Monroe Robotic Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Monroe Robotic Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-28.

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	10% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 53%	101378
	Night	9% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 57%	98264
Transparency	Day	30% 4 10% 25% 23% 7%	105134
	Night	27% 4 9% 24% 26% 10%	102635
Seeing	Day	13% 10% 26% 29% 18% 5%	15304
	Night	12% 9% 31% 33% 14% 1	25191

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	11% 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 2 5% 5% 53%	2847
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 5% 65%	2850
	21st to end	Day	18% 10% 3 6% 3 2 2 2 3 3 48%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 3 6% 49%	1824
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 50%	1849
	21st to end	Day	19% 8% 2 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 52%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 53%	3426
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 5% 47%	3480
	21st to end	Day	13% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 42%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 2 4 4 3 4 3 4 6% 53%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 6% 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 49%	2164
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 49%	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 5% 43%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 48%	4082
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 3 6% 8% 39%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 4 4 7% 8% 51%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 53%	2470
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 4 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 58%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 9% 53%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 2 4 3 4 4 4 5% 9% 60%	4120
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 51%	4465
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 65%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 1 4 3 3 3 3 6% 10% 59%	4041
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 3 4 3 4 4 6% 10% 61%	4106
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 2 3 4 3 3 3 4 7% 57%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 48%	2090
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 1 4 2 3 3 4 5% 7% 59%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 5% 3 4 4 3 4 5% 62%	2052
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 1 3 2 3 3 2 3 5% 64%	1900
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 2 4 2 2 3 1 3 4 61%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 5% 59%	1958
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 1 4 3 2 3 2 3 6% 66%	1803
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 3 3 2 2 3 4 58%	1773
December	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 51%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 2 7% 4 3 4 3 3 5% 48%	2161
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 49%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 54%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 1 3 3 3 2 2 3 5% 65%	4120
	21st to end	Night	18% 8% 3 5% 3 2 2 2 4 4 49%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 3 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 52%	2371
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 2 4 5% 52%	2218
	21st to end	Night	13% 7% 2 5% 3 2 3 2 4 4 54%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	12% 8% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 4 6% 48%	3428
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 7% 56%	3480
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 49%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 53%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 1 4 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 53%	1959
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 54%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	17% 8% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 43%	2823
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 2 6% 7% 49%	2823
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 50%	3090
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 59%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 6% 10% 62%	1710
	21st to end	Night	2 2 3 4 3 3 3 5% 8% 66%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 6% 11% 57%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 8% 69%	2850
	21st to end	Night	3 3 2 4 3 3 4 3 7% 8% 60%	3098
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 8% 73%	2836
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 5% 10% 68%	2798
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 9% 66%	3551
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 61%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 1 6% 4 4 4 3 4 7% 53%	2090
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 1 3 2 3 3 2 5% 7% 64%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 7% 64%	2106
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 1 4 2 2 3 2 4 4 65%	2280
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 62%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 3 5% 63%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 7% 63%	2594
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 2 4 4 3 3 3 4 5% 56%	2562
December	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 3 2 3 3 4 6% 57%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 53%	3036
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 4 3 2 2 3 4 5% 54%	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	32% 3 8% 21% 30% 6%	2848
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 2 10% 24% 36% 5%	2850
	21st to end	Day	45% 2 4 20% 22% 7%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	40% 4 6% 21% 22% 8%	1824
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 4 6% 22% 21% 8%	1859
	21st to end	Day	39% 2 4 15% 27% 13%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	33% 3 8% 16% 27% 12%	3426
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 6% 11% 23% 18% 4	3480
	21st to end	Day	40% 5% 10% 22% 18% 5%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	34% 4 10% 23% 19% 10%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 6% 10% 19% 19% 10%	2164
	21st to end	Day	35% 6% 9% 24% 22% 4	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	43% 5% 8% 22% 15% 8%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 6% 11% 26% 20% 1	4086
	21st to end	Day	43% 7% 12% 18% 13% 6%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	30% 7% 15% 28% 17% 3	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 6% 13% 27% 22% 4	2470
	21st to end	Day	24% 6% 13% 27% 26% 4	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	28% 5% 13% 38% 15% 2	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 5% 9% 40% 25% 2	4051
	21st to end	Day	27% 6% 13% 35% 19%	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	18% 4 12% 26% 32% 9%	4090
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 4 13% 40% 21% 2	4080
	21st to end	Day	20% 5% 18% 39% 15% 3	4105
September	1st to 10th	Day	28% 4 10% 23% 23% 11%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 6% 11% 19% 21% 8%	2090
