Sky Pony Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Sky Pony Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-05.

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 3 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 7% 59%	104463
	Night	3 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 62%	103226
Transparency	Day	19% 6% 10% 18% 25% 22%	104249
	Night	18% 6% 10% 18% 25% 22%	103029
Seeing	Day	7% 11% 25% 31% 21% 6%	14580
	Night	6% 7% 24% 38% 23% 2	24710

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	3 3 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 6% 71%	3167
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 5% 74%	3170
	21st to end	Day	2 4 1 5% 4 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 59%	3487
February	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 1 4 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 62%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 5% 3 4 4 3 4 7% 62%	1849
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 4 2 3 3 3 5% 8% 66%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 2 6% 4 4 4 4 7% 8% 54%	3130
	11th to 20th	Day	3 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 59%	3412
	21st to end	Day	1 3 1 4 4 4 5% 5% 6% 8% 59%	4120
April	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 64%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 2 4 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 64%	2251
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 3 2 3 3 2 4 6% 70%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 6% 76%	3800
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 68%	3765
	21st to end	Day	2 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 6% 74%	4390
June	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 4 5% 4 8% 8% 60%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 4 4 4 5% 5% 8% 8% 57%	2470
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 4 4 4 5% 5% 8% 9% 49%	2458
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 2 5% 5% 7% 7% 7% 9% 11% 40%	3800
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 4 5% 7% 6% 9% 10% 49%	3800
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 7% 5% 6% 7% 6% 9% 10% 40%	4118
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 5% 4 6% 6% 7% 8% 11% 48%	3784
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 2 6% 5% 6% 5% 4 8% 11% 45%	3726
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 9% 44%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 2 7% 6% 5% 6% 5% 6% 8% 40%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 5% 6% 8% 39%	2176
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 51%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 3 2 2 4 3 4 5% 70%	3480
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 67%	3215
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 4 5% 79%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 3 2 2 4 3 4 6% 69%	1853
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 5% 67%	1710
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 63%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 1 4 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 58%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 2 4 4 5% 4 3 6% 7% 58%	2161
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 6% 6% 68%	3263
January	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 3 2 3 3 2 5% 6% 70%	3788
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 6% 71%	3800
	21st to end	Night	3 4 2 4 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 55%	4180
February	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 4 3 2 4 4 5% 7% 63%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 1 5% 3 4 5% 3 4 7% 59%	2218
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 64%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 4 3 4 6% 3 6% 9% 57%	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	4 8% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 4 5% 53%	3562
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 3 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 63%	3521
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 2 4 3 4 4 4 5% 7% 61%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 3 3 3 4 3 6% 7% 62%	1877
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 72%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 2 3 2 3 5% 74%	3170
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 5% 3 4 3 3 4 5% 65%	3140
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 3 4 4 3 3 6% 5% 67%	3175
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 2 4 3 4 5% 5% 7% 11% 56%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 4 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 9% 52%	1710
	21st to end	Night	4 3 2 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 52%	1706
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 11% 47%	3126
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 4 3 6% 10% 66%	3170
	21st to end	Night	3 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 7% 12% 49%	3445
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 4 3 5% 5% 9% 13% 54%	3155
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 4 3 4 5% 5% 9% 13% 52%	3113
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 4 3 3 4 4 7% 11% 55%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 7% 8% 48%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 6% 4 8% 9% 46%	2001
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 52%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 2 2 4 5% 73%	3480
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 66%	3705
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 81%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 6% 70%	2303
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 66%	2470
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 63%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 1 4 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 58%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	2 5% 3 6% 4 3 3 2 5% 8% 59%	3036
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 5% 71%	4430

