Poole's Resort Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Poole's Resort Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-02-06.

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	17% 10% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 32%	108587
	Night	18% 12% 4 9% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 30%	109641
Transparency	Day	30% 44% 7% 13% 5%	112126
	Night	34% 42% 6% 11% 5%	114266
Seeing	Day	23% 16% 30% 19% 9% 2	14761
	Night	25% 13% 29% 24% 9% 1	24032

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover NE (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	15% 16% 6% 14% 6% 4 4 3 5% 5% 23%	3597
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 18% 9% 16% 6% 6% 4 3 4 5% 17%	3570
	21st to end	Day	14% 18% 6% 15% 8% 5% 5% 3 4 4 18%	4236
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 17% 4 13% 6% 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 21%	1755
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 16% 5% 11% 6% 5% 4 4 5% 5% 25%	1681
	21st to end	Day	20% 15% 4 10% 7% 5% 4 3 4 5% 22%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	22% 12% 4 10% 5% 3 4 3 4 4 29%	3138
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 17% 5% 10% 5% 4 4 3 5% 5% 29%	3480
	21st to end	Day	15% 9% 3 9% 5% 4 3 3 4 6% 39%	4022
April	1st to 10th	Day	21% 13% 4 7% 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 32%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 9% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 3 6% 37%	2254
	21st to end	Day	21% 11% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 5% 32%	2357
May	1st to 10th	Day	22% 9% 2 7% 6% 5% 4 3 5% 7% 30%	4426
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 9% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 34%	4398
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 40%	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	20% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 8% 32%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 38%	2660
	21st to end	Day	17% 8% 2 7% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 35%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 39%	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 41%	4440
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 40%	4814
August	1st to 10th	Day	15% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 37%	4275
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 35%	3962
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 40%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 43%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 3 3 5% 8% 47%	2280
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 2 7% 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 39%	2029
October	1st to 10th	Day	21% 8% 3 7% 4 4 3 4 5% 7% 35%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 10% 3 8% 5% 4 6% 3 5% 6% 30%	1900
	21st to end	Day	25% 10% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 3 4 5% 27%	1961
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 10% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 7% 32%	1761
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 13% 4 9% 5% 5% 4 3 4 5% 32%	1638
	21st to end	Day	21% 14% 4 9% 6% 4 4 4 6% 6% 22%	1600
December	1st to 10th	Day	21% 17% 5% 13% 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 17%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 18% 6% 11% 5% 4 4 3 4 4 21%	2986
	21st to end	Day	23% 16% 5% 11% 5% 4 4 3 4 4 22%	3960
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 18% 6% 14% 5% 5% 4 3 4 4 22%	6349
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 18% 8% 15% 8% 6% 5% 3 4 4 16%	6315
	21st to end	Night	17% 17% 7% 12% 6% 6% 5% 3 4 4 17%	6705
February	1st to 10th	Night	18% 15% 5% 13% 7% 5% 5% 3 4 5% 20%	2536
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 14% 6% 11% 6% 4 4 4 5% 6% 27%	2384
	21st to end	Night	19% 14% 5% 9% 6% 4 4 3 4 4 27%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 12% 3 8% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 32%	3697
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 17% 4 8% 5% 4 3 3 4 6% 26%	3479
	21st to end	Night	17% 12% 3 8% 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 38%	3609
April	1st to 10th	Night	22% 11% 2 8% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 34%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 36%	1875
	21st to end	Night	22% 9% 3 8% 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 33%	1836
May	1st to 10th	Night	23% 9% 3 8% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 29%	2514
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 9% 3 7% 4 5% 4 3 5% 6% 34%	2495
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 9% 41%	2738
June	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 32%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 42%	1520
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 2 6% 4 4 6% 4 6% 8% 35%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 8% 38%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 7% 8% 43%	2520
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 7% 43%	2739
August	1st to 10th	Night	11% 8% 3 7% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 40%	2651
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 40%	2835
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 8% 39%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 45%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 1 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 48%	1900
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 6% 4 4 3 5% 6% 7% 40%	2147
October	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 7% 35%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 32%	2280
	21st to end	Night	25% 9% 3 8% 5% 4 4 3 5% 5% 28%	2636
November	1st to 10th	Night	19% 11% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 36%	2537
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 10% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 32%	2760
	21st to end	Night	22% 13% 3 9% 6% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 23%	2800
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 17% 5% 13% 7% 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 15%	4580
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 16% 4 9% 4 4 3 3 4 4 26%	5208
	21st to end	Night	28% 14% 4 12% 5% 3 4 3 5% 4 19%	6996

