Ring Place
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Ring Place clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-28.

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	3 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 56%	105169
	Night	3 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 63%	103062
Transparency	Day	23% 6% 10% 22% 25% 14%	104922
	Night	20% 5% 11% 24% 27% 13%	102899
Seeing	Day	10% 20% 29% 24% 14% 3	15394
	Night	6% 14% 33% 29% 15% 2	25464

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover SW (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	1 5% 2 4 3 2 3 3 6% 9% 63%	2538
	11th to 20th	Day	1 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 5% 7% 72%	2860
	21st to end	Day	1 7% 3 6% 3 4 3 3 6% 7% 58%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	1 3 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 9% 65%	1771
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 4 3 2 2 4 5% 8% 67%	1849
	21st to end	Day	3 2 4 3 3 3 4 6% 6% 65%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	1 5% 2 4 2 3 3 3 4 6% 67%	3130
	11th to 20th	Day	4 14% 3 7% 3 3 3 2 4 7% 49%	3490
	21st to end	Day	2 6% 2 3 2 3 3 3 6% 8% 62%	4040
April	1st to 10th	Day	1 4 1 3 3 3 4 3 8% 9% 60%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	4 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 59%	2251
	21st to end	Day	4 6% 1 4 5% 4 4 4 6% 9% 54%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 1 3 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 62%	3815
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 7% 48%	4143
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 6% 7% 64%	4825
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 4 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 10% 52%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 4 4 5% 8% 8% 60%	2660
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 4 5% 6% 7% 5% 8% 9% 46%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 4 4 6% 7% 6% 8% 9% 48%	4430
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 2 6% 6% 7% 9% 7% 9% 10% 38%	4402
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 7% 6% 7% 7% 7% 10% 9% 34%	4454
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 7% 6% 8% 8% 6% 9% 9% 33%	3939
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 2 5% 4 6% 7% 5% 8% 10% 45%	3726
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 6% 8% 11% 40%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 6% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 6% 47%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 1 4 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 58%	2254
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 7% 64%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 7% 67%	3219
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 5% 8% 60%	3150
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 2 2 2 2 1 3 5% 79%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 2 2 2 2 2 5% 6% 75%	1773
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 4 2 2 3 3 4 7% 73%	1800
	21st to end	Day	1 5% 2 5% 3 3 2 3 5% 6% 67%	1773
December	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 8% 71%	1573
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 2 4 3 3 2 4 4 7% 66%	1926
	21st to end	Day	1 3 1 3 2 3 3 2 5% 7% 69%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 7% 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 65%	4417
	11th to 20th	Night	1 4 1 5% 2 2 2 3 4 6% 70%	4138
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 64%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 68%	2409
	11th to 20th	Night	1 5% 2 5% 3 2 2 2 4 7% 66%	2218
	21st to end	Night	1 3 1 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 70%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	1 5% 2 4 2 1 2 2 3 6% 72%	3719
	11th to 20th	Night	4 12% 3 5% 2 2 3 3 4 6% 57%	3490
	21st to end	Night	1 6% 2 3 2 2 2 2 4 7% 69%	3605
April	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 7% 71%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	3 6% 1 3 3 3 4 3 4 6% 63%	1877
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 7% 65%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 5% 69%	3152
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 4 6% 8% 52%	2746
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 2 2 2 3 5% 7% 70%	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 4 3 3 3 4 6% 12% 58%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 6% 7% 67%	1520
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 1 3 4 3 5% 5% 8% 10% 51%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 6% 8% 8% 44%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 4 4 5% 6% 6% 10% 12% 47%	2563
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 1 5% 4 4 5% 5% 8% 11% 47%	3109
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 2 7% 5% 6% 7% 7% 10% 12% 36%	2996
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 4 3 4 5% 6% 10% 15% 47%	3113
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 4 4 6% 7% 7% 11% 13% 41%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 4 4 3 5% 3 5% 10% 57%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 7% 66%	1924
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 7% 66%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 5% 73%	3733
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 6% 69%	3778
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 78%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 2 2 1 2 3 4 5% 76%	2502
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 6% 77%	2600
	21st to end	Night	1 4 1 3 2 2 2 3 5% 6% 70%	2562
December	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 3 2 2 2 2 4 9% 70%	2603
	11th to 20th	Night	1 5% 1 4 3 2 2 2 4 7% 69%	3271
	21st to end	Night	1 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 67%	4873

