Rabbit Hole Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Rabbit Hole Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-02.

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	14% 9% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 35%	101128
	Night	15% 9% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 37%	97792
Transparency	Day	46% 8% 11% 20% 13% 2	100941
	Night	45% 8% 11% 20% 13% 3	97649
Seeing	Day	18% 12% 21% 24% 17% 7%	15027
	Night	18% 9% 21% 32% 18% 2	25073

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	15% 15% 9% 11% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 27%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 17% 8% 11% 7% 5% 3 3 4 4 25%	2840
	21st to end	Day	17% 19% 4 8% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 29%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 14% 4 8% 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 31%	1762
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 14% 5% 8% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 29%	1848
	21st to end	Day	22% 11% 3 6% 5% 4 3 3 5% 7% 32%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	18% 13% 4 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 33%	3363
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 8% 3 6% 3 4 3 4 4 5% 46%	3480
	21st to end	Day	17% 10% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 37%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 9% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 8% 39%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 5% 5% 7% 41%	2297
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 39%	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	18% 9% 3 8% 5% 6% 5% 4 6% 7% 29%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 8% 3 9% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 7% 29%	4081
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 11% 36%	4476
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 3 6% 6% 5% 7% 6% 7% 9% 34%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 2 8% 6% 7% 7% 6% 8% 10% 33%	2470
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 2 7% 6% 5% 7% 5% 9% 9% 33%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 6% 8% 12% 35%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 3 7% 6% 5% 5% 5% 6% 9% 37%	4120
	21st to end	Day	19% 9% 3 10% 7% 7% 7% 5% 7% 8% 18%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 7% 3 7% 5% 6% 7% 6% 8% 11% 28%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 10% 34%	4044
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 1 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 53%	4255
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 42%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 4 5% 7% 40%	2090
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 2 7% 6% 4 4 5% 6% 8% 39%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 49%	2043
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 2 5% 7% 49%	1900
	21st to end	Day	17% 8% 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 6% 48%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 4 4 3 3 2 4 6% 52%	1765
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 9% 3 5% 3 5% 4 4 5% 7% 44%	1710
	21st to end	Day	15% 8% 4 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 43%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	18% 14% 4 7% 4 3 5% 4 4 5% 32%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 15% 3 6% 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 33%	2153
	21st to end	Day	13% 15% 5% 7% 6% 6% 6% 3 5% 6% 28%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	18% 17% 6% 9% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 27%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 13% 3 10% 5% 4 3 3 5% 5% 32%	4120
	21st to end	Night	19% 13% 4 8% 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 32%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 12% 3 7% 4 3 5% 3 5% 6% 36%	2414
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 12% 5% 8% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 31%	2218
	21st to end	Night	20% 12% 4 9% 3 4 3 4 4 6% 31%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	22% 14% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 3 6% 31%	3488
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 8% 3 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 45%	3480
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 2 5% 4 5% 4 4 5% 7% 41%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	14% 9% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 41%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 8% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 42%	1845
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 7% 42%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 9% 3 9% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 31%	2813
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 6% 9% 32%	2812
	21st to end	Night	10% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 37%	3079
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 6% 6% 5% 5% 4 7% 11% 38%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 6% 6% 5% 5% 8% 12% 40%	1710
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 11% 39%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 3 6% 5% 5% 6% 6% 8% 11% 33%	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 3 6% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 41%	2840
	21st to end	Night	15% 10% 4 10% 7% 6% 6% 4 7% 9% 22%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 11% 34%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 38%	2785
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 4 4 4 5% 3 7% 11% 52%	3364
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 44%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 41%	2090
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 2 5% 7% 47%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 49%	2135
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 49%	2280
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 2 5% 3 2 4 3 5% 7% 48%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 8% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 50%	2333
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 9% 2 4 4 3 4 3 6% 7% 45%	2470
	21st to end	Night	13% 9% 3 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 46%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 12% 5% 8% 4 5% 4 3 5% 6% 30%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 12% 3 9% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 34%	3042
	21st to end	Night	14% 16% 6% 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 24%	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	57% 6% 5% 15% 14% 3	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	62% 5% 6% 12% 14% 1	2840
	21st to end	Day	58% 5% 6% 14% 16% 1	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	55% 5% 7% 16% 15% 2	1762
	11th to 20th	Day	58% 5% 6% 15% 14% 2	1858
	21st to end	Day	54% 5% 7% 14% 15% 5%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	51% 5% 7% 18% 14% 4	3363
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 5% 7% 23% 18% 5%	3480
	21st to end	Day	46% 6% 10% 25% 11% 3	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	42% 7% 11% 22% 14% 3	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 7% 8% 19% 19% 4	2297
	21st to end	Day	45% 8% 10% 23% 11% 2	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	52% 10% 11% 18% 8% 1	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	52% 10% 10% 22% 5% 1	4085
	21st to end	Day	37% 12% 16% 20% 13% 2	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	42% 12% 15% 20% 10% 1	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 12% 14% 16% 13% 1	2470
	21st to end	Day	42% 12% 13% 19% 12% 2	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	39% 14% 19% 18% 10% 1	4055
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 11% 17% 23% 6% 1	4051
