Pilot Mountain
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Pilot Mountain clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-04.

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	15% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 42%	101185
	Night	16% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 44%	97784
Transparency	Day	38% 7% 12% 21% 17% 5%	104861
	Night	38% 6% 11% 21% 18% 6%	102247
Seeing	Day	17% 8% 22% 25% 19% 10%	15285
	Night	17% 6% 24% 32% 19% 2	25359

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	18% 5% 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 6% 52%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 2 4 4 3 3 3 4 5% 51%	2840
	21st to end	Day	26% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 3 4 43%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 44%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 7% 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 5% 44%	1761
	21st to end	Day	20% 7% 2 7% 3 4 3 3 5% 7% 40%	1630
March	1st to 10th	Day	25% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 40%	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 54%	3480
	21st to end	Day	21% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 42%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 2 4 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 52%	2123
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 4 2 4 4 3 4 3 4 8% 47%	2254
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 44%	2418
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 8% 34%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 34%	4081
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 2 4 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 45%	4476
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 4 6% 5% 5% 8% 10% 39%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 2 5% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 39%	2470
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 12% 38%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 7% 6% 7% 7% 5% 8% 11% 36%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 6% 7% 11% 34%	4120
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 3 8% 6% 6% 7% 6% 8% 7% 26%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 27%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 7% 6% 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 36%	4044
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 5% 3 4 5% 4 6% 11% 50%	4227
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 47%	2184
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 42%	2090
	21st to end	Day	20% 6% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 38%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 1 6% 4 3 3 3 3 6% 54%	1943
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 4 1 4 3 2 3 2 4 6% 57%	1900
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 2 5% 3 3 2 2 4 5% 55%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 3 2 3 2 4 6% 55%	1887
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 54%	1748
	21st to end	Day	16% 5% 1 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 51%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 40%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 4 1 3 3 2 3 2 5% 7% 53%	2153
	21st to end	Day	21% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 40%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 49%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 49%	4120
	21st to end	Night	26% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 42%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 44%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 2 5% 3 2 3 3 4 6% 45%	2300
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 2 5% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 42%	1822
March	1st to 10th	Night	22% 8% 2 7% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 38%	3418
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 1 4 3 3 4 4 4 6% 55%	3480
	21st to end	Night	18% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 7% 46%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 47%	2057
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 3 4 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 48%	1875
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 7% 48%	1777
May	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 2 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 41%	2813
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 38%	2812
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 11% 45%	3079
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 4 8% 10% 40%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 10% 42%	1710
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 6% 6% 6% 5% 4 7% 10% 42%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 3 8% 6% 5% 6% 5% 8% 9% 35%	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 8% 5% 5% 6% 5% 9% 11% 34%	2840
	21st to end	Night	15% 9% 3 9% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 9% 25%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 8% 27%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 6% 9% 9% 32%	2785
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 51%	3395
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 7% 45%	1991
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 3 7% 4 5% 4 4 6% 7% 37%	2090
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 4 6% 37%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 3 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 48%	2237
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 1 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 55%	2280
	21st to end	Night	14% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 3 5% 57%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 54%	2264
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 1 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 54%	2427
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 2 4 2 3 3 4 5% 6% 51%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 43%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 50%	3042
	21st to end	Night	23% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 38%	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	34% 3 8% 27% 20% 7%	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 4 7% 18% 30% 5%	2840
	21st to end	Day	45% 4 7% 19% 21% 4	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	40% 5% 11% 21% 19% 5%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 5% 8% 21% 19% 5%	1770
	21st to end	Day	45% 5% 12% 15% 17% 7%	1630
March	1st to 10th	Day	44% 5% 7% 21% 14% 8%	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 6% 8% 22% 23% 11%	3480
	21st to end	Day	44% 5% 8% 21% 19% 3	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	29% 6% 13% 22% 23% 7%	2123
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 5% 10% 20% 21% 8%	2254
	21st to end	Day	39% 7% 11% 24% 16% 4	2418
May	1st to 10th	Day	43% 11% 14% 18% 11% 2	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 9% 11% 23% 10% 1	4085
	21st to end	Day	30% 10% 18% 22% 17% 4	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	38% 9% 16% 24% 12% 1	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 11% 17% 19% 14% 2	2470
	21st to end	Day	35% 11% 17% 22% 14% 1	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	38% 14% 17% 17% 11% 3	4055
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 11% 20% 23% 6% 1	4051
	21st to end	Day	52% 12% 13% 16% 7%	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	48% 11% 17% 19% 5%	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 13% 19% 20% 8% 2	4083
