Pandora Astronomical Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Pandora Astronomical Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-05-02.

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	18% 12% 4 10% 6% 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 26%	131597
	Night	18% 15% 5% 11% 6% 5% 4 3 4 5% 24%	130913
Transparency	Day	58% 5% 11% 18% 7% 1	135065
	Night	62% 5% 10% 16% 7% 1	135532
Seeing	Day	28% 16% 28% 18% 8% 2	16496
	Night	27% 13% 26% 25% 9% 1	25475

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% 21% 8% 16% 8% 8% 4 2 3 4 12%	4661
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 19% 8% 24% 12% 5% 4 2 3 3 10%	4650
	21st to end	Day	8% 15% 7% 15% 10% 13% 6% 4 4 4 14%	5124
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 18% 5% 16% 8% 7% 6% 3 3 4 16%	1751
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 18% 9% 15% 8% 4 4 3 4 4 17%	2048
	21st to end	Day	12% 19% 5% 11% 8% 6% 5% 3 4 5% 21%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 16% 7% 13% 6% 5% 5% 2 3 4 19%	4576
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 17% 4 10% 6% 5% 4 3 4 6% 27%	4803
	21st to end	Day	20% 15% 5% 9% 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 26%	6005
April	1st to 10th	Day	22% 16% 3 9% 5% 3 4 3 4 5% 25%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 14% 3 6% 6% 4 4 3 4 4 33%	2542
	21st to end	Day	23% 13% 4 7% 5% 4 4 3 4 7% 27%	2730
May	1st to 10th	Day	28% 12% 4 8% 5% 5% 4 3 4 5% 21%	5984
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 30%	6318
	21st to end	Day	19% 10% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 29%	6949
June	1st to 10th	Day	26% 8% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 26%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 6% 4 6% 8% 34%	2800
	21st to end	Day	21% 8% 3 7% 6% 5% 5% 3 6% 7% 29%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 9% 26%	6360
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 35%	6360
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 40%	6926
August	1st to 10th	Day	18% 8% 3 8% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 9% 28%	4512
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 27%	4175
	21st to end	Day	19% 8% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 36%	4350
September	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 2 6% 4 5% 3 4 6% 6% 41%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 2 6% 2 3 4 4 5% 6% 43%	2237
	21st to end	Day	20% 8% 3 5% 4 4 5% 4 5% 8% 35%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	23% 9% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 30%	2182
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 12% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 28%	1872
	21st to end	Day	26% 18% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 4 23%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	19% 18% 5% 7% 4 5% 3 3 5% 4 27%	1851
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 20% 6% 10% 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 22%	1890
	21st to end	Day	20% 20% 6% 11% 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 17%	1717
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 22% 7% 19% 7% 5% 4 2 3 3 12%	2680
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 19% 7% 13% 5% 4 4 3 4 3 20%	3066
	21st to end	Day	20% 18% 5% 14% 5% 6% 4 2 4 5% 18%	4048
January	1st to 10th	Night	12% 23% 8% 17% 8% 5% 4 2 3 3 14%	8234
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 21% 9% 21% 8% 6% 5% 3 3 3 10%	8235
	21st to end	Night	9% 15% 6% 16% 11% 9% 5% 4 4 4 17%	9057
February	1st to 10th	Night	14% 18% 7% 14% 7% 6% 4 3 4 5% 19%	2867
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 18% 7% 16% 7% 6% 4 2 3 4 20%	2458
	21st to end	Night	14% 20% 5% 9% 7% 6% 4 3 4 4 24%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	22% 17% 5% 10% 5% 6% 3 2 3 4 22%	5484
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 17% 5% 10% 6% 4 4 3 5% 6% 24%	5375
	21st to end	Night	17% 19% 5% 11% 6% 4 4 3 3 3 25%	5166
April	1st to 10th	Night	24% 13% 5% 7% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 27%	2100
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 12% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 5% 32%	2025
	21st to end	Night	22% 12% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 31%	1890
May	1st to 10th	Night	29% 11% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 3 4 5% 23%	4022
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 6% 29%	3575
	21st to end	Night	19% 10% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 33%	3926
June	1st to 10th	Night	26% 9% 2 6% 3 3 4 4 7% 7% 28%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 6% 3 6% 4 3 4 4 7% 7% 34%	1600
