Lazy 8 Ranch Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Lazy 8 Ranch Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-01-17.

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	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 41%	127271
	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 43%	124430
Transparency	Day	37% 8% 16% 20% 14% 6%	131008
	Night	36% 7% 16% 20% 15% 6%	128762
Seeing	Day	9% 7% 21% 26% 22% 15%	17050
	Night	10% 5% 22% 33% 24% 7%	27128

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	10% 4 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 53%	4146
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 34%	4114
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 9% 48%	4714
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 4 3 6% 6% 44%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 3 4 6% 51%	1948
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 7% 4 3 4 3 6% 6% 48%	1707
March	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 7% 5% 4 4 4 6% 10% 44%	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 58%	4980
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 49%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 51%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 8% 47%	2176
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 1 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 53%	2444
May	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 2 5% 4 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 50%	5862
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 45%	5861
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 11% 49%	6433
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 8% 3 8% 7% 6% 7% 6% 9% 10% 27%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 6% 2 8% 7% 8% 8% 7% 9% 11% 28%	2600
	21st to end	Day	8% 7% 3 9% 7% 6% 7% 6% 8% 11% 29%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 3 9% 8% 9% 10% 8% 11% 14% 18%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 2 7% 7% 7% 9% 8% 11% 16% 26%	5900
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 2 7% 6% 7% 8% 7% 9% 15% 28%	6424
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 3 8% 6% 6% 7% 5% 9% 14% 29%	4234
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 6% 6% 6% 7% 6% 9% 13% 35%	3952
	21st to end	Day	9% 7% 3 9% 7% 8% 7% 6% 9% 11% 25%	3949
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 7% 3 11% 8% 8% 8% 6% 9% 10% 22%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 8% 3 9% 8% 7% 7% 5% 7% 8% 27%	2200
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 3 10% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 9% 33%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 3 7% 7% 5% 6% 4 6% 7% 36%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 1 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 53%	2015
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 51%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 50%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 4 6% 50%	2100
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 7% 47%	1907
December	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 6% 7% 57%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 7% 8% 44%	3463
	21st to end	Day	12% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 43%	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 8% 55%	6019
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 9% 3 8% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 31%	5979
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 41%	6237
February	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 6% 7% 44%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 5% 7% 48%	2338
	21st to end	Night	9% 8% 2 6% 5% 3 4 4 6% 7% 48%	1920
March	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 45%	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 1 4 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 56%	4980
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 50%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 2 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 9% 52%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 53%	2173
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 5% 3 4 3 3 6% 8% 57%	1970
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 51%	4033
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 5% 9% 50%	4032
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 4 4 3 4 4 6% 10% 57%	4421
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 38%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 6% 3 7% 6% 6% 7% 5% 9% 13% 34%	1800
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 2 9% 5% 5% 6% 4 8% 12% 36%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 8% 3 10% 7% 7% 7% 7% 11% 14% 20%	4058
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 3 7% 7% 6% 7% 8% 10% 14% 29%	4057
	21st to end	Night	5% 6% 3 10% 7% 7% 8% 7% 9% 11% 27%	4427
August	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 12% 34%	2915
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 9% 17% 39%	3092
	21st to end	Night	8% 7% 3 9% 6% 6% 7% 6% 9% 11% 29%	3915
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 7% 2 9% 7% 6% 8% 6% 7% 12% 29%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 8% 3 8% 6% 6% 5% 4 8% 10% 29%	2200
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 3 9% 5% 5% 6% 4 7% 9% 37%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 41%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 1 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 7% 56%	2384
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 51%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 52%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 7% 2 6% 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 50%	2520
	21st to end	Night	9% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 47%	2709
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 8% 56%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 50%	4952
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 39%	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% 4 8% 16% 27% 14%	4147
	11th to 20th	Day	53% 4 4 14% 17% 8%	4114
	21st to end	Day	34% 4 9% 26% 19% 9%	4714
February	1st to 10th	Day	39% 5% 8% 15% 20% 12%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 3 7% 19% 25% 12%	1958
	21st to end	Day	36% 5% 9% 17% 22% 11%	1707
March	1st to 10th	Day	37% 4 12% 19% 20% 8%	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 3 9% 22% 22% 17%	4980
	21st to end	Day	33% 4 8% 28% 19% 9%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	29% 6% 13% 21% 21% 10%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 6% 10% 18% 23% 10%	2176
	21st to end	Day	26% 6% 12% 24% 24% 8%	2444
May	1st to 10th	Day	26% 8% 20% 28% 14% 4	5897
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 6% 15% 32% 11% 2	5865
	21st to end	Day	26% 7% 17% 32% 16% 1	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	49% 9% 19% 17% 6% 1	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 12% 19% 21% 3	2600
	21st to end	Day	45% 11% 22% 16% 5%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	48% 17% 28% 6% 1	5835
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 17% 34% 10%	5831
	21st to end	Day	39% 16% 25% 19% 1	6240
August	1st to 10th	Day	42% 12% 30% 14% 3	4221
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 14% 24% 22% 4	3991
	21st to end	Day	47% 14% 22% 15% 2	3949
September	1st to 10th	Day	53% 15% 17% 11% 5%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	50% 10% 19% 14% 6%	2200
