Starry Nights Ranch
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Starry Nights Ranch clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-03-03.

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	7% 5% 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 38%	130860
	Night	7% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 44%	130318
Transparency	Day	39% 9% 16% 20% 12% 4	134541
	Night	35% 8% 18% 22% 13% 4	134707
Seeing	Day	8% 6% 20% 26% 23% 17%	17549
	Night	9% 5% 19% 32% 27% 8%	27701

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	5% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 56%	5258
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 9% 4 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 33%	5280
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 7% 7% 41%	5882
February	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 46%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 1 5% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 9% 51%	2080
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 8% 49%	1903
March	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 8% 43%	4957
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 4 4 3 3 3 6% 8% 62%	4980
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 8% 46%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 45%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 6% 6% 6% 4 7% 9% 43%	2249
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 10% 46%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 12% 49%	5405
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 45%	5856
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 6% 6% 5% 6% 5% 8% 12% 43%	6433
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 9% 4 11% 8% 7% 7% 5% 9% 10% 19%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 6% 3 10% 9% 8% 8% 6% 9% 12% 24%	2600
	21st to end	Day	8% 7% 3 11% 8% 9% 8% 6% 9% 9% 23%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 3 10% 8% 8% 8% 7% 10% 12% 21%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	4 5% 3 9% 8% 8% 8% 7% 9% 12% 26%	5900
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 2 8% 6% 7% 8% 7% 10% 14% 30%	6424
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 6% 3 11% 8% 8% 8% 8% 10% 13% 21%	4234
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 7% 6% 8% 7% 7% 9% 12% 34%	3927
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 3 11% 8% 9% 9% 7% 9% 13% 21%	3954
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 3 12% 10% 9% 8% 5% 9% 10% 20%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 7% 4 10% 9% 8% 8% 7% 8% 9% 22%	2200
	21st to end	Day	9% 7% 3 9% 8% 8% 9% 6% 9% 9% 24%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 7% 3 9% 6% 7% 6% 6% 7% 10% 30%	2134
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 6% 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 9% 40%	2000
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 3 5% 5% 4 6% 5% 7% 10% 43%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 2 7% 5% 6% 5% 5% 7% 9% 42%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 7% 3 7% 6% 6% 5% 5% 6% 8% 41%	2100
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 42%	2100
December	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 3 4 5% 4 5% 7% 55%	3054
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 3 7% 5% 6% 7% 5% 7% 9% 37%	3463
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 2 9% 6% 6% 7% 4 6% 9% 35%	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 56%	7635
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 11% 4 9% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 33%	7680
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 3 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 48%	8281
February	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 3 4 4 4 6% 7% 48%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 1 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 8% 51%	2424
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 4 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 57%	1903
March	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 49%	4941
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 58%	4980
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 50%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 1 4 4 3 4 4 6% 9% 56%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 5% 4 4 4 4 8% 9% 52%	2098
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 5% 4 5% 5% 4 5% 8% 55%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 53%	4490
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 2 6% 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 49%	4064
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 10% 45%	4421
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 8% 3 8% 5% 7% 7% 5% 8% 9% 30%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 6% 3 7% 8% 6% 7% 6% 9% 13% 30%	1800
	21st to end	Night	6% 6% 3 6% 7% 7% 6% 5% 9% 10% 34%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 7% 3 8% 7% 6% 6% 6% 8% 13% 28%	4058
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 6% 9% 14% 35%	4057
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 2 8% 6% 6% 6% 6% 8% 11% 38%	4427
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 6% 3 8% 6% 6% 7% 6% 9% 12% 34%	2915
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 3 8% 6% 5% 6% 4 9% 14% 37%	3088
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 3 7% 6% 6% 7% 7% 9% 15% 29%	3937
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 7% 3 8% 8% 7% 7% 6% 9% 12% 26%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 7% 4 10% 7% 6% 6% 5% 8% 12% 28%	2200
	21st to end	Night	10% 7% 4 9% 6% 6% 7% 5% 6% 11% 29%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 3 7% 4 6% 6% 5% 7% 9% 36%	2265
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 9% 46%	2400
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 47%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 3 7% 9% 47%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 7% 8% 47%	2520
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 3 6% 8% 46%	2520
December	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 59%	4341
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 3 8% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 40%	4952
	21st to end	Night	10% 9% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 4 6% 7% 36%	6633

