Picton
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Picton clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-04-02.

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	15% 9% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 35%	131738
	Night	16% 10% 4 9% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 32%	130090
Transparency	Day	32% 37% 8% 15% 8% 1	135279
	Night	35% 37% 7% 13% 8% 1	134635
Seeing	Day	18% 6% 20% 31% 20% 6%	16209
	Night	21% 7% 26% 29% 15% 3	25571

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% 13% 7% 11% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 25%	4661
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 21% 8% 20% 7% 5% 4 3 4 4 13%	4650
	21st to end	Day	11% 15% 7% 12% 7% 6% 6% 4 5% 6% 19%	5757
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 15% 4 13% 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 23%	1890
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 12% 4 11% 8% 6% 5% 3 4 6% 27%	1843
	21st to end	Day	20% 13% 3 10% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 5% 26%	1693
March	1st to 10th	Day	18% 11% 4 9% 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 34%	4802
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 11% 4 9% 5% 5% 6% 3 5% 7% 33%	5090
	21st to end	Day	19% 10% 3 8% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 38%	5759
April	1st to 10th	Day	19% 10% 4 7% 5% 5% 3 3 4 6% 33%	2412
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 8% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 5% 5% 39%	2374
	21st to end	Day	19% 9% 3 6% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 33%	2530
May	1st to 10th	Day	23% 10% 3 8% 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 29%	6209
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 10% 4 8% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 7% 36%	6318
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 36%	6949
June	1st to 10th	Day	17% 6% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 9% 36%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 40%	2800
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 6% 8% 41%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 44%	6360
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 47%	6360
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 47%	6926
August	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 42%	4237
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 7% 10% 40%	4174
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 45%	4318
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 47%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 50%	2400
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 3 6% 7% 39%	2102
October	1st to 10th	Day	17% 7% 3 6% 6% 4 4 4 4 7% 39%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 8% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 34%	2000
	21st to end	Day	24% 10% 2 7% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 6% 28%	2140
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 10% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 36%	1830
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 11% 3 9% 6% 4 5% 4 7% 7% 30%	1680
	21st to end	Day	21% 12% 4 9% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 7% 25%	1680
December	1st to 10th	Day	19% 16% 4 9% 5% 6% 5% 4 5% 7% 20%	2680
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 15% 5% 11% 6% 4 5% 3 3 6% 25%	3066
	21st to end	Day	24% 13% 4 10% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 6% 21%	4048
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 15% 6% 11% 7% 6% 4 3 5% 6% 22%	8234
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 16% 7% 19% 8% 6% 5% 4 5% 4 13%	8235
	21st to end	Night	14% 15% 7% 13% 7% 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 21%	8421
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 16% 5% 11% 6% 4 5% 4 4 5% 25%	2730
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 15% 4 9% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 5% 28%	2663
	21st to end	Night	16% 13% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 7% 28%	2113
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 10% 3 8% 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 31%	5254
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 11% 4 7% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 35%	5089
	21st to end	Night	20% 9% 3 7% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 38%	5414
April	1st to 10th	Night	20% 10% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 32%	2011
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 3 7% 4 5% 4 3 4 5% 37%	1975
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 6% 6% 37%	1888
May	1st to 10th	Night	28% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 3 3 5% 5% 28%	3732
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 6% 7% 39%	3575
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 36%	3926
June	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 8% 36%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 9% 42%	1600
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 2 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 40%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 9% 42%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 46%	3600
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 8% 49%	3926
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 46%	2908
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 45%	2875
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 2 5% 4 4 6% 4 7% 9% 48%	3546
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 47%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 1 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 53%	2000
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 6% 6% 42%	2292
October	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 2 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 39%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 8% 3 8% 6% 4 4 4 5% 6% 33%	2400
	21st to end	Night	21% 8% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 31%	2700
November	1st to 10th	Night	17% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 39%	2685
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 10% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 33%	2940
	21st to end	Night	21% 12% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 26%	2940
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 17% 4 10% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 6% 21%	4720
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 14% 4 9% 5% 4 4 3 6% 6% 25%	5348
	21st to end	Night	27% 14% 4 9% 4 4 4 4 5% 5% 21%	7150

