Sky Hound Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Sky Hound Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-12-09.

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 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 56%	105312
	Night	3 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 58%	103216
Transparency	Day	23% 7% 11% 24% 22% 13%	105077
	Night	23% 6% 12% 26% 21% 11%	103040
Seeing	Day	6% 7% 23% 34% 22% 7%	15395
	Night	5% 4 22% 43% 22% 4	25667

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	2 3 2 5% 6% 6% 5% 5% 8% 11% 49%	2858
	11th to 20th	Day	1 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 8% 57%	2860
	21st to end	Day	3 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 3 4 7% 51%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 2 5% 3 4 6% 4 8% 8% 54%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 3 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 9% 55%	1665
	21st to end	Day	3 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 8% 50%	1569
March	1st to 10th	Day	3 9% 3 7% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 47%	3444
	11th to 20th	Day	3 11% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 3 6% 8% 46%	3490
	21st to end	Day	7% 13% 4 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 7% 37%	3825
April	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 8% 56%	2174
	11th to 20th	Day	3 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 52%	2283
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 52%	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 7% 50%	4110
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 50%	4071
	21st to end	Day	3 4 1 5% 3 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 57%	4637
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 4 4 4 5% 4 7% 8% 57%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 3 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 62%	2660
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 3 4 4 4 6% 7% 65%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 5% 5% 69%	4180
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 5% 5% 5% 7% 6% 10% 9% 46%	4110
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 4 3 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 58%	4454
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 2 4 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 8% 56%	4092
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 4 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 7% 59%	4028
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 4 3 4 5% 4 6% 7% 60%	4366
September	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 66%	2256
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 65%	2090
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 7% 70%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 5% 73%	3216
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 5% 7% 61%	3150
	21st to end	Day	3 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 65%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 2 5% 2 3 3 3 5% 7% 64%	1862
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 3 3 3 2 2 4 8% 69%	1711
	21st to end	Day	3 4 1 6% 3 4 3 3 6% 7% 60%	1600
December	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 2 5% 4 3 3 4 7% 9% 59%	1584
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 3 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 9% 11% 45%	1926
	21st to end	Day	3 7% 2 6% 6% 4 5% 4 6% 9% 48%	2867
January	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 9% 57%	4097
	11th to 20th	Night	1 5% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 7% 55%	4110
	21st to end	Night	3 8% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 5% 8% 48%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 57%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 2 5% 5% 4 4 3 5% 8% 54%	2402
	21st to end	Night	2 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 57%	1880
March	1st to 10th	Night	2 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 51%	3430
	11th to 20th	Night	3 9% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 5% 7% 52%	3490
	21st to end	Night	7% 10% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 48%	3828
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 58%	2005
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 7% 53%	1841
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 1 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 57%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	7% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 50%	2860
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 4 7% 59%	2834
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 7% 9% 54%	2934
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 4 3 4 4 4 7% 9% 57%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 6% 65%	1520
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 4 70%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 5% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 65%	2785
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 5% 4 5% 6% 6% 9% 11% 49%	2860
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 5% 5% 6% 6% 4 7% 7% 54%	3109
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 8% 59%	2847
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 55%	2811
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 64%	3301
September	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 3 2 2 4 3 4 7% 67%	1922
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 2 3 2 2 5% 6% 69%	2090
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 4 2 2 3 2 3 5% 72%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 76%	3755
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 4 3 4 3 3 4 6% 64%	3778
	21st to end	Night	3 6% 2 4 2 2 2 2 4 7% 65%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 65%	2434
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 6% 7% 68%	2665
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 2 5% 6% 63%	2800
December	1st to 10th	Night	3 6% 2 4 3 3 2 3 5% 7% 62%	2779
	11th to 20th	Night	3 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 9% 48%	3271
	21st to end	Night	3 6% 2 7% 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 49%	4827

