Flying Cow Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Flying Cow Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-02-01.

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	7% 5% 2 7% 6% 6% 7% 5% 8% 10% 35%	126923
	Night	7% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 43%	125101
Transparency	Day	39% 9% 18% 20% 11% 3	130576
	Night	35% 8% 20% 22% 12% 3	129504
Seeing	Day	7% 4 17% 27% 25% 20%	17645
	Night	8% 4 14% 32% 31% 11%	27798

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	7% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 9% 50%	4146
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 3 9% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 29%	4150
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 8% 6% 5% 4 4 6% 7% 39%	4587
February	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 40%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 6% 8% 50%	2055
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 44%	1815
March	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 7% 6% 7% 7% 5% 8% 8% 39%	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 4 4 3 4 4 6% 8% 61%	4980
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 7% 6% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 42%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 1 5% 5% 6% 6% 6% 8% 10% 45%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 41%	2281
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 1 5% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 9% 43%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 4 4 4 6% 5% 8% 10% 53%	5405
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 6% 10% 43%	5538
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 6% 6% 7% 7% 6% 9% 12% 38%	6433
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 9% 4 12% 7% 8% 8% 6% 7% 9% 17%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 4 10% 8% 9% 9% 5% 9% 10% 21%	2600
	21st to end	Day	8% 7% 3 11% 8% 8% 9% 7% 9% 10% 21%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 7% 3 10% 7% 8% 9% 7% 9% 10% 24%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 3 8% 7% 7% 8% 6% 9% 12% 28%	5900
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 2 7% 6% 7% 7% 6% 10% 15% 32%	6424
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 6% 3 10% 8% 9% 8% 8% 11% 12% 19%	4180
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 8% 7% 8% 8% 7% 11% 13% 26%	3850
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 8% 7% 7% 9% 7% 12% 16% 20%	4056
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 7% 4 11% 8% 8% 9% 7% 9% 11% 18%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 7% 4 10% 8% 10% 9% 6% 8% 10% 19%	2200
	21st to end	Day	9% 8% 4 12% 9% 9% 8% 5% 7% 10% 19%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	8% 7% 3 9% 6% 7% 8% 7% 10% 10% 23%	2098
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 7% 3 8% 7% 7% 7% 5% 9% 9% 30%	2000
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 3 8% 5% 6% 7% 5% 7% 9% 35%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 3 8% 6% 6% 7% 6% 6% 9% 38%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 7% 3 7% 5% 7% 5% 5% 7% 8% 37%	2100
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 9% 41%	2100
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 9% 53%	3240
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 6% 5% 7% 6% 8% 11% 34%	3463
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 3 8% 6% 6% 7% 5% 8% 10% 31%	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	5% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 46%	6019
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 9% 4 10% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 31%	6030
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 41%	6606
February	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 5% 6% 8% 47%	2401
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 55%	2229
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 54%	1815
March	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 2 7% 4 5% 4 4 6% 8% 49%	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 60%	4980
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 9% 48%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 4 3 4 4 4 7% 9% 57%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 9% 51%	2065
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 2 3 4 4 4 4 8% 9% 53%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 4 4 4 7% 10% 57%	4490
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 51%	4382
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 44%	4421
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 3 8% 7% 6% 7% 6% 8% 11% 27%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 7% 3 7% 6% 6% 6% 7% 9% 12% 32%	1800
	21st to end	Night	5% 7% 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 6% 10% 14% 33%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 7% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 5% 8% 12% 35%	4058
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 7% 6% 6% 7% 7% 9% 12% 37%	4057
	21st to end	Night	3 3 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 12% 48%	4427
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 2 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 9% 11% 38%	2936
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 10% 15% 39%	3197
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 8% 6% 7% 8% 7% 11% 15% 27%	3835
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 2 9% 6% 6% 8% 7% 10% 13% 26%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 7% 3 9% 7% 6% 6% 6% 9% 10% 30%	2200
	21st to end	Night	8% 7% 2 10% 7% 7% 7% 6% 10% 10% 26%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 7% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 6% 8% 10% 32%	2300
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 42%	2400
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 42%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 45%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 6% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 42%	2520
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 3 6% 9% 45%	2520
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 1 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 57%	4142
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 37%	4952
	21st to end	Night	9% 8% 3 9% 6% 6% 6% 5% 6% 8% 34%	6633