	21st to end	Day	27% 8% 17% 34% 13% 2	4227
September	1st to 10th	Day	35% 9% 12% 22% 18% 5%	2184
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 9% 11% 21% 18% 3	2090
	21st to end	Day	47% 7% 9% 17% 17% 3	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	29% 5% 8% 19% 27% 11%	3229
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 3 5% 23% 25% 23%	3140
	21st to end	Day	26% 4 9% 25% 21% 15%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	32% 4 8% 22% 27% 8%	1887
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 3 8% 23% 26% 8%	1748
	21st to end	Day	35% 4 8% 22% 26% 5%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	45% 6% 7% 20% 18% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 4 9% 22% 24% 9%	2150
	21st to end	Day	42% 5% 11% 23% 17% 2	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	37% 3 9% 21% 24% 6%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 4 8% 17% 27% 6%	4120
	21st to end	Night	46% 3 7% 19% 20% 6%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	39% 6% 9% 21% 20% 4	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 4 8% 19% 20% 7%	2302
	21st to end	Night	43% 4 10% 18% 18% 6%	1822
March	1st to 10th	Night	49% 6% 7% 17% 17% 5%	3418
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 6% 7% 20% 22% 14%	3480
	21st to end	Night	39% 5% 8% 24% 19% 6%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	35% 6% 11% 19% 22% 5%	2057
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 5% 9% 21% 21% 8%	1875
	21st to end	Night	37% 7% 11% 25% 18% 4	1777
May	1st to 10th	Night	42% 8% 13% 23% 12% 1	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 8% 10% 21% 14% 1	2813
	21st to end	Night	32% 9% 16% 26% 14% 3	3087
June	1st to 10th	Night	36% 10% 16% 23% 13% 2	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 10% 16% 23% 15% 1	1710
	21st to end	Night	35% 11% 16% 20% 15% 4	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	42% 13% 14% 17% 12% 2	2795
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 15% 22% 18% 5% 2	2786
	21st to end	Night	52% 10% 15% 18% 5%	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	52% 10% 18% 15% 6%	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 12% 20% 17% 9% 1	2812
	21st to end	Night	28% 9% 12% 37% 12% 3	3395
September	1st to 10th	Night	35% 9% 13% 21% 16% 6%	1991
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 9% 10% 17% 19% 2	2090
	21st to end	Night	48% 7% 10% 16% 16% 3	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	37% 5% 9% 16% 24% 9%	3731
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 3 6% 24% 29% 16%	3779
	21st to end	Night	26% 3 6% 25% 25% 15%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	35% 4 8% 20% 24% 9%	2264
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 4 8% 19% 26% 10%	2427
	21st to end	Night	34% 4 8% 24% 25% 6%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	44% 5% 8% 20% 19% 5%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 4 8% 19% 22% 9%	3044
	21st to end	Night	42% 5% 12% 20% 19% 2	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	27% 17% 32% 17% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 17% 29% 20% 5%	270
	21st to end	Day	24% 17% 38% 17% 4	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 17% 37% 19% 7%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 16% 36% 12% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	26% 19% 32% 19% 4	285
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 13% 32% 25% 9% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 12% 39% 22% 6% 1	460
	21st to end	Day	24% 13% 31% 24% 7% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	19% 15% 31% 21% 11% 3	460
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 14% 25% 24% 16% 3	452
	21st to end	Day	18% 11% 27% 24% 16% 4	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	17% 10% 29% 25% 14% 5%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 20% 29% 20% 10%	487
	21st to end	Day	18% 5% 15% 24% 24% 14%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 18% 30% 24% 13%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 3 17% 24% 26% 19%	490
	21st to end	Day	11% 2 13% 33% 27% 14%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 1 9% 25% 33% 22%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 10% 23% 34% 25%	484
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 12% 24% 32% 21%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	15% 3 12% 23% 28% 18%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 2 9% 27% 27% 23%	479
	21st to end	Day	11% 1 8% 22% 35% 23%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 11% 23% 29% 21%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 3 12% 20% 30% 17%	490
	21st to end	Day	24% 5% 22% 23% 20% 6%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	17% 5% 17% 30% 22% 9%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 23% 27% 23% 5%	490
	21st to end	Day	15% 8% 20% 34% 17% 6%	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	19% 6% 26% 30% 15% 4	467
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 13% 31% 23% 12% 3	308
	21st to end	Day	16% 13% 28% 26% 13% 3	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	27% 11% 34% 21% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 13% 27% 28% 11% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	27% 11% 31% 22% 8% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 9% 36% 29% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 9% 37% 30% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 39% 32% 2	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 9% 36% 32% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 14% 36% 25% 2	743
	21st to end	Night	18% 11% 39% 30% 2	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 10% 31% 34% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 11% 34% 28% 7% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 9% 34% 33% 6%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 13% 31% 31% 9%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 9% 29% 32% 13%	751
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 30% 36% 12%	637
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 28% 34% 18% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 4 21% 32% 23% 2	561
	21st to end	Night	15% 2 12% 34% 33% 4	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 12% 39% 33% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 1 12% 30% 39% 5%	570
	21st to end	Night	9% 1 10% 34% 43% 4	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 10% 30% 44% 5%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 5% 32% 47% 8%	552
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 8% 33% 42% 7%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	16% 1 8% 27% 41% 7%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 2 8% 33% 38% 7%	564
	21st to end	Night	10% 1 9% 26% 45% 9%	781
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 10% 30% 39% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 2 13% 29% 32% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	24% 3 16% 30% 26% 1	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 17% 31% 27% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 24% 35% 19% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 22% 37% 18% 1	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	18% 6% 21% 39% 15% 2	755
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 8% 26% 38% 12%	760
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 29% 36% 12% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	22% 6% 31% 32% 8%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 4 32% 36% 8%	760
	21st to end	Night	26% 5% 28% 35% 6%	836

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