Monrovia
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Monrovia clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-11-03.

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	4 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 5% 6% 68%	135386
	Night	5% 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 65%	132221
Transparency	Day	16% 6% 7% 16% 27% 28%	130473
	Night	18% 7% 8% 17% 25% 25%	128106
Seeing	Day	6% 10% 29% 36% 15% 4	16996
	Night	6% 3 17% 37% 31% 6%	26826

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	5% 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 6% 71%	3639
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 1 3 2 1 2 2 5% 7% 68%	4115
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 2 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 9% 52%	5016
February	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 2 4 3 2 2 3 4 6% 60%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 60%	1950
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 4 7% 54%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 47%	4518
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 1 4 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 54%	4677
	21st to end	Day	10% 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 7% 8% 52%	5969
April	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 60%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	4 5% 2 3 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 62%	2369
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 5% 66%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 5% 2 5% 2 2 3 3 4 6% 64%	5613
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 2 6% 3 3 4 3 7% 7% 59%	5841
	21st to end	Day	2 4 2 5% 3 2 4 2 6% 6% 64%	6423
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 1 3 3 4 3 3 6% 7% 64%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 5% 75%	2790
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 79%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 3 6% 85%	6319
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 9% 76%	6193
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 6% 81%	6019
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 5% 86%	5346
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 6% 87%	5364
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 6% 81%	5984
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 5% 80%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 4 80%	2245
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 6% 77%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 80%	3600
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 5% 7% 74%	3394
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 68%	3467
November	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 72%	1782
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 5% 71%	1800
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 4 3 4 3 3 5% 7% 61%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 1 4 3 3 3 3 6% 7% 65%	2950
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 4 2 2 5% 4 6% 9% 51%	3409
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 1 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 50%	4344
January	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 5% 71%	6306
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 4 2 2 3 2 6% 6% 66%	5842
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 54%	5984
February	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 3 3 2 2 4 5% 61%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 60%	2338
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 1 4 4 3 3 3 4 5% 57%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	12% 8% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 47%	5376
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 7% 7% 56%	5317
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 52%	5006
April	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 4 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 60%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 1 3 2 3 5% 3 5% 7% 63%	1979
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 2 3 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 61%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	7% 8% 3 5% 3 3 3 2 4 4 58%	4376
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 5% 3 3 4 4 8% 6% 59%	4074
	21st to end	Night	1 5% 2 6% 3 3 3 2 3 5% 66%	4474
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 7% 62%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 2 2 3 4 3 4 6% 72%	1603
	21st to end	Night	1 2 2 1 1 4 2 5% 6% 75%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 3 8% 83%	3640
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 5% 12% 74%	3768
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 5% 10% 76%	4869
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 7% 80%	4486
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 2 1 1 1 4 10% 79%	4506
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 5% 8% 78%	5015
September	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 5% 76%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 2 1 1 3 2 4 4 80%	2155
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 6% 79%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 79%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 2 3 2 8% 7% 66%	3759
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 4 2 2 2 2 3 5% 75%	4339
November	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 6% 71%	2561
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 5% 71%	2600
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 2 4 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 60%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 65%	4240
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 53%	4811
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 2 5% 3 3 5% 4 8% 10% 48%	6617

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	15% 4 5% 20% 30% 26%	3639
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 11% 16% 19% 31%	4115
	21st to end	Day	28% 6% 5% 16% 24% 22%	5016
February	1st to 10th	Day	26% 4 6% 14% 24% 26%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 5% 7% 17% 25% 23%	1960
	21st to end	Day	28% 4 9% 16% 22% 20%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	30% 7% 10% 16% 22% 15%	4518
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 7% 11% 25% 20% 10%	4677
	21st to end	Day	24% 9% 13% 28% 16% 10%	5969
April	1st to 10th	Day	21% 6% 12% 24% 23% 13%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 5% 8% 20% 28% 17%	2372
	21st to end	Day	18% 5% 10% 25% 30% 12%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 8% 17% 32% 17%	5613
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 14% 8% 21% 33% 9%	5844
	21st to end	Day	13% 10% 8% 23% 35% 10%	6424
June	1st to 10th	Day	17% 8% 11% 19% 30% 15%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 5% 15% 30% 33%	2790
	21st to end	Day	11% 3 5% 10% 27% 45%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 4 6% 20% 64%	6251
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 7% 10% 36% 35%	6118
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 6% 14% 35% 36%	5846
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 3 12% 40% 37%	3890
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 3 11% 31% 49%	3880
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 6% 8% 27% 51%	4311
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 6% 10% 32% 41%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 4 12% 34% 36%	2245
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 6% 16% 30% 36%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 4 10% 18% 55%	3600
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 4 13% 33% 33%	3394
	21st to end	Day	15% 4 3 9% 25% 42%	3467
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 4 7% 15% 26% 34%	1782
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 4 6% 15% 21% 39%	1800
	21st to end	Day	23% 5% 8% 11% 22% 31%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	18% 5% 4 18% 22% 33%	2950
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 6% 7% 14% 26% 19%	3408
	21st to end	Day	29% 7% 9% 25% 21% 9%	4344
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 5% 5% 15% 33% 25%	6306
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 9% 10% 18% 17% 29%	5842
	21st to end	Night	29% 8% 7% 14% 22% 21%	5984
February	1st to 10th	Night	27% 3 7% 15% 21% 25%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 6% 8% 17% 23% 23%	2339
	21st to end	Night	28% 5% 9% 14% 21% 23%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	31% 8% 11% 19% 20% 12%	5376
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 9% 12% 27% 17% 11%	5317
	21st to end	Night	24% 12% 16% 22% 19% 6%	5006
April	1st to 10th	Night	24% 6% 11% 23% 21% 15%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 9% 10% 22% 26% 16%	1979
	21st to end	Night	21% 8% 11% 23% 28% 9%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	25% 10% 7% 20% 30% 8%	4373
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 16% 9% 25% 27% 5%	4075
	21st to end	Night	13% 12% 10% 31% 26% 8%	4474
June	1st to 10th	Night	16% 10% 14% 20% 25% 15%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 9% 14% 31% 27%	1603
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 6% 12% 27% 40%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 6% 10% 17% 59%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 7% 10% 11% 36% 29%	3720
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 8% 19% 35% 27%	4730
August	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 4 15% 42% 29%	3256
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 4 17% 34% 37%	3256
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 10% 8% 35% 38%	3608
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 6% 10% 29% 39%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 5% 11% 36% 35%	2155
	21st to end	Night	10% 3 6% 15% 32% 33%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 4 10% 18% 53%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 11% 5% 12% 28% 30%	3759
	21st to end	Night	14% 4 3 9% 26% 44%	4339
November	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 7% 15% 25% 34%	2561
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 4 7% 14% 20% 38%	2600
	21st to end	Night	23% 5% 9% 16% 17% 30%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 5% 7% 13% 23% 34%	4240
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 7% 9% 14% 23% 20%	4811
	21st to end	Night	24% 13% 13% 24% 17% 9%	6617

