Marsing
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Marsing clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-10-04.

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	5% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 55%	135136
	Night	7% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 49%	131574
Transparency	Day	27% 6% 11% 21% 21% 14%	129920
	Night	32% 6% 12% 20% 18% 11%	127786
Seeing	Day	8% 8% 22% 31% 22% 9%	15666
	Night	10% 6% 22% 37% 22% 3	24899

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	11% 13% 4 11% 6% 6% 6% 5% 6% 7% 24%	3639
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 11% 3 10% 6% 5% 7% 4 7% 8% 31%	3640
	21st to end	Day	12% 9% 3 9% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 38%	4004
February	1st to 10th	Day	10% 9% 5% 10% 6% 5% 5% 3 6% 7% 35%	1767
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 11% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 7% 36%	1950
	21st to end	Day	8% 9% 3 6% 6% 5% 6% 4 7% 8% 37%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	6% 9% 4 10% 6% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 35%	4518
	11th to 20th	Day	4 7% 3 7% 4 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 49%	4753
	21st to end	Day	6% 9% 3 7% 7% 7% 7% 5% 7% 10% 31%	5827
April	1st to 10th	Day	8% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 7% 42%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 7% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 7% 48%	2384
	21st to end	Day	7% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 50%	2600
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 1 4 3 4 4 3 4 6% 61%	5880
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 61%	6116
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 63%	6902
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 8% 49%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 6% 9% 61%	2800
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 5% 73%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 1 2 3 2 3 4 81%	6319
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 83%	6320
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 8% 71%	6880
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 4 2 3 3 3 5% 7% 67%	6044
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 4 82%	5719
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 4 70%	5984
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 6% 75%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 8% 66%	2241
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 3 2 4 3 2 4 6% 67%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 4 3 3 3 2 3 4 70%	3524
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 1 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 7% 57%	3026
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 49%	3101
November	1st to 10th	Day	10% 7% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 40%	1764
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 8% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 37%	1800
	21st to end	Day	8% 9% 3 9% 6% 6% 6% 5% 5% 8% 34%	1732
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 7% 3 8% 6% 7% 6% 5% 6% 9% 36%	2620
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 12% 6% 14% 7% 6% 5% 5% 6% 7% 22%	3028
	21st to end	Day	10% 10% 5% 12% 7% 6% 7% 5% 7% 7% 24%	4004
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 16% 5% 11% 6% 6% 5% 4 6% 7% 21%	6306
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 10% 4 9% 6% 6% 6% 5% 6% 7% 30%	6320
	21st to end	Night	11% 9% 4 9% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 39%	6952
February	1st to 10th	Night	11% 11% 4 9% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 33%	2627
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 9% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 8% 37%	2338
	21st to end	Night	9% 9% 3 8% 6% 4 5% 5% 7% 7% 37%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	8% 10% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 9% 39%	5376
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 11% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 46%	5247
	21st to end	Night	8% 9% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 35%	5143
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 8% 2 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 8% 44%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 7% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 48%	1963
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 6% 53%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 1 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 59%	4100
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 2 5% 3 4 5% 4 6% 7% 57%	3768
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 6% 63%	3972
June	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 1 6% 6% 5% 3 4 7% 10% 48%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 1 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 61%	1600
	21st to end	Night	2 1 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 7% 69%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 78%	3640
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 2 2 2 3 4 83%	3640
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 9% 61%	3970
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 64%	3756
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 5% 79%	4132
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 5% 69%	5015
September	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 2 2 2 3 3 5% 5% 74%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 4 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 66%	2158
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 68%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 3 2 3 4 3 3 4 70%	3523
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 62%	3903
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 7% 4 4 5% 3 6% 8% 49%	4457
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 44%	2535
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 8% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 7% 38%	2600
	21st to end	Night	10% 8% 2 8% 4 4 5% 4 7% 7% 41%	2665
December	1st to 10th	Night	8% 7% 3 7% 4 5% 6% 4 7% 14% 36%	4560
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 13% 6% 12% 7% 7% 6% 5% 6% 6% 21%	5176
	21st to end	Night	13% 12% 5% 10% 5% 5% 6% 5% 6% 8% 25%	6952