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	27% 4 8% 29% 24% 7%	5259
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 5% 9% 18% 14% 5%	5280
	21st to end	Day	42% 5% 7% 25% 13% 8%	5882
February	1st to 10th	Day	35% 5% 9% 20% 21% 9%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 7% 8% 27% 21% 9%	2090
	21st to end	Day	31% 5% 11% 18% 24% 10%	1903
March	1st to 10th	Day	37% 6% 12% 19% 19% 7%	4957
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 4 11% 26% 22% 16%	4980
	21st to end	Day	34% 7% 8% 26% 16% 8%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	31% 6% 14% 26% 18% 6%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 7% 12% 19% 20% 7%	2249
	21st to end	Day	30% 7% 10% 22% 24% 6%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	23% 10% 17% 30% 16% 3	5437
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 7% 18% 27% 14% 1	5860
	21st to end	Day	31% 9% 19% 30% 11%	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	56% 9% 18% 14% 4	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 12% 21% 16% 2	2600
	21st to end	Day	54% 11% 23% 11% 2	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	49% 14% 27% 8% 2	5835
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 14% 30% 11% 1	5831
	21st to end	Day	38% 14% 26% 22%	6240
August	1st to 10th	Day	47% 16% 29% 7% 1	4221
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 13% 29% 14% 7%	3965
	21st to end	Day	48% 15% 28% 7% 2	3954
September	1st to 10th	Day	53% 15% 19% 11% 1	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	53% 13% 20% 12% 2	2200
	21st to end	Day	50% 12% 18% 12% 7% 1	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	54% 10% 16% 12% 6% 2	3472
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 7% 10% 23% 22% 4	3240
	21st to end	Day	33% 6% 9% 25% 22% 5%	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	36% 7% 11% 19% 17% 9%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 7% 9% 21% 16% 8%	2100
	21st to end	Day	36% 6% 10% 22% 18% 7%	2100
December	1st to 10th	Day	27% 5% 17% 27% 15% 9%	3054
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 7% 11% 17% 17% 7%	3460
	21st to end	Day	44% 6% 12% 20% 15% 3	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	26% 4 11% 32% 20% 8%	7636
	11th to 20th	Night	50% 4 10% 20% 11% 5%	7680
	21st to end	Night	37% 4 11% 26% 14% 8%	8281
February	1st to 10th	Night	33% 6% 11% 21% 19% 10%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 6% 11% 25% 22% 8%	2425
	21st to end	Night	26% 5% 11% 22% 28% 8%	1903
March	1st to 10th	Night	34% 5% 12% 22% 21% 6%	4941
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 5% 18% 27% 17% 13%	4980
	21st to end	Night	31% 6% 12% 27% 21% 4	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	23% 6% 18% 29% 17% 7%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 6% 17% 23% 23% 5%	2098
	21st to end	Night	26% 7% 13% 26% 23% 5%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	23% 7% 24% 30% 13% 3	4520
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 7% 21% 32% 9%	4065
	21st to end	Night	29% 8% 22% 31% 10%	4429
June	1st to 10th	Night	47% 9% 24% 16% 4	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 11% 25% 20% 3	1800
	21st to end	Night	40% 15% 26% 16% 3	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	44% 13% 28% 14% 1	4015
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 15% 39% 9% 1	4006
	21st to end	Night	33% 13% 27% 24% 2	4297
August	1st to 10th	Night	37% 14% 36% 11% 2	2904
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 13% 30% 15% 7%	3116
	21st to end	Night	41% 15% 35% 9% 1	3937
September	1st to 10th	Night	45% 17% 24% 12% 1	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 13% 24% 15% 2	2200
	21st to end	Night	46% 12% 19% 15% 8% 1	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	54% 10% 14% 12% 8% 2	3707
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 7% 11% 25% 21% 3	3899
	21st to end	Night	33% 5% 10% 26% 20% 6%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	33% 6% 12% 21% 19% 8%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 6% 12% 26% 16% 7%	2520
	21st to end	Night	35% 5% 11% 23% 20% 6%	2520
December	1st to 10th	Night	25% 5% 16% 32% 13% 10%	4341
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 7% 12% 17% 15% 8%	4954
	21st to end	Night	44% 7% 14% 19% 11% 5%	6633

