RCH Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the RCH Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-05-17.

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 4 3 5% 7% 48%	132210
	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 52%	130903
Transparency	Day	35% 4 10% 22% 20% 9%	135914
	Night	32% 4 9% 21% 22% 12%	135250
Seeing	Day	13% 7% 21% 28% 23% 8%	16964
	Night	14% 7% 27% 35% 16% 2	26926

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% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 51%	5289
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 2 4 3 3 2 3 5% 8% 56%	5310
	21st to end	Day	26% 9% 2 6% 4 2 3 2 3 4 39%	5812
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 2 6% 3 3 4 2 4 6% 44%	2069
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 8% 2 7% 3 3 3 3 3 5% 44%	2049
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 3 5% 3 3 2 2 3 4 50%	1784
March	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 3 7% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 45%	5046
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 50%	5090
	21st to end	Day	15% 8% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 43%	5583
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 41%	2310
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 8% 39%	2369
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 2 5% 4 4 5% 3 5% 6% 45%	2603
May	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 35%	5992
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 3 7% 5% 4 6% 4 5% 6% 42%	5941
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 3 7% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 9% 35%	6434
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 5% 1 5% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 49%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 49%	2600
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 48%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 9% 42%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 5% 3 4 4 4 7% 10% 54%	5900
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 45%	6422
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 5% 9% 71%	4234
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 10% 65%	4171
	21st to end	Day	4 2 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 7% 11% 52%	4062
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 4 6% 5% 4 5% 7% 49%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 1 7% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 48%	2200
	21st to end	Day	7% 3 1 5% 4 4 5% 4 5% 7% 56%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 62%	2157
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 60%	2000
	21st to end	Day	14% 4 1 4 2 3 3 2 3 4 59%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 2 4 4 3 4 2 4 6% 51%	2058
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 55%	2037
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 2 4 6% 46%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 6% 2 5% 4 2 3 3 4 5% 46%	3030
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 8% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 42%	3481
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 2 7% 4 3 3 2 3 5% 49%	4587
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 3 5% 55%	7634
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 5% 5% 63%	7680
	21st to end	Night	27% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 38%	8402
February	1st to 10th	Night	18% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 2 4 4 48%	2569
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 4 48%	2458
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 5% 49%	2019
March	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 43%	5029
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 51%	5090
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 47%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 3 4 3 3 4 3 6% 7% 49%	2310
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 5% 47%	2197
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 48%	2012
May	1st to 10th	Night	18% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 38%	4143
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 5% 6% 8% 44%	4107
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 10% 42%	4443
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 58%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 1 4 3 2 3 3 6% 10% 62%	1800
	21st to end	Night	4 3 2 4 4 3 4 4 7% 8% 57%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 8% 11% 45%	4078
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 6% 11% 61%	4077
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 5% 4 3 5% 4 7% 10% 52%	4449
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 7% 80%	2926
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 6% 11% 63%	2888
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 4 3 3 4 4 8% 12% 57%	3817
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 52%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 8% 52%	2200
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 1 4 2 3 3 4 5% 8% 61%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 6% 68%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 1 3 3 2 3 2 4 5% 62%	2400
	21st to end	Night	13% 4 2 4 2 2 2 2 4 4 61%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 3 5% 57%	2460
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 57%	2578
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 2 4 2 3 3 2 4 6% 49%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 6% 2 5% 3 2 2 2 5% 5% 47%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 3 6% 3 2 3 2 3 5% 46%	4946
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 2 2 2 2 3 4 55%	6633

