Rainbow Lakes Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Rainbow Lakes Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-02-16.

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	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 42%	131101
	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 44%	129728
Transparency	Day	34% 9% 17% 20% 14% 6%	134850
	Night	35% 8% 16% 19% 15% 7%	134049
Seeing	Day	9% 6% 20% 26% 23% 17%	17070
	Night	10% 5% 21% 33% 25% 7%	27169

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	8% 5% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 54%	5258
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 9% 3 8% 5% 3 4 3 4 6% 36%	5280
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 50%	6138
February	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 46%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 4 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 53%	1998
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 3 4 6% 7% 47%	1680
March	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 6% 9% 43%	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 4 2 3 3 3 5% 8% 59%	4980
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 4 6% 9% 50%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 1 4 4 5% 4 4 6% 9% 52%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 49%	2176
	21st to end	Day	4 2 1 4 3 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 55%	2475
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 4 4 4 5% 5% 8% 10% 52%	5862
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 2 5% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 9% 46%	5861
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 7% 11% 53%	6433
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 3 8% 5% 6% 8% 6% 8% 11% 30%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 7% 6% 7% 7% 8% 10% 12% 30%	2600
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 3 6% 6% 7% 7% 7% 9% 11% 29%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 3 8% 7% 8% 9% 8% 12% 15% 19%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 2 6% 6% 7% 8% 8% 10% 15% 31%	5900
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 7% 6% 6% 7% 7% 10% 15% 31%	6424
August	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 2 6% 5% 7% 7% 6% 9% 14% 30%	4234
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 6% 5% 6% 7% 6% 10% 13% 33%	3912
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 3 9% 7% 7% 7% 6% 9% 12% 27%	3989
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 3 9% 8% 8% 7% 7% 10% 10% 22%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 3 9% 6% 8% 8% 7% 7% 9% 26%	2200
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 8% 36%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 3 8% 6% 6% 5% 4 6% 7% 38%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 4 5% 3 3 5% 7% 57%	2032
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 5% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 9% 51%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 7% 8% 51%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 6% 7% 50%	2074
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 47%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 1 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 7% 56%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 47%	3463
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 3 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 45%	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 55%	7635
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 35%	7680
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 42%	8025
February	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 48%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 2 5% 4 5% 4 3 5% 6% 48%	2399
	21st to end	Night	9% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 48%	1947
March	1st to 10th	Night	14% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 44%	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 6% 8% 56%	4980
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 50%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 1 5% 4 3 5% 4 5% 9% 51%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 9% 52%	2173
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 4 4 3 3 4 6% 8% 58%	1935
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 54%	4033
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 5% 10% 50%	4032
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 4 4 4 4 3 6% 11% 58%	4421
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 39%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 6% 2 6% 6% 5% 7% 6% 10% 14% 35%	1800
	21st to end	Night	6% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 7% 5% 9% 13% 37%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 7% 3 9% 7% 8% 9% 6% 10% 14% 20%	4058
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 7% 7% 7% 7% 6% 11% 14% 33%	4057
	21st to end	Night	5% 6% 3 9% 7% 6% 8% 6% 11% 12% 27%	4427
August	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 7% 5% 6% 7% 6% 10% 12% 34%	2915
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 6% 4 4 6% 5% 9% 15% 41%	3131
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 3 9% 6% 7% 7% 6% 9% 11% 29%	3873
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 7% 3 10% 6% 6% 7% 7% 8% 12% 27%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 8% 3 9% 5% 7% 6% 4 8% 11% 29%	2200
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 8% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 39%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 3 6% 9% 43%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 6% 7% 56%	2365
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 6% 7% 52%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 52%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 52%	2541
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 8% 49%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 56%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 50%	4952
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 2 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 40%	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	30% 5% 12% 16% 25% 12%	5259
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 3 5% 13% 15% 13%	5280
	21st to end	Day	30% 4 12% 24% 18% 12%	6138
February	1st to 10th	Day	38% 6% 9% 13% 21% 13%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 5% 10% 20% 24% 10%	2008
	21st to end	Day	34% 7% 9% 18% 21% 11%	1680
March	1st to 10th	Day	36% 6% 12% 17% 21% 8%	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 5% 11% 21% 23% 17%	4980
	21st to end	Day	30% 5% 10% 28% 18% 9%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	28% 7% 14% 21% 20% 10%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 6% 10% 18% 23% 9%	2176
	21st to end	Day	22% 8% 14% 25% 23% 9%	2475
May	1st to 10th	Day	23% 10% 22% 28% 13% 4	5897
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 8% 15% 32% 11% 1	5865
	21st to end	Day	23% 7% 19% 32% 16% 1	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	43% 12% 19% 18% 6% 1	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 14% 22% 20% 4	2600
	21st to end	Day	42% 15% 22% 16% 4 1	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	45% 17% 31% 6%	5835
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 16% 38% 11%	5831
	21st to end	Day	37% 15% 28% 20% 1	6240
August	1st to 10th	Day	38% 14% 31% 13% 3	4221
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 14% 26% 20% 5%	3950
	21st to end	Day	44% 12% 23% 19% 2	3989
September	1st to 10th	Day	48% 17% 18% 12% 5%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 12% 20% 14% 6%	2200
