Edward Knight Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Edward Knight Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-06.

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	17% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 38%	101268
	Night	18% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 39%	97814
Transparency	Day	44% 6% 11% 22% 15% 2	104806
	Night	43% 6% 12% 22% 15% 2	102365
Seeing	Day	23% 16% 32% 19% 8% 2	15016
	Night	21% 14% 33% 25% 7% 1	23909

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover NE (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	14% 8% 2 7% 5% 4 3 3 5% 5% 44%	2517
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 4 4 5% 39%	2520
	21st to end	Day	21% 10% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 4 4 35%	2772
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 8% 3 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 6% 36%	1755
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 8% 2 7% 5% 4 4 5% 5% 6% 40%	1848
	21st to end	Day	18% 11% 2 6% 5% 4 4 2 4 5% 37%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	24% 14% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 4 4 30%	3116
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 6% 6% 42%	3318
	21st to end	Day	22% 9% 2 7% 4 3 4 3 6% 6% 35%	4055
April	1st to 10th	Day	18% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 36%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 39%	2263
	21st to end	Day	21% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 5% 36%	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	23% 11% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 27%	4106
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 7% 3 8% 5% 4 3 3 4 7% 33%	4194
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 1 5% 5% 4 4 3 6% 8% 45%	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	18% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 34%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 38%	2660
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 7% 8% 35%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 37%	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 11% 39%	4440
	21st to end	Day	15% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 6% 8% 35%	4814
August	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 2 7% 5% 6% 5% 4 7% 9% 33%	4179
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 8% 2 7% 4 5% 6% 4 6% 7% 37%	3985
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 44%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 3 4 5% 4 6% 6% 46%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 2 5% 3 2 3 3 4 6% 50%	2095
	21st to end	Day	16% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 7% 43%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	23% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 39%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 47%	1848
	21st to end	Day	21% 6% 2 6% 4 3 5% 3 4 5% 41%	1881
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 1 6% 4 4 2 2 4 5% 49%	1717
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 47%	1710
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 4 5% 44%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	18% 8% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 37%	1530
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 7% 2 6% 3 3 2 2 5% 5% 44%	1906
	21st to end	Day	22% 11% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 33%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 2 4 4 3 3 3 4 6% 46%	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 8% 3 9% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 39%	4440
	21st to end	Night	22% 13% 4 7% 4 4 3 3 4 4 31%	4884
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 5% 39%	2419
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 10% 3 6% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 5% 41%	2218
	21st to end	Night	17% 9% 2 7% 4 4 3 4 5% 5% 41%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	28% 10% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 33%	3724
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 39%	3640
	21st to end	Night	24% 8% 3 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 6% 33%	3576
April	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 3 6% 6% 5% 4 3 5% 6% 36%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 1 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 5% 40%	1866
	21st to end	Night	20% 8% 2 5% 5% 3 4 3 5% 6% 40%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	25% 11% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 27%	2834
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 9% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 4 6% 7% 28%	2727
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 43%	2738
June	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 39%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 38%	1520
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 5% 5% 4 3 7% 8% 39%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 3 7% 5% 6% 5% 4 8% 8% 37%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 9% 40%	2520
	21st to end	Night	14% 8% 3 6% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 7% 38%	2739
August	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 3 6% 8% 33%	2718
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 3 7% 5% 6% 7% 4 7% 7% 36%	2839
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 55%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 4 3 5% 3 3 5% 7% 50%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 2 4 7% 52%	2085
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 45%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	21% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 42%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 4 1 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 6% 47%	2330
	21st to end	Night	22% 7% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 5% 39%	2717
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 5% 48%	2483
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 46%	2470
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 44%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 37%	2646
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 8% 2 5% 3 4 3 4 5% 6% 41%	3288
	21st to end	Night	21% 10% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 33%	4884