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	54% 12% 16% 15% 2	3639
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 13% 18% 20% 4	3640
	21st to end	Day	43% 10% 14% 24% 8% 1	4004
February	1st to 10th	Day	44% 12% 20% 18% 6% 1	1767
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 10% 18% 21% 9%	1960
	21st to end	Day	40% 9% 18% 21% 11% 1	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	41% 8% 12% 24% 13% 1	4518
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 7% 11% 35% 16% 1	4753
	21st to end	Day	41% 11% 18% 20% 8% 2	5827
April	1st to 10th	Day	39% 8% 15% 23% 13% 2	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 6% 12% 24% 20% 4	2387
	21st to end	Day	32% 7% 12% 29% 17% 3	2600
May	1st to 10th	Day	24% 4 8% 25% 33% 5%	5880
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 5% 7% 27% 30% 10%	6119
	21st to end	Day	20% 5% 10% 30% 28% 7%	6904
June	1st to 10th	Day	32% 7% 12% 26% 20% 3	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 6% 9% 25% 28% 11%	2800
	21st to end	Day	13% 4 7% 20% 35% 21%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 3 9% 24% 53%	6251
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 1 2 6% 21% 63%	6245
	21st to end	Day	12% 2 4 15% 33% 33%	6681
August	1st to 10th	Day	18% 3 5% 11% 27% 37%	4402
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 3 14% 36% 37%	4142
	21st to end	Day	13% 2 4 16% 36% 29%	4311
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 3 6% 17% 32% 30%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 5% 8% 25% 28% 16%	2241
	21st to end	Day	20% 4 7% 24% 33% 12%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 3 7% 17% 41% 11%	3524
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 4 12% 31% 23% 4	3026
	21st to end	Day	29% 6% 13% 31% 20% 1	3101
November	1st to 10th	Day	38% 7% 17% 26% 13%	1764
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 10% 19% 24% 6% 1	1800
	21st to end	Day	40% 9% 23% 22% 6%	1732
December	1st to 10th	Day	35% 8% 28% 24% 4	2620
	11th to 20th	Day	57% 10% 19% 12% 2	3028
	21st to end	Day	50% 10% 21% 16% 3	4004
January	1st to 10th	Night	56% 11% 18% 12% 3	6306
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 10% 16% 20% 8%	6320
	21st to end	Night	41% 10% 14% 22% 11% 2	6952
February	1st to 10th	Night	45% 9% 19% 21% 5%	2627
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 10% 18% 21% 10% 1	2339
	21st to end	Night	41% 9% 16% 21% 12% 2	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	37% 7% 12% 27% 16% 1	5376
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 5% 8% 31% 20% 1	5247
	21st to end	Night	40% 9% 16% 24% 10% 1	5143
April	1st to 10th	Night	37% 7% 11% 25% 17% 3	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 7% 10% 27% 19% 4	1963
	21st to end	Night	29% 6% 14% 28% 22% 3	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	22% 5% 9% 22% 34% 7%	4097
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 5% 8% 25% 32% 7%	3768
	21st to end	Night	23% 5% 9% 28% 27% 8%	3972
June	1st to 10th	Night	30% 9% 13% 25% 21% 3	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 5% 7% 22% 31% 10%	1600
	21st to end	Night	14% 4 9% 19% 34% 21%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	11% 1 3 9% 20% 55%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 2 2 5% 22% 62%	3592
	21st to end	Night	18% 2 5% 13% 31% 31%	3857
August	1st to 10th	Night	19% 3 5% 11% 25% 37%	2727
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 4 10% 27% 47%	2983
	21st to end	Night	13% 2 4 13% 35% 34%	3608
September	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 5% 13% 30% 36%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 4 7% 22% 25% 25%	2158
	21st to end	Night	19% 4 5% 20% 32% 21%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	19% 3 6% 17% 31% 24%	3523
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 4 9% 30% 30% 6%	3903
	21st to end	Night	31% 5% 12% 28% 23% 2	4457
November	1st to 10th	Night	38% 7% 12% 24% 18% 1	2535
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 7% 16% 27% 9%	2600
	21st to end	Night	38% 8% 17% 27% 10%	2665
December	1st to 10th	Night	32% 7% 27% 28% 5%	4560
	11th to 20th	Night	57% 10% 18% 13% 2	5176
	21st to end	Night	51% 11% 19% 13% 6%	6952