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	7% 15% 42% 24% 10% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 17% 38% 20% 8% 4	330
	21st to end	Day	18% 15% 46% 16% 5%	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	12% 12% 30% 31% 12% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 12% 32% 32% 12% 3	362
	21st to end	Day	7% 9% 32% 31% 19% 1	446
March	1st to 10th	Day	5% 12% 36% 32% 13% 2	508
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 9% 31% 31% 18% 3	500
	21st to end	Day	5% 11% 29% 32% 19% 4	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	5% 10% 37% 27% 16% 5%	500
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 9% 28% 32% 18% 6%	492
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 25% 32% 23% 10%	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 22% 33% 25% 12%	503
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 19% 28% 28% 13%	527
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 11% 24% 33% 21%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 12% 21% 30% 19%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 10% 19% 30% 32%	530
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 3 18% 28% 42%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 4 11% 30% 46%	525
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 3 15% 30% 44%	524
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 5% 17% 28% 41%	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 6% 17% 26% 44%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 3 13% 29% 47%	519
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 7% 23% 26% 32%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 3 5% 17% 26% 39%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 8% 23% 28% 30%	530
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 9% 24% 30% 26%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 3 15% 35% 24% 9%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 22% 33% 26% 8%	530
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 24% 34% 23% 7%	583
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 9% 20% 31% 24% 6%	535
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 7% 26% 34% 19% 4	540
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 28% 34% 22% 3	540
December	1st to 10th	Day	6% 10% 39% 28% 14% 3	351
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 11% 35% 29% 13% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	10% 11% 31% 31% 14% 3	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	10% 8% 30% 36% 16% 1	840
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 8% 31% 36% 11% 2	840
	21st to end	Night	12% 9% 36% 32% 10%	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	12% 8% 29% 38% 13%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 8% 32% 38% 13%	823
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 30% 41% 13%	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	6% 8% 37% 37% 10%	809
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 31% 39% 16% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	7% 7% 31% 40% 15%	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	5% 7% 32% 42% 14% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 6% 28% 43% 16% 1	791
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 27% 45% 18% 1	800
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 24% 45% 22% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 13% 42% 30% 3	610
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 8% 34% 41% 8%	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	13% 2 5% 30% 41% 9%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 5% 23% 44% 20%	600
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 2 16% 47% 25%	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 2 12% 48% 28%	585
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 2 11% 45% 35%	582
	21st to end	Night	4 2 2 11% 47% 34%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 4 14% 47% 30%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 2 14% 47% 30%	717
	21st to end	Night	11% 3 7% 19% 40% 21%	880
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 5% 16% 45% 23%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 4 22% 42% 17%	800
	21st to end	Night	14% 3 7% 23% 38% 15%	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 3 12% 37% 27% 8%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 13% 39% 32% 5%	800
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 21% 36% 26% 4	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 23% 37% 23% 2	820
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 24% 40% 22% 3	840
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 22% 39% 22% 1	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 23% 38% 23% 2	840
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 24% 38% 20% 3	840
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 28% 36% 21% 2	924

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