	21st to end	Day	44% 11% 13% 17% 11% 4	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	55% 9% 11% 12% 7% 5%	3590
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 5% 7% 22% 33% 9%	3255
	21st to end	Day	26% 6% 7% 23% 31% 8%	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	33% 5% 9% 21% 18% 13%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 4 9% 19% 21% 12%	2100
	21st to end	Day	35% 5% 8% 23% 21% 8%	1907
December	1st to 10th	Day	26% 4 15% 24% 21% 10%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 5% 10% 20% 18% 11%	3460
	21st to end	Day	39% 6% 10% 22% 19% 5%	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	30% 3 7% 18% 30% 12%	6019
	11th to 20th	Night	53% 4 7% 16% 15% 5%	5979
	21st to end	Night	41% 4 10% 19% 17% 9%	6237
February	1st to 10th	Night	38% 5% 9% 18% 18% 12%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 6% 11% 19% 21% 10%	2339
	21st to end	Night	35% 6% 11% 19% 22% 8%	1920
March	1st to 10th	Night	42% 4 9% 17% 18% 10%	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 4 15% 21% 19% 16%	4980
	21st to end	Night	34% 4 9% 26% 20% 7%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	29% 7% 15% 24% 18% 8%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 6% 11% 26% 20% 9%	2173
	21st to end	Night	25% 4 15% 27% 23% 6%	1970
May	1st to 10th	Night	28% 6% 22% 29% 12% 3	4060
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 6% 18% 30% 14% 1	4033
	21st to end	Night	22% 7% 17% 36% 16% 1	4429
June	1st to 10th	Night	39% 9% 24% 21% 7%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 11% 29% 20% 2	1800
	21st to end	Night	40% 12% 25% 18% 4 1	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	49% 17% 27% 5% 1	4015
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 16% 36% 9%	4006
	21st to end	Night	46% 15% 24% 14% 1	4297
August	1st to 10th	Night	39% 12% 33% 12% 3	2904
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 14% 32% 22% 4	3119
	21st to end	Night	44% 14% 25% 14% 2	3915
September	1st to 10th	Night	45% 14% 23% 14% 4	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 11% 21% 17% 3 1	2200
	21st to end	Night	41% 9% 18% 19% 11% 2	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	54% 9% 12% 13% 7% 4	3590
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 5% 6% 24% 35% 6%	3883
	21st to end	Night	29% 6% 8% 18% 32% 7%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	30% 6% 11% 23% 19% 12%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 5% 8% 21% 20% 11%	2520
	21st to end	Night	35% 4 9% 23% 19% 9%	2709
December	1st to 10th	Night	28% 4 14% 25% 17% 13%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 6% 12% 22% 17% 10%	4954
	21st to end	Night	43% 5% 12% 19% 16% 5%	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	11% 13% 44% 23% 8% 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 18% 37% 23% 10% 2	318
	21st to end	Day	16% 18% 44% 17% 4	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	11% 14% 37% 24% 12% 2	300
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 12% 37% 26% 8% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	11% 14% 31% 27% 16%	306
March	1st to 10th	Day	8% 14% 38% 29% 10% 2	500
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 13% 29% 28% 15% 2	500
	21st to end	Day	9% 12% 31% 30% 15% 3	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	10% 12% 29% 30% 17% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 10% 31% 30% 17% 2	492
	21st to end	Day	4 6% 24% 32% 24% 9%	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 7% 24% 30% 23% 11%	503
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 18% 30% 23% 15%	527
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 12% 25% 32% 20%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 3 11% 29% 27% 19%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 13% 22% 32% 25%	530
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 7% 19% 30% 36%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 6% 15% 31% 42%	525
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 4 15% 31% 44%	524
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 6% 19% 31% 37%	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 7% 19% 29% 35%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 4 14% 33% 41%	519
	21st to end	Day	10% 3 8% 21% 31% 28%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 9% 17% 31% 29%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 2 10% 26% 31% 20%	530
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 9% 25% 32% 21%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 20% 30% 23% 7%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 6% 19% 33% 28% 8%	530
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 25% 37% 21% 5%	583
November	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 24% 35% 20% 4	535
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 26% 35% 16% 4	540
	21st to end	Day	9% 12% 33% 28% 16% 2	347
December	1st to 10th	Day	6% 14% 38% 26% 12% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 11% 35% 31% 10% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	10% 11% 35% 30% 12% 3	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 10% 33% 32% 12%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 11% 28% 38% 11% 1	825
	21st to end	Night	18% 10% 35% 30% 6%	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 30% 34% 13% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 9% 34% 34% 11% 1	783
	21st to end	Night	12% 9% 34% 39% 6%	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	9% 9% 36% 37% 9% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 10% 32% 35% 13% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	8% 9% 33% 38% 11%	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	8% 7% 36% 38% 11% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 36% 34% 13% 1	791
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 28% 42% 18%	770
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 18% 46% 25% 2	600
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 15% 46% 26% 3	591
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 11% 37% 37% 6%	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 11% 33% 36% 8%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 7% 25% 36% 22%	600
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 5% 20% 43% 23%	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 4 15% 46% 27%	585
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 3 12% 49% 30%	582
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 4 15% 50% 25%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 4 15% 47% 25%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 3 11% 46% 33%	594
	21st to end	Night	12% 2 7% 21% 40% 18%	859
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 9% 25% 36% 18%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 2 11% 30% 35% 11%	800
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 12% 30% 38% 8%	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 19% 39% 23% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 19% 40% 30% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 22% 38% 24% 2	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 25% 36% 22% 3	820
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 23% 40% 18% 2	840
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 31% 37% 15%	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 29% 36% 19% 1	840
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 8% 28% 39% 15% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	12% 8% 28% 37% 15% 1	924

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