	21st to end	Night	20% 9% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 6% 32%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	15% 8% 3 9% 6% 6% 7% 4 7% 8% 28%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 2 7% 4 4 5% 4 5% 7% 36%	3600
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 39%	3926
August	1st to 10th	Night	22% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 31%	2604
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 3 8% 6% 5% 6% 4 6% 8% 31%	2872
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 39%	3544
September	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 3 7% 4 5% 4 4 5% 6% 40%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 47%	2162
	21st to end	Night	21% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 8% 40%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	21% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 36%	2215
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 11% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 3 4 5% 30%	2527
	21st to end	Night	26% 13% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 27%	2860
November	1st to 10th	Night	21% 16% 3 8% 4 5% 4 3 5% 6% 26%	2667
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 17% 6% 10% 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 26%	2730
	21st to end	Night	20% 18% 6% 12% 6% 4 3 2 3 4 21%	2898
December	1st to 10th	Night	17% 25% 11% 18% 6% 4 3 2 3 3 9%	4720
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 20% 6% 15% 6% 4 3 2 3 4 15%	5348
	21st to end	Night	20% 19% 5% 11% 6% 5% 4 2 4 7% 18%	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	79% 4 9% 7% 1	4662
	11th to 20th	Day	81% 4 4 8% 3	4680
	21st to end	Day	74% 4 6% 9% 6%	5124
February	1st to 10th	Day	73% 3 7% 12% 5% 1	1751
	11th to 20th	Day	72% 3 9% 11% 5% 1	2057
	21st to end	Day	67% 4 8% 13% 6% 2	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	70% 3 6% 9% 8% 3	4579
	11th to 20th	Day	60% 4 13% 13% 9% 1	4803
	21st to end	Day	62% 3 6% 14% 13% 1	6005
April	1st to 10th	Day	63% 4 7% 17% 8% 2	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	56% 4 7% 19% 13% 1	2542
	21st to end	Day	58% 5% 8% 18% 9% 2	2730
May	1st to 10th	Day	65% 5% 9% 15% 6%	5995
	11th to 20th	Day	54% 6% 16% 16% 7% 1	6322
	21st to end	Day	52% 6% 12% 20% 9% 1	6949
June	1st to 10th	Day	55% 7% 11% 18% 8% 1	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	47% 6% 13% 23% 10% 1	2800
	21st to end	Day	55% 6% 11% 20% 8%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	51% 6% 16% 21% 7%	6290
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 7% 15% 28% 7%	6285
	21st to end	Day	41% 6% 14% 33% 7%	6728
August	1st to 10th	Day	52% 6% 16% 21% 5%	4498
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 7% 17% 20% 5%	4214
	21st to end	Day	46% 6% 15% 20% 12% 2	4350
September	1st to 10th	Day	43% 7% 13% 29% 8% 1	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 5% 12% 29% 13%	2237
	21st to end	Day	47% 6% 13% 23% 10% 1	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	49% 5% 15% 24% 7%	3559
	11th to 20th	Day	53% 5% 14% 24% 4	3023
	21st to end	Day	55% 4 14% 20% 7%	3180
November	1st to 10th	Day	61% 6% 10% 16% 7%	1851
	11th to 20th	Day	65% 5% 9% 12% 8% 1	1890
	21st to end	Day	69% 6% 12% 10% 2	1717
December	1st to 10th	Day	79% 3 8% 7% 2	2680
	11th to 20th	Day	69% 4 6% 15% 5%	3066
	21st to end	Day	71% 3 7% 10% 8%	4048
January	1st to 10th	Night	78% 3 8% 8% 3	8234
	11th to 20th	Night	81% 3 7% 6% 3	8280
	21st to end	Night	71% 4 7% 10% 8%	9057
February	1st to 10th	Night	69% 4 8% 13% 5%	2867
	11th to 20th	Night	70% 3 9% 13% 5%	2460
	21st to end	Night	64% 4 8% 14% 9% 1	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	67% 4 7% 12% 8% 2	5494
	11th to 20th	Night	62% 4 14% 13% 7% 1	5376
	21st to end	Night	65% 3 6% 15% 10% 1	5166
April	1st to 10th	Night	60% 4 8% 17% 10% 1	2100
	11th to 20th	Night	54% 5% 8% 20% 12% 1	2025
	21st to end	Night	56% 5% 8% 18% 11% 2	1890
May	1st to 10th	Night	62% 6% 10% 14% 7% 1	4028
	11th to 20th	Night	54% 8% 12% 19% 6% 1	3576
	21st to end	Night	52% 5% 13% 17% 13%	3927
June	1st to 10th	Night	53% 6% 12% 20% 9%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 8% 12% 22% 11% 2	1600
	21st to end	Night	51% 8% 13% 20% 9% 1	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	52% 5% 18% 19% 6%	3560
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 5% 15% 26% 8%	3552
	21st to end	Night	43% 6% 16% 27% 8%	3809
August	1st to 10th	Night	52% 6% 14% 24% 5%	2594
	11th to 20th	Night	50% 8% 17% 18% 7%	2899
	21st to end	Night	45% 5% 13% 23% 13% 1	3544
September	1st to 10th	Night	45% 6% 12% 25% 11% 1	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 5% 16% 29% 11% 1	2162
	21st to end	Night	44% 6% 12% 25% 12% 1	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	51% 4 10% 24% 10%	3618