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% 9% 24% 30% 15% 6%	200
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 11% 21% 31% 22% 3	200
	21st to end	Day	11% 7% 20% 33% 22% 6%	220
February	1st to 10th	Day	13% 14% 31% 26% 13% 4	332
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 13% 27% 31% 13% 3	495
	21st to end	Day	12% 15% 28% 27% 16% 2	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	11% 14% 33% 28% 12% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 15% 29% 27% 16% 4	500
	21st to end	Day	11% 16% 31% 25% 15% 2	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 15% 24% 23% 17% 8%	500
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 14% 31% 24% 15% 6%	492
	21st to end	Day	8% 12% 33% 24% 18% 5%	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 15% 28% 30% 16% 7%	503
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 9% 23% 28% 19% 8%	528
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 18% 31% 25% 14%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 7% 24% 32% 20% 12%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 9% 29% 32% 18% 5%	530
	21st to end	Day	4 4 22% 36% 24% 11%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 20% 40% 28% 8%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	2 17% 45% 29% 6%	524
	21st to end	Day	2 2 14% 40% 33% 9%	575
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 18% 37% 31% 8%	527
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 16% 33% 34% 13%	517
	21st to end	Day	4 3 16% 34% 27% 17%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 12% 30% 34% 18%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	4 5% 14% 31% 28% 17%	530
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 16% 32% 30% 13%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 7% 18% 24% 25% 18%	503
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 20% 26% 28% 12%	409
	21st to end	Day	10% 9% 23% 28% 23% 8%	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 8% 24% 31% 18% 7%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 22% 33% 21% 6%	300
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 19% 31% 27% 6%	265
December	1st to 10th	Day	18% 7% 18% 28% 17% 14%	200
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 29% 29% 14% 5%	200
	21st to end	Day	14% 14% 21% 32% 16% 3	220
January	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 23% 29% 19% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 8% 23% 31% 22% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	15% 2 21% 35% 22% 5%	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 8% 27% 33% 15% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 25% 38% 18% 1	784
	21st to end	Night	12% 8% 29% 34% 16% 1	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	12% 9% 31% 33% 14% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 9% 24% 37% 17% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	12% 11% 27% 36% 13% 1	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 8% 25% 35% 19% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 10% 26% 35% 17% 2	775
	21st to end	Night	7% 8% 27% 39% 17% 2	600
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 9% 29% 36% 20% 2	600
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 8% 26% 30% 24% 4	468
	21st to end	Night	5% 7% 24% 37% 24% 4	433
June	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 23% 38% 23% 3	400
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 8% 29% 35% 19% 2	400
	21st to end	Night	2 3 25% 42% 28% 2	400
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 19% 49% 28% 1	390
	11th to 20th	Night	2 21% 56% 21%	388
	21st to end	Night	1 1 15% 51% 31% 1	438
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 14% 52% 28% 2	472
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 14% 49% 32% 2	623
	21st to end	Night	3 3 14% 44% 31% 5%	880
September	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 13% 41% 38% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 13% 38% 36% 6%	800
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 14% 37% 30% 8%	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 18% 38% 27% 5%	772
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 18% 36% 28% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 21% 39% 23% 4	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 21% 34% 24% 3	780
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 22% 34% 18% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 21% 34% 21% 4	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 5% 19% 36% 19% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 20% 38% 15% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	22% 8% 26% 32% 10% 1	880

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