MCCC Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the MCCC Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-10-24.

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	16% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 40%	101210
	Night	16% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 42%	97547
Transparency	Day	42% 6% 12% 23% 15% 2	100967
	Night	42% 6% 11% 23% 16% 3	97409
Seeing	Day	21% 14% 28% 22% 11% 3	14944
	Night	20% 11% 31% 28% 10% 1	24191

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	15% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 45%	2517
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 10% 4 9% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 6% 36%	2584
	21st to end	Day	21% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 35%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 39%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 9% 2 7% 5% 3 5% 3 4 6% 40%	1799
	21st to end	Day	19% 8% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 38%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	25% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 3 6% 36%	3116
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 8% 46%	3480
	21st to end	Day	22% 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 2 3 6% 43%	4037
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 39%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 42%	2254
	21st to end	Day	16% 4 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 40%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	28% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 28%	4079
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 27%	4398
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 44%	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 39%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 4 8% 9% 37%	2660
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 6% 10% 42%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 8% 5% 5% 7% 5% 9% 11% 37%	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 7% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 10% 39%	4440
	21st to end	Day	11% 8% 3 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 8% 34%	4735
August	1st to 10th	Day	18% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 34%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 8% 44%	3739
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 48%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 45%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 2 3 4 3 5% 7% 52%	2252
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 37%	2089
October	1st to 10th	Day	18% 6% 3 4 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 43%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 48%	1900
	21st to end	Day	19% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 5% 44%	1947
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 8% 2 4 4 3 2 3 4 5% 52%	1671
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 1 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 6% 47%	1710
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 7% 44%	1580
December	1st to 10th	Day	18% 8% 2 6% 4 2 4 4 5% 6% 39%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 8% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 41%	1906
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 4 5% 6% 35%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 45%	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 3 6% 3 3 4 2 4 5% 43%	4372
	21st to end	Night	24% 9% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 36%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 2 6% 3 4 4 4 5% 5% 41%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 2 6% 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 40%	2266
	21st to end	Night	18% 8% 3 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 5% 42%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	22% 10% 2 6% 3 4 3 3 4 5% 37%	3706
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 50%	3479
	21st to end	Night	17% 9% 3 6% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 45%	3594
April	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 40%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 41%	1875
	21st to end	Night	19% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 42%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	23% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 29%	2890
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 10% 3 8% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 29%	2495
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 6% 9% 42%	2738
June	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 43%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 9% 41%	1520
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 8% 10% 42%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 2 8% 6% 6% 5% 5% 8% 10% 37%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 10% 37%	2520
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 4 5% 7% 9% 36%	2801
August	1st to 10th	Night	20% 7% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 8% 32%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 2 7% 4 4 5% 3 6% 7% 42%	3058
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 48%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 3 5% 4 4 4 4 4 6% 47%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 53%	1928
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 40%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	17% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 43%	2277
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 1 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 51%	2280
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 48%	2475
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 53%	2407
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 48%	2470
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 5% 7% 45%	2598
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 7% 3 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 38%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 6% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 5% 7% 40%	3288
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 38%	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	39% 3 14% 27% 14% 3	2518
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 5% 13% 20% 14% 2	2584
	21st to end	Day	49% 6% 12% 22% 10% 1	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	43% 6% 14% 24% 12% 2	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 4 10% 24% 16% 2	1808
	21st to end	Day	46% 5% 11% 22% 12% 4	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	49% 4 10% 26% 9% 3	3119
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 5% 12% 30% 17% 3	3480
	21st to end	Day	45% 4 9% 18% 22% 3	4037
April	1st to 10th	Day	42% 5% 11% 22% 15% 5%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 5% 13% 21% 17% 4	2254
	21st to end	Day	42% 6% 12% 20% 17% 4	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	54% 7% 11% 17% 10% 2	4092
	11th to 20th	Day	55% 7% 12% 18% 8% 1	4402
	21st to end	Day	34% 8% 12% 26% 17% 2	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	39% 8% 13% 24% 15% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 8% 13% 24% 11% 2	2660
	21st to end	Day	37% 9% 12% 25% 16% 1	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	39% 11% 14% 19% 14% 3	4370
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 8% 15% 23% 14% 1	4365
	21st to end	Day	46% 7% 11% 19% 16% 1	4584
