MAC-Hunter Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

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

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	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 42%	101226
	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 43%	97875
Transparency	Day	37% 7% 12% 19% 18% 6%	104903
	Night	38% 7% 11% 18% 19% 7%	102337
Seeing	Day	14% 6% 23% 25% 21% 11%	15439
	Night	15% 6% 23% 33% 20% 2	25509

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	16% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 49%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 54%	2840
	21st to end	Day	18% 8% 3 6% 3 4 3 3 3 5% 43%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 8% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 42%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 6% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 45%	1796
	21st to end	Day	19% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 42%	1669
March	1st to 10th	Day	23% 8% 2 7% 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 37%	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 6% 6% 53%	3480
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 44%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 2 4 3 3 5% 4 6% 8% 51%	2110
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 48%	2254
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 51%	2337
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 10% 38%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 37%	4081
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 10% 48%	4476
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 7% 6% 5% 5% 5% 8% 11% 36%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 9% 12% 40%	2470
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 39%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 3 8% 6% 6% 7% 6% 8% 10% 30%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 2 7% 6% 6% 7% 6% 8% 13% 31%	4120
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 3 9% 6% 6% 7% 6% 9% 12% 26%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	24% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 9% 10% 21%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 6% 11% 36%	4019
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 1 5% 3 4 5% 5% 8% 10% 48%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 6% 8% 44%	2166
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 8% 41%	2090
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 2 7% 4 4 3 3 6% 6% 42%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 50%	1943
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 1 5% 3 3 4 2 4 6% 58%	1900
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 1 4 3 4 3 2 4 5% 58%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 2 5% 4 55%	1947
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 6% 53%	1839
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 2 4 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 49%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	18% 8% 2 6% 5% 3 3 4 6% 7% 39%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 1 4 3 3 4 2 5% 5% 54%	2153
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 3 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 45%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 48%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 3 5% 7% 45%	4120
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 44%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 2 5% 3 3 5% 4 4 6% 44%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 4 4 44%	2267
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 46%	1784
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 9% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 33%	3418
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 7% 50%	3480
	21st to end	Night	18% 4 1 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 7% 44%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 4 3 4 3 4 6% 6% 51%	2068
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 7% 53%	1875
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 1 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 51%	1857
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 42%	2813
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 2 7% 4 4 3 4 6% 8% 39%	2812
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 46%	3079
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 3 7% 4 5% 7% 6% 7% 8% 35%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 3 5% 5% 6% 5% 6% 8% 10% 36%	1710
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 3 7% 4 5% 7% 6% 8% 12% 36%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 3 8% 7% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 29%	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 3 7% 5% 6% 6% 6% 10% 11% 29%	2840
	21st to end	Night	14% 9% 4 10% 7% 6% 6% 5% 8% 9% 23%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	25% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 8% 9% 24%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 8% 5% 6% 7% 5% 8% 10% 33%	2785
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 7% 12% 49%	3467
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 6% 5% 7% 9% 41%	2009
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 3 6% 7% 40%	2090
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 42%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 2 4 6% 53%	2235
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 4 3 3 2 3 4 5% 56%	2280
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 2 4 2 4 3 3 4 5% 58%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 54%	2336
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 54%	2338
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 1 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 6% 49%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 42%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 5% 2 5% 4 2 2 3 3 5% 52%	3042
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 42%	4532