	11th to 20th	Night	54% 4 13% 23% 5%	4115
	21st to end	Night	52% 4 13% 21% 8% 1	4610
November	1st to 10th	Night	60% 4 12% 17% 6% 1	2667
	11th to 20th	Night	62% 5% 10% 14% 8% 1	2730
	21st to end	Night	68% 4 12% 12% 4	2898
December	1st to 10th	Night	83% 3 6% 6% 1	4720
	11th to 20th	Night	75% 3 6% 11% 5%	5348
	21st to end	Night	68% 4 9% 12% 7%	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	30% 19% 32% 16% 2	220
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 26% 27% 10% 3 1	220
	21st to end	Day	29% 21% 31% 13% 5%	242
February	1st to 10th	Day	34% 27% 22% 12% 4	262
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 24% 31% 12% 3	536
	21st to end	Day	30% 22% 30% 16% 1	446
March	1st to 10th	Day	32% 21% 29% 15% 4	540
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 22% 25% 15% 4 1	540
	21st to end	Day	37% 20% 22% 13% 5% 2	594
April	1st to 10th	Day	39% 17% 25% 13% 5% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 20% 23% 12% 6% 2	532
	21st to end	Day	35% 18% 28% 12% 5% 1	540
May	1st to 10th	Day	36% 15% 29% 14% 6% 1	507
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 15% 30% 20% 8% 1	527
	21st to end	Day	24% 18% 31% 21% 5% 1	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	28% 15% 32% 18% 5% 1	530
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 19% 30% 22% 8% 1	530
	21st to end	Day	24% 17% 35% 15% 8% 1	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	21% 11% 32% 25% 10% 1	525
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 10% 40% 24% 7% 2	524
	21st to end	Day	18% 11% 35% 26% 8% 1	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	18% 10% 28% 26% 16% 2	526
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 7% 27% 25% 14% 5%	519
	21st to end	Day	22% 12% 25% 23% 12% 5%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	18% 10% 31% 22% 13% 6%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 11% 21% 20% 19% 10%	530
	21st to end	Day	21% 12% 24% 24% 14% 5%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	24% 16% 24% 17% 14% 5%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 16% 24% 18% 10% 2	458
	21st to end	Day	42% 13% 23% 16% 6%	462
November	1st to 10th	Day	37% 16% 23% 19% 4	425
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 19% 26% 17% 6% 1	430
	21st to end	Day	35% 21% 28% 12% 3	257
December	1st to 10th	Day	32% 18% 29% 15% 5% 1	220
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 25% 29% 8% 5%	220
	21st to end	Day	39% 18% 24% 14% 3 1	242
January	1st to 10th	Night	31% 18% 29% 19% 2	840
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 20% 28% 18% 5%	840
	21st to end	Night	23% 17% 30% 24% 5% 1	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	24% 18% 31% 22% 5%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 20% 31% 20% 3	823
	21st to end	Night	28% 15% 33% 22% 3	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	30% 15% 30% 20% 4	840
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 16% 28% 20% 5%	840
	21st to end	Night	30% 15% 27% 20% 7% 1	924
April	1st to 10th	Night	34% 14% 26% 21% 5%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 13% 26% 22% 7%	781
	21st to end	Night	30% 16% 27% 20% 6%	630
May	1st to 10th	Night	31% 10% 28% 23% 7%	588
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 12% 28% 29% 7% 1	394
	21st to end	Night	24% 8% 29% 32% 7% 1	433
June	1st to 10th	Night	32% 6% 23% 31% 8% 1	400
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 9% 24% 31% 14%	400
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 29% 36% 9%	400
July	1st to 10th	Night	15% 4 28% 39% 13%	390
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 4 25% 38% 15% 2	388
	21st to end	Night	17% 4 21% 41% 16% 1	438
August	1st to 10th	Night	19% 4 14% 41% 21% 1	403
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 5% 20% 38% 20% 1	592
	21st to end	Night	20% 4 22% 33% 19% 2	851
September	1st to 10th	Night	21% 6% 23% 34% 15% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 6% 20% 29% 24% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	25% 8% 22% 27% 16% 2	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	27% 10% 21% 27% 16% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 11% 23% 26% 9% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	33% 14% 25% 24% 4	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	33% 13% 27% 20% 7%	820
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 16% 25% 19% 9% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	34% 18% 24% 19% 5% 1	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	34% 18% 27% 16% 5%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 17% 26% 17% 5%	840
	21st to end	Night	35% 18% 25% 17% 4	924

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