LINEAR
Clear Sky Chart
History

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

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 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 65%	104484
	Night	4 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 62%	103409
Transparency	Day	17% 4 7% 18% 29% 24%	104247
	Night	21% 4 7% 17% 28% 23%	103235
Seeing	Day	5% 7% 18% 29% 27% 15%	14687
	Night	5% 4 22% 43% 24% 2	24990

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	2 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 61%	2858
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 6% 74%	2860
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 54%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 1 4 2 3 2 2 4 7% 69%	1743
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 1 3 3 3 2 3 4 6% 65%	1849
	21st to end	Day	3 4 1 4 2 3 2 2 4 6% 69%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 2 3 2 3 4 3 5% 6% 65%	3412
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 8% 57%	3490
	21st to end	Day	1 4 1 4 3 4 4 3 7% 7% 61%	3885
April	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 3 2 3 5% 7% 71%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 2 3 2 2 2 3 6% 72%	2251
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 5% 74%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 5% 81%	3800
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 68%	3813
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 5% 83%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 2 3 3 4 4 7% 10% 64%	2650
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 6% 75%	2660
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 5% 3 4 5% 4 7% 7% 55%	2516
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 5% 5% 5% 8% 9% 57%	4110
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 4 5% 4 8% 10% 59%	4110
	21st to end	Day	3 3 2 5% 4 5% 6% 6% 9% 12% 46%	4454
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 5% 5% 8% 13% 55%	3952
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 6% 10% 62%	3726
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 5% 4 6% 6% 6% 9% 11% 47%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 1 4 4 4 5% 5% 6% 8% 54%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 1 4 3 4 4 4 5% 7% 61%	2280
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 6% 74%	2045
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 78%	3170
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 2 3 3 2 4 7% 71%	3150
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 86%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 6% 75%	1959
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 5% 6% 74%	1801
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 64%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	4 5% 2 2 3 2 2 2 4 6% 68%	1603
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 2 4 4 5% 4 3 5% 7% 59%	1926
	21st to end	Day	4 4 1 3 2 3 4 3 4 6% 67%	3050
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 8% 3 6% 3 4 3 2 5% 6% 58%	4097
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 5% 5% 73%	4110
	21st to end	Night	6% 6% 2 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 7% 52%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 6% 68%	2435
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 4 3 2 3 2 4 6% 63%	2218
	21st to end	Night	3 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 6% 7% 64%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	5% 6% 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 5% 67%	3447
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 57%	3490
	21st to end	Night	3 4 1 3 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 63%	3765
April	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 69%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 67%	1877
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 4 2 3 3 3 5% 4 69%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 5% 75%	3170
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 4 3 3 5% 7% 64%	3088
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 81%	3110
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 5% 3 3 5% 4 8% 7% 57%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 6% 6% 69%	1520
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 6% 4 4 4 6% 7% 8% 50%	1653
July	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 6% 4 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 49%	2860
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 9% 12% 45%	2860
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 6% 7% 6% 8% 7% 9% 12% 34%	3109
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 6% 5% 5% 7% 6% 10% 12% 43%	2986
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 9% 12% 44%	3113
	21st to end	Night	2 4 2 7% 6% 7% 9% 7% 10% 11% 36%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 6% 10% 50%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 2 5% 3 4 5% 3 5% 8% 57%	1900
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 66%	2129
October	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 6% 71%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 6% 69%	3778
	21st to end	Night	2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 4 5% 79%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 5% 7% 73%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 76%	2363
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 3 3 2 2 2 3 6% 68%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 1 3 3 2 3 2 4 6% 67%	2573
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 9% 57%	3271
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 66%	4645