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	35% 4 6% 24% 23% 7%	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 4 6% 18% 30% 9%	2840
	21st to end	Day	45% 4 4 17% 23% 8%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	43% 4 9% 19% 20% 5%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 4 5% 18% 24% 6%	1806
	21st to end	Day	44% 5% 8% 15% 20% 8%	1669
March	1st to 10th	Day	49% 5% 7% 15% 14% 9%	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 5% 8% 16% 29% 11%	3480
	21st to end	Day	43% 4 7% 19% 22% 5%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	30% 6% 11% 20% 27% 6%	2110
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 6% 10% 20% 20% 11%	2254
	21st to end	Day	31% 6% 12% 25% 22% 4	2337
May	1st to 10th	Day	38% 10% 15% 22% 13% 2	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 7% 12% 20% 17% 1	4085
	21st to end	Day	28% 10% 16% 20% 22% 3	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	37% 11% 17% 24% 10% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 10% 19% 23% 14% 1	2470
	21st to end	Day	34% 12% 19% 22% 13% 1	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	43% 13% 18% 16% 8% 2	4055
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 14% 28% 14% 4 1	4051
	21st to end	Day	46% 14% 18% 16% 5%	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	54% 11% 19% 11% 5%	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 10% 17% 20% 12%	4058
	21st to end	Day	27% 9% 16% 32% 15% 2	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	37% 9% 15% 17% 17% 4	2166
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 8% 11% 16% 21% 3	2090
	21st to end	Day	42% 6% 10% 20% 16% 6%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	33% 4 8% 19% 28% 9%	3229
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 4 4 17% 27% 29%	3140
	21st to end	Day	26% 3 5% 22% 27% 17%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	33% 4 6% 18% 27% 12%	1947
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 4 7% 19% 26% 10%	1839
	21st to end	Day	36% 4 8% 20% 23% 9%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	45% 5% 8% 19% 18% 5%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 3 8% 22% 25% 9%	2150
	21st to end	Day	41% 5% 7% 21% 23% 3	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	36% 5% 7% 19% 25% 8%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 5% 9% 17% 24% 7%	4120
	21st to end	Night	43% 5% 5% 14% 26% 7%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	40% 5% 8% 18% 21% 8%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 5% 7% 15% 22% 7%	2268
	21st to end	Night	39% 5% 9% 17% 20% 10%	1784
March	1st to 10th	Night	52% 7% 8% 12% 15% 7%	3418
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 6% 7% 13% 24% 17%	3480
	21st to end	Night	39% 5% 9% 20% 20% 8%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	33% 5% 10% 20% 23% 9%	2068
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 5% 9% 22% 21% 11%	1875
	21st to end	Night	31% 6% 12% 24% 22% 5%	1857
May	1st to 10th	Night	35% 10% 14% 25% 14% 3	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 8% 13% 20% 17% 1	2813
	21st to end	Night	30% 10% 14% 27% 17% 2	3087
June	1st to 10th	Night	41% 11% 14% 22% 10% 2	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 12% 18% 19% 12% 2	1710
	21st to end	Night	35% 15% 18% 20% 10% 2	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	46% 12% 20% 14% 6% 1	2795
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 14% 26% 11% 4 1	2786
	21st to end	Night	53% 12% 15% 13% 5%	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	54% 10% 18% 15% 3 1	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 12% 21% 19% 6% 1	2812
	21st to end	Night	27% 8% 16% 30% 17% 3	3467
September	1st to 10th	Night	36% 10% 15% 19% 13% 6%	2009
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 8% 13% 15% 18% 4	2090
	21st to end	Night	44% 7% 12% 18% 16% 5%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	34% 6% 9% 19% 25% 7%	3729
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 3 5% 15% 28% 28%	3779
	21st to end	Night	25% 4 6% 20% 27% 18%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	34% 4 8% 15% 26% 13%	2336
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 4 6% 17% 26% 12%	2338
	21st to end	Night	35% 5% 8% 20% 24% 9%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	43% 5% 9% 16% 19% 6%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 4 6% 19% 25% 10%	3044
	21st to end	Night	42% 5% 7% 19% 23% 4	4532

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	18% 11% 46% 19% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 15% 40% 23% 7%	270
	21st to end	Day	22% 17% 37% 18% 6%	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 15% 38% 22% 8%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 12% 38% 17% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	21% 17% 38% 20% 4 1	324
March	1st to 10th	Day	18% 11% 35% 26% 10%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 13% 39% 24% 6% 1	460
	21st to end	Day	16% 13% 36% 25% 9% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	14% 15% 33% 23% 14% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 9% 31% 26% 18% 7%	452
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 25% 27% 21% 6%	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	7% 11% 32% 24% 19% 6%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 3 18% 25% 25% 13%	487
	21st to end	Day	14% 3 14% 24% 26% 19%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 11% 32% 28% 16%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 2 16% 27% 25% 21%	490
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 11% 30% 31% 19%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 6% 23% 31% 30%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 2 6% 21% 35% 25%	484
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 8% 23% 38% 21%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	16% 2 9% 23% 28% 22%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 3 6% 24% 32% 24%	479
	21st to end	Day	12% 2 11% 21% 32% 23%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 9% 26% 34% 18%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 3 13% 22% 31% 14%	490
	21st to end	Day	19% 2 15% 29% 24% 11%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	16% 3 18% 28% 24% 11%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 24% 28% 23% 9%	490
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 24% 27% 25% 8%	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 4 26% 30% 17% 6%	491
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 6% 32% 27% 12% 2	399
	21st to end	Day	12% 8% 34% 28% 16% 3	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	21% 14% 34% 22% 9% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 5% 35% 24% 12% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	22% 11% 38% 15% 10% 3	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	20% 9% 37% 27% 8%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 11% 34% 31% 8%	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 38% 33% 3	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 10% 33% 33% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 12% 38% 27% 2	743
	21st to end	Night	17% 13% 38% 28% 5%	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 33% 34% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 10% 35% 29% 8% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 36% 32% 8%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 13% 35% 29% 9%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 11% 30% 32% 15%	751
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 28% 42% 13%	717
May	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 27% 41% 14%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 22% 40% 19% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 14% 35% 37% 3	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 12% 41% 29% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 2 13% 36% 32% 8%	570
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 10% 41% 31% 8%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 7% 34% 42% 6%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 1 5% 29% 48% 7%	552
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 7% 34% 44% 5%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	15% 2 7% 25% 44% 8%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 2 6% 32% 40% 6%	564
	21st to end	Night	12% 2 8% 31% 42% 6%	827
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 10% 31% 42% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 3 11% 29% 37% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 2 14% 33% 29% 2	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	16% 3 18% 30% 28% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 4 23% 33% 24% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 23% 34% 23% 2	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 24% 34% 19% 3	779
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 8% 27% 35% 12% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 28% 33% 16% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 8% 30% 34% 8% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 6% 29% 35% 11% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	23% 9% 27% 33% 9%	836

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