Sydenham
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Sydenham clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-05-02.

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	17% 10% 3 8% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 33%	132073
	Night	17% 11% 4 8% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 32%	130398
Transparency	Day	50% 6% 12% 21% 10% 1	135590
	Night	51% 6% 12% 19% 11% 1	134968
Seeing	Day	23% 16% 31% 19% 8% 3	16316
	Night	23% 13% 31% 24% 9% 1	25621

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover NE (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	14% 14% 4 11% 6% 5% 4 4 5% 5% 26%	4661
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 21% 8% 16% 6% 5% 4 3 4 4 17%	4650
	21st to end	Day	12% 17% 8% 14% 7% 6% 5% 3 4 4 20%	5600
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 15% 4 12% 6% 5% 4 3 6% 6% 23%	1890
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 16% 5% 12% 6% 5% 4 4 5% 5% 26%	1843
	21st to end	Day	19% 15% 4 10% 7% 6% 4 3 4 5% 23%	1713
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 13% 4 9% 5% 4 3 2 4 5% 31%	4712
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 14% 4 9% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 32%	5090
	21st to end	Day	20% 10% 3 8% 4 4 3 2 3 5% 37%	5812
April	1st to 10th	Day	21% 13% 3 8% 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 32%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 11% 2 5% 4 4 4 2 4 5% 37%	2494
	21st to end	Day	22% 11% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 33%	2631
May	1st to 10th	Day	25% 10% 3 9% 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 27%	6329
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 9% 3 8% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 34%	6318
	21st to end	Day	21% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 34%	6949
June	1st to 10th	Day	20% 7% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 33%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 38%	2800
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 8% 36%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 10% 38%	6360
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 44%	6360
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 45%	6926
August	1st to 10th	Day	17% 7% 2 7% 3 4 4 3 6% 8% 38%	4334
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 37%	4150
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 2 5% 4 3 5% 4 6% 9% 41%	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 44%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 50%	2400
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 39%	2118
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 6% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 4 7% 38%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 8% 32%	2000
	21st to end	Day	26% 9% 3 7% 4 5% 4 4 5% 5% 28%	2100
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 10% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 34%	1847
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 12% 4 9% 6% 5% 4 2 5% 7% 31%	1680
	21st to end	Day	21% 15% 4 8% 5% 4 4 4 5% 5% 25%	1680
December	1st to 10th	Day	21% 15% 4 10% 5% 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 21%	2680
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 19% 5% 10% 5% 3 4 3 4 4 24%	3066
	21st to end	Day	23% 16% 5% 10% 5% 4 3 2 3 5% 25%	4048
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 14% 6% 12% 6% 5% 5% 3 4 5% 23%	8234
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 17% 7% 16% 7% 6% 5% 3 4 5% 17%	8235
	21st to end	Night	14% 14% 6% 11% 6% 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 24%	8564
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 14% 4 10% 7% 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 25%	2730
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 13% 5% 10% 6% 4 4 3 5% 6% 29%	2663
	21st to end	Night	17% 13% 4 9% 6% 5% 4 3 5% 6% 28%	2092
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 11% 4 8% 5% 5% 4 3 4 5% 30%	5346
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 12% 4 7% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 8% 32%	5089
	21st to end	Night	21% 9% 3 7% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 36%	5361
April	1st to 10th	Night	22% 10% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 33%	2100
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 10% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 38%	2075
	21st to end	Night	21% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 34%	2006
May	1st to 10th	Night	28% 11% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 27%	3631
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 9% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 40%	3575
	21st to end	Night	18% 8% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 7% 35%	3926
June	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 6% 4 6% 8% 35%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 6% 6% 4 5% 4 6% 9% 42%	1600
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 2 6% 6% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 38%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 38%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 2 6% 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 46%	3600
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 50%	3926
August	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 45%	2811
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 6% 7% 45%	2875
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 2 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 9% 42%	3576
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 48%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 6% 6% 53%	2000
	21st to end	Night	18% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 42%	2279
October	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 4 6% 40%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 34%	2400
	21st to end	Night	22% 9% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 5% 31%	2739
November	1st to 10th	Night	19% 10% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 38%	2667
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 11% 3 6% 4 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 34%	2940
	21st to end	Night	20% 12% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 27%	2940
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 16% 4 9% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 20%	4720
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 15% 4 8% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 27%	5348
	21st to end	Night	27% 15% 4 9% 4 4 3 2 4 4 22%	7150