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	49% 28% 6% 12% 4 1	3598
	11th to 20th	Day	55% 28% 8% 5% 4	3600
	21st to end	Day	53% 29% 5% 5% 7% 1	4236
February	1st to 10th	Day	25% 63% 3 6% 2	1755
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 64% 3 7% 4	1690
	21st to end	Day	23% 65% 3 4 4 1	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	36% 41% 6% 11% 5%	3141
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 41% 11% 7% 7% 1	3480
	21st to end	Day	28% 40% 8% 16% 7% 1	4022
April	1st to 10th	Day	21% 65% 3 5% 5% 1	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 66% 3 7% 5% 1	2254
	21st to end	Day	19% 65% 3 7% 5% 1	2357
May	1st to 10th	Day	33% 43% 7% 14% 3	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 44% 9% 13% 3	4402
	21st to end	Day	25% 43% 8% 17% 7%	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	18% 65% 3 8% 5%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 66% 5% 9% 4 1	2660
	21st to end	Day	16% 64% 5% 9% 5% 1	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	27% 35% 8% 21% 8%	4370
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 35% 10% 23% 5%	4365
	21st to end	Day	26% 36% 10% 21% 8%	4661
August	1st to 10th	Day	30% 37% 11% 14% 7%	4261
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 38% 9% 18% 5%	4001
	21st to end	Day	27% 36% 10% 19% 7%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	13% 62% 7% 13% 5%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 60% 6% 13% 9%	2280
	21st to end	Day	16% 61% 5% 12% 6%	2029
October	1st to 10th	Day	30% 36% 7% 22% 5%	3160
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 37% 11% 18% 5%	3140
	21st to end	Day	29% 36% 11% 20% 4	3212
November	1st to 10th	Day	27% 57% 6% 7% 2	1761
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 57% 5% 11% 3	1638
	21st to end	Day	28% 58% 7% 4 3	1600
December	1st to 10th	Day	48% 36% 10% 6% 1	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 33% 6% 9% 5%	2986
	21st to end	Day	49% 27% 7% 14% 4	3960
January	1st to 10th	Night	51% 29% 8% 9% 3	6349
	11th to 20th	Night	57% 28% 6% 7% 3	6360
	21st to end	Night	56% 29% 4 4 6%	6705
February	1st to 10th	Night	26% 63% 3 5% 2	2536
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 64% 4 7% 4	2386
	21st to end	Night	21% 64% 4 7% 4	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	32% 42% 5% 15% 6%	3707
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 41% 9% 6% 5% 1	3480
	21st to end	Night	31% 39% 5% 14% 9% 1	3609
April	1st to 10th	Night	21% 64% 3 8% 4	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 66% 3 6% 7% 1	1875
	21st to end	Night	19% 65% 4 6% 6% 1	1836
May	1st to 10th	Night	36% 42% 7% 11% 3	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 43% 8% 11% 3	2496
	21st to end	Night	26% 41% 6% 14% 13%	2739
June	1st to 10th	Night	16% 66% 4 8% 5% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 65% 3 8% 8% 1	1520
	21st to end	Night	17% 64% 4 9% 6% 1	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	31% 36% 7% 16% 10% 1	2480
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 35% 8% 26% 4	2472
	21st to end	Night	26% 36% 10% 19% 8%	2651
August	1st to 10th	Night	29% 37% 10% 17% 7%	2641
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 37% 9% 20% 3	2862
	21st to end	Night	26% 36% 9% 21% 7% 1	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	14% 60% 7% 12% 6%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 60% 5% 14% 8% 1	1900
	21st to end	Night	16% 60% 6% 12% 7%	2147
October	1st to 10th	Night	27% 36% 7% 21% 8%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 36% 11% 20% 7%	3779
	21st to end	Night	32% 36% 10% 18% 4	4335
November	1st to 10th	Night	25% 56% 6% 9% 4	2537
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 57% 6% 9% 4	2760
	21st to end	Night	27% 58% 5% 8% 2	2800
December	1st to 10th	Night	51% 35% 7% 6% 1	4580
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 32% 5% 9% 7%	5208
	21st to end	Night	52% 27% 5% 9% 7%	6996