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	26% 11% 19% 28% 14% 1	2859
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 9% 17% 31% 17% 4	2860
	21st to end	Day	32% 10% 23% 26% 9% 1	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	25% 8% 22% 30% 12% 2	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 5% 17% 34% 15% 2	1674
	21st to end	Day	28% 8% 14% 30% 17% 3	1569
March	1st to 10th	Day	24% 13% 11% 34% 16% 2	3444
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 9% 12% 32% 11% 2	3490
	21st to end	Day	38% 11% 10% 26% 12% 2	3825
April	1st to 10th	Day	23% 7% 14% 28% 21% 8%	2174
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 6% 10% 26% 23% 6%	2286
	21st to end	Day	26% 8% 9% 29% 24% 3	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	27% 8% 7% 21% 25% 13%	4110
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 9% 6% 27% 28% 7%	4074
	21st to end	Day	22% 6% 8% 27% 29% 9%	4637
June	1st to 10th	Day	21% 7% 8% 20% 31% 13%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 5% 5% 16% 28% 27%	2660
	21st to end	Day	16% 4 3 12% 28% 35%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	15% 4 5% 9% 13% 54%	4116
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 7% 9% 14% 24% 22%	4041
	21st to end	Day	21% 6% 7% 14% 22% 31%	4314
August	1st to 10th	Day	21% 7% 9% 23% 20% 20%	4078
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 8% 10% 19% 25% 18%	4067
	21st to end	Day	21% 6% 9% 17% 22% 25%	4365
September	1st to 10th	Day	19% 4 7% 15% 27% 29%	2256
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 7% 21% 27% 21%	2090
	21st to end	Day	16% 4 4 23% 36% 17%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 3 5% 19% 32% 25%	3216
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 4 7% 26% 31% 8%	3150
	21st to end	Day	19% 4 12% 34% 25% 5%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	19% 6% 14% 34% 21% 6%	1862
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 18% 41% 20% 2	1711
	21st to end	Day	23% 4 15% 35% 20% 3	1600
December	1st to 10th	Day	22% 7% 25% 29% 13% 3	1584
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 11% 22% 31% 8% 1	1924
	21st to end	Day	30% 7% 19% 24% 17% 3	2867
January	1st to 10th	Night	24% 7% 17% 35% 15% 2	4097
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 9% 20% 32% 12% 2	4110
	21st to end	Night	32% 10% 22% 24% 11% 1	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	24% 8% 21% 32% 13% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 6% 15% 29% 19% 3	2403
	21st to end	Night	23% 7% 16% 27% 22% 5%	1880
March	1st to 10th	Night	27% 8% 11% 36% 17% 1	3430
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 6% 13% 35% 12% 3	3490
	21st to end	Night	34% 7% 11% 27% 18% 3	3828
April	1st to 10th	Night	24% 5% 12% 28% 22% 9%	2005
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 7% 11% 26% 26% 5%	1841
	21st to end	Night	23% 6% 10% 31% 25% 5%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	30% 8% 8% 19% 27% 8%	2860
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 7% 8% 25% 28% 9%	2835
	21st to end	Night	22% 7% 8% 25% 33% 6%	2934
June	1st to 10th	Night	22% 5% 9% 22% 27% 15%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 4 5% 16% 24% 31%	1520
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 3 13% 25% 40%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	19% 5% 5% 10% 13% 49%	2740
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 8% 16% 24% 24%	2806
	21st to end	Night	22% 7% 9% 15% 17% 30%	3011
August	1st to 10th	Night	20% 5% 9% 24% 21% 21%	2838
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 6% 9% 18% 22% 19%	2838
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 11% 17% 24% 27%	3301
September	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 7% 16% 26% 30%	1922
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 7% 23% 26% 23%	2090
	21st to end	Night	16% 4 5% 18% 37% 21%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 5% 18% 31% 31%	3755
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 5% 7% 25% 32% 10%	3778
	21st to end	Night	19% 3 10% 36% 28% 3	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	18% 6% 12% 34% 24% 6%	2434
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 13% 43% 20% 3	2665
	21st to end	Night	23% 4 13% 36% 22% 3	2800
December	1st to 10th	Night	22% 6% 22% 32% 16% 3	2779
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 10% 21% 29% 10% 1	3272
	21st to end	Night	29% 8% 18% 25% 16% 3	4827

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	8% 6% 22% 35% 21% 8%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 21% 46% 20% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	4 2 16% 47% 25% 5%	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	4 8% 33% 41% 12% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 32% 37% 17% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	6% 15% 33% 37% 9% 1	363
March	1st to 10th	Day	8% 14% 28% 36% 12% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 10% 26% 34% 16% 3	460
	21st to end	Day	9% 11% 32% 33% 13% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	8% 19% 26% 28% 15% 5%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 17% 32% 25% 12% 3	452
	21st to end	Day	9% 16% 23% 29% 18% 5%	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 14% 27% 31% 15% 3	463
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 10% 28% 26% 21% 9%	488
	21st to end	Day	7% 10% 21% 28% 25% 9%	624
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 21% 32% 26% 10%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 8% 25% 34% 22% 5%	680
	21st to end	Day	3 4 23% 38% 25% 7%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 17% 33% 30% 12%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 18% 34% 32% 11%	484
	21st to end	Day	3 3 10% 34% 35% 15%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 18% 36% 28% 12%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 16% 35% 27% 14%	477
	21st to end	Day	3 2 21% 32% 31% 10%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 18% 31% 27% 15%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 7% 21% 39% 21% 8%	490
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 18% 30% 31% 9%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 7% 19% 30% 21% 16%	333
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 9% 19% 34% 24% 8%	300
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 25% 36% 24% 4	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 8% 23% 38% 22% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 7% 23% 41% 18% 7%	300
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 22% 38% 23% 7%	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	4 5% 21% 41% 22% 7%	294
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 19% 49% 19% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 21% 45% 17% 4	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 20% 42% 24% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 23% 44% 20% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 19% 50% 19% 5%	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	5% 6% 28% 44% 15% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 29% 44% 14% 3	744
	21st to end	Night	5% 6% 34% 42% 12% 1	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 29% 42% 14% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 26% 43% 19% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 32% 43% 11% 1	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 8% 35% 38% 12% 2	675
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 8% 33% 39% 12% 1	563
	21st to end	Night	6% 6% 30% 39% 16% 3	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 33% 37% 14% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 18% 43% 26% 3	561
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 26% 36% 22% 4	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 19% 44% 26% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 27% 42% 17% 2	570
	21st to end	Night	3 2 19% 48% 26% 3	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 15% 39% 36% 6%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 10% 44% 38% 3	552
	21st to end	Night	3 2 6% 38% 44% 6%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 10% 43% 37% 4	567
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 9% 47% 35% 4	564
	21st to end	Night	3 1 14% 41% 35% 6%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 15% 39% 35% 6%	592
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 17% 41% 27% 9%	760
	21st to end	Night	4 2 18% 37% 28% 11%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 20% 42% 24% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 21% 43% 23% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 22% 40% 25% 5%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 25% 39% 24% 6%	780
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 28% 44% 16% 5%	865
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 22% 41% 23% 4	1000
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 23% 47% 19% 2	993
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 20% 51% 17% 3	950
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 22% 47% 15% 2	1012

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