	21st to end	Day	42% 9% 15% 18% 11% 4	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	54% 8% 12% 13% 8% 6%	3590
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 5% 7% 21% 35% 11%	3285
	21st to end	Day	23% 6% 8% 24% 31% 8%	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	29% 7% 13% 21% 17% 14%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 5% 9% 19% 22% 12%	2074
	21st to end	Day	33% 5% 10% 22% 22% 8%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	27% 5% 15% 22% 22% 10%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 5% 10% 22% 18% 10%	3460
	21st to end	Day	39% 5% 10% 21% 21% 5%	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	27% 4 12% 19% 27% 12%	7636
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 5% 7% 15% 15% 10%	7680
	21st to end	Night	39% 5% 11% 19% 16% 11%	8025
February	1st to 10th	Night	35% 6% 9% 17% 19% 14%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 6% 11% 19% 20% 11%	2400
	21st to end	Night	34% 7% 11% 18% 21% 10%	1947
March	1st to 10th	Night	41% 6% 9% 16% 18% 10%	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 6% 14% 19% 20% 17%	4980
	21st to end	Night	32% 5% 10% 25% 19% 9%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	29% 8% 14% 22% 18% 8%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 6% 11% 26% 20% 9%	2173
	21st to end	Night	23% 7% 15% 28% 20% 7%	1935
May	1st to 10th	Night	23% 10% 23% 28% 12% 3	4060
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 7% 18% 29% 15% 1	4033
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 18% 36% 17% 1	4429
June	1st to 10th	Night	39% 9% 23% 22% 6%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 14% 28% 19% 3	1800
	21st to end	Night	35% 14% 26% 20% 4 1	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	49% 18% 27% 5% 1	4015
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 17% 36% 10% 1	4006
	21st to end	Night	44% 14% 25% 16% 2	4297
August	1st to 10th	Night	39% 13% 33% 11% 3	2904
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 12% 32% 21% 5%	3159
	21st to end	Night	44% 14% 24% 15% 2	3873
September	1st to 10th	Night	45% 15% 23% 13% 5%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 14% 20% 15% 5% 1	2200
	21st to end	Night	38% 11% 19% 18% 12% 2	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	51% 9% 12% 14% 7% 5%	3590
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 4 8% 20% 38% 8%	3851
	21st to end	Night	25% 5% 7% 21% 34% 8%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	29% 5% 12% 22% 19% 13%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 5% 9% 20% 20% 13%	2541
	21st to end	Night	34% 5% 9% 22% 20% 10%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	28% 4 13% 23% 18% 14%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 6% 11% 21% 18% 11%	4954
	21st to end	Night	42% 6% 11% 19% 17% 5%	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	9% 9% 48% 23% 8% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 15% 38% 25% 11% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	14% 15% 44% 22% 5%	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	10% 13% 34% 28% 15% 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 12% 36% 28% 8% 3	315
	21st to end	Day	9% 11% 35% 28% 15% 1	279
March	1st to 10th	Day	8% 13% 35% 31% 12% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 11% 30% 29% 17% 2	500
	21st to end	Day	9% 11% 30% 30% 18% 2	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	10% 12% 28% 28% 20% 2	500
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 9% 30% 28% 22% 3	492
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 21% 35% 25% 10%	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 5% 21% 31% 25% 13%	503
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 14% 31% 25% 18%	527
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 11% 23% 32% 23%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 12% 23% 28% 22%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 10% 21% 28% 31%	530
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 7% 18% 28% 40%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 6% 14% 26% 46%	525
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 10% 31% 47%	524
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 17% 28% 42%	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	10% 1 6% 18% 25% 41%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 1 6% 10% 28% 46%	519
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 8% 17% 33% 31%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 1 10% 17% 29% 30%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 2 8% 25% 34% 19%	530
	21st to end	Day	12% 2 9% 21% 34% 23%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 4 19% 33% 22% 8%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 18% 31% 32% 8%	530
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 22% 40% 24% 4	583
November	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 21% 34% 25% 5%	535
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 22% 36% 18% 5%	514
	21st to end	Day	8% 7% 35% 32% 15% 4	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 9% 38% 26% 15% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 11% 32% 30% 14% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 31% 34% 14% 3	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 8% 31% 33% 12%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 8% 27% 39% 12% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	17% 11% 33% 31% 7%	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	14% 8% 30% 36% 12%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 8% 33% 35% 10% 1	804
	21st to end	Night	10% 8% 33% 43% 7%	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	10% 9% 33% 38% 11% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 9% 28% 38% 14% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	9% 8% 32% 38% 13%	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 31% 39% 14% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 7% 33% 39% 13%	791
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 26% 43% 19% 1	720
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 18% 47% 25% 3	600
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 17% 40% 31% 4	591
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 8% 37% 39% 7%	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 11% 30% 38% 8%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 8% 23% 41% 20%	600
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 5% 18% 45% 23%	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 4 14% 44% 30%	585
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 3 9% 47% 35%	582
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 4 13% 53% 24%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 4 14% 49% 25%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 1 3 9% 47% 32%	594
	21st to end	Night	14% 1 7% 21% 41% 16%	830
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 1 10% 23% 39% 17%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 2 10% 32% 35% 10%	800
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 11% 30% 39% 8%	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 18% 38% 27% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 17% 41% 29% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	10% 3 20% 41% 23% 2	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 25% 37% 23% 2	820
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 24% 40% 18% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 30% 38% 15% 1	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 27% 36% 19% 2	840
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 28% 39% 15%	840
	21st to end	Night	13% 7% 27% 37% 16% 1	924

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