Silverwood Lake
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Silverwood Lake clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-03-12.

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	2 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 5% 72%	114093
	Night	2 5% 2 4 2 2 3 3 4 5% 69%	113840
Transparency	Day	14% 4 7% 14% 27% 34%	113855
	Night	15% 5% 7% 14% 27% 32%	113669
Seeing	Day	7% 14% 33% 30% 11% 4	16151
	Night	5% 6% 18% 33% 29% 7%	26069

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 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 72%	4098
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 2 2 2 2 1 4 6% 74%	4282
	21st to end	Day	5% 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 56%	5016
February	1st to 10th	Day	5% 6% 2 4 3 4 3 3 4 5% 61%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 7% 2 4 3 2 2 3 6% 7% 59%	1950
	21st to end	Day	4 8% 3 6% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 55%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	7% 9% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 44%	3238
	11th to 20th	Day	2 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 60%	3308
	21st to end	Day	5% 6% 2 5% 3 4 6% 4 6% 6% 54%	4089
April	1st to 10th	Day	5% 5% 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 7% 63%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 5% 70%	2249
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 69%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 5% 76%	4016
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 6% 76%	4071
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 3 1 2 2 3 3 5% 77%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 2 2 1 2 2 4 7% 75%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 86%	2537
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 85%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 88%	4420
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 4 81%	4155
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 81%	4314
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 4 82%	3783
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 89%	3724
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 88%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 78%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 86%	2099
	21st to end	Day	1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 82%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 3 4 82%	3490
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 5% 84%	3383
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 7% 74%	3271
November	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 6% 71%	1764
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 6% 71%	1800
	21st to end	Day	4 3 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 8% 61%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 5% 8% 66%	2950
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 6% 2 4 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 55%	3409
	21st to end	Day	5% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 10% 49%	4510
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 2 4 2 2 2 3 3 4 71%	5867
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 2 4 3 2 3 2 3 5% 69%	5691
	21st to end	Night	7% 9% 2 5% 3 2 3 4 5% 5% 54%	5984
February	1st to 10th	Night	5% 9% 1 5% 3 4 4 3 4 5% 58%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	4 7% 2 5% 3 2 3 3 4 6% 60%	2338
	21st to end	Night	4 9% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 4 6% 55%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	6% 16% 4 8% 4 3 3 4 4 4 43%	3856
	11th to 20th	Night	2 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 56%	3698
	21st to end	Night	2 13% 4 6% 4 3 4 4 4 6% 50%	3560
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 7% 2 4 4 3 3 3 6% 7% 58%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	2 5% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 63%	1879
	21st to end	Night	2 6% 2 4 3 2 3 3 5% 5% 64%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	1 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 75%	2956
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 5% 72%	2834
	21st to end	Night	1 3 2 6% 3 2 3 3 3 4 70%	3110
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 5% 76%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 2 1 2 1 3 3 84%	1633
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 86%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 92%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 85%	2791
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 4 83%	3249
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 86%	3166
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 88%	3126
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 90%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 81%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 84%	2080
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 82%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 84%	3490
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 1 3 1 1 2 1 3 5% 80%	3550
	21st to end	Night	1 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 4 76%	4290
November	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 1 2 2 2 4 3 3 6% 70%	2535
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 5% 70%	2600
	21st to end	Night	3 6% 2 4 4 3 4 4 6% 6% 59%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 1 3 2 3 4 3 5% 5% 67%	4240
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 6% 2 4 3 3 4 3 7% 9% 54%	4811
	21st to end	Night	3 7% 3 6% 4 3 4 5% 7% 10% 49%	6468

