Rolling Hills Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Rolling Hills Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-07-16.

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	7% 5% 2 7% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 10% 40%	137837
	Night	8% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 43%	134867
Transparency	Day	38% 8% 16% 20% 13% 5%	141560
	Night	37% 7% 16% 21% 14% 6%	139216
Seeing	Day	9% 4 16% 25% 25% 21%	17843
	Night	10% 4 18% 34% 27% 8%	27899

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	6% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 54%	5258
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 9% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 33%	5280
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 8% 47%	5997
February	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 3 6% 4 3 4 5% 6% 8% 45%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 6% 6% 53%	2048
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 5% 7% 48%	1836
March	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 9% 45%	5045
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 6% 8% 59%	5090
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 6% 9% 48%	5586
April	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 9% 49%	2310
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 6% 4 6% 5% 5% 7% 8% 47%	2317
	21st to end	Day	4 3 2 4 4 4 6% 4 8% 10% 52%	2520
May	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 2 6% 4 5% 6% 5% 7% 11% 47%	7515
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 44%	7626
	21st to end	Day	4 3 2 6% 5% 6% 7% 6% 9% 13% 40%	8391
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 3 9% 7% 7% 7% 5% 8% 10% 25%	2730
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 2 9% 8% 8% 8% 6% 9% 11% 27%	2730
	21st to end	Day	7% 7% 3 9% 8% 7% 7% 6% 7% 10% 27%	2730
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 6% 3 9% 8% 8% 9% 8% 10% 14% 19%	6030
	11th to 20th	Day	4 5% 2 7% 6% 8% 8% 7% 10% 15% 27%	5965
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 2 7% 7% 7% 8% 7% 9% 14% 29%	6424
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 7% 3 8% 7% 7% 8% 6% 9% 13% 26%	4234
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 2 7% 6% 7% 7% 6% 9% 13% 35%	3963
	21st to end	Day	7% 7% 3 11% 8% 7% 7% 6% 8% 11% 25%	3949
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 6% 3 10% 10% 8% 9% 7% 8% 11% 21%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 3 10% 9% 7% 7% 6% 7% 9% 25%	2200
	21st to end	Day	9% 8% 3 10% 7% 8% 6% 5% 7% 10% 28%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 3 8% 7% 7% 5% 5% 6% 9% 32%	2184
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 6% 4 6% 7% 48%	2000
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 3 5% 6% 4 7% 10% 48%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 6% 4 6% 7% 47%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 48%	2100
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 3 6% 9% 46%	1974
December	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 1 5% 3 4 3 3 6% 8% 57%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 3 7% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 41%	3463
	21st to end	Day	10% 8% 3 7% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 40%	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 58%	7635
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 9% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 33%	7680
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 9% 44%	8179
February	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 6% 49%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 1 5% 4 5% 4 3 6% 7% 49%	2458
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 7% 52%	1967
March	1st to 10th	Night	12% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 45%	5028
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 4 3 4 3 3 7% 10% 55%	5090
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 51%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 7% 10% 51%	2310
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 1 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 8% 53%	2250
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 8% 57%	2100
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 48%	5366
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 6% 9% 46%	5234
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 8% 11% 45%	5761
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 3 6% 6% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 36%	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 7% 3 8% 7% 5% 6% 6% 9% 12% 32%	1890
	21st to end	Night	5% 7% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 6% 9% 12% 31%	1890
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 8% 3 10% 7% 7% 8% 6% 10% 12% 21%	4148
	11th to 20th	Night	4 6% 3 9% 7% 7% 8% 6% 9% 13% 28%	4102
	21st to end	Night	5% 7% 3 11% 7% 8% 8% 6% 8% 10% 27%	4427
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 3 9% 6% 7% 6% 5% 8% 12% 34%	2915
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 6% 9% 12% 38%	3048