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	59% 6% 11% 17% 6% 1	4662
	11th to 20th	Day	71% 5% 8% 8% 7% 1	4680
	21st to end	Day	66% 5% 8% 11% 9% 1	5600
February	1st to 10th	Day	62% 5% 9% 17% 6% 1	1890
	11th to 20th	Day	61% 5% 10% 15% 9% 1	1852
	21st to end	Day	64% 5% 9% 12% 9% 1	1713
March	1st to 10th	Day	56% 4 10% 14% 14% 2	4715
	11th to 20th	Day	52% 5% 19% 12% 11% 2	5090
	21st to end	Day	50% 4 6% 20% 16% 3	5812
April	1st to 10th	Day	56% 4 8% 17% 13% 3	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	50% 4 8% 20% 15% 2	2494
	21st to end	Day	54% 5% 8% 17% 13% 3	2631
May	1st to 10th	Day	58% 6% 9% 17% 9% 2	6340
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 7% 10% 19% 14% 1	6322
	21st to end	Day	48% 6% 13% 21% 10% 2	6949
June	1st to 10th	Day	48% 8% 11% 19% 13% 1	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 6% 12% 26% 13% 2	2800
	21st to end	Day	45% 8% 14% 21% 12% 1	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	40% 6% 15% 27% 12%	6290
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 6% 16% 29% 14%	6285
	21st to end	Day	34% 6% 15% 35% 10%	6728
August	1st to 10th	Day	44% 6% 15% 25% 10% 1	4320
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 7% 14% 27% 9% 1	4189
	21st to end	Day	38% 5% 16% 30% 11%	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	37% 6% 15% 29% 12% 1	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 5% 13% 31% 16% 1	2400
	21st to end	Day	43% 7% 13% 27% 10%	2118
October	1st to 10th	Day	40% 5% 15% 30% 10%	3260
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 5% 15% 27% 8% 1	3240
	21st to end	Day	49% 7% 13% 23% 8%	3377
November	1st to 10th	Day	48% 8% 13% 22% 9% 1	1847
	11th to 20th	Day	54% 6% 11% 18% 11% 1	1680
	21st to end	Day	60% 7% 13% 12% 8%	1680
December	1st to 10th	Day	66% 4 16% 10% 4	2680
	11th to 20th	Day	65% 4 11% 13% 7%	3066
	21st to end	Day	64% 4 10% 16% 6%	4048
January	1st to 10th	Night	62% 6% 13% 13% 6%	8234
	11th to 20th	Night	69% 7% 8% 11% 6%	8280
	21st to end	Night	61% 5% 9% 13% 12% 1	8564
February	1st to 10th	Night	60% 6% 10% 17% 6% 1	2730
	11th to 20th	Night	57% 4 10% 19% 9% 1	2665
	21st to end	Night	56% 6% 11% 18% 9% 1	2092
March	1st to 10th	Night	57% 4 7% 17% 11% 4	5356
	11th to 20th	Night	49% 5% 17% 17% 9% 3	5090
	21st to end	Night	49% 3 9% 21% 16% 2	5361
April	1st to 10th	Night	51% 5% 8% 20% 14% 2	2100
	11th to 20th	Night	49% 4 9% 19% 17% 1	2075
	21st to end	Night	51% 4 8% 17% 16% 3	2006
May	1st to 10th	Night	58% 5% 9% 15% 10% 3	3637
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 7% 13% 21% 14% 2	3576
	21st to end	Night	47% 6% 12% 19% 15% 1	3927
June	1st to 10th	Night	46% 8% 12% 21% 13% 1	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 6% 14% 21% 19% 2	1600
	21st to end	Night	44% 9% 12% 22% 13% 1	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	41% 5% 16% 20% 17% 1	3560
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 6% 12% 32% 13% 1	3552
	21st to end	Night	32% 7% 13% 33% 13% 2	3809
August	1st to 10th	Night	38% 6% 14% 27% 13% 1	2801
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 6% 14% 32% 11% 1	2902
	21st to end	Night	35% 7% 16% 30% 11% 1	3576
September	1st to 10th	Night	36% 6% 13% 30% 14% 1	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 5% 15% 34% 15% 1	2000
	21st to end	Night	42% 6% 10% 28% 13% 1	2279
October	1st to 10th	Night	37% 6% 11% 27% 18% 1	3920
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 5% 15% 27% 10%	3899
	21st to end	Night	48% 6% 14% 24% 8%	4412
November	1st to 10th	Night	46% 5% 14% 23% 11% 1	2667
	11th to 20th	Night	50% 6% 13% 19% 11% 2	2940
	21st to end	Night	58% 7% 12% 16% 6%	2940
December	1st to 10th	Night	63% 5% 14% 14% 4	4720
	11th to 20th	Night	60% 6% 10% 15% 9% 1	5348
	21st to end	Night	66% 4 9% 11% 10%	7150

