Dutchman's Hill Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Dutchman's 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	4 4 2 4 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 59%	123362
	Night	5% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 57%	123837
Transparency	Day	21% 6% 10% 21% 26% 16%	123128
	Night	25% 6% 9% 21% 25% 15%	123658
Seeing	Day	6% 8% 22% 33% 25% 7%	15866
	Night	7% 4 19% 44% 24% 2	26128

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	3 8% 3 8% 4 4 5% 3 5% 6% 53%	4098
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 62%	4100
	21st to end	Day	5% 7% 3 6% 3 4 4 3 4 4 58%	4510
February	1st to 10th	Day	4 7% 3 6% 4 2 3 4 5% 6% 56%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 9% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 51%	1813
	21st to end	Day	4 9% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 53%	1680
March	1st to 10th	Day	4 7% 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 57%	4954
	11th to 20th	Day	4 11% 4 8% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 44%	5000
	21st to end	Day	4 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 6% 9% 49%	5486
April	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 2 4 4 4 4 5% 5% 6% 57%	2390
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 5% 5% 8% 57%	2371
	21st to end	Day	4 4 1 4 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 61%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 1 5% 4 4 5% 4 5% 7% 57%	5692
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 60%	5841
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 7% 74%	6734
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 7% 67%	2788
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 4 2 3 5% 74%	2660
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 65%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 68%	4176
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 1 3 4 5% 6% 6% 9% 12% 52%	4110
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 4 4 4 5% 5% 8% 9% 54%	4454
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 2 5% 5% 6% 6% 6% 11% 13% 41%	4092
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 3 3 4 5% 4 8% 11% 54%	3877
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 4 3 5% 6% 6% 9% 10% 51%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 7% 8% 55%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 2 4 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 61%	2252
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 1 3 3 2 3 2 4 5% 69%	2012
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 4 74%	3170
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 1 6% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 58%	3150
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 3 3 2 2 2 3 6% 70%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 7% 68%	1959
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 6% 70%	1850
	21st to end	Day	6% 7% 2 5% 2 3 2 3 4 6% 61%	1620
December	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 1 3 1 2 2 2 4 7% 69%	2620
	11th to 20th	Day	4 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 9% 56%	3026
	21st to end	Day	4 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 57%	4119
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 8% 4 10% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 51%	5867
	11th to 20th	Night	4 7% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 63%	5880
	21st to end	Night	5% 10% 4 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 53%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Night	5% 8% 2 4 2 3 2 3 4 6% 59%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 9% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 54%	2472
	21st to end	Night	6% 9% 2 5% 3 2 3 2 3 5% 59%	1948
March	1st to 10th	Night	5% 11% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 52%	4940
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 10% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 48%	5000
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 54%	5489
April	1st to 10th	Night	5% 6% 2 5% 4 4 5% 3 6% 6% 54%	2010
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 4 5% 56%	1977
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 3 4 6% 60%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 2 5% 4 4 3 4 4 6% 58%	4284
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 4 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 61%	4074
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 5% 69%	4159
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 4 3 4 3 3 5% 7% 65%	1596
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 70%	1520
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 9% 58%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 2 4 3 4 4 4 5% 6% 62%	2787
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 2 6% 5% 5% 7% 8% 10% 11% 41%	2860
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 43%	3109
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 2 8% 7% 7% 7% 7% 10% 10% 32%	2847
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 6% 6% 6% 7% 5% 8% 10% 42%	2960
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 2 8% 5% 6% 7% 6% 9% 11% 37%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 8% 45%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 2 5% 3 4 4 3 4 6% 60%	1924
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 3 3 2 3 2 3 4 69%	2166
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 4 73%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 5% 54%	3778
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 69%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 5% 68%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 74%	2527
	21st to end	Night	8% 7% 1 3 3 2 2 3 3 6% 62%	2777
December	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 6% 70%	4570
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 59%	5181
	21st to end	Night	6% 7% 3 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 58%	6900

