Maxwell Point
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Maxwell Point clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-10-19.

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	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 43%	126594
	Night	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 44%	123130
Transparency	Day	37% 6% 12% 19% 18% 6%	130266
	Night	37% 6% 11% 18% 20% 7%	127527
Seeing	Day	15% 9% 23% 25% 19% 8%	16588
	Night	15% 8% 23% 32% 19% 3	26624

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	14% 5% 2 4 3 3 2 2 4 6% 54%	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 5% 59%	4060
	21st to end	Day	15% 8% 2 6% 4 4 3 2 4 5% 46%	4466
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 41%	1834
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 6% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 44%	1948
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 44%	1695
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 9% 3 7% 4 4 3 2 4 5% 41%	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 55%	4980
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 47%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 2 5% 3 3 5% 4 6% 6% 51%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 49%	2332
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 50%	2546
May	1st to 10th	Day	10% 7% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 11% 40%	5862
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 3 8% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 31%	5861
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 45%	6433
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 9% 10% 37%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 7% 5% 8% 12% 43%	2600
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 6% 8% 13% 41%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 7% 2 8% 6% 6% 7% 6% 9% 11% 27%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 2 7% 6% 6% 7% 7% 11% 16% 31%	5900
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 3 7% 6% 6% 7% 6% 9% 13% 29%	6424
August	1st to 10th	Day	22% 6% 2 7% 5% 6% 6% 4 8% 10% 25%	4234
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 3 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 9% 10% 34%	4174
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 48%	4318
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 7% 6% 5% 5% 5% 7% 11% 42%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 9% 41%	2200
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 6% 7% 42%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 50%	2105
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 6% 59%	1980
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 3 5% 58%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 3 6% 53%	1957
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 2 4 2 2 3 2 4 6% 54%	1870
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 50%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 51%	2930
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 4 6% 47%	3373
	21st to end	Day	20% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 45%	4466
January	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 57%	5889
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 50%	5900
	21st to end	Night	14% 8% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 47%	6490
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 3 4 5% 6% 46%	2563
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 3 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 44%	2338
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 46%	1933
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 7% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 40%	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 55%	4980
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 48%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 8% 50%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 53%	2015
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 3 3 5% 7% 53%	1870
May	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 41%	4033
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 33%	4032
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 9% 43%	4421
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 4 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 8% 10% 35%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 11% 40%	1800
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 7% 6% 6% 5% 6% 10% 13% 34%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 8% 3 10% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 26%	4058
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 8% 6% 6% 7% 6% 12% 16% 26%	4057
	21st to end	Night	10% 8% 4 11% 7% 7% 7% 6% 8% 10% 22%	4427
August	1st to 10th	Night	21% 8% 3 8% 6% 5% 6% 4 8% 9% 22%	2915
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 3 7% 4 5% 6% 4 8% 10% 34%	2875
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 11% 49%	3539
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 10% 41%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 8% 39%	2200
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 42%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 52%	2295
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 2 5% 3 2 3 3 4 5% 55%	2377
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 5% 57%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 3 5% 54%	2341
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 52%	2527
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 6% 6% 49%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 3 5% 54%	4250
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 45%	4822
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 42%	6490

