Finch Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Finch Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-03-03.

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	6% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 41%	130990
	Night	7% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 44%	130187
Transparency	Day	36% 7% 18% 22% 13% 4	134721
	Night	36% 7% 18% 22% 14% 4	134525
Seeing	Day	7% 5% 17% 27% 25% 19%	17486
	Night	8% 3 17% 33% 29% 10%	27630

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	5% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 9% 57%	5258
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 6% 10% 35%	5280
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 3 7% 4 4 5% 3 6% 7% 44%	6272
February	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 7% 4 3 5% 4 6% 9% 47%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 1 3 3 3 4 4 7% 8% 58%	2048
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 1 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 10% 53%	1888
March	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 48%	4957
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 6% 10% 64%	4980
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 53%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 2 4 3 4 5% 4 7% 10% 54%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 1 5% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 10% 51%	2176
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 9% 51%	2385
May	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 4 4 3 7% 11% 61%	5489
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 2 5% 4 4 5% 3 5% 9% 55%	5861
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 12% 49%	6433
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 9% 3 8% 8% 6% 8% 5% 9% 10% 21%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 7% 2 9% 7% 8% 8% 6% 10% 10% 25%	2600
	21st to end	Day	8% 7% 3 9% 8% 8% 9% 7% 11% 10% 22%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 6% 3 9% 9% 9% 8% 7% 9% 12% 23%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 3 9% 8% 9% 9% 7% 10% 13% 23%	5900
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 7% 6% 7% 8% 6% 10% 14% 32%	6424
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 5% 4 11% 8% 7% 8% 6% 9% 11% 25%	4234
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 8% 7% 8% 9% 8% 9% 13% 28%	3676
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 3 9% 7% 7% 9% 7% 10% 14% 24%	3949
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 6% 3 10% 9% 8% 9% 7% 10% 11% 22%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 3 10% 8% 8% 8% 6% 10% 10% 23%	2200
	21st to end	Day	11% 8% 3 9% 7% 8% 8% 6% 7% 10% 24%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 2 9% 7% 6% 8% 5% 8% 10% 29%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 3 8% 6% 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 38%	2005
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 3 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 44%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 9% 48%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 8% 45%	2100
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 5% 5% 6% 4 4 7% 9% 50%	2100
December	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 6% 7% 61%	3025
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 9% 42%	3463
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 8% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 10% 35%	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 9% 54%	7635
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 9% 4 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 34%	7680
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 47%	7892
February	1st to 10th	Night	8% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 50%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 4 4 2 4 4 6% 7% 56%	2458
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 60%	1915
March	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 7% 5% 4 4 4 6% 8% 52%	4941
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 61%	4980
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 6% 8% 50%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 2 4 4 3 3 4 6% 9% 57%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 2 5% 4 5% 4 4 6% 9% 55%	2173
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 53%	2012
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 51%	4446
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 1 4 3 4 3 4 6% 7% 58%	4032
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 10% 52%	4421
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 8% 3 8% 6% 5% 7% 6% 8% 10% 29%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 2 7% 6% 5% 6% 6% 8% 13% 33%	1800
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 3 9% 7% 7% 7% 5% 8% 15% 28%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 3 10% 8% 8% 8% 6% 8% 12% 26%	4058
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 3 10% 7% 7% 6% 7% 10% 12% 26%	4057
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 7% 7% 6% 7% 6% 8% 12% 35%	4427
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 6% 3 9% 6% 6% 8% 6% 10% 11% 29%	2915
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 3 9% 7% 8% 7% 6% 10% 11% 28%	3320
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 7% 6% 6% 9% 7% 10% 15% 26%	3949
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 2 8% 7% 7% 8% 8% 10% 13% 28%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 3 10% 6% 6% 7% 5% 9% 12% 30%	2200
	21st to end	Night	9% 7% 3 9% 7% 6% 7% 6% 9% 10% 27%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 7% 5% 6% 10% 36%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 7% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 10% 45%	2393
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 3 7% 9% 44%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 3 6% 8% 50%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 50%	2520
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 49%	2520
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 62%	4370
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 49%	4952
	21st to end	Night	10% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 4 7% 9% 35%	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	24% 4 9% 34% 23% 6%	5259
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 4 13% 21% 11% 6%	5280
	21st to end	Day	39% 4 8% 27% 16% 7%	6272
February	1st to 10th	Day	32% 5% 9% 23% 20% 9%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 5% 10% 29% 24% 10%	2058
	21st to end	Day	25% 6% 11% 21% 26% 10%	1888
March	1st to 10th	Day	31% 4 14% 22% 25% 5%	4957
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 3 16% 25% 21% 18%	4980
	21st to end	Day	29% 4 10% 28% 21% 8%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	25% 6% 17% 28% 18% 6%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 6% 15% 24% 18% 8%	2176
	21st to end	Day	28% 5% 12% 23% 27% 5%	2385
May	1st to 10th	Day	17% 6% 18% 36% 20% 3	5521
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 4 17% 39% 11% 3	5865
	21st to end	Day	25% 8% 20% 35% 11% 1	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	55% 9% 19% 14% 3	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 11% 23% 15% 2	2600
	21st to end	Day	51% 13% 24% 11% 1	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	50% 10% 30% 9%	5835
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 10% 31% 10%	5831
	21st to end	Day	38% 11% 33% 17% 1	6240
August	1st to 10th	Day	49% 11% 29% 9% 2	4221
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 12% 30% 15% 1	3712
	21st to end	Day	46% 12% 34% 7% 1	3949