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	47% 25% 9% 11% 8% 1	4662
	11th to 20th	Day	62% 24% 3 6% 4 1	4680
	21st to end	Day	50% 25% 9% 10% 5% 1	5757
February	1st to 10th	Day	26% 59% 4 7% 3 1	1890
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 58% 5% 9% 5%	1852
	21st to end	Day	24% 59% 5% 8% 4 1	1693
March	1st to 10th	Day	38% 29% 7% 12% 13% 1	4805
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 29% 18% 10% 8% 1	5090
	21st to end	Day	36% 28% 5% 16% 14% 1	5759
April	1st to 10th	Day	23% 62% 3 8% 4 1	2412
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 62% 3 10% 6% 1	2374
	21st to end	Day	18% 62% 5% 8% 6% 1	2530
May	1st to 10th	Day	43% 30% 7% 12% 6% 1	6219
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 31% 7% 12% 10% 1	6322
	21st to end	Day	37% 29% 9% 17% 8%	6949
June	1st to 10th	Day	17% 62% 5% 10% 7% 1	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 62% 6% 10% 5% 1	2800
	21st to end	Day	16% 60% 4 12% 8% 1	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	28% 26% 11% 25% 11%	6290
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 26% 11% 24% 12% 1	6285
	21st to end	Day	25% 26% 11% 30% 8%	6728
August	1st to 10th	Day	29% 36% 10% 15% 10% 1	4223
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 37% 12% 19% 5%	4213
	21st to end	Day	22% 37% 11% 25% 6%	4318
September	1st to 10th	Day	13% 58% 8% 15% 6%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 58% 6% 15% 10% 1	2400
	21st to end	Day	17% 58% 6% 13% 5%	2102
October	1st to 10th	Day	21% 37% 9% 24% 10%	3260
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 36% 12% 21% 8%	3240
	21st to end	Day	27% 37% 10% 19% 7%	3442
November	1st to 10th	Day	25% 54% 7% 8% 6%	1830
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 56% 6% 11% 5%	1680
	21st to end	Day	29% 56% 5% 7% 4	1680
December	1st to 10th	Day	44% 35% 12% 7% 2	2680
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 34% 8% 8% 5%	3066
	21st to end	Day	50% 30% 6% 10% 3	4048
January	1st to 10th	Night	50% 25% 7% 12% 6%	8234
	11th to 20th	Night	60% 26% 3 6% 4	8280
	21st to end	Night	54% 26% 4 7% 9% 1	8421
February	1st to 10th	Night	25% 60% 4 8% 3	2730
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 58% 4 8% 6%	2665
	21st to end	Night	23% 60% 5% 8% 4	2113
March	1st to 10th	Night	38% 29% 5% 13% 11% 4	5264
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 30% 13% 13% 7% 2	5090
	21st to end	Night	35% 28% 5% 16% 13% 1	5414
April	1st to 10th	Night	23% 62% 4 8% 4	2011
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 63% 4 7% 8% 1	1975
	21st to end	Night	19% 61% 4 7% 7% 1	1888
May	1st to 10th	Night	47% 30% 6% 9% 6% 2	3738
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 32% 10% 14% 8% 1	3576
	21st to end	Night	38% 30% 8% 13% 11%	3927
June	1st to 10th	Night	16% 62% 4 10% 7% 2	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 62% 4 8% 8% 1	1600
	21st to end	Night	18% 60% 3 9% 8% 1	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	31% 26% 12% 16% 14% 1	3560
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 26% 10% 25% 12% 1	3552
	21st to end	Night	24% 26% 10% 25% 15% 1	3809
August	1st to 10th	Night	24% 36% 10% 19% 10% 1	2898
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 38% 10% 19% 6% 1	2902
	21st to end	Night	20% 37% 9% 26% 7%	3546
September	1st to 10th	Night	13% 58% 7% 16% 6% 1	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 57% 5% 15% 11%	2000
	21st to end	Night	18% 57% 5% 12% 8%	2292
October	1st to 10th	Night	21% 36% 6% 21% 16% 1	3920
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 36% 10% 22% 8%	3899
	21st to end	Night	27% 36% 8% 22% 7%	4348
November	1st to 10th	Night	25% 54% 7% 9% 5%	2685
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 55% 6% 10% 5%	2940
	21st to end	Night	27% 57% 6% 7% 2	2940
December	1st to 10th	Night	42% 35% 8% 12% 2	4720
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 35% 7% 9% 6%	5348
	21st to end	Night	51% 28% 7% 8% 5%	7150