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	26% 19% 38% 13% 4	220
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 19% 30% 13% 2 1	220
	21st to end	Day	27% 22% 31% 16% 4	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	33% 25% 29% 11% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 27% 35% 8%	330
	21st to end	Day	33% 20% 34% 11% 2	429
March	1st to 10th	Day	27% 21% 32% 16% 4	540
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 21% 30% 15% 3	540
	21st to end	Day	34% 20% 28% 12% 5% 1	594
April	1st to 10th	Day	32% 22% 30% 12% 4	540
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 23% 23% 12% 7% 2	532
	21st to end	Day	28% 23% 31% 11% 6% 1	540
May	1st to 10th	Day	24% 16% 30% 22% 6% 2	507
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 14% 36% 20% 8% 2	527
	21st to end	Day	18% 15% 31% 24% 9% 2	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	23% 13% 34% 22% 7% 2	530
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 15% 35% 21% 11% 2	530
	21st to end	Day	20% 14% 33% 21% 9% 2	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	13% 10% 31% 29% 15% 3	525
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 32% 27% 14% 5%	524
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 37% 28% 11% 4	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	13% 8% 31% 28% 16% 4	526
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 29% 29% 16% 6%	519
	21st to end	Day	14% 10% 33% 25% 11% 7%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 11% 30% 26% 12% 7%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 10% 23% 26% 19% 12%	530
	21st to end	Day	17% 12% 29% 25% 13% 3	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	26% 15% 25% 18% 12% 4	530
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 22% 31% 15% 6% 2	530
	21st to end	Day	30% 19% 26% 21% 3	528
November	1st to 10th	Day	28% 19% 28% 17% 7%	421
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 17% 38% 10% 7% 2	220
	21st to end	Day	29% 23% 34% 10% 4	220
December	1st to 10th	Day	34% 20% 31% 11% 4	220
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 23% 34% 9% 2	220
	21st to end	Day	36% 19% 32% 11% 3	242
January	1st to 10th	Night	29% 18% 32% 17% 4	840
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 20% 28% 17% 5%	840
	21st to end	Night	22% 17% 35% 21% 5%	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	26% 18% 33% 21% 2	840
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 17% 39% 17% 3	823
	21st to end	Night	26% 20% 33% 18% 3	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	25% 18% 34% 20% 3	840
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 17% 30% 20% 4 1	840
	21st to end	Night	25% 13% 37% 18% 6%	924
April	1st to 10th	Night	26% 15% 35% 21% 3	840
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 18% 33% 17% 7% 1	831
	21st to end	Night	26% 12% 30% 23% 9%	746
May	1st to 10th	Night	26% 9% 28% 25% 11% 1	418
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 10% 36% 32% 8%	394
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 36% 30% 12% 1	433
June	1st to 10th	Night	16% 8% 34% 32% 10% 1	400
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 9% 31% 33% 12% 1	400
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 27% 39% 13%	400
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 28% 38% 19%	390
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 28% 38% 16% 1	388
	21st to end	Night	13% 3 27% 41% 15% 1	438
August	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 25% 36% 23% 1	532
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 24% 33% 23% 3	594
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 29% 36% 17% 2	870
September	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 28% 32% 17% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 21% 28% 26% 6%	800
	21st to end	Night	19% 9% 25% 27% 18% 3	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	21% 12% 28% 20% 17% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 15% 29% 22% 8% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	26% 16% 29% 24% 5%	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	26% 14% 30% 21% 8%	820
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 17% 32% 18% 7% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	30% 18% 30% 16% 7%	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	30% 18% 29% 19% 3	840
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 20% 33% 16% 3 1	840
	21st to end	Night	35% 16% 30% 17% 2	924

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