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	13% 3 6% 14% 27% 38%	3168
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 3 5% 14% 42% 23%	3170
	21st to end	Day	21% 5% 8% 19% 32% 14%	3487
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 4 7% 14% 24% 31%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 4 7% 15% 25% 28%	1859
	21st to end	Day	15% 3 5% 13% 31% 32%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 5% 7% 13% 25% 30%	3130
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 6% 8% 14% 27% 23%	3412
	21st to end	Day	17% 5% 8% 12% 31% 28%	4120
April	1st to 10th	Day	18% 3 7% 13% 27% 32%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 4 7% 11% 28% 32%	2254
	21st to end	Day	14% 3 6% 12% 33% 32%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	11% 3 5% 10% 23% 49%	3800
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 8% 12% 23% 37%	3768
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 7% 14% 19% 46%	4390
June	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 14% 22% 26% 17%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 10% 18% 26% 22%	2470
	21st to end	Day	26% 8% 12% 24% 19% 12%	2458
July	1st to 10th	Day	28% 11% 17% 28% 12% 2	3741
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 10% 18% 30% 19% 3	3737
	21st to end	Day	30% 10% 15% 25% 17% 3	3988
August	1st to 10th	Day	21% 10% 16% 29% 23% 2	3772
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 9% 16% 26% 19% 3	3762
	21st to end	Day	29% 11% 15% 29% 14% 2	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	37% 10% 13% 17% 14% 10%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 10% 13% 17% 18% 7%	2176
	21st to end	Day	29% 6% 10% 20% 22% 13%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 6% 14% 26% 36%	3480
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 5% 7% 19% 23% 29%	3215
	21st to end	Day	9% 1 3 13% 47% 26%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 8% 18% 29% 25%	1853
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 5% 8% 20% 29% 21%	1710
	21st to end	Day	21% 4 7% 17% 31% 20%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	23% 4 8% 19% 29% 16%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 5% 7% 17% 30% 19%	2159
	21st to end	Day	14% 4 6% 14% 32% 30%	3263
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 3 5% 12% 34% 33%	3788
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 3 7% 15% 35% 27%	3800
	21st to end	Night	24% 6% 7% 16% 34% 12%	4180
February	1st to 10th	Night	18% 4 7% 15% 25% 32%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 5% 8% 11% 25% 28%	2218
	21st to end	Night	19% 4 5% 10% 26% 36%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 4 7% 13% 23% 35%	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 11% 11% 11% 24% 22%	3562
	21st to end	Night	18% 5% 6% 12% 32% 27%	3521
April	1st to 10th	Night	21% 5% 7% 12% 28% 29%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 5% 8% 13% 24% 31%	1877
	21st to end	Night	13% 4 7% 15% 25% 35%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 5% 10% 21% 50%	3170
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 9% 13% 19% 36%	3141
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 9% 13% 18% 39%	3176
June	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 14% 25% 21% 14%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 6% 11% 19% 24% 18%	1710
	21st to end	Night	23% 7% 15% 22% 20% 13%	1706
July	1st to 10th	Night	26% 9% 18% 34% 11% 2	3076
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 18% 42% 19% 3	3110
	21st to end	Night	23% 9% 17% 34% 16% 2	3336
August	1st to 10th	Night	15% 8% 17% 34% 24% 2	3144
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 10% 22% 32% 17% 2	3143
	21st to end	Night	21% 9% 21% 33% 14% 3	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	30% 8% 16% 20% 16% 10%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 11% 17% 19% 15% 8%	2001
	21st to end	Night	26% 7% 13% 20% 21% 12%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 8% 12% 24% 38%	3480
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 5% 11% 16% 19% 31%	3705
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 4 13% 44% 28%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	16% 3 7% 15% 35% 25%	2303
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 4 6% 20% 29% 24%	2470
	21st to end	Night	20% 4 7% 16% 31% 21%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	22% 5% 8% 19% 26% 20%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 4 7% 17% 26% 23%	3037
	21st to end	Night	15% 3 6% 15% 37% 24%	4430

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% 21% 31% 29% 9%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 20% 37% 25% 11%	270
	21st to end	Day	5% 29% 30% 27% 7% 2	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	9% 19% 34% 24% 14%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 20% 38% 21% 8%	270
	21st to end	Day	9% 28% 40% 19% 4	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	8% 20% 45% 19% 8%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 25% 40% 19% 5% 2	408
	21st to end	Day	8% 27% 43% 17% 4	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	6% 21% 44% 20% 7% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 23% 45% 19% 5%	452
	21st to end	Day	7% 21% 41% 28% 3	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 19% 40% 28% 8% 1	463
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 12% 35% 38% 9% 1	488
	21st to end	Day	4 6% 36% 41% 12% 1	674
June	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 19% 47% 25% 4	680
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 17% 49% 26% 3	680
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 12% 35% 39% 7%	668
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 1 7% 31% 36% 16%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 32% 46% 15%	484
	21st to end	Day	4 7% 32% 43% 14%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 5% 26% 45% 19%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 9% 30% 39% 14%	477
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 7% 26% 40% 16%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 11% 34% 33% 9%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 3 10% 35% 31% 10%	386
	21st to end	Day	10% 3 13% 36% 30% 10%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 3 17% 35% 30% 5%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 27% 40% 17% 4	300
	21st to end	Day	7% 14% 27% 27% 19% 7%	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	9% 11% 28% 33% 15% 4	282
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 12% 27% 33% 17% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	13% 20% 30% 21% 12% 3	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	11% 14% 27% 31% 13% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 20% 36% 28% 8%	270
	21st to end	Day	7% 22% 36% 27% 8%	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 10% 34% 35% 13% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 10% 32% 34% 15% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	6% 12% 33% 35% 13% 1	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	6% 14% 30% 33% 15% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 10% 36% 38% 9%	744
	21st to end	Night	8% 15% 40% 34% 4	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	6% 13% 33% 35% 11% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 13% 33% 31% 15% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	4 12% 41% 34% 7% 1	658
April	1st to 10th	Night	5% 12% 33% 40% 10%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 13% 40% 35% 7%	563
	21st to end	Night	2 12% 36% 40% 9% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 8% 36% 41% 11% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 6% 29% 46% 12% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	4 6% 28% 47% 15%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 19% 54% 21% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 18% 53% 23% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	4 2 11% 50% 31% 1	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 7% 39% 45% 3	555
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 42% 46% 4	552
	21st to end	Night	3 4 43% 46% 4	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 2 29% 59% 6%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 4 28% 55% 8%	564
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 5% 31% 52% 5%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 5% 31% 47% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 1 7% 39% 40% 3	570
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 10% 39% 37% 5%	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 12% 45% 32% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 19% 40% 25% 3	713
	21st to end	Night	4 7% 19% 38% 25% 7%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 22% 38% 25% 5%	783
	11th to 20th	Night	4 7% 23% 42% 22% 2	950
	21st to end	Night	8% 11% 26% 36% 17% 3	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	8% 8% 28% 36% 17% 2	950
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 11% 35% 36% 12% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	5% 14% 32% 36% 12% 2	982

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