	21st to end	Day	24% 4 8% 24% 29% 12%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 3 5% 14% 38% 25%	3416
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 2 4 21% 36% 18%	3140
	21st to end	Day	24% 2 4 31% 28% 10%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	31% 3 7% 23% 26% 11%	1958
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 3 9% 23% 30% 13%	1803
	21st to end	Day	32% 3 5% 21% 29% 10%	1773
December	1st to 10th	Day	34% 3 7% 27% 23% 5%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 3 6% 16% 26% 9%	2159
	21st to end	Day	38% 3 7% 22% 24% 6%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	31% 3 7% 20% 31% 7%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 3 10% 22% 33% 8%	4120
	21st to end	Night	40% 3 5% 17% 26% 9%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	36% 4 8% 21% 22% 10%	2371
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 3 7% 19% 24% 10%	2218
	21st to end	Night	36% 3 6% 16% 22% 17%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	38% 4 6% 16% 22% 14%	3428
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 4 10% 28% 20% 7%	3480
	21st to end	Night	36% 5% 9% 20% 26% 4	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	31% 4 11% 20% 20% 15%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 6% 9% 20% 21% 13%	1959
	21st to end	Night	30% 5% 11% 24% 25% 5%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	44% 5% 8% 18% 18% 7%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 5% 13% 24% 22% 2	2824
	21st to end	Night	30% 7% 15% 25% 16% 7%	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	21% 8% 14% 33% 20% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 5% 14% 31% 24% 7%	1710
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 13% 30% 29% 7%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	22% 4 15% 40% 16% 3	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 3 9% 43% 28% 4	2796
	21st to end	Night	21% 5% 13% 34% 25% 2	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 8% 31% 39% 7%	2826
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 12% 40% 25% 6%	2825
	21st to end	Night	17% 4 19% 37% 20% 4	3551
September	1st to 10th	Night	25% 4 11% 21% 28% 11%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 6% 10% 20% 22% 12%	2090
	21st to end	Night	20% 4 8% 25% 28% 16%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 2 6% 14% 35% 30%	3509
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 2 5% 18% 36% 23%	3779
	21st to end	Night	25% 2 4 29% 27% 14%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	27% 3 6% 22% 27% 16%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 3 8% 22% 29% 15%	2594
	21st to end	Night	32% 3 7% 17% 29% 11%	2562
December	1st to 10th	Night	29% 4 8% 24% 24% 11%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 3 5% 17% 28% 11%	3037
	21st to end	Night	34% 3 7% 20% 26% 10%	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	21% 20% 35% 20% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 21% 34% 16% 4 1	270
	21st to end	Day	18% 22% 37% 16% 6% 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	23% 19% 39% 17% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 20% 40% 11% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	32% 24% 32% 8% 4	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 24% 33% 19% 3 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 20% 41% 8% 4 1	270
	21st to end	Day	20% 21% 42% 13% 2 1	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	22% 22% 31% 20% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 20% 42% 15% 4	362
	21st to end	Day	15% 19% 40% 19% 5% 2	650
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 13% 40% 27% 6% 1	653
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 9% 37% 25% 10% 2	675
	21st to end	Day	15% 8% 33% 29% 11% 4	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 19% 41% 25% 6%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 25% 41% 21% 4	680
	21st to end	Day	4 3 17% 41% 27% 8%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 11% 40% 32% 9%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 10% 36% 40% 8%	668
	21st to end	Day	4 1 7% 38% 39% 11%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 9% 38% 37% 10%	676
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 1 9% 41% 34% 7%	665
	21st to end	Day	5% 7% 37% 39% 12%	504
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 8% 32% 35% 14%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 10% 38% 31% 11%	300
	21st to end	Day	13% 4 13% 42% 21% 8%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 5% 30% 31% 26% 6%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 11% 32% 30% 15% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	24% 12% 28% 26% 10% 1	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	20% 12% 34% 24% 7% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 14% 37% 23% 10% 3	300
	21st to end	Day	20% 20% 33% 20% 5% 2	291
December	1st to 10th	Day	14% 16% 36% 24% 7% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 14% 43% 17% 5%	270
	21st to end	Day	20% 22% 37% 19% 3	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 14% 36% 29% 7%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 16% 35% 27% 6%	950
	21st to end	Night	14% 13% 35% 31% 6%	1045
February	1st to 10th	Night	18% 14% 40% 25% 3	851
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 17% 39% 23% 3	744
	21st to end	Night	20% 21% 38% 19% 2	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 15% 37% 26% 4	579
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 13% 43% 24% 5%	570
	21st to end	Night	14% 15% 41% 25% 4	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 17% 44% 24% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 17% 38% 27% 4	563
	21st to end	Night	13% 12% 44% 22% 9% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	12% 9% 41% 30% 6% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 8% 38% 28% 12% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 34% 35% 16% 1	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 24% 41% 26% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 29% 50% 15%	570
	21st to end	Night	2 1 23% 46% 25% 3	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 12% 45% 34% 3	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 15% 45% 35% 2	552
	21st to end	Night	1 1 10% 46% 38% 4	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 10% 52% 32% 3	567
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 10% 46% 33% 4	564
	21st to end	Night	3 1 7% 50% 33% 6%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 10% 42% 35% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 1 14% 43% 29% 4	570
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 20% 43% 26% 3	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 26% 35% 25% 3	586
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 31% 37% 12% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 9% 31% 30% 11% 1	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 35% 35% 11% 1	780
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 12% 35% 31% 11% 1	994
	21st to end	Night	17% 12% 36% 26% 9%	986
December	1st to 10th	Night	14% 13% 36% 31% 6%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 11% 37% 28% 5%	950
	21st to end	Night	19% 13% 37% 25% 6%	1045

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