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	31% 5% 6% 22% 30% 7%	4057
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 4 4 16% 37% 9%	4060
	21st to end	Day	42% 3 5% 17% 22% 11%	4466
February	1st to 10th	Day	41% 5% 9% 20% 18% 6%	1834
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 5% 6% 17% 24% 6%	1958
	21st to end	Day	41% 5% 9% 15% 21% 8%	1695
March	1st to 10th	Day	47% 4 5% 13% 20% 10%	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 5% 7% 14% 26% 19%	4980
	21st to end	Day	41% 4 7% 18% 22% 8%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	31% 5% 11% 20% 26% 7%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 6% 11% 20% 21% 10%	2332
	21st to end	Day	29% 8% 12% 26% 21% 4	2546
May	1st to 10th	Day	38% 7% 18% 23% 12% 2	5897
	11th to 20th	Day	47% 7% 18% 16% 11% 1	5865
	21st to end	Day	35% 8% 14% 20% 20% 3	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	38% 11% 17% 22% 10% 2	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 10% 19% 25% 13% 1	2600
	21st to end	Day	33% 12% 19% 21% 13% 2	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	47% 8% 19% 20% 6% 1	5835
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 11% 34% 16% 2 1	5831
	21st to end	Day	43% 11% 19% 21% 6%	6240
August	1st to 10th	Day	53% 9% 19% 15% 4	4221
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 8% 17% 20% 13% 1	4213
	21st to end	Day	29% 7% 15% 30% 17% 2	4318
September	1st to 10th	Day	35% 10% 15% 19% 18% 4	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 8% 11% 18% 19% 3	2200
	21st to end	Day	41% 6% 10% 21% 15% 7%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	32% 5% 5% 19% 30% 9%	3430
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 2 5% 17% 27% 30%	3220
	21st to end	Day	27% 3 4 21% 31% 15%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	35% 4 7% 17% 26% 12%	1957
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 4 7% 20% 25% 11%	1870
	21st to end	Day	36% 5% 8% 19% 23% 9%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	35% 4 7% 17% 28% 9%	2930
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 3 11% 21% 19% 6%	3370
	21st to end	Day	40% 4 8% 23% 24% 2	4466
January	1st to 10th	Night	30% 4 6% 19% 35% 7%	5889
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 5% 6% 16% 32% 8%	5900
	21st to end	Night	40% 4 4 15% 28% 9%	6490
February	1st to 10th	Night	39% 4 8% 20% 20% 8%	2563
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 5% 7% 17% 20% 8%	2339
	21st to end	Night	38% 5% 9% 17% 20% 11%	1933
March	1st to 10th	Night	43% 6% 7% 11% 25% 8%	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 4 8% 12% 29% 19%	4980
	21st to end	Night	36% 5% 7% 19% 21% 11%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	33% 5% 11% 20% 22% 9%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 5% 10% 20% 22% 12%	2015
	21st to end	Night	30% 6% 11% 26% 22% 5%	1870
May	1st to 10th	Night	37% 8% 15% 26% 13% 2	4060
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 8% 20% 16% 11%	4033
	21st to end	Night	33% 9% 13% 22% 19% 2	4429
June	1st to 10th	Night	39% 12% 16% 20% 11% 2	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 10% 18% 23% 11% 2	1800
	21st to end	Night	35% 14% 19% 19% 11% 2	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	51% 8% 20% 15% 5% 1	4015
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 12% 31% 11% 2 1	4006
	21st to end	Night	55% 10% 16% 14% 5%	4297
August	1st to 10th	Night	57% 8% 19% 12% 3 1	2904
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 8% 21% 20% 7% 1	2902
	21st to end	Night	28% 7% 15% 30% 17% 3	3539
September	1st to 10th	Night	36% 10% 16% 20% 14% 5%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 8% 12% 18% 17% 3	2200
	21st to end	Night	40% 7% 13% 19% 16% 5%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	33% 4 8% 18% 30% 7%	3750
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 3 5% 15% 27% 30%	3876
	21st to end	Night	26% 3 5% 19% 28% 19%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	34% 4 8% 16% 26% 13%	2341
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 5% 6% 17% 25% 13%	2527
	21st to end	Night	34% 5% 8% 18% 24% 10%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	34% 4 6% 17% 30% 8%	4250
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 3 11% 18% 19% 8%	4824
	21st to end	Night	43% 4 6% 24% 20% 3	6490

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% 19% 47% 13% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 22% 35% 19% 4	300
	21st to end	Day	21% 24% 37% 15% 3	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 21% 34% 20% 6%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 17% 34% 14% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	22% 17% 38% 17% 5%	294
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 18% 31% 23% 7% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 16% 40% 20% 5%	500
	21st to end	Day	18% 18% 36% 19% 9% 1	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	17% 17% 30% 24% 12%	500
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 14% 30% 26% 14% 3	492
	21st to end	Day	12% 10% 28% 27% 17% 5%	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	10% 12% 33% 26% 15% 4	503
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 5% 22% 31% 18% 7%	527
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 18% 28% 22% 14%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 16% 32% 28% 9%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 17% 25% 30% 15%	530
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 12% 32% 31% 17%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 8% 23% 32% 26%	525
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 10% 22% 36% 22%	524
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 9% 30% 35% 18%	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	18% 3 12% 24% 26% 17%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 3 10% 23% 31% 18%	519
	21st to end	Day	13% 3 8% 28% 29% 18%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 13% 31% 31% 14%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 2 13% 25% 29% 13%	530
	21st to end	Day	19% 2 17% 28% 25% 9%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 4 21% 29% 23% 8%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 7% 22% 31% 23% 7%	522
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 25% 27% 21% 7%	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 24% 27% 18% 5%	495
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 11% 36% 26% 7% 2	370
	21st to end	Day	10% 15% 37% 27% 10% 2	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	25% 13% 37% 21% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 11% 36% 23% 7% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	28% 13% 34% 17% 5% 2	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 15% 31% 26% 7%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 13% 33% 29% 6%	800
	21st to end	Night	19% 15% 35% 28% 3	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	18% 13% 33% 32% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 13% 36% 26% 2	783
	21st to end	Night	18% 15% 33% 29% 5%	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 11% 33% 33% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 11% 37% 27% 7%	800
	21st to end	Night	16% 12% 37% 27% 7%	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	14% 15% 32% 31% 9%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 11% 31% 31% 13%	791
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 29% 39% 14%	670
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 30% 39% 14% 1	600
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 3 26% 37% 18% 3	591
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 15% 40% 28% 4	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	13% 4 15% 39% 25% 4	600
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 2 14% 35% 31% 8%	600
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 12% 38% 33% 7%	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 8% 35% 38% 8%	585
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 8% 30% 42% 9%	582
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 8% 33% 41% 7%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	15% 2 9% 28% 39% 7%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 2 9% 31% 37% 8%	594
	21st to end	Night	12% 2 9% 31% 40% 6%	815
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 10% 34% 37% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 1 14% 28% 38% 5%	800
	21st to end	Night	18% 3 13% 34% 28% 4	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 4 18% 32% 28% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 22% 32% 23% 3	793
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 22% 32% 25% 2	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 23% 34% 19% 3	780
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 10% 26% 33% 13% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	14% 10% 25% 35% 15% 1	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 12% 27% 33% 9% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 9% 25% 34% 12% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	24% 13% 24% 31% 8%	880

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