Strawberry Point Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Strawberry Point Observatory 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	3 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 60%	113714
	Night	2 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 64%	114522
Transparency	Day	21% 5% 8% 18% 27% 20%	113481
	Night	19% 5% 8% 19% 28% 21%	114345
Seeing	Day	9% 19% 30% 25% 13% 4	15412
	Night	6% 13% 24% 30% 22% 5%	25677

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	1 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 5% 7% 60%	4098
	11th to 20th	Day	1 5% 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 7% 71%	4100
	21st to end	Day	3 12% 4 7% 3 2 3 2 3 5% 56%	4510
February	1st to 10th	Day	2 10% 3 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 57%	1820
	11th to 20th	Day	3 9% 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 6% 55%	1950
	21st to end	Day	3 9% 3 7% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 55%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	2 10% 3 7% 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 52%	3443
	11th to 20th	Day	3 12% 3 6% 4 5% 5% 3 6% 8% 45%	3600
	21st to end	Day	2 10% 4 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 45%	3892
April	1st to 10th	Day	3 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 6% 56%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	2 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 6% 8% 58%	2329
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 1 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 59%	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 61%	4110
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 1 4 3 5% 5% 5% 8% 7% 55%	4071
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 64%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 68%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 5% 72%	2470
	21st to end	Day	1 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 68%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 4 74%	4110
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 5% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 47%	4110
	21st to end	Day	3 4 2 6% 6% 6% 6% 6% 6% 7% 49%	4454
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 2 6% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 9% 44%	4092
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 63%	4028
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 5% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 6% 59%	4340
September	1st to 10th	Day	4 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 4 7% 55%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 4 3 4 3 2 4 5% 68%	2090
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 4 3 2 4 3 4 5% 67%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 4 71%	3440
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 67%	3150
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 4 3 2 2 2 3 4 75%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 2 3 2 3 3 2 4 6% 67%	1793
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 6% 70%	1800
	21st to end	Day	3 6% 2 4 3 2 2 3 5% 8% 60%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	1 5% 1 4 2 2 3 5% 6% 6% 65%	2950
	11th to 20th	Day	4 7% 2 4 3 4 4 3 6% 7% 55%	3409
	21st to end	Day	3 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 54%	4510
January	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 64%	5867
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 5% 71%	5880
	21st to end	Night	2 8% 3 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 58%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Night	2 9% 3 4 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 57%	2575
	11th to 20th	Night	2 9% 2 4 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 58%	2338
	21st to end	Night	3 9% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 7% 55%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	2 13% 3 6% 3 3 5% 4 6% 7% 49%	3649
	11th to 20th	Night	3 8% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 51%	3600
	21st to end	Night	3 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 52%	3899
April	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 2 5% 3 4 3 4 5% 7% 63%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 64%	1793
	21st to end	Night	3 4 1 4 2 2 3 4 6% 8% 63%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 7% 69%	2860
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 2 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 71%	2834
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 69%	3110
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 2 2 3 5% 8% 70%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 4 6% 74%	1710
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 5% 74%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 80%	2860
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 2 4 4 4 6% 5% 8% 9% 52%	2860
	21st to end	Night	1 3 1 4 3 4 5% 5% 8% 8% 57%	3109
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 4 4 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 53%	2847
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 6% 8% 67%	2811
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 5% 6% 71%	3325
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 6% 6% 64%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 73%	2090
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 3 2 1 2 2 2 4 77%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 76%	3538
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 67%	3778
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 3 3 2 3 2 4 5% 71%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 2 3 3 2 3 2 4 6% 69%	2502
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 70%	2600
	21st to end	Night	3 6% 2 4 2 3 2 2 4 7% 65%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 2 3 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 67%	4240
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 1 3 2 3 3 4 7% 10% 58%	4811
	21st to end	Night	2 6% 3 5% 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 57%	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	22% 7% 12% 26% 25% 8%	4099
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 12% 19% 23% 26%	4100
	21st to end	Day	31% 5% 6% 21% 24% 13%	4510
February	1st to 10th	Day	27% 4 13% 22% 24% 10%	1820
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 4 9% 21% 25% 12%	1960
	21st to end	Day	30% 5% 9% 18% 28% 11%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	29% 6% 8% 25% 21% 12%	3443
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 9% 12% 24% 19% 5%	3600
	21st to end	Day	30% 7% 12% 24% 22% 4	3892
April	1st to 10th	Day	25% 5% 8% 23% 26% 12%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 4 8% 23% 30% 13%	2332
	21st to end	Day	22% 4 8% 24% 33% 9%	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	21% 4 7% 15% 36% 17%	4110
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 8% 10% 18% 33% 15%	4074
	21st to end	Day	16% 5% 6% 13% 40% 21%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 2 7% 16% 37% 25%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 3 5% 9% 27% 43%	2470
	21st to end	Day	14% 4 3 10% 25% 44%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 4 6% 11% 63%	4046
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 8% 8% 13% 25% 23%	4041
	21st to end	Day	25% 9% 11% 16% 10% 29%	4314
August	1st to 10th	Day	26% 8% 11% 22% 14% 18%	4078
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 5% 11% 15% 22% 27%	4067
	21st to end	Day	22% 5% 6% 14% 25% 28%	4339
