% 11% 20% 22% 14% 7%	3907
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 7% 11% 26% 23% 13%	3762
	21st to end	Day	31% 9% 17% 23% 17% 3	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	29% 6% 11% 20% 24% 10%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 5% 10% 19% 23% 18%	2280
	21st to end	Day	17% 4 6% 22% 32% 19%	2084
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 3 5% 13% 31% 33%	3170
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 5% 7% 15% 29% 24%	3150
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 4 16% 41% 27%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 7% 19% 40% 18%	1874
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 2 7% 22% 39% 15%	1800
	21st to end	Day	19% 3 7% 18% 33% 19%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	11% 3 6% 26% 37% 17%	2754
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 4 7% 25% 37% 11%	3024
	21st to end	Day	14% 3 9% 27% 35% 13%	4004
January	1st to 10th	Night	25% 5% 7% 22% 31% 10%	6033
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 8% 25% 29% 17%	5880
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 8% 18% 35% 14%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 4 9% 23% 30% 15%	2534
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 4 7% 23% 29% 15%	2338
	21st to end	Night	17% 2 4 17% 35% 24%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	15% 3 6% 11% 38% 27%	5207
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 7% 7% 16% 32% 16%	5000
	21st to end	Night	14% 4 9% 24% 39% 11%	5246
April	1st to 10th	Night	18% 3 7% 19% 31% 23%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 4 7% 18% 28% 25%	1977
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 8% 19% 35% 17%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 12% 13% 28% 28%	3270
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 8% 14% 20% 20% 16%	3089
	21st to end	Night	13% 3 9% 9% 16% 50%	2806
June	1st to 10th	Night	22% 9% 15% 16% 17% 21%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 4 7% 14% 20% 39%	1520
	21st to end	Night	29% 6% 13% 16% 15% 21%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	30% 7% 15% 17% 11% 19%	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 9% 21% 30% 9% 4	2800
	21st to end	Night	33% 9% 17% 29% 10% 1	3011
August	1st to 10th	Night	38% 10% 17% 16% 13% 6%	3009
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 9% 16% 21% 19% 8%	3143
	21st to end	Night	36% 11% 17% 23% 9% 4	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	27% 7% 14% 22% 22% 9%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 6% 11% 17% 23% 18%	1900
	21st to end	Night	19% 4 8% 18% 31% 19%	2091
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 4 5% 16% 29% 31%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 4 8% 14% 28% 27%	3778
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 5% 17% 38% 26%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 2 6% 20% 40% 19%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 3 6% 21% 40% 18%	2600
	21st to end	Night	22% 3 6% 19% 31% 20%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 6% 29% 33% 16%	4432
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 3 6% 23% 40% 14%	5182
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 8% 23% 38% 10%	6974

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	9% 27% 32% 25% 6% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 24% 35% 20% 7% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	4 19% 42% 25% 9% 2	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	6% 32% 35% 23% 5%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 33% 39% 16% 4	300
	21st to end	Day	13% 32% 38% 14% 3	249
March	1st to 10th	Day	10% 28% 32% 23% 7%	368
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 29% 30% 18% 6% 1	500
	21st to end	Day	13% 33% 34% 15% 5% 1	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	10% 28% 38% 17% 6% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 32% 36% 15% 5%	492
	21st to end	Day	9% 28% 38% 22% 3 1	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 23% 42% 21% 5% 1	503
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 14% 36% 26% 12% 2	592
	21st to end	Day	5% 12% 38% 32% 12% 1	760
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 7% 24% 40% 23% 4	680
	11th to 20th	Day	4 8% 28% 36% 23% 2	680
	21st to end	Day	5% 6% 24% 34% 24% 6%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 14% 36% 36% 7%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 7% 34% 37% 16%	484
	21st to end	Day	4 1 9% 30% 41% 15%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 11% 36% 36% 10%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 15% 39% 31% 9%	477
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 14% 41% 30% 9%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 15% 42% 27% 7%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 27% 41% 19% 5%	490
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 29% 31% 20% 7%	302
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 13% 28% 27% 18% 6%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 14% 28% 30% 15% 3	300
	21st to end	Day	11% 15% 31% 26% 14% 3	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	7% 26% 35% 23% 8% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 16% 36% 30% 12% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	11% 24% 32% 23% 9% 1	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 22% 35% 25% 8% 2	300
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 21% 42% 25% 4	300
	21st to end	Day	13% 32% 33% 18% 4 1	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 15% 39% 31% 12%	875
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 14% 42% 29% 9% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	4 14% 41% 30% 10% 1	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	5% 15% 43% 30% 7%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 18% 43% 27% 6%	784
	21st to end	Night	7% 17% 51% 22% 3	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	5% 17% 41% 30% 7% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 17% 34% 32% 10%	800
	21st to end	Night	5% 16% 43% 30% 6%	779
April	1st to 10th	Night	5% 20% 43% 28% 5%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 19% 39% 31% 7%	593
	21st to end	Night	5% 17% 40% 33% 5% 1	600
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 12% 39% 37% 9%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 10% 31% 38% 14% 1	591
	21st to end	Night	5% 8% 38% 37% 11%	634
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 26% 45% 21%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 29% 49% 15% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 19% 44% 27% 2	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 11% 45% 35% 2	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 7% 37% 47% 5%	552
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 7% 33% 47% 6%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 8% 33% 45% 8%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 9% 40% 41% 4	564
	21st to end	Night	3 1 7% 43% 40% 5%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 13% 44% 33% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 14% 48% 27% 2	570
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 23% 44% 22% 2	574
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 22% 46% 18% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	4 8% 31% 41% 14% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	5% 9% 31% 35% 18% 3	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	4 9% 33% 39% 13% 2	845
	11th to 20th	Night	3 11% 37% 36% 12% 2	1000
	21st to end	Night	6% 15% 33% 34% 11% 2	1000
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 15% 38% 32% 8% 1	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 18% 40% 30% 8%	1000
	21st to end	Night	8% 17% 44% 27% 4	1100

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