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	29% 6% 14% 30% 19% 2	4099
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 5% 14% 24% 21% 14%	4100
	21st to end	Day	28% 6% 11% 23% 23% 10%	4510
February	1st to 10th	Day	27% 5% 13% 26% 20% 8%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 5% 9% 27% 23% 3	1822
	21st to end	Day	30% 6% 7% 17% 31% 10%	1680
March	1st to 10th	Day	22% 5% 7% 20% 33% 12%	4954
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 8% 9% 26% 21% 6%	5000
	21st to end	Day	26% 8% 10% 28% 24% 4	5486
April	1st to 10th	Day	23% 5% 7% 21% 29% 15%	2390
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 5% 8% 18% 29% 18%	2374
	21st to end	Day	20% 4 8% 20% 32% 16%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	22% 6% 10% 20% 24% 19%	5692
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 8% 9% 16% 33% 18%	5844
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 5% 12% 40% 30%	6735
June	1st to 10th	Day	15% 4 7% 17% 29% 28%	2788
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 5% 10% 22% 47%	2660
	21st to end	Day	16% 5% 7% 14% 24% 35%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	16% 5% 8% 10% 20% 42%	4112
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 8% 12% 28% 25% 10%	4041
	21st to end	Day	21% 9% 16% 25% 19% 11%	4314
August	1st to 10th	Day	25% 12% 21% 20% 12% 10%	4078
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 8% 17% 19% 16% 19%	3916
	21st to end	Day	22% 9% 16% 19% 23% 10%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	24% 6% 10% 15% 22% 21%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 7% 9% 17% 24% 24%	2252
	21st to end	Day	18% 4 6% 17% 31% 24%	2012
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 4 6% 13% 28% 36%	3170
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 5% 5% 16% 33% 16%	3150
	21st to end	Day	16% 4 7% 21% 40% 12%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 2 8% 25% 38% 10%	1959
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 2 8% 30% 37% 7%	1850
	21st to end	Day	26% 3 7% 27% 28% 9%	1620
December	1st to 10th	Day	17% 3 11% 35% 31% 4	2620
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 5% 9% 40% 19% 1	3024
	21st to end	Day	27% 6% 12% 28% 22% 5%	4119
January	1st to 10th	Night	33% 6% 9% 29% 21% 2	5867
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 5% 11% 25% 23% 13%	5880
	21st to end	Night	31% 5% 9% 24% 21% 11%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Night	25% 4 12% 28% 22% 9%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 4 9% 23% 26% 8%	2473
	21st to end	Night	27% 3 7% 18% 31% 13%	1948
March	1st to 10th	Night	27% 6% 7% 18% 31% 9%	4940
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 7% 7% 19% 25% 9%	5000
	21st to end	Night	24% 7% 9% 28% 28% 5%	5489
April	1st to 10th	Night	27% 5% 7% 18% 27% 15%	2010
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 4 7% 14% 28% 21%	1977
	21st to end	Night	22% 5% 7% 17% 32% 17%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	23% 6% 10% 19% 27% 15%	4281
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 9% 17% 27% 21%	4075
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 6% 10% 32% 33%	4159
June	1st to 10th	Night	18% 4 8% 14% 22% 34%	1596
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 4 5% 9% 18% 48%	1520
	21st to end	Night	21% 5% 8% 14% 18% 34%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	22% 6% 9% 7% 11% 44%	2742
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 11% 14% 24% 15% 10%	2806
	21st to end	Night	30% 11% 14% 19% 13% 12%	3011
August	1st to 10th	Night	38% 13% 17% 11% 10% 12%	2838
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 9% 15% 13% 11% 21%	2987
	21st to end	Night	33% 9% 13% 19% 15% 11%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	29% 7% 13% 16% 14% 20%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 5% 8% 16% 19% 28%	1924
	21st to end	Night	18% 4 6% 13% 30% 29%	2166
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 4 5% 8% 30% 37%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 5% 5% 10% 30% 19%	3778
	21st to end	Night	18% 4 6% 16% 43% 14%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	18% 3 7% 21% 39% 13%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 3 6% 26% 40% 11%	2527
	21st to end	Night	25% 3 6% 23% 33% 10%	2777
December	1st to 10th	Night	17% 3 8% 39% 27% 6%	4570
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 5% 9% 35% 25% 2	5182
	21st to end	Night	28% 5% 11% 25% 25% 6%	6900

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	13% 3 27% 35% 18% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 8% 30% 28% 22% 3	300
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 25% 38% 21% 5%	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	4 10% 30% 38% 16% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 7% 32% 37% 11% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	10% 13% 33% 32% 11% 1	279
March	1st to 10th	Day	9% 13% 31% 29% 16% 2	500
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 13% 30% 29% 15% 5%	500
	21st to end	Day	10% 21% 33% 23% 12% 1	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 15% 32% 27% 14% 3	500
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 22% 34% 24% 11% 1	492
	21st to end	Day	6% 17% 32% 31% 13% 1	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	7% 14% 34% 29% 16% 1	503
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 11% 31% 30% 19% 5%	528
	21st to end	Day	3 9% 27% 35% 23% 3	702
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 17% 38% 33% 4	726
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 19% 37% 27% 8%	680
	21st to end	Day	2 3 17% 41% 33% 4	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 13% 33% 38% 11%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 7% 30% 35% 24%	484
	21st to end	Day	3 1 7% 29% 39% 21%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 10% 34% 36% 14%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 13% 36% 33% 13%	477
	21st to end	Day	4 1 11% 35% 35% 13%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 1 12% 29% 35% 17%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 18% 36% 32% 9%	490
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 19% 28% 29% 13%	412
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 7% 18% 25% 31% 15%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 10% 16% 31% 26% 12%	300
	21st to end	Day	5% 8% 15% 32% 29% 10%	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	9% 8% 20% 33% 25% 6%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	3 7% 19% 38% 25% 8%	300
	21st to end	Day	8% 10% 22% 33% 21% 8%	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 19% 39% 20% 6%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 7% 23% 39% 20% 5%	300
	21st to end	Day	14% 10% 25% 34% 15% 2	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 21% 45% 21% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 23% 44% 21% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	10% 3 23% 41% 20% 2	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 27% 46% 13% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 25% 48% 12% 1	784
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 27% 48% 10%	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 27% 46% 14% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 22% 43% 20% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	8% 7% 27% 43% 15% 1	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	7% 8% 28% 46% 11%	610
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 9% 29% 41% 14%	593
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 29% 43% 16%	600
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 24% 49% 16%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 21% 47% 19% 1	591
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 22% 45% 21% 1	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 17% 52% 24%	599
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 17% 47% 28% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	3 2 11% 51% 33% 1	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 9% 47% 39% 2	555
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 6% 36% 49% 4	552
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 7% 32% 49% 5%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 6% 32% 52% 7%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 9% 38% 44% 4	564
	21st to end	Night	4 1 7% 41% 42% 4	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 10% 42% 40% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 10% 47% 33% 3	594
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 13% 42% 34% 4	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 16% 44% 27% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 13% 50% 27% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 16% 44% 27% 4	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 13% 49% 26% 3	780
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 20% 46% 22% 4	927
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 19% 40% 23% 3	1000
December	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 20% 48% 19% 1	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 23% 39% 20% 1	1000
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 26% 42% 15% 1	1065

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