September	1st to 10th	Day	51% 13% 25% 10% 1	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 13% 20% 13% 3	2200
	21st to end	Day	53% 11% 16% 12% 6% 1	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	51% 8% 17% 14% 8% 2	3590
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 7% 17% 22% 16% 3	3245
	21st to end	Day	32% 6% 9% 27% 21% 5%	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	32% 6% 11% 20% 19% 11%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 6% 9% 21% 21% 9%	2100
	21st to end	Day	30% 5% 12% 22% 23% 7%	2100
December	1st to 10th	Day	23% 4 12% 29% 22% 10%	3025
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 7% 12% 20% 20% 7%	3460
	21st to end	Day	42% 5% 17% 20% 14% 2	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	28% 4 9% 32% 23% 5%	7636
	11th to 20th	Night	49% 4 14% 19% 11% 4	7680
	21st to end	Night	36% 4 10% 28% 17% 5%	7892
February	1st to 10th	Night	32% 4 12% 23% 20% 8%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 4 11% 27% 22% 10%	2459
	21st to end	Night	22% 4 12% 23% 30% 9%	1915
March	1st to 10th	Night	31% 4 11% 23% 24% 7%	4941
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 4 16% 24% 19% 15%	4980
	21st to end	Night	32% 5% 12% 25% 20% 6%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	23% 6% 16% 34% 16% 5%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 5% 16% 25% 21% 7%	2173
	21st to end	Night	26% 5% 14% 27% 24% 4	2012
May	1st to 10th	Night	26% 6% 23% 29% 13% 2	4476
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 4 19% 39% 12% 1	4033
	21st to end	Night	27% 6% 20% 33% 14%	4429
June	1st to 10th	Night	47% 9% 22% 18% 3	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 11% 29% 18% 2	1800
	21st to end	Night	44% 12% 30% 11% 3	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	49% 12% 31% 8%	4015
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 14% 31% 7%	4006
	21st to end	Night	40% 11% 32% 16% 1	4297
August	1st to 10th	Night	44% 12% 30% 11% 3	2904
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 13% 32% 9%	3349
	21st to end	Night	43% 16% 35% 5% 1	3949
September	1st to 10th	Night	42% 16% 31% 11% 1	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 13% 26% 14% 3	2200
	21st to end	Night	47% 12% 20% 14% 5%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	56% 6% 17% 13% 6% 2	3590
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 7% 17% 20% 17% 2	3892
	21st to end	Night	34% 5% 10% 28% 18% 4	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	30% 7% 12% 21% 21% 9%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 6% 9% 25% 22% 7%	2520
	21st to end	Night	31% 6% 11% 23% 23% 6%	2520
December	1st to 10th	Night	22% 4 13% 35% 15% 11%	4370
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 5% 10% 26% 19% 6%	4954
	21st to end	Night	45% 6% 17% 15% 15% 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	6% 9% 39% 30% 14% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 12% 35% 28% 10% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	13% 12% 41% 26% 7% 1	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	6% 9% 29% 36% 15% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	3 7% 33% 40% 12% 4	330
	21st to end	Day	5% 8% 26% 35% 24% 2	431
March	1st to 10th	Day	3 9% 33% 37% 17% 2	508
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 10% 28% 33% 20% 4	500
	21st to end	Day	4 6% 26% 37% 25% 2	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	4 7% 30% 37% 18% 5%	500
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 26% 34% 22% 5%	492
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 21% 35% 28% 7%	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 18% 37% 28% 12%	503
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 18% 29% 26% 15%	527
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 9% 28% 33% 21%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 7% 23% 31% 23%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 3 7% 19% 25% 35%	530
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 3 15% 27% 49%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 1 2 15% 26% 51%	525
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 2 12% 35% 44%	524
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 3 17% 26% 45%	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 1 3 12% 34% 45%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 2 13% 32% 47%	519
	21st to end	Day	9% 2 6% 21% 28% 34%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 4 14% 34% 41%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 6% 19% 30% 35%	530
	21st to end	Day	9% 2 8% 16% 35% 30%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 12% 31% 34% 10%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 16% 34% 29% 11%	530
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 17% 36% 25% 7%	583
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 21% 32% 28% 7%	535
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 3 24% 32% 24% 6%	540
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 25% 38% 25% 4	540
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 7% 25% 36% 20% 2	335
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 10% 32% 34% 17% 3	330
	21st to end	Day	8% 8% 27% 35% 18% 4	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 25% 41% 19% 1	840
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 29% 38% 15%	840
	21st to end	Night	10% 7% 31% 40% 11% 1	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 28% 41% 16% 1	840
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 24% 45% 17% 1	823
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 23% 50% 17%	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 30% 45% 15%	809
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 27% 43% 18% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 27% 45% 18%	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 24% 45% 21% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 28% 44% 20% 1	791
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 25% 44% 22% 1	800
May	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 17% 46% 27% 3	782
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 1 12% 40% 34% 5%	591
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 5% 34% 44% 8%	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	13% 1 6% 22% 46% 12%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 2 6% 14% 44% 27%	600
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 1 12% 45% 35%	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 2 8% 47% 39%	585
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 9% 42% 42%	582
	21st to end	Night	4 2 3 8% 39% 44%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 3 9% 45% 37%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 1 8% 44% 39%	683
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 5% 16% 40% 26%	880
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 4 13% 46% 29%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 5% 19% 41% 22%	800
	21st to end	Night	12% 3 7% 22% 39% 18%	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 11% 35% 32% 8%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 11% 38% 32% 7%	800
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 20% 38% 26% 5%	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 22% 39% 25% 2	820
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 20% 42% 25% 2	840
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 22% 43% 24% 1	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 21% 40% 25% 3	840
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 22% 38% 24% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 23% 38% 24% 2	924

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