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	31% 5% 9% 25% 24% 5%	4147
	11th to 20th	Day	53% 5% 13% 18% 9% 2	4150
	21st to end	Day	43% 6% 7% 27% 13% 4	4587
February	1st to 10th	Day	38% 7% 11% 24% 15% 6%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 7% 10% 29% 19% 7%	2065
	21st to end	Day	34% 7% 11% 19% 21% 7%	1815
March	1st to 10th	Day	38% 8% 13% 17% 20% 4	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 7% 13% 28% 21% 12%	4980
	21st to end	Day	35% 6% 12% 27% 15% 5%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	28% 9% 15% 26% 18% 4	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 9% 13% 21% 17% 5%	2281
	21st to end	Day	32% 8% 12% 22% 22% 4	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	20% 7% 18% 34% 18% 3	5437
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 8% 19% 31% 7% 2	5542
	21st to end	Day	33% 8% 22% 27% 10%	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	59% 11% 16% 11% 3	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 14% 19% 14% 2	2600
	21st to end	Day	50% 16% 23% 10% 1	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	48% 10% 29% 11% 1	5835
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 10% 32% 14% 1	5831
	21st to end	Day	36% 9% 32% 22% 1	6240
August	1st to 10th	Day	50% 14% 27% 9% 1	4167
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 11% 31% 16% 1	3886
	21st to end	Day	44% 13% 36% 6% 1	4056
September	1st to 10th	Day	52% 17% 21% 10% 1	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	55% 14% 19% 10% 2	2200
	21st to end	Day	56% 13% 15% 10% 5% 1	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	51% 11% 17% 14% 5% 1	3410
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 7% 16% 18% 15% 1	3240
	21st to end	Day	37% 6% 9% 27% 16% 4	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	37% 9% 11% 19% 16% 8%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 7% 10% 19% 16% 6%	2100
	21st to end	Day	36% 7% 12% 21% 18% 5%	2100
December	1st to 10th	Day	28% 5% 16% 26% 20% 6%	3240
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 7% 13% 20% 17% 5%	3460
	21st to end	Day	45% 7% 16% 16% 15% 2	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	32% 6% 13% 28% 17% 5%	6019
	11th to 20th	Night	52% 5% 16% 17% 9% 2	6030
	21st to end	Night	41% 6% 9% 27% 12% 5%	6606
February	1st to 10th	Night	33% 6% 14% 25% 18% 4	2401
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 6% 11% 28% 22% 7%	2230
	21st to end	Night	26% 6% 13% 24% 25% 6%	1815
March	1st to 10th	Night	32% 7% 12% 21% 24% 4	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 7% 18% 26% 18% 10%	4980
	21st to end	Night	30% 6% 14% 27% 20% 3	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	22% 6% 20% 30% 18% 4	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 9% 17% 24% 20% 5%	2065
	21st to end	Night	24% 8% 16% 27% 20% 4	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 25% 35% 12% 2	4520
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 8% 20% 33% 11%	4383
	21st to end	Night	31% 8% 26% 29% 7%	4429
June	1st to 10th	Night	46% 13% 22% 15% 3	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 14% 26% 19% 2	1800
	21st to end	Night	39% 14% 32% 14% 2	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	41% 10% 36% 13%	4015
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 12% 41% 10%	4006
	21st to end	Night	26% 11% 38% 23% 2	4297
August	1st to 10th	Night	37% 13% 32% 15% 2	2925
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 12% 37% 21% 1	3227
	21st to end	Night	41% 15% 36% 7% 1	3835
September	1st to 10th	Night	43% 19% 26% 11% 1	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 16% 25% 12% 2	2200
	21st to end	Night	48% 16% 19% 12% 6%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	50% 11% 18% 14% 6% 1	3755
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 6% 15% 22% 16% 1	3899
	21st to end	Night	36% 5% 12% 28% 15% 5%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	33% 7% 15% 20% 18% 7%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 7% 12% 24% 16% 5%	2520
	21st to end	Night	36% 6% 12% 22% 19% 5%	2520
December	1st to 10th	Night	26% 4 17% 30% 19% 3	4142
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 5% 12% 19% 14% 6%	4954
	21st to end	Night	45% 7% 17% 16% 12% 3	6633

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	7% 8% 35% 37% 11% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 10% 39% 26% 13% 3	330
	21st to end	Day	14% 11% 38% 29% 8% 1	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	7% 7% 29% 35% 16% 5%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 27% 38% 17% 5%	407
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 23% 39% 22% 4	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	3 10% 32% 36% 15% 3	500
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 7% 28% 34% 22% 3	500
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 29% 35% 21% 5%	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	3 8% 30% 34% 18% 7%	500
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 6% 26% 34% 22% 8%	492
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 19% 35% 25% 10%	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 20% 34% 27% 14%	503
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 17% 29% 23% 16%	527
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 8% 25% 31% 26%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 3 8% 23% 28% 25%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 6% 21% 28% 35%	530
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 3 13% 29% 47%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 2 15% 26% 50%	525
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 3 13% 32% 44%	524
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 4 15% 29% 45%	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 4 18% 28% 43%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 3 14% 30% 49%	519
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 4 19% 29% 36%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 5% 15% 32% 39%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 5% 16% 31% 38%	530
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 7% 19% 31% 30%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 8% 33% 31% 14%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 15% 29% 30% 12%	530
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 19% 34% 25% 7%	583
November	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 20% 34% 23% 9%	535
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 23% 34% 22% 6%	540
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 25% 36% 26% 4	540
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 24% 35% 23% 4	472
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 7% 27% 41% 16% 3	330
	21st to end	Day	9% 7% 27% 34% 18% 5%	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 20% 41% 23% 2	840
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 26% 38% 18% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	9% 8% 27% 43% 13%	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	8% 7% 21% 40% 22% 1	801
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 23% 41% 22% 1	783
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 24% 45% 19% 1	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 31% 43% 16% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 23% 46% 18% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 24% 46% 21% 1	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 22% 46% 22% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 19% 48% 23% 1	791
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 20% 44% 26% 2	800
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 15% 45% 32% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 14% 41% 31% 3	746
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 5% 26% 49% 10%	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 3 24% 45% 14%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 3 15% 46% 27%	600
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 3 11% 43% 34%	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 4 7% 46% 37%	585
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 1 9% 42% 41%	582
	21st to end	Night	4 1 2 7% 46% 40%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 2 9% 47% 35%	605
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 2 9% 47% 36%	790
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 5% 16% 41% 28%	880
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 5% 10% 41% 32%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 4 15% 44% 27%	800
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 5% 18% 40% 24%	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 7% 31% 39% 10%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 8% 33% 39% 8%	800
	21st to end	Night	12% 2 14% 36% 29% 7%	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 18% 36% 30% 3	820
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 18% 36% 30% 4	840
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 18% 40% 28% 1	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 17% 38% 31% 4	840
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 19% 38% 25% 3	840
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 20% 38% 27% 3	924

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