Sherman
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Sherman clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-03-27.

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	11% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 51%	109621
	Night	11% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 56%	109936
Transparency	Day	32% 5% 9% 24% 23% 7%	113351
	Night	29% 4 8% 23% 25% 10%	114333
Seeing	Day	12% 8% 23% 29% 22% 7%	15656
	Night	12% 9% 29% 34% 15% 1	25689

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 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 52%	4077
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 1 4 2 2 2 2 4 6% 64%	4080
	21st to end	Day	20% 8% 2 5% 3 3 2 2 3 4 48%	4488
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 8% 2 8% 4 3 3 2 4 4 45%	1875
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 3 7% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 46%	1949
	21st to end	Day	19% 8% 2 5% 2 2 2 1 3 4 51%	1681
March	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 51%	3546
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 8% 2 6% 4 3 5% 4 5% 5% 45%	3590
	21st to end	Day	14% 9% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 41%	3880
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 50%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 2 5% 5% 4 3 3 5% 6% 46%	2188
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 46%	2418
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 41%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 47%	4082
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 37%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 6% 5% 6% 5% 5% 7% 9% 47%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 50%	2470
	21st to end	Day	4 4 1 4 4 3 5% 4 7% 8% 56%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 51%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 58%	4120
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 44%	4465
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 6% 8% 65%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 10% 57%	4041
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 4 4 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 54%	4142
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 53%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 7% 47%	2090
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 4 3 4 4 3 6% 7% 59%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 1 4 3 4 3 3 5% 5% 61%	2019
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 1 3 2 3 3 2 3 5% 62%	1900
	21st to end	Day	15% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 2 3 4 58%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 57%	1958
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 62%	1860
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 4 3 2 3 2 3 5% 56%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	15% 8% 3 4 3 3 2 2 3 5% 52%	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 8% 2 6% 4 3 3 2 3 4 48%	3391
	21st to end	Day	19% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 47%	4488
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 1 5% 3 3 3 3 4 4 53%	5888
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 69%	5900
	21st to end	Night	21% 7% 2 5% 3 2 2 2 3 4 48%	6490
February	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 2 6% 4 3 3 2 3 5% 50%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 48%	2338
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 1 4 4 3 3 3 2 4 54%	1947
March	1st to 10th	Night	14% 9% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 44%	3529
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 7% 52%	3590
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 47%	3889
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 2 4 4 3 4 3 6% 7% 53%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 51%	1938
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 6% 7% 53%	1758
May	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 2 6% 4 4 3 4 5% 5% 41%	2823
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 49%	2823
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 3 4 5% 4 6% 8% 46%	3090
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 2 3 3 3 5% 3 6% 10% 59%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 6% 10% 62%	1710
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 2 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 64%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 3 3 4 4 4 6% 9% 57%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 6% 9% 67%	2850
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 9% 58%	3098
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 3 2 2 2 3 4 8% 73%	2836
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 5% 10% 67%	2798
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 3 3 2 4 4 6% 10% 62%	3512
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 59%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 54%	2090
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 63%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 1 4 2 3 3 2 4 6% 64%	2140
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 5% 64%	2280
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 60%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 60%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 2 4 3 2 4 3 5% 5% 61%	2535
	21st to end	Night	13% 7% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 5% 54%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 4 56%	4250
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 2 6% 3 3 2 2 3 3 53%	4816
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 3 6% 3 3 3 2 3 5% 50%	6490