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	25% 22% 35% 13% 6%	200
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 17% 32% 16% 2 1	200
	21st to end	Day	24% 24% 35% 14% 3	280
February	1st to 10th	Day	31% 28% 31% 10% 1	285
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 28% 35% 8%	288
	21st to end	Day	36% 19% 30% 13% 2	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	26% 21% 31% 17% 5%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 22% 32% 14% 4	460
	21st to end	Day	34% 20% 26% 14% 6% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	32% 18% 29% 15% 5%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 21% 25% 13% 7% 3	452
	21st to end	Day	30% 20% 28% 13% 6% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	23% 18% 31% 20% 6% 2	463
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 17% 34% 21% 9% 2	487
	21st to end	Day	16% 16% 30% 25% 11% 2	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	25% 14% 31% 21% 8% 1	490
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 13% 34% 24% 10% 3	490
	21st to end	Day	21% 15% 32% 21% 9% 2	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	14% 9% 31% 28% 16% 2	485
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 10% 30% 28% 13% 4	484
	21st to end	Day	13% 10% 35% 28% 12% 2	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	16% 9% 28% 27% 16% 4	486
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 25% 29% 17% 6%	479
	21st to end	Day	16% 10% 32% 22% 13% 6%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	16% 12% 30% 25% 11% 6%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 9% 24% 23% 19% 13%	490
	21st to end	Day	19% 11% 27% 24% 16% 4	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	25% 16% 24% 18% 12% 4	490
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 20% 30% 17% 6% 2	490
	21st to end	Day	34% 16% 28% 17% 5%	471
November	1st to 10th	Day	26% 21% 28% 17% 7% 1	395
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 14% 36% 14% 6% 2	238
	21st to end	Day	30% 24% 33% 13% 2	200
December	1st to 10th	Day	36% 21% 24% 15% 5%	200
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 24% 31% 11% 2	200
	21st to end	Day	32% 19% 28% 16% 4	220
January	1st to 10th	Night	33% 17% 30% 17% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 18% 29% 19% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	24% 16% 33% 21% 6%	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	27% 21% 33% 18% 2	781
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 18% 37% 18% 3	743
	21st to end	Night	28% 18% 31% 20% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	28% 15% 32% 22% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 16% 32% 19% 4 1	760
	21st to end	Night	26% 14% 34% 19% 7%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	28% 14% 33% 23% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 18% 30% 19% 6% 1	751
	21st to end	Night	27% 10% 31% 22% 9%	696
May	1st to 10th	Night	26% 9% 27% 27% 9% 1	380
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 11% 35% 32% 7%	374
	21st to end	Night	14% 9% 35% 29% 11% 1	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	20% 8% 28% 35% 8% 1	380
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 11% 28% 33% 13% 1	380
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 27% 32% 13% 1	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 28% 38% 15%	370
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 28% 35% 19% 1	368
	21st to end	Night	14% 4 26% 42% 12% 1	416
August	1st to 10th	Night	13% 4 26% 37% 20%	458
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 4 18% 36% 21% 3	588
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 27% 35% 17% 2	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 27% 32% 16% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 20% 28% 22% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 10% 25% 26% 18% 2	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	26% 12% 26% 20% 15% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 15% 27% 25% 8% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	33% 12% 29% 22% 4	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	27% 15% 30% 21% 7%	780
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 18% 31% 17% 9%	800
	21st to end	Night	34% 17% 28% 15% 6%	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	34% 18% 27% 17% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 17% 33% 17% 2 1	800
	21st to end	Night	34% 17% 29% 18% 2	880

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