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 3 8% 6% 6% 7% 7% 10% 12% 30%	3949
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 3 9% 7% 7% 7% 5% 8% 11% 29%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 9% 3 9% 7% 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 30%	2200
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 3 7% 9% 36%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 4 6% 8% 39%	2215
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 51%	2400
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 2 6% 3 3 4 4 5% 8% 52%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 1 5% 5% 4 3 4 6% 6% 50%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 2 5% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 49%	2520
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 8% 47%	2641
December	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 4 4 4 5% 7% 58%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 3 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 49%	4952
	21st to end	Night	12% 8% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 39%	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	29% 3 10% 22% 25% 10%	5259
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 3 6% 15% 14% 10%	5280
	21st to end	Day	35% 3 8% 27% 16% 10%	5997
February	1st to 10th	Day	36% 5% 9% 16% 21% 12%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 4 9% 21% 25% 10%	2058
	21st to end	Day	35% 5% 9% 18% 22% 11%	1836
March	1st to 10th	Day	36% 5% 12% 19% 21% 8%	5045
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 3 9% 24% 22% 19%	5090
	21st to end	Day	32% 5% 9% 28% 18% 8%	5586
April	1st to 10th	Day	31% 5% 14% 24% 18% 9%	2310
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 6% 9% 19% 23% 9%	2317
	21st to end	Day	27% 5% 12% 25% 23% 8%	2520
May	1st to 10th	Day	28% 7% 19% 29% 14% 3	7549
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 6% 16% 29% 13% 1	7630
	21st to end	Day	32% 10% 21% 26% 11% 1	8405
June	1st to 10th	Day	52% 8% 18% 16% 6%	2730
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 11% 23% 19% 2	2730
	21st to end	Day	49% 10% 24% 13% 3	2730
July	1st to 10th	Day	49% 15% 27% 8%	5965
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 15% 33% 11%	5896
	21st to end	Day	40% 14% 25% 20% 1	6240
August	1st to 10th	Day	45% 12% 29% 11% 3	4221
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 13% 26% 19% 5%	4002
	21st to end	Day	49% 13% 23% 13% 1	3949
September	1st to 10th	Day	53% 14% 19% 11% 4	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	52% 9% 21% 13% 4	2200
	21st to end	Day	49% 8% 15% 16% 9% 3	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	57% 10% 11% 11% 7% 4	3561
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 5% 8% 22% 32% 6%	3240
	21st to end	Day	27% 5% 8% 22% 30% 7%	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	33% 6% 10% 20% 20% 10%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 4 9% 21% 21% 10%	2100
	21st to end	Day	35% 5% 9% 24% 19% 8%	1974
December	1st to 10th	Day	25% 4 14% 29% 19% 9%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 5% 11% 18% 19% 9%	3460
	21st to end	Day	41% 5% 11% 22% 16% 5%	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	28% 3 10% 24% 25% 10%	7636
	11th to 20th	Night	51% 4 8% 16% 13% 9%	7680
	21st to end	Night	37% 4 12% 22% 13% 11%	8179
February	1st to 10th	Night	35% 4 10% 18% 20% 14%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 5% 11% 22% 20% 9%	2459
	21st to end	Night	31% 5% 11% 20% 24% 8%	1967
March	1st to 10th	Night	40% 4 11% 19% 19% 8%	5028
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 4 15% 23% 16% 17%	5090
	21st to end	Night	32% 4 11% 27% 21% 6%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	28% 5% 19% 25% 15% 8%	2310
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 4 12% 25% 21% 8%	2250
	21st to end	Night	24% 4 15% 26% 23% 7%	2100
May	1st to 10th	Night	30% 7% 21% 27% 11% 3	5394
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 6% 20% 28% 11% 1	5235
	21st to end	Night	30% 10% 23% 26% 11%	5771
June	1st to 10th	Night	41% 9% 22% 22% 6%	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 9% 26% 20% 2	1890
	21st to end	Night	42% 13% 25% 16% 5%	1890
July	1st to 10th	Night	51% 16% 26% 7% 1	4105
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 16% 32% 8%	4051
	21st to end	Night	46% 12% 23% 17%	4297
August	1st to 10th	Night	40% 13% 33% 12% 2	2904
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 13% 29% 19% 5%	3075
	21st to end	Night	42% 15% 28% 13% 2	3949
September	1st to 10th	Night	45% 16% 22% 14% 4	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 11% 21% 17% 3 1	2200
	21st to end	Night	43% 8% 19% 19% 9% 2	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	56% 9% 12% 13% 7% 4	3618
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 5% 10% 27% 26% 5%	3899
	21st to end	Night	29% 4 9% 20% 31% 7%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	32% 5% 12% 21% 19% 11%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 5% 9% 21% 21% 9%	2520
	21st to end	Night	35% 4 9% 24% 20% 8%	2641