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 10% 32% 11% 1	2518
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 6% 9% 24% 13% 2	2520
	21st to end	Day	52% 6% 9% 22% 10% 2	2772
February	1st to 10th	Day	48% 6% 11% 20% 12% 3	1755
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 6% 11% 21% 15% 3	1857
	21st to end	Day	49% 5% 9% 19% 14% 3	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	58% 4 10% 15% 11% 3	3119
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 5% 15% 23% 14% 3	3318
	21st to end	Day	51% 3 6% 17% 17% 7%	4055
April	1st to 10th	Day	49% 4 9% 18% 16% 4	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 6% 10% 19% 17% 3	2263
	21st to end	Day	49% 6% 7% 17% 18% 4	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	55% 7% 10% 15% 10% 1	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 7% 14% 17% 10% 2	4198
	21st to end	Day	36% 7% 11% 24% 20% 2	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	45% 8% 13% 22% 12% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 8% 12% 20% 16% 3	2660
	21st to end	Day	45% 8% 12% 21% 13% 1	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	42% 9% 12% 21% 16% 1	4370
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 7% 16% 25% 13% 1	4365
	21st to end	Day	46% 6% 12% 20% 14% 2	4661
August	1st to 10th	Day	45% 9% 16% 22% 9% 1	4165
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 7% 14% 25% 9% 1	4024
	21st to end	Day	32% 9% 13% 28% 17% 2	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	36% 6% 12% 25% 20% 2	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 4 8% 26% 23% 3	2095
	21st to end	Day	40% 6% 8% 22% 22% 2	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	42% 6% 8% 21% 19% 3	3480
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 5% 8% 28% 24% 3	3038
	21st to end	Day	33% 5% 9% 31% 19% 3	3081
November	1st to 10th	Day	39% 3 12% 26% 17% 2	1717
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 4 10% 23% 20% 3	1710
	21st to end	Day	42% 5% 15% 23% 13% 2	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	47% 5% 14% 16% 16% 1	1530
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 4 12% 19% 17% 4	1906
	21st to end	Day	53% 5% 11% 20% 11% 1	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	40% 4 13% 28% 11% 3	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 6% 11% 22% 12% 3	4440
	21st to end	Night	57% 5% 9% 17% 11% 2	4884
February	1st to 10th	Night	45% 6% 13% 20% 13% 3	2419
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 4 10% 21% 17% 4	2220
	21st to end	Night	45% 4 8% 24% 15% 4	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	54% 4 8% 20% 10% 3	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 7% 13% 18% 15% 2	3641
	21st to end	Night	50% 4 6% 14% 19% 7%	3576
April	1st to 10th	Night	48% 5% 10% 18% 16% 3	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 5% 9% 20% 19% 2	1866
	21st to end	Night	46% 5% 10% 19% 16% 4	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	56% 7% 11% 16% 8% 2	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	52% 9% 14% 14% 9% 2	2728
	21st to end	Night	40% 8% 14% 21% 15% 1	2739
June	1st to 10th	Night	46% 7% 11% 23% 12% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 8% 12% 20% 14% 2	1520
	21st to end	Night	42% 7% 15% 21% 14% 1	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	41% 9% 13% 22% 14% 1	2480
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 8% 15% 22% 15% 1	2472
	21st to end	Night	45% 7% 11% 21% 15% 1	2651
August	1st to 10th	Night	49% 8% 12% 19% 11% 1	2708
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 9% 14% 24% 10%	2866
	21st to end	Night	27% 6% 15% 30% 21% 1	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	36% 5% 13% 26% 20% 1	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 5% 10% 23% 26% 2	2085
	21st to end	Night	39% 6% 9% 25% 19% 2	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	39% 6% 16% 23% 15% 2	3480
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 5% 11% 27% 27% 3	3879
	21st to end	Night	35% 4 12% 31% 16% 2	4467
November	1st to 10th	Night	38% 6% 11% 23% 20% 3	2483
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 4 10% 22% 19% 3	2470
	21st to end	Night	41% 5% 13% 25% 14% 2	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	48% 4 12% 22% 13% 1	2646
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 5% 15% 17% 18% 2	3288
	21st to end	Night	51% 4 9% 24% 11% 1	4884

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	27% 24% 31% 14% 4	180
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 21% 33% 9% 3 1	180
	21st to end	Day	26% 25% 34% 11% 4 1	198
February	1st to 10th	Day	33% 20% 34% 12% 2	353
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 29% 31% 11% 2	456
	21st to end	Day	29% 20% 35% 12% 3 1	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	29% 21% 33% 14% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 24% 32% 11% 3 1	460
	21st to end	Day	30% 22% 31% 11% 5% 2	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	30% 23% 28% 13% 5% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 24% 30% 10% 6% 1	452
	21st to end	Day	28% 18% 33% 15% 3 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	32% 19% 29% 14% 4 2	463
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 15% 40% 17% 4 2	487
	21st to end	Day	19% 12% 38% 22% 7% 2	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	18% 15% 38% 19% 9% 2	490
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 15% 38% 21% 8% 1	490
	21st to end	Day	20% 14% 36% 20% 8% 2	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	17% 9% 29% 29% 13% 2	485
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 34% 29% 14% 2	484
	21st to end	Day	14% 10% 34% 30% 10% 2	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 10% 30% 32% 13% 2	486
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 9% 28% 27% 15% 4	479
	21st to end	Day	12% 8% 33% 27% 14% 6%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	18% 10% 28% 22% 16% 6%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 12% 25% 20% 12% 11%	490
	21st to end	Day	19% 12% 30% 23% 11% 5%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	28% 13% 24% 20% 11% 4	490
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 17% 28% 24% 11% 2	437
	21st to end	Day	29% 13% 30% 20% 8% 1	429
November	1st to 10th	Day	21% 15% 32% 20% 10% 2	381
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 19% 26% 19% 5% 1	370
	21st to end	Day	28% 16% 31% 17% 6% 1	370
December	1st to 10th	Day	22% 27% 30% 17% 4	190
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 24% 31% 10% 2	180
	21st to end	Day	22% 28% 31% 14% 4 2	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	22% 19% 38% 19% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 17% 36% 18% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	21% 19% 37% 20% 3	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	23% 17% 38% 21% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 19% 39% 18% 2	743
	21st to end	Night	26% 18% 32% 20% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	25% 19% 34% 19% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 21% 36% 16% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	26% 19% 31% 18% 5%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	24% 18% 34% 21% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 19% 32% 18% 6%	742
	21st to end	Night	22% 18% 35% 22% 3	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	28% 13% 33% 22% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 14% 36% 22% 5%	515
	21st to end	Night	18% 10% 34% 32% 6%	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	22% 7% 34% 28% 8% 1	380
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 10% 31% 32% 7% 1	380
	21st to end	Night	18% 3 38% 33% 8%	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	15% 4 29% 42% 10% 1	370
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 28% 44% 12% 1	368
	21st to end	Night	13% 4 29% 43% 10%	416
August	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 26% 42% 13% 1	499
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 30% 39% 12% 1	593
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 26% 37% 16% 2	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 32% 32% 14% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 8% 25% 29% 18% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 8% 29% 28% 14% 2	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	23% 11% 25% 27% 12% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 12% 32% 25% 11% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	26% 14% 31% 23% 5%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	18% 14% 31% 27% 8% 1	764
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 16% 33% 21% 7% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	23% 18% 33% 20% 5% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	25% 18% 35% 18% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 18% 32% 23% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	25% 17% 36% 19% 3	836

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