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	35% 3 7% 27% 24% 3	4078
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 3 6% 22% 38% 7%	4080
	21st to end	Day	42% 2 4 17% 23% 11%	4488
February	1st to 10th	Day	44% 4 6% 17% 22% 7%	1875
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 4 7% 22% 18% 8%	1959
	21st to end	Day	41% 2 5% 15% 26% 11%	1681
March	1st to 10th	Day	36% 4 7% 16% 26% 12%	3546
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 7% 10% 21% 18% 5%	3590
	21st to end	Day	43% 5% 8% 21% 18% 4	3880
April	1st to 10th	Day	36% 5% 9% 22% 19% 10%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 6% 9% 19% 20% 9%	2188
	21st to end	Day	37% 7% 8% 22% 22% 4	2418
May	1st to 10th	Day	43% 6% 8% 22% 16% 4	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 6% 10% 26% 20% 1	4086
	21st to end	Day	45% 8% 10% 19% 12% 5%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	32% 8% 14% 26% 17% 3	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 7% 13% 27% 20% 4	2470
	21st to end	Day	24% 7% 13% 28% 25% 3	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	29% 7% 13% 36% 13% 1	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 12% 37% 23% 2	4051
	21st to end	Day	31% 8% 14% 32% 15%	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	16% 5% 12% 26% 31% 10%	4090
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 5% 14% 38% 18% 2	4080
	21st to end	Day	24% 8% 17% 34% 14% 3	4141
September	1st to 10th	Day	31% 6% 9% 23% 19% 12%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 6% 10% 20% 21% 8%	2090
	21st to end	Day	25% 4 8% 22% 30% 11%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 3 6% 13% 37% 26%	3357
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 3 4 19% 34% 21%	3140
	21st to end	Day	23% 4 6% 31% 26% 9%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	31% 4 8% 22% 26% 9%	1958
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 4 9% 22% 29% 12%	1860
	21st to end	Day	34% 3 5% 20% 29% 10%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	37% 3 5% 30% 23% 3	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 2 4 15% 28% 8%	3389
	21st to end	Day	41% 3 4 23% 21% 7%	4488
January	1st to 10th	Night	35% 3 6% 26% 25% 5%	5888
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 3 6% 21% 36% 14%	5900
	21st to end	Night	42% 3 4 14% 24% 12%	6490
February	1st to 10th	Night	39% 3 8% 18% 22% 10%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 4 7% 20% 22% 9%	2338
	21st to end	Night	36% 3 6% 16% 23% 15%	1947
March	1st to 10th	Night	40% 5% 6% 16% 20% 13%	3529
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 5% 8% 25% 19% 9%	3590
	21st to end	Night	37% 5% 10% 17% 28% 3	3889
April	1st to 10th	Night	30% 5% 10% 21% 20% 14%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 5% 8% 20% 20% 12%	1938
	21st to end	Night	31% 5% 11% 23% 25% 5%	1758
May	1st to 10th	Night	44% 7% 9% 18% 16% 7%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 6% 13% 24% 21% 2	2824
	21st to end	Night	33% 8% 15% 23% 14% 6%	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	21% 7% 15% 32% 21% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 6% 14% 32% 23% 7%	1710
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 14% 31% 26% 6%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	22% 6% 16% 38% 15% 3	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 9% 42% 27% 3	2796
	21st to end	Night	22% 6% 15% 35% 21% 1	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 8% 31% 39% 6%	2826
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 13% 40% 23% 6%	2825
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 19% 37% 19% 3	3512
September	1st to 10th	Night	26% 4 11% 21% 27% 11%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 6% 10% 21% 22% 11%	2090
	21st to end	Night	21% 5% 8% 24% 28% 15%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 5% 13% 34% 31%	3569
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 3 5% 17% 36% 25%	3779
	21st to end	Night	25% 3 4 28% 25% 14%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	28% 4 7% 21% 25% 15%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 4 8% 21% 28% 15%	2535
	21st to end	Night	33% 3 7% 17% 30% 9%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	33% 3 5% 25% 27% 7%	4250
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 3 5% 15% 25% 14%	4817
	21st to end	Night	38% 3 6% 20% 25% 8%	6490

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% 16% 35% 22% 7%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 18% 41% 19% 4 2	300
	21st to end	Day	18% 12% 40% 22% 6% 2	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	24% 12% 39% 17% 8%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 17% 44% 14% 3	300
	21st to end	Day	24% 16% 40% 15% 4	249
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 19% 34% 21% 4 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 20% 42% 13% 5%	300
	21st to end	Day	17% 13% 46% 19% 4 1	315
April	1st to 10th	Day	17% 16% 35% 26% 5% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 18% 37% 21% 8%	386
	21st to end	Day	16% 14% 38% 23% 7% 2	598
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 11% 34% 32% 8%	653
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 30% 32% 12% 3	675
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 26% 33% 15% 4	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 16% 38% 29% 9%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 17% 39% 27% 7%	680
	21st to end	Day	4 3 11% 39% 33% 10%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 1 8% 35% 35% 13%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 8% 34% 44% 12%	668
	21st to end	Day	3 1 6% 32% 43% 15%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 5% 34% 43% 14%	676
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 1 8% 33% 38% 12%	665
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 4 30% 40% 20%	527
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 19% 42% 25%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 8% 25% 45% 17%	300
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 10% 34% 28% 16%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 21% 31% 33% 11%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 8% 24% 35% 20% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	22% 11% 25% 24% 17% 2	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 6% 33% 28% 11% 4	300
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 11% 32% 31% 11% 3	300
	21st to end	Day	18% 14% 37% 22% 7% 3	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	14% 17% 32% 27% 10% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 12% 40% 20% 7%	300
	21st to end	Day	22% 15% 35% 24% 5%	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 12% 37% 30% 7%	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 16% 34% 28% 6% 1	1000
	21st to end	Night	15% 12% 37% 31% 6%	1100
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 14% 40% 25% 4	940
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 16% 39% 23% 3	784
	21st to end	Night	21% 16% 41% 21% 2	627
March	1st to 10th	Night	17% 15% 36% 28% 4	600
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 13% 43% 25% 4	600
	21st to end	Night	12% 15% 40% 28% 5%	647
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 16% 42% 27% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 14% 40% 29% 4	563
	21st to end	Night	12% 11% 42% 26% 9%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 10% 39% 33% 7% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 36% 32% 15% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 32% 38% 16% 2	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 19% 44% 27% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 24% 54% 17% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	2 2 18% 48% 25% 5%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 10% 45% 36% 5%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 10% 48% 36% 3	552
	21st to end	Night	2 8% 45% 39% 5%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 7% 49% 38% 4	567
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 6% 46% 37% 3	564
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 46% 37% 8%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 1 7% 40% 37% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 1 10% 37% 36% 3	570
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 15% 41% 32% 3	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 22% 39% 26% 3	620
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 28% 39% 15% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	17% 11% 28% 31% 13% 1	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 32% 38% 11% 1	780
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 12% 33% 35% 11%	935
	21st to end	Night	17% 11% 36% 26% 9%	1000
December	1st to 10th	Night	15% 12% 35% 33% 6%	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 11% 34% 31% 6%	1000
	21st to end	Night	19% 13% 37% 26% 6%	1100

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