December	1st to 10th	Night	24% 4 15% 31% 13% 12%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 6% 12% 23% 16% 10%	4954
	21st to end	Night	44% 5% 12% 21% 13% 4	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	12% 8% 40% 25% 13% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 12% 36% 28% 12% 3	330
	21st to end	Day	15% 13% 39% 25% 7% 1	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	12% 8% 28% 28% 20% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 34% 34% 14% 3	330
	21st to end	Day	12% 7% 30% 29% 20% 3	379
March	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 30% 36% 19% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 27% 31% 20% 4	540
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 27% 33% 23% 5%	594
April	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 25% 35% 22% 4	540
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 24% 30% 25% 8%	532
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 18% 34% 28% 12%	540
May	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 20% 29% 29% 14%	543
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 2 13% 26% 31% 18%	567
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 8% 19% 35% 30%	617
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 3 5% 21% 33% 25%	570
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 5% 23% 24% 38%	570
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 3 12% 26% 51%	570
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 2 7% 25% 57%	565
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 1 10% 27% 54%	544
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 2 14% 26% 50%	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 3 3 13% 25% 48%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 2 9% 27% 55%	519
	21st to end	Day	11% 2 2 19% 25% 40%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 4 14% 29% 41%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 5% 21% 31% 31%	530
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 5% 20% 30% 32%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	16% 2 15% 30% 26% 11%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 17% 31% 33% 9%	530
	21st to end	Day	7% 3 17% 38% 27% 6%	583
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 19% 32% 30% 5%	535
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 20% 38% 20% 5%	540
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 27% 34% 20% 4	414
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 34% 32% 14% 6%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 27% 35% 17% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 29% 33% 19% 5%	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 31% 38% 13% 1	840
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 26% 40% 14% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	14% 8% 35% 34% 9%	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 27% 39% 13% 1	840
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 30% 38% 13% 1	823
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 32% 42% 9%	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 32% 43% 12% 1	840
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 29% 40% 15% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 27% 44% 14% 1	924
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 29% 42% 15%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 26% 42% 15% 1	831
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 23% 45% 21% 1	840
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 17% 50% 23% 2	682
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 2 14% 43% 29% 5%	621
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 7% 36% 41% 7%	683
June	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 5% 33% 40% 8%	630
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 5% 20% 43% 24%	630
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 1 18% 45% 26%	630
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 1 11% 47% 30%	615
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 1 11% 45% 36%	597
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 2 11% 50% 29%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 2 10% 51% 29%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 1 11% 45% 37%	619
	21st to end	Night	12% 3 4 19% 41% 23%	880
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 5% 18% 43% 21%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 3 5% 25% 40% 13%	800
	21st to end	Night	12% 2 5% 29% 42% 10%	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 2 11% 38% 29% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 14% 39% 33% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	10% 3 16% 41% 27% 3	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 21% 35% 28% 3	820
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 19% 43% 21% 2	840
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 25% 42% 18% 1	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 25% 39% 23% 1	840
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 24% 39% 18% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 25% 38% 19% 1	924

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