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% 5% 4 19% 40% 7%	2859
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 2 8% 28% 39% 9%	2860
	21st to end	Day	28% 4 7% 25% 26% 10%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 2 6% 19% 34% 23%	1743
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 3 5% 18% 32% 22%	1859
	21st to end	Day	17% 2 3 12% 36% 30%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 3 3 11% 36% 28%	3412
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 6% 4 22% 27% 17%	3490
	21st to end	Day	19% 5% 3 16% 33% 24%	3885
April	1st to 10th	Day	14% 2 4 12% 33% 35%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 3 3 10% 28% 41%	2254
	21st to end	Day	14% 2 4 13% 34% 33%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 2 8% 29% 52%	3800
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 6% 13% 29% 33%	3816
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 3 7% 17% 64%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 8% 17% 24% 34%	2650
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 2 3 9% 21% 53%	2660
	21st to end	Day	24% 5% 7% 16% 21% 27%	2516
July	1st to 10th	Day	20% 6% 12% 16% 21% 25%	4046
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 13% 28% 29% 7%	4041
	21st to end	Day	25% 8% 15% 33% 17% 2	4314
August	1st to 10th	Day	17% 7% 13% 29% 27% 6%	3938
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 5% 10% 20% 33% 15%	3762
	21st to end	Day	25% 8% 15% 26% 20% 6%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	25% 6% 10% 19% 24% 17%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 6% 7% 19% 25% 23%	2280
	21st to end	Day	13% 3 4 18% 33% 28%	2045
October	1st to 10th	Day	12% 2 5% 12% 28% 42%	3170
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 3 5% 12% 35% 32%	3150
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 2 16% 38% 36%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 3 19% 38% 25%	1959
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 3 5% 21% 36% 23%	1801
	21st to end	Day	23% 3 4 18% 36% 17%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	19% 3 4 29% 32% 12%	1603
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 4 9% 24% 29% 9%	1924
	21st to end	Day	19% 3 6% 21% 35% 15%	3050
January	1st to 10th	Night	27% 4 5% 17% 37% 10%	4097
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 3 6% 22% 43% 11%	4110
	21st to end	Night	29% 5% 7% 21% 29% 9%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	18% 3 4 19% 33% 23%	2435
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 2 4 18% 28% 24%	2218
	21st to end	Night	19% 3 4 11% 33% 31%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 3 2 13% 38% 24%	3447
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 5% 4 17% 29% 16%	3490
	21st to end	Night	18% 5% 3 17% 36% 21%	3765
April	1st to 10th	Night	15% 3 4 10% 36% 32%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 3 4 10% 25% 39%	1877
	21st to end	Night	17% 4 4 11% 32% 32%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 3 7% 24% 52%	3170
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 5% 9% 13% 22% 33%	3089
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 3 7% 12% 66%	3110
June	1st to 10th	Night	23% 5% 9% 14% 17% 33%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 3 4 9% 19% 49%	1520
	21st to end	Night	29% 7% 9% 16% 16% 23%	1653
July	1st to 10th	Night	25% 7% 14% 16% 18% 20%	2815
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 8% 14% 25% 21% 5%	2806
	21st to end	Night	35% 10% 17% 29% 8% 2	3011
August	1st to 10th	Night	25% 10% 14% 27% 18% 7%	2977
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 8% 12% 17% 29% 8%	3143
	21st to end	Night	35% 9% 15% 21% 15% 5%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	28% 7% 13% 17% 20% 15%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 5% 10% 18% 19% 25%	1900
	21st to end	Night	19% 4 5% 15% 29% 27%	2129
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 4 5% 10% 28% 39%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 4 5% 12% 27% 35%	3778
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 3 14% 35% 37%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 3 19% 37% 27%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 2 3 18% 35% 28%	2363
	21st to end	Night	20% 3 4 18% 36% 20%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 3 5% 23% 34% 15%	2573
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 4 8% 23% 33% 9%	3272
	21st to end	Night	22% 3 5% 22% 37% 12%	4645

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% 6% 20% 44% 21% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 19% 40% 23% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 29% 35% 23% 4	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	6% 9% 21% 37% 21% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 8% 25% 37% 20%	270
	21st to end	Day	12% 12% 31% 32% 10% 4	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	7% 17% 29% 32% 13% 3	439
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 15% 24% 32% 18% 3	460
	21st to end	Day	8% 21% 32% 23% 14% 2	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	5% 16% 27% 33% 13% 5%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 16% 33% 27% 14% 3	452
	21st to end	Day	5% 14% 32% 27% 18% 4	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	3 12% 30% 29% 20% 5%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	3 8% 28% 31% 21% 9%	488
	21st to end	Day	3 10% 30% 28% 23% 5%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 14% 36% 33% 11%	670
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 16% 36% 31% 11%	680
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 13% 29% 31% 20%	536
July	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 6% 22% 37% 30%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 16% 30% 46%	484
	21st to end	Day	2 1 4 13% 33% 46%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 4 16% 40% 36%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 4 21% 40% 31%	477
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 4 19% 39% 32%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 1 8% 20% 38% 27%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 8% 30% 39% 18%	490
	21st to end	Day	3 4 10% 25% 35% 22%	351
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 14% 21% 36% 21%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 13% 25% 34% 18%	300
	21st to end	Day	6% 8% 11% 26% 32% 17%	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 20% 34% 28% 7%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 12% 33% 36% 13%	270
	21st to end	Day	8% 7% 21% 36% 21% 6%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 3 17% 43% 22% 7%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	4 5% 24% 44% 19% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	9% 7% 19% 45% 19% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 22% 51% 16% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 29% 44% 17% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 28% 45% 16%	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 31% 46% 14% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 33% 46% 8%	744
	21st to end	Night	5% 8% 40% 41% 5%	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	5% 8% 34% 41% 11%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 7% 29% 43% 14% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	4 8% 35% 42% 10%	798
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 5% 41% 43% 8%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 8% 39% 39% 9%	563
	21st to end	Night	4 7% 38% 41% 9%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 33% 50% 9%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 24% 48% 18% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	2 4 28% 53% 12%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 20% 50% 22% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 19% 57% 20% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 11% 44% 36% 1	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 7% 38% 45% 5%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 4 29% 57% 6%	552
	21st to end	Night	4 1 5% 25% 56% 8%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 4 26% 56% 11%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 7% 27% 55% 5%	564
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 32% 54% 5%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 6% 39% 45% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 11% 46% 35% 2	570
	21st to end	Night	4 2 14% 42% 35% 2	661
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 17% 49% 27% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 21% 49% 23% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	4 3 20% 40% 28% 3	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 20% 46% 28% 1	780
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 19% 49% 25% 2	839
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 22% 40% 24% 2	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 23% 48% 18% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 25% 46% 17%	950
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 25% 51% 12% 1	908

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