August	1st to 10th	Day	47% 8% 13% 22% 10%	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 7% 12% 30% 15% 1	3775
	21st to end	Day	33% 6% 10% 27% 22% 2	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	39% 6% 11% 19% 22% 3	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 5% 9% 25% 24% 4	2252
	21st to end	Day	47% 6% 7% 18% 20% 2	2089
October	1st to 10th	Day	40% 5% 11% 22% 19% 2	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 6% 11% 24% 23% 3	1900
	21st to end	Day	41% 5% 10% 24% 19% 2	1947
November	1st to 10th	Day	35% 4 12% 25% 21% 3	1671
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 5% 10% 25% 20% 3	1710
	21st to end	Day	37% 4 14% 31% 12% 2	1580
December	1st to 10th	Day	45% 5% 16% 21% 13% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 4 14% 26% 11% 2	1906
	21st to end	Day	45% 6% 14% 22% 12% 1	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	41% 5% 9% 29% 13% 3	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 4 11% 25% 13% 3	4372
	21st to end	Night	49% 4 8% 25% 12% 2	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	44% 5% 12% 25% 12% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 4 9% 20% 18% 4	2268
	21st to end	Night	43% 5% 7% 23% 18% 4	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	49% 5% 9% 23% 12% 2	3716
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 5% 12% 28% 17% 3	3480
	21st to end	Night	43% 4 8% 17% 24% 5%	3594
April	1st to 10th	Night	42% 6% 10% 21% 17% 4	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 5% 10% 19% 20% 3	1875
	21st to end	Night	40% 5% 10% 21% 19% 5%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	52% 7% 9% 19% 11% 1	2896
	11th to 20th	Night	53% 7% 14% 14% 10% 2	2496
	21st to end	Night	37% 8% 16% 21% 16% 3	2739
June	1st to 10th	Night	39% 6% 12% 22% 20% 2	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 8% 12% 26% 14% 1	1520
	21st to end	Night	34% 10% 15% 26% 15% 2	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	39% 10% 19% 16% 13% 2	2480
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 9% 16% 23% 11% 1	2472
	21st to end	Night	43% 7% 15% 18% 15% 1	2711
August	1st to 10th	Night	47% 8% 17% 17% 9% 1	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 7% 11% 26% 15% 1	3088
	21st to end	Night	33% 6% 10% 29% 20% 2	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	38% 7% 11% 20% 22% 3	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 5% 8% 23% 27% 4	1928
	21st to end	Night	44% 6% 7% 20% 21% 2	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	43% 5% 12% 22% 16% 2	2277
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 5% 11% 27% 19% 3	2280
	21st to end	Night	40% 4 8% 26% 19% 2	2475
November	1st to 10th	Night	32% 5% 12% 25% 20% 5%	2407
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 4 9% 22% 20% 5%	2470
	21st to end	Night	37% 5% 13% 27% 16% 2	2598
December	1st to 10th	Night	45% 5% 12% 22% 14% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 5% 13% 20% 17% 4	3288
	21st to end	Night	45% 6% 13% 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	25% 28% 31% 11% 3 2	180
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 25% 27% 10% 3	198
	21st to end	Day	27% 28% 28% 12% 5% 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	31% 24% 31% 10% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 21% 35% 11% 1	407
	21st to end	Day	31% 20% 32% 14% 3	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	27% 19% 30% 19% 3	460
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 23% 32% 15% 3 2	460
	21st to end	Day	29% 22% 29% 14% 5% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	27% 22% 30% 14% 6% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 24% 29% 16% 6% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	26% 18% 31% 19% 4 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	30% 17% 28% 16% 7% 2	463
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 11% 30% 24% 9% 2	487
	21st to end	Day	21% 7% 26% 24% 17% 4	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 13% 28% 27% 13% 3	490
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 10% 27% 30% 15% 3	490
	21st to end	Day	14% 10% 30% 29% 13% 4	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 22% 32% 23% 7%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 26% 32% 26% 5%	484
	21st to end	Day	12% 7% 26% 33% 17% 5%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 25% 32% 21% 6%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 18% 36% 21% 6%	479
	21st to end	Day	13% 8% 24% 29% 17% 9%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	18% 11% 21% 26% 17% 8%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 24% 29% 16% 10%	490
	21st to end	Day	27% 12% 20% 25% 11% 5%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	25% 7% 27% 20% 14% 7%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 14% 29% 25% 11% 2	490
	21st to end	Day	23% 14% 32% 17% 11% 3	475
November	1st to 10th	Day	21% 12% 29% 24% 13% 2	365
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 17% 32% 23% 5% 1	370
	21st to end	Day	21% 18% 37% 18% 5% 1	240
December	1st to 10th	Day	29% 23% 33% 8% 7%	180
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 19% 31% 11% 4	180
	21st to end	Day	29% 19% 33% 12% 7% 1	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 17% 37% 20% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 16% 30% 25% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 18% 37% 23% 2	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	22% 15% 37% 24% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 20% 36% 17% 1	743
	21st to end	Night	24% 18% 38% 18% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 17% 34% 23% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 18% 35% 18% 5% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	22% 12% 40% 20% 6%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	22% 18% 37% 18% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 13% 38% 25% 6%	751
	21st to end	Night	21% 11% 33% 28% 6%	760
May	1st to 10th	Night	24% 11% 32% 26% 7%	613
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 7% 36% 29% 6%	374
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 23% 39% 14% 1	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	18% 4 28% 38% 11% 1	380
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 32% 40% 11% 1	380
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 27% 48% 11%	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	13% 4 22% 42% 18% 2	370
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 22% 43% 22% 2	368
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 24% 40% 20% 1	454
August	1st to 10th	Night	13% 2 17% 44% 23% 2	567
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 3 18% 38% 24% 2	723
	21st to end	Night	14% 4 18% 39% 23% 2	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	17% 3 26% 34% 17% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 4 21% 34% 22% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	23% 4 21% 32% 18% 1	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	23% 7% 24% 25% 18% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 11% 27% 32% 13% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	21% 12% 31% 26% 10%	805
November	1st to 10th	Night	16% 8% 36% 28% 12% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 15% 29% 26% 8% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	17% 14% 34% 27% 7% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	25% 15% 32% 21% 6% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 13% 36% 23% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	22% 14% 34% 27% 2	836

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