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	14% 8% 31% 33% 14% 2	200
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 12% 34% 30% 12% 1	372
	21st to end	Day	10% 16% 32% 32% 10% 1	550
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 12% 33% 28% 9% 3	500
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 15% 31% 31% 8% 1	495
	21st to end	Day	10% 19% 35% 28% 8%	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 21% 34% 21% 9% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 16% 33% 26% 9% 1	500
	21st to end	Day	11% 21% 35% 24% 8% 1	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 17% 32% 27% 12% 3	500
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 20% 39% 23% 8% 2	492
	21st to end	Day	5% 16% 34% 29% 13% 3	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 16% 34% 27% 11% 2	503
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 12% 32% 32% 13% 2	528
	21st to end	Day	7% 11% 37% 30% 12% 2	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 8% 29% 39% 16% 5%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	4 6% 31% 38% 15% 6%	530
	21st to end	Day	2 4 30% 42% 15% 7%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 20% 48% 23% 6%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 12% 49% 25% 12%	524
	21st to end	Day	2 1 16% 48% 22% 11%	575
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 20% 49% 18% 9%	527
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 18% 46% 23% 10%	517
	21st to end	Day	1 2 22% 48% 22% 5%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 28% 43% 18% 7%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 33% 41% 15% 4	530
	21st to end	Day	3 8% 30% 36% 18% 6%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 9% 30% 36% 17% 3	530
	11th to 20th	Day	3 11% 30% 38% 16% 2	530
	21st to end	Day	4 9% 28% 34% 19% 5%	528
November	1st to 10th	Day	4 8% 23% 39% 23% 4	306
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 6% 25% 39% 20% 4	300
	21st to end	Day	5% 8% 33% 36% 14% 4	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 26% 42% 16% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 7% 29% 37% 19% 3	300
	21st to end	Day	16% 10% 29% 34% 9% 1	293
January	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 23% 40% 19% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 23% 43% 20% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 23% 41% 17% 2	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 22% 39% 20% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 25% 37% 20% 4	784
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 25% 38% 17% 2	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	8% 7% 26% 39% 18% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 20% 37% 22% 5%	800
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 23% 40% 20% 3	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 19% 44% 23% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 7% 20% 40% 25% 2	791
	21st to end	Night	5% 6% 20% 38% 26% 6%	800
May	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 22% 39% 23% 4	720
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 18% 38% 30% 4	591
	21st to end	Night	3 4 22% 39% 28% 3	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 18% 38% 37% 2	600
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 9% 38% 46% 5%	403
	21st to end	Night	3 1 4 38% 50% 6%	400
July	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 3 19% 64% 11%	390
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 19% 64% 12%	438
	21st to end	Night	2 1 4 30% 51% 13%	823
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 5% 31% 49% 12%	796
	11th to 20th	Night	1 4 25% 52% 17%	792
	21st to end	Night	2 5% 26% 51% 15%	880
September	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 8% 28% 46% 14%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 9% 36% 42% 9%	800
	21st to end	Night	2 1 10% 37% 42% 8%	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 11% 43% 37% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 15% 39% 32% 7%	800
	21st to end	Night	4 2 18% 37% 29% 10%	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 15% 41% 30% 7%	788
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 16% 43% 27% 7%	800
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 23% 43% 22% 4	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 20% 43% 22% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 20% 41% 19% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 25% 39% 16% 3	880

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