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	23% 12% 28% 29% 6% 2	220
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 15% 30% 21% 6%	220
	21st to end	Day	18% 13% 28% 29% 10% 2	358
February	1st to 10th	Day	23% 9% 30% 29% 8% 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 11% 30% 33% 7% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	28% 10% 28% 28% 6%	409
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 9% 27% 35% 9% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 10% 29% 29% 10% 1	540
	21st to end	Day	27% 6% 26% 27% 11% 2	594
April	1st to 10th	Day	22% 7% 25% 34% 10% 3	504
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 6% 26% 26% 15% 4	492
	21st to end	Day	23% 4 22% 33% 16% 2	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	21% 3 18% 36% 19% 3	503
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 3 16% 35% 25% 7%	527
	21st to end	Day	15% 2 10% 37% 25% 11%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	15% 2 15% 35% 28% 5%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 2 16% 32% 31% 8%	530
	21st to end	Day	18% 2 14% 35% 25% 6%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 11% 33% 35% 10%	525
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 1 11% 30% 37% 8%	524
	21st to end	Day	11% 2 9% 41% 31% 6%	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	11% 2 9% 32% 35% 11%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 2 13% 28% 33% 12%	519
	21st to end	Day	14% 2 13% 32% 31% 9%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 2 17% 30% 28% 11%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 10% 29% 29% 21%	530
	21st to end	Day	17% 3 15% 32% 25% 8%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	21% 4 20% 26% 21% 9%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 9% 27% 26% 14% 3	530
	21st to end	Day	27% 7% 27% 27% 11% 1	550
November	1st to 10th	Day	20% 11% 29% 25% 13% 1	404
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 11% 34% 27% 9% 2	220
	21st to end	Day	26% 12% 34% 21% 6% 1	220
December	1st to 10th	Day	25% 13% 27% 28% 5% 2	220
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 19% 34% 19% 3 1	220
	21st to end	Day	28% 14% 33% 21% 5%	242
January	1st to 10th	Night	27% 13% 36% 18% 6% 1	840
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 12% 31% 23% 7%	840
	21st to end	Night	21% 8% 33% 27% 9% 1	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	23% 10% 34% 28% 5%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 8% 36% 26% 6%	823
	21st to end	Night	22% 8% 36% 27% 7%	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 6% 32% 33% 8%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 11% 29% 29% 8% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	22% 4 31% 30% 11% 2	924
April	1st to 10th	Night	23% 6% 26% 34% 9% 1	805
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 4 26% 32% 12% 2	791
	21st to end	Night	22% 5% 22% 33% 15% 3	688
May	1st to 10th	Night	27% 3 15% 32% 18% 5%	460
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 2 17% 44% 20% 2	394
	21st to end	Night	12% 1 18% 38% 24% 6%	433
June	1st to 10th	Night	16% 1 15% 41% 24% 4	400
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 2 18% 37% 27% 5%	400
	21st to end	Night	16% 2 18% 34% 28% 3	400
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 14% 37% 34% 5%	390
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 2 13% 35% 32% 7%	388
	21st to end	Night	11% 1 13% 44% 26% 5%	438
August	1st to 10th	Night	10% 1 11% 38% 33% 6%	590
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 13% 32% 32% 8%	594
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 17% 35% 31% 5%	853
September	1st to 10th	Night	13% 2 19% 31% 28% 7%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 2 14% 28% 30% 12%	800
	21st to end	Night	19% 4 19% 29% 23% 7%	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	20% 6% 26% 23% 20% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 9% 26% 29% 11% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	27% 8% 29% 27% 9%	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	21% 9% 27% 28% 12% 1	820
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 12% 33% 23% 9% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	30% 12% 31% 21% 7%	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	31% 15% 30% 19% 5%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 13% 37% 19% 5% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	33% 11% 32% 19% 5%	924

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