	21st to end	Day	62% 10% 9% 13% 5%	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	46% 12% 18% 18% 5%	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 10% 17% 20% 9%	4083
	21st to end	Day	30% 9% 16% 36% 9% 1	4255
September	1st to 10th	Day	40% 11% 12% 19% 15% 4	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 10% 9% 21% 15% 2	2090
	21st to end	Day	43% 9% 12% 18% 14% 4	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	36% 7% 9% 21% 23% 4	2043
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 6% 9% 24% 19% 6%	1900
	21st to end	Day	38% 5% 7% 24% 19% 6%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	34% 5% 7% 19% 28% 6%	1765
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 5% 7% 20% 22% 5%	1710
	21st to end	Day	42% 5% 8% 21% 19% 4	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	55% 6% 8% 17% 12% 2	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 5% 11% 15% 17% 3	2150
	21st to end	Day	56% 6% 8% 20% 9% 1	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	60% 6% 6% 13% 12% 4	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	54% 6% 8% 12% 17% 3	4120
	21st to end	Night	55% 7% 7% 13% 16% 2	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	50% 5% 9% 19% 15% 2	2414
	11th to 20th	Night	57% 5% 7% 16% 12% 4	2219
	21st to end	Night	54% 6% 8% 17% 12% 4	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	54% 6% 8% 16% 13% 2	3488
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 6% 11% 22% 14% 8%	3480
	21st to end	Night	42% 7% 9% 25% 14% 3	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	42% 7% 12% 21% 13% 3	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 7% 10% 21% 17% 5%	1845
	21st to end	Night	43% 6% 12% 26% 12% 1	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	48% 12% 13% 19% 7% 1	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 12% 13% 23% 4 1	2813
	21st to end	Night	37% 14% 15% 24% 10% 1	3087
June	1st to 10th	Night	39% 12% 17% 20% 11% 1	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 12% 21% 23% 9% 1	1710
	21st to end	Night	38% 14% 14% 20% 12% 3	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	42% 11% 20% 18% 8% 1	2795
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 11% 23% 23% 5% 2	2786
	21st to end	Night	56% 11% 13% 15% 4	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	42% 10% 22% 20% 5%	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 9% 18% 23% 8%	2812
	21st to end	Night	25% 9% 17% 38% 11% 1	3364
September	1st to 10th	Night	38% 9% 14% 20% 15% 3	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 9% 12% 21% 17% 1	2090
	21st to end	Night	37% 8% 11% 23% 17% 3	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	37% 6% 10% 20% 23% 4	2135
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 6% 9% 25% 19% 5%	2280
	21st to end	Night	36% 5% 6% 23% 22% 7%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	37% 6% 8% 20% 23% 6%	2333
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 5% 7% 21% 22% 6%	2470
	21st to end	Night	40% 5% 6% 26% 19% 3	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	56% 7% 8% 16% 11% 3	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	53% 5% 7% 15% 16% 3	3044
	21st to end	Night	57% 9% 8% 15% 11% 1	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	23% 30% 27% 17% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 27% 24% 15% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	25% 27% 32% 11% 4	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	26% 21% 31% 17% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 29% 25% 9% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	36% 23% 31% 9% 2	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	23% 21% 26% 21% 7% 1	410
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 20% 30% 20% 3 1	460
	21st to end	Day	26% 19% 26% 21% 8%	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	20% 20% 27% 22% 10% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 15% 26% 24% 13% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	23% 13% 27% 21% 13% 4	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	20% 17% 26% 20% 12% 5%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 9% 21% 28% 15% 8%	487
	21st to end	Day	13% 9% 19% 22% 23% 13%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 19% 31% 24% 9%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 7% 16% 29% 27% 14%	490
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 22% 25% 24% 10%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	13% 3 14% 24% 27% 19%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 12% 29% 28% 15%	484
	21st to end	Day	13% 4 12% 30% 26% 14%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 18% 25% 24% 15%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 4 14% 26% 27% 15%	479
	21st to end	Day	12% 3 9% 23% 32% 21%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 14% 25% 32% 16%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 11% 22% 32% 15%	490
	21st to end	Day	18% 8% 15% 27% 27% 6%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 8% 18% 31% 21% 8%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 14% 21% 26% 21% 3	490
	21st to end	Day	21% 10% 21% 30% 14% 4	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 12% 24% 28% 15% 3	357
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 21% 25% 27% 10%	270
	21st to end	Day	16% 19% 29% 25% 10% 1	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	29% 19% 30% 19% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 17% 29% 23% 7% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	21% 23% 30% 18% 8%	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	23% 18% 26% 28% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 15% 28% 26% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	22% 15% 33% 27% 3	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	22% 14% 29% 32% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 17% 35% 20% 1	743
	21st to end	Night	26% 20% 31% 22% 1	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 14% 30% 30% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 15% 28% 25% 8%	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 11% 32% 28% 9%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	18% 16% 27% 29% 10%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 13% 29% 29% 13%	649
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 26% 39% 9% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	16% 10% 25% 32% 15% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 4 19% 37% 21% 2	561
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 15% 34% 33% 4	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 11% 42% 31% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 13% 41% 32% 5%	570
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 12% 38% 34% 3	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	13% 2 8% 29% 43% 5%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 1 6% 31% 43% 8%	552
	21st to end	Night	10% 3 8% 32% 39% 8%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 8% 29% 43% 6%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 7% 32% 41% 4	564
	21st to end	Night	12% 2 5% 33% 41% 8%	674
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 11% 32% 36% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 3 11% 29% 34% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	17% 4 14% 34% 29% 2	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 15% 30% 27% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 22% 35% 17% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 19% 38% 15% 2	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 19% 38% 17% 2	745
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 11% 21% 37% 11% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 12% 25% 34% 10% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	25% 13% 26% 30% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 11% 24% 35% 7% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	25% 14% 26% 31% 4	836

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