September	1st to 10th	Day	25% 6% 7% 12% 22% 28%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 3 6% 17% 25% 30%	2090
	21st to end	Day	18% 4 5% 13% 34% 26%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 5% 11% 34% 33%	3440
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 3 4 21% 34% 20%	3150
	21st to end	Day	16% 2 4 20% 39% 19%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 3 6% 23% 34% 16%	1793
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 8% 24% 35% 15%	1800
	21st to end	Day	22% 4 9% 20% 30% 16%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	18% 4 7% 22% 28% 21%	2950
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 5% 8% 21% 31% 8%	3408
	21st to end	Day	25% 6% 13% 22% 26% 8%	4510
January	1st to 10th	Night	22% 5% 10% 28% 26% 10%	5867
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 10% 24% 22% 23%	5880
	21st to end	Night	27% 5% 7% 19% 25% 16%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Night	27% 4 11% 24% 22% 12%	2575
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 4 8% 18% 27% 16%	2339
	21st to end	Night	30% 5% 8% 17% 29% 11%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	28% 7% 10% 22% 23% 10%	3649
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 8% 12% 29% 20% 6%	3600
	21st to end	Night	26% 8% 10% 24% 26% 5%	3899
April	1st to 10th	Night	21% 5% 7% 26% 28% 13%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 4 9% 24% 32% 13%	1793
	21st to end	Night	18% 5% 8% 22% 37% 10%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 6% 16% 39% 18%	2860
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 6% 17% 41% 19%	2835
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 6% 12% 40% 23%	3110
June	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 6% 13% 39% 28%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 6% 9% 25% 46%	1710
	21st to end	Night	11% 3 4 9% 25% 49%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 4 6% 10% 68%	2815
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 6% 6% 16% 24% 25%	2806
	21st to end	Night	20% 6% 13% 22% 12% 27%	3011
August	1st to 10th	Night	23% 5% 13% 23% 15% 21%	2838
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 13% 15% 22% 31%	2838
	21st to end	Night	14% 4 7% 13% 25% 37%	3325
September	1st to 10th	Night	18% 5% 8% 15% 23% 31%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 6% 15% 25% 35%	2090
	21st to end	Night	13% 3 5% 14% 35% 30%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 4 11% 28% 41%	3538
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 4 4 18% 35% 20%	3778
	21st to end	Night	15% 3 4 15% 41% 21%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 9% 22% 32% 16%	2502
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 3 9% 22% 37% 16%	2600
	21st to end	Night	21% 3 7% 17% 34% 18%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 3 7% 19% 29% 23%	4240
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 5% 9% 27% 32% 7%	4811
	21st to end	Night	25% 6% 11% 23% 27% 9%	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% 26% 31% 19% 9% 2	300
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 25% 28% 21% 9% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	9% 24% 28% 25% 12% 2	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 32% 28% 15% 8% 3	320
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 27% 35% 17% 5% 1	495
	21st to end	Day	14% 32% 31% 19% 3 1	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	17% 28% 29% 16% 9% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 26% 34% 18% 8% 1	500
	21st to end	Day	15% 33% 33% 14% 5%	531
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 27% 37% 16% 9% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 31% 33% 15% 6% 1	452
	21st to end	Day	12% 27% 30% 20% 8% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 26% 36% 17% 6% 1	463
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 19% 33% 26% 10% 4	488
	21st to end	Day	10% 22% 33% 23% 10% 3	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 14% 37% 31% 12% 2	490
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 14% 41% 25% 11% 3	490
	21st to end	Day	4 10% 38% 32% 12% 3	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 7% 29% 40% 16% 5%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	4 5% 23% 37% 23% 8%	484
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 19% 39% 24% 7%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 6% 26% 38% 19% 6%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 6% 29% 34% 17% 7%	477
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 30% 32% 19% 8%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	4 9% 25% 31% 22% 9%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 17% 30% 27% 16% 5%	490
	21st to end	Day	6% 15% 27% 31% 17% 6%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 21% 27% 23% 15% 7%	466
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 17% 23% 25% 18% 6%	300
	21st to end	Day	10% 21% 27% 25% 15% 2	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	9% 24% 26% 24% 14% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 19% 34% 23% 13% 5%	300
	21st to end	Day	9% 23% 24% 24% 17% 3	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	6% 21% 32% 22% 18% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 24% 30% 23% 12% 5%	300
	21st to end	Day	15% 26% 32% 18% 8% 1	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	9% 17% 26% 24% 17% 7%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 16% 29% 28% 16% 5%	800
	21st to end	Night	8% 15% 30% 27% 15% 4	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	10% 17% 32% 24% 13% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 17% 35% 26% 11% 3	784
	21st to end	Night	10% 21% 28% 28% 11% 3	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	10% 20% 30% 27% 12% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 17% 26% 27% 20% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	6% 22% 32% 27% 11% 2	862
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 23% 30% 24% 16% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 23% 32% 24% 12% 3	633
	21st to end	Night	6% 23% 30% 24% 14% 3	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	7% 14% 36% 29% 12% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	3 13% 27% 32% 22% 3	561
	21st to end	Night	5% 15% 28% 29% 21% 2	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 9% 25% 42% 21% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	2 10% 29% 36% 20% 3	570
	21st to end	Night	2 5% 24% 41% 25% 4	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 18% 36% 38% 6%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 12% 36% 41% 8%	552
	21st to end	Night	3 7% 34% 48% 8%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 12% 38% 39% 6%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 9% 38% 43% 6%	564
	21st to end	Night	4 2 11% 35% 38% 10%	712
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 10% 31% 40% 10%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	4 6% 16% 34% 31% 8%	760
	21st to end	Night	4 8% 16% 31% 31% 9%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 9% 24% 32% 24% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 11% 22% 32% 22% 8%	760
	21st to end	Night	4 18% 19% 29% 24% 7%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	6% 12% 26% 29% 21% 7%	780
	11th to 20th	Night	4 13% 28% 29% 19% 6%	800
	21st to end	Night	8% 15% 24% 27% 21% 5%	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 14% 25% 30% 20% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 15% 28% 30% 17% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	9% 21% 29% 26% 13% 2	880

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