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	15% 3 6% 22% 36% 18%	4099
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 4 10% 16% 22% 34%	4282
	21st to end	Day	25% 6% 8% 11% 23% 26%	5016
February	1st to 10th	Day	24% 4 7% 15% 24% 26%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 4 5% 16% 29% 22%	1960
	21st to end	Day	28% 6% 8% 16% 23% 20%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	25% 11% 13% 15% 21% 16%	3238
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 9% 12% 26% 20% 14%	3308
	21st to end	Day	22% 11% 14% 26% 20% 8%	4089
April	1st to 10th	Day	22% 4 9% 23% 27% 15%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 4 7% 19% 30% 22%	2252
	21st to end	Day	16% 4 9% 20% 36% 15%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	11% 4 8% 18% 31% 29%	4016
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 7% 22% 41% 19%	4074
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 8% 20% 43% 17%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 2 8% 17% 37% 26%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 4 12% 29% 47%	2537
	21st to end	Day	8% 1 3 5% 24% 58%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 1 2 4 11% 77%	4351
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 5% 10% 18% 57%	4084
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 5% 16% 26% 43%	4178
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 1 4 8% 36% 43%	3770
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 3 11% 25% 57%	3760
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 3 5% 23% 63%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 3 6% 8% 26% 48%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 3 10% 30% 50%	2099
	21st to end	Day	10% 1 3 11% 30% 45%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 3 9% 17% 59%	3490
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 3 9% 33% 46%	3383
	21st to end	Day	12% 1 5% 7% 30% 44%	3271
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 2 5% 13% 32% 31%	1764
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 3 6% 12% 25% 37%	1800
	21st to end	Day	23% 3 7% 13% 24% 29%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	18% 3 6% 11% 32% 29%	2950
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 6% 9% 17% 31% 14%	3408
	21st to end	Day	26% 7% 11% 20% 24% 11%	4510
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 6% 17% 36% 22%	5867
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 8% 16% 24% 30%	5691
	21st to end	Night	28% 7% 9% 11% 23% 23%	5984
February	1st to 10th	Night	28% 4 8% 15% 21% 25%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 4 8% 16% 25% 22%	2339
	21st to end	Night	29% 7% 6% 14% 20% 24%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	30% 13% 10% 16% 16% 15%	3856
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 10% 12% 26% 21% 12%	3698
	21st to end	Night	22% 13% 13% 23% 22% 7%	3560
April	1st to 10th	Night	23% 6% 11% 21% 22% 17%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 8% 20% 26% 21%	1879
	21st to end	Night	19% 5% 7% 20% 35% 15%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 5% 19% 33% 25%	2956
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 8% 20% 41% 17%	2835
	21st to end	Night	8% 7% 9% 20% 41% 15%	3110
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 6% 19% 34% 27%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 3 13% 31% 44%	1633
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 4 6% 23% 60%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 2 4 12% 79%	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 4 9% 19% 60%	2740
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 4 16% 27% 42%	3147
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 3 12% 36% 43%	3156
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 3 11% 27% 55%	3156
	21st to end	Night	4 1 2 5% 22% 66%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 4 7% 28% 48%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 2 4 9% 34% 45%	2080
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 4 11% 29% 45%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	9% 1 3 8% 19% 60%	3490
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 2 3 7% 34% 44%	3550
	21st to end	Night	13% 2 5% 7% 28% 46%	4290
November	1st to 10th	Night	16% 3 6% 12% 30% 33%	2535
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 3 4 14% 27% 36%	2600
	21st to end	Night	24% 5% 7% 15% 20% 29%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 3 6% 9% 28% 37%	4240
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 7% 10% 17% 28% 16%	4811
	21st to end	Night	21% 10% 10% 24% 26% 10%	6468

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	14% 17% 36% 25% 8%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 15% 31% 28% 9% 1	378
	21st to end	Day	15% 24% 31% 23% 7% 1	550
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 24% 31% 21% 8% 2	500
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 24% 37% 18% 6% 1	495
	21st to end	Day	11% 28% 35% 21% 5%	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	18% 25% 35% 15% 7%	500
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 23% 35% 21% 7% 2	465
	21st to end	Day	12% 27% 36% 18% 6%	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 19% 37% 23% 9% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 27% 37% 19% 8% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	6% 21% 33% 26% 9% 5%	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 18% 40% 25% 10% 3	463
	11th to 20th	Day	4 15% 39% 30% 8% 4	488
	21st to end	Day	5% 12% 41% 28% 9% 4	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 11% 31% 34% 14% 6%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	1 10% 40% 30% 16% 4	490
	21st to end	Day	3 7% 32% 39% 12% 7%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 3 31% 40% 16% 9%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 25% 47% 17% 10%	484
	21st to end	Day	2 1 26% 42% 18% 12%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 35% 37% 13% 10%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	1 3 26% 43% 14% 12%	477
	21st to end	Day	2 4 26% 43% 16% 9%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	1 3 33% 41% 15% 6%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	3 7% 37% 36% 13% 3	490
	21st to end	Day	2 11% 32% 34% 16% 4	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 12% 36% 34% 13% 1	490
	11th to 20th	Day	4 12% 34% 33% 14% 3	490
	21st to end	Day	4 15% 33% 28% 17% 3	437
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 15% 23% 37% 16% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 17% 34% 26% 14% 3	300
	21st to end	Day	8% 18% 32% 29% 12% 1	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 20% 31% 33% 9% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 19% 29% 30% 12% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	14% 22% 34% 20% 8% 2	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	10% 12% 22% 32% 18% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 8% 28% 36% 17% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	11% 12% 27% 30% 16% 3	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	11% 12% 22% 32% 19% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 11% 25% 35% 16% 5%	784
	21st to end	Night	9% 13% 30% 30% 15% 3	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	10% 11% 26% 34% 17% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 7% 25% 31% 23% 7%	766
	21st to end	Night	8% 10% 24% 36% 19% 2	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 20% 39% 23% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 9% 27% 31% 24% 4	751
	21st to end	Night	5% 6% 23% 34% 25% 7%	760
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 6% 22% 40% 24% 4	627
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 22% 32% 32% 7%	561
	21st to end	Night	2 5% 21% 38% 29% 5%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 17% 39% 37% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 14% 42% 37% 5%	493
	21st to end	Night	1 1 4 35% 51% 8%	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 21% 62% 15%	370
	11th to 20th	Night	2 6% 31% 53% 8%	512
	21st to end	Night	2 1 7% 25% 54% 12%	702
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 6% 29% 48% 14%	756
	11th to 20th	Night	1 4 26% 51% 17%	752
	21st to end	Night	1 5% 25% 52% 17%	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 6% 27% 48% 16%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 9% 33% 41% 14%	760
	21st to end	Night	2 1 13% 32% 40% 12%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 13% 43% 33% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 15% 35% 33% 9%	760
	21st to end	Night	4 8% 21% 32% 25% 11%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 15% 39% 28% 8%	780
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 21% 38% 23% 8%	800
	21st to end	Night	7% 8% 23% 38% 20% 5%	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	9% 8% 25% 34% 21% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 8% 26% 34% 18% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	9% 13% 26% 33% 15% 3	880

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