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	36% 3 5% 26% 24% 6%	5290
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 2 4 21% 31% 13%	5310
	21st to end	Day	52% 2 4 14% 18% 11%	5812
February	1st to 10th	Day	44% 3 4 15% 22% 12%	2069
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 2 7% 18% 19% 9%	2059
	21st to end	Day	41% 2 4 18% 20% 15%	1784
March	1st to 10th	Day	42% 3 5% 17% 20% 14%	5046
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 2 7% 12% 17% 24%	5090
	21st to end	Day	42% 3 8% 22% 18% 7%	5585
April	1st to 10th	Day	43% 4 9% 18% 16% 11%	2310
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 4 8% 16% 19% 9%	2369
	21st to end	Day	39% 4 8% 20% 22% 6%	2603
May	1st to 10th	Day	48% 4 10% 22% 12% 3	6030
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 5% 8% 17% 25% 3	5945
	21st to end	Day	42% 5% 11% 23% 15% 3	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	29% 6% 13% 29% 20% 3	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 6% 12% 31% 17% 5%	2600
	21st to end	Day	30% 7% 14% 27% 20% 3	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	36% 8% 23% 26% 7%	5836
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 7% 18% 35% 16% 2	5831
	21st to end	Day	32% 8% 15% 28% 16% 1	6240
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 12% 40% 31% 1	4220
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 4 22% 41% 16% 2	4210
	21st to end	Day	25% 8% 21% 30% 15% 2	4061
September	1st to 10th	Day	35% 5% 12% 20% 19% 10%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 6% 12% 21% 19% 7%	2200
	21st to end	Day	27% 5% 7% 25% 22% 15%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 3 6% 13% 25% 39%	3508
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 2 4 20% 32% 23%	3240
	21st to end	Day	25% 3 5% 24% 32% 12%	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	35% 4 7% 19% 24% 11%	2058
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 4 8% 18% 23% 15%	2037
	21st to end	Day	40% 4 6% 18% 20% 12%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	41% 3 6% 19% 22% 9%	3030
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 3 6% 12% 25% 10%	3479
	21st to end	Day	39% 2 4 17% 26% 11%	4587
January	1st to 10th	Night	34% 3 5% 20% 28% 10%	7635
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 2 4 18% 35% 17%	7680
	21st to end	Night	50% 2 3 14% 18% 13%	8402
February	1st to 10th	Night	41% 2 5% 13% 22% 16%	2569
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 3 6% 17% 21% 12%	2458
	21st to end	Night	39% 2 7% 15% 20% 17%	2019
March	1st to 10th	Night	43% 3 6% 14% 21% 14%	5029
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 3 8% 15% 16% 23%	5090
	21st to end	Night	40% 3 7% 18% 23% 9%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	35% 4 10% 20% 17% 14%	2310
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 4 11% 17% 17% 13%	2197
	21st to end	Night	36% 5% 11% 17% 24% 8%	2012
May	1st to 10th	Night	45% 4 9% 25% 14% 4	4170
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 4 13% 19% 21% 5%	4108
	21st to end	Night	37% 5% 14% 28% 11% 5%	4452
June	1st to 10th	Night	23% 5% 17% 31% 21% 3	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 4 15% 35% 20% 7%	1800
	21st to end	Night	24% 6% 15% 28% 23% 4	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	32% 8% 24% 30% 5% 1	4035
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 22% 38% 15% 1	4026
	21st to end	Night	26% 7% 20% 29% 15% 3	4320
August	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 12% 39% 37% 3	2916
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 4 24% 39% 14% 2	2915
	21st to end	Night	18% 9% 23% 33% 15% 2	3817
September	1st to 10th	Night	30% 6% 13% 22% 19% 10%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 6% 14% 22% 20% 8%	2200
	21st to end	Night	22% 4 11% 25% 23% 15%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 6% 15% 21% 42%	3623
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 2 4 17% 33% 27%	3899
	21st to end	Night	22% 3 4 21% 34% 17%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	32% 3 7% 19% 26% 14%	2460
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 3 7% 19% 24% 17%	2578
	21st to end	Night	38% 2 8% 18% 20% 14%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	40% 2 5% 20% 23% 9%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 3 5% 10% 25% 14%	4947
	21st to end	Night	36% 3 3 16% 28% 14%	6633

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	20% 13% 38% 21% 7% 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 14% 32% 25% 7% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	23% 14% 34% 22% 7%	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	24% 14% 31% 22% 8% 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 16% 34% 18% 4	330
	21st to end	Day	26% 16% 38% 16% 4	273
March	1st to 10th	Day	22% 18% 36% 18% 5%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 20% 37% 19% 5% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	16% 11% 43% 21% 8% 1	363
April	1st to 10th	Day	24% 13% 37% 19% 6%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 13% 35% 21% 7% 1	407
	21st to end	Day	19% 14% 34% 25% 8% 1	623
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 13% 35% 29% 7% 1	753
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 27% 32% 16% 3	756
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 25% 34% 17% 4	789
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 18% 41% 25% 8%	730
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 17% 41% 28% 6%	730
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 12% 33% 36% 13%	730
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 9% 33% 34% 14%	721
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 5% 33% 45% 14%	718
	21st to end	Day	4 1 5% 28% 47% 15%	794
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 3 28% 47% 19%	726
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 4 28% 47% 15%	715
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 5% 19% 39% 28%	437
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 26% 34% 25%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 6% 24% 44% 21%	330
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 7% 28% 36% 19%	330
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 11% 33% 36% 13%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 20% 31% 25% 8%	330
	21st to end	Day	20% 10% 23% 24% 18% 5%	363
November	1st to 10th	Day	19% 6% 27% 26% 17% 5%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 8% 28% 30% 18% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	22% 14% 28% 23% 11% 2	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 9% 31% 24% 12% 5%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 13% 30% 23% 8% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	20% 8% 38% 23% 11% 1	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 10% 35% 30% 6%	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 12% 32% 29% 7%	1050
	21st to end	Night	21% 12% 31% 31% 6%	1155
February	1st to 10th	Night	24% 10% 34% 27% 4	889
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 12% 37% 23% 4	824
	21st to end	Night	23% 13% 40% 21% 3	635
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 11% 40% 23% 4	630
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 11% 38% 27% 6%	630
	21st to end	Night	13% 11% 44% 27% 5%	693
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 11% 42% 29% 4	630
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 13% 38% 26% 7%	623
	21st to end	Night	15% 10% 40% 26% 8%	630
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 10% 43% 29% 7%	630
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 35% 33% 13% 1	609
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 32% 41% 14% 1	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 21% 44% 26% 2	600
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 22% 56% 15% 2	600
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 14% 46% 32% 4	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 10% 43% 38% 4	585
	11th to 20th	Night	2 8% 52% 35% 3	582
	21st to end	Night	2 2 9% 46% 38% 4	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 48% 40% 5%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 46% 37% 5%	594
	21st to end	Night	4 1 6% 39% 43% 8%	660
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 7% 41% 37% 5%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 1 7% 36% 41% 4	600
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 11% 39% 36% 5%	600
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 13% 49% 26% 5%	620
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 21% 39% 21% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 28% 33% 16% 1	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 26% 37% 18% 1	820
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 30% 40% 13% 1	898
	21st to end	Night	20% 11% 26% 29% 13% 1	1050
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 33% 32% 8% 1	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 8% 30% 33% 6%	1050
	21st to end	Night	21% 8% 32% 32% 8%	1155

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