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	16% 4 10% 31% 30% 9%	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 8% 36% 34% 6%	2860
	21st to end	Day	25% 4 8% 25% 29% 9%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	18% 4 9% 28% 27% 14%	1771
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 4 8% 28% 30% 14%	1859
	21st to end	Day	18% 4 5% 21% 31% 21%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 5% 19% 37% 18%	3130
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 7% 7% 20% 26% 6%	3490
	21st to end	Day	19% 5% 6% 30% 33% 7%	4040
April	1st to 10th	Day	18% 5% 7% 26% 29% 15%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 5% 6% 25% 24% 16%	2254
	21st to end	Day	24% 6% 10% 24% 27% 10%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	22% 5% 8% 18% 23% 23%	3815
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 8% 10% 18% 22% 12%	4147
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 8% 17% 24% 27%	4825
June	1st to 10th	Day	22% 9% 14% 21% 20% 15%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 9% 18% 23% 27%	2660
	21st to end	Day	29% 8% 11% 19% 18% 15%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	27% 8% 15% 14% 19% 17%	4361
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 9% 16% 27% 11% 4	4327
	21st to end	Day	37% 11% 15% 23% 10% 5%	4314
August	1st to 10th	Day	41% 10% 19% 18% 8% 4	3925
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 7% 17% 21% 14% 12%	3762
	21st to end	Day	33% 7% 18% 23% 15% 3	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	32% 6% 11% 20% 20% 10%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 5% 10% 17% 26% 17%	2254
	21st to end	Day	20% 4 8% 21% 31% 15%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	18% 5% 5% 19% 32% 22%	3219
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 5% 5% 20% 33% 14%	3150
	21st to end	Day	12% 2 4 17% 41% 25%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 4 24% 36% 21%	1773
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 6% 26% 36% 16%	1800
	21st to end	Day	19% 4 6% 17% 35% 19%	1773
December	1st to 10th	Day	13% 4 12% 29% 29% 13%	1573
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 9% 23% 29% 14%	1924
	21st to end	Day	13% 4 7% 25% 35% 15%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 5% 8% 24% 34% 8%	4417
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 4 9% 31% 30% 9%	4138
	21st to end	Night	20% 5% 11% 29% 27% 7%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 5% 8% 30% 27% 13%	2409
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 5% 8% 27% 28% 12%	2218
	21st to end	Night	16% 3 5% 23% 34% 19%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 5% 18% 38% 19%	3719
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 6% 9% 23% 26% 8%	3490
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 7% 34% 31% 6%	3605
April	1st to 10th	Night	15% 4 9% 28% 28% 17%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 5% 7% 25% 28% 15%	1877
	21st to end	Night	21% 6% 13% 26% 25% 10%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	17% 5% 8% 18% 27% 23%	3152
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 8% 11% 25% 17% 11%	2747
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 10% 18% 25% 28%	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 15% 23% 19% 17%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 9% 18% 26% 26%	1520
	21st to end	Night	24% 8% 15% 19% 20% 14%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	34% 8% 14% 18% 11% 15%	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 7% 28% 30% 7% 5%	2515
	21st to end	Night	28% 8% 21% 28% 12% 4	3011
August	1st to 10th	Night	36% 10% 25% 17% 7% 5%	2987
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 7% 25% 23% 15% 7%	3143
	21st to end	Night	28% 8% 27% 24% 11% 2	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	22% 7% 15% 28% 20% 8%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 5% 13% 17% 30% 17%	1924
	21st to end	Night	18% 5% 10% 24% 31% 13%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 6% 19% 36% 19%	3733
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 3 7% 21% 36% 14%	3778
	21st to end	Night	15% 2 4 18% 38% 23%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 6% 24% 36% 18%	2502
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 5% 30% 33% 18%	2600
	21st to end	Night	15% 4 8% 22% 31% 19%	2562
December	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 10% 32% 29% 11%	2603
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 4 8% 26% 33% 12%	3272
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 10% 26% 27% 15%	4873

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	11% 27% 31% 21% 8% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 26% 29% 23% 5%	270
	21st to end	Day	5% 28% 34% 23% 8% 2	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 33% 33% 16% 4 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 37% 33% 13% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	20% 36% 30% 11% 3	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 33% 28% 19% 5% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 29% 33% 18% 5% 1	460
	21st to end	Day	20% 40% 28% 10% 2	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 35% 34% 12% 4 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 35% 31% 13% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	13% 38% 34% 12% 3	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 30% 39% 14% 4	465
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 19% 34% 25% 11% 3	675
	21st to end	Day	8% 22% 31% 24% 12% 2	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 11% 30% 33% 20% 2	680
	11th to 20th	Day	4 15% 33% 29% 16% 3	680
	21st to end	Day	7% 9% 31% 28% 19% 6%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	4 6% 22% 34% 27% 7%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 17% 27% 36% 12%	653
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 14% 34% 31% 8%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 18% 38% 21% 8%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 7% 23% 36% 23% 4	477
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 24% 38% 21% 5%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 7% 28% 30% 23% 4	490
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 9% 35% 29% 17% 4	464
	21st to end	Day	8% 14% 31% 22% 19% 6%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	9% 20% 25% 25% 16% 5%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 23% 32% 22% 7% 5%	300
	21st to end	Day	15% 21% 33% 21% 8% 2	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	10% 30% 33% 19% 7% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 26% 31% 20% 11% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	13% 23% 33% 20% 8% 2	291
December	1st to 10th	Day	11% 33% 31% 18% 6% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 25% 38% 20% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	19% 31% 32% 15% 3	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	7% 21% 33% 27% 10% 2	950
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 22% 35% 23% 9% 3	775
	21st to end	Night	4 18% 41% 26% 10% 2	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	5% 21% 46% 21% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 24% 43% 21% 5%	744
	21st to end	Night	5% 29% 46% 18% 2	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	6% 25% 40% 22% 6% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 16% 38% 30% 8% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	7% 26% 45% 20% 3	703
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 24% 47% 19% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 19% 44% 22% 6%	563
	21st to end	Night	8% 17% 42% 28% 5%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	7% 13% 43% 29% 8%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 9% 33% 34% 15% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	6% 13% 33% 35% 12% 1	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 6% 27% 42% 19% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	2 6% 35% 43% 12% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 22% 36% 29% 2	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 15% 40% 34% 4	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 11% 34% 44% 7%	552
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 9% 27% 49% 9%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 9% 34% 43% 6%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 13% 40% 35% 4	564
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 15% 40% 32% 5%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 18% 41% 31% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 23% 41% 25% 2	570
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 26% 39% 21% 2	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 8% 33% 37% 13% 3	719
	11th to 20th	Night	4 10% 42% 28% 13% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	9% 16% 32% 25% 14% 4	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	6% 15% 36% 30% 11% 2	942
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 18% 36% 28% 10% 2	1000
	21st to end	Night	7% 18% 36% 25% 11% 2	986
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 21% 41% 24% 7% 2	950
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 22% 37% 25% 7% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	9% 22% 41% 22% 5% 1	1045

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