Telescope Row
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Telescope Row clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-04.

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% 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 64%	104983
	Night	9% 6% 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 6% 57%	102780
Transparency	Day	24% 2 6% 18% 25% 25%	104738
	Night	29% 3 6% 17% 22% 23%	102614
Seeing	Day	11% 10% 23% 31% 19% 6%	15414
	Night	12% 5% 13% 32% 30% 8%	24775

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	20% 10% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 3 6% 40%	2672
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 8% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 3 4 6% 34%	2860
	21st to end	Day	22% 10% 4 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 30%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	18% 8% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 44%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 6% 44%	1784
	21st to end	Day	16% 9% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 46%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 14% 4 10% 7% 6% 5% 4 5% 6% 25%	3342
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 53%	3490
	21st to end	Day	14% 13% 4 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 32%	3912
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 44%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 54%	2249
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 58%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 5% 70%	3831
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 5% 79%	4206
	21st to end	Day	3 4 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 5% 72%	4813
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 4 2 2 3 3 4 6% 65%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 5% 80%	2660
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 83%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 91%	4420
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 85%	4174
	21st to end	Day	1 1 2 2 2 4 86%	4455
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 2 1 2 3 3 4 5% 78%	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 1 2 3 89%	3766
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 85%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 86%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 73%	2280
	21st to end	Day	3 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 4 79%	2032
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 6% 75%	3180
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 2 2 2 4 2 4 6% 72%	3161
	21st to end	Day	4 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 64%	3448
November	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 4 4 3 5% 3 5% 6% 53%	1833
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 1 5% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 54%	1710
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 1 4 2 2 4 3 5% 7% 54%	1606
December	1st to 10th	Day	12% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 46%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 10% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 31%	1928
	21st to end	Day	15% 13% 3 8% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 34%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 11% 3 6% 3 4 4 4 5% 5% 41%	4273
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 9% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 5% 32%	4110
	21st to end	Night	22% 13% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 31%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 8% 2 4 4 3 3 2 4 6% 47%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 8% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 7% 43%	2283
	21st to end	Night	13% 9% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 47%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 17% 4 7% 3 4 4 2 4 4 31%	3530
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 1 3 5% 54%	3490
	21st to end	Night	16% 17% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 5% 33%	3739
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 9% 2 4 5% 4 5% 3 5% 6% 44%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 53%	1879
	21st to end	Night	6% 7% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 9% 55%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	3 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 2 3 5% 60%	3130
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 5% 8% 71%	2689
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 3 2 2 4 2 4 6% 69%	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 5% 8% 65%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 6% 74%	1520
	21st to end	Night	2 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 82%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 1 1 3 89%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 3 2 3 5% 81%	2788
	21st to end	Night	1 2 2 7% 3 4 6% 74%	3109
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 6% 76%	2848
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 4 2 3 4 84%	3081
	21st to end	Night	2 1 2 1 2 3 2 3 5% 79%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 5% 82%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 3 2 2 4 2 4 5% 70%	1900
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 78%	2143
October	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 76%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 2 7% 3 4 6% 66%	3777
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 63%	4121
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 3 2 4 3 5% 6% 56%	2318
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 2 4 3 3 4 4 7% 7% 51%	2470
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 1 4 4 3 3 3 4 6% 56%	2569
December	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 48%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 10% 3 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 31%	3276
	21st to end	Night	17% 10% 3 9% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 32%	4862

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	47% 3 8% 28% 11% 3	2672
	11th to 20th	Day	52% 2 10% 16% 12% 8%	2860
	21st to end	Day	55% 3 7% 17% 14% 6%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	41% 4 5% 20% 20% 11%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 4 7% 18% 23% 8%	1793
	21st to end	Day	42% 3 6% 22% 20% 7%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	60% 4 7% 14% 12% 3	3342
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 3 8% 28% 17% 12%	3490
	21st to end	Day	52% 4 11% 20% 11% 3	3912
April	1st to 10th	Day	40% 4 11% 20% 20% 6%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 4 12% 24% 22% 7%	2252
	21st to end	Day	25% 3 11% 30% 25% 6%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	18% 3 7% 30% 29% 13%	3831
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 1 3 30% 39% 15%	4209
	21st to end	Day	17% 1 6% 34% 35% 6%	4814
June	1st to 10th	Day	21% 3 8% 26% 30% 12%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 2 7% 21% 38% 23%	2660
	21st to end	Day	9% 1 2 12% 31% 44%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 1 5% 15% 75%	4351
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 3 7% 15% 67%	4102
	21st to end	Day	3 1 3 6% 29% 58%	4315
August	1st to 10th	Day	10% 1 2 8% 27% 52%	4076
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 2 7% 39% 49%	3802
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 2 9% 35% 46%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 1 1 8% 31% 51%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 2 3 22% 36% 22%	2280
	21st to end	Day	11% 2 2 21% 39% 26%	2032
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 4 11% 28% 42%	3180
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 7% 23% 31% 22%	3161
	21st to end	Day	19% 4 6% 20% 30% 20%	3448
November	1st to 10th	Day	30% 4 6% 21% 24% 15%	1833
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 4 9% 20% 24% 12%	1710
	21st to end	Day	31% 2 8% 17% 30% 12%	1606
December	1st to 10th	Day	39% 4 8% 19% 18% 13%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	56% 3 6% 14% 15% 6%	1928
	21st to end	Day	50% 3 9% 21% 13% 4	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	43% 4 14% 22% 13% 5%	4273
	11th to 20th	Night	52% 3 11% 15% 10% 9%	4110
	21st to end	Night	55% 3 7% 15% 11% 9%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	39% 3 6% 19% 20% 14%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 4 7% 17% 22% 11%	2285
	21st to end	Night	36% 5% 7% 26% 18% 7%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	57% 3 9% 14% 13% 5%	3530
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 2 5% 24% 23% 12%	3490
	21st to end	Night	52% 4 8% 19% 12% 4	3739
April	1st to 10th	Night	37% 5% 11% 19% 21% 6%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 3 8% 26% 21% 9%	1879
	21st to end	Night	26% 6% 7% 28% 26% 8%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	21% 6% 7% 20% 29% 17%	3130
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 1 4 31% 31% 16%	2689
	21st to end	Night	16% 2 6% 33% 30% 13%	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	19% 3 9% 25% 28% 16%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 6% 14% 32% 33%	1520
	21st to end	Night	11% 1 2 13% 29% 45%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 3 16% 75%	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 4 6% 19% 63%	2737
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 8% 6% 28% 50%	3011
August	1st to 10th	Night	12% 1 1 7% 26% 52%	2839
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 3 6% 33% 52%	3111
	21st to end	Night	9% 1 5% 7% 34% 43%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 1 6% 24% 59%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 3 2 19% 34% 26%	1900
	21st to end	Night	12% 2 2 19% 34% 32%	2143
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 3 11% 18% 54%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 8% 20% 27% 24%	3777
	21st to end	Night	23% 3 4 20% 27% 25%	4121
November	1st to 10th	Night	28% 4 7% 19% 22% 20%	2318
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 4 7% 21% 27% 12%	2470
	21st to end	Night	30% 3 7% 18% 23% 18%	2569
December	1st to 10th	Night	38% 3 6% 17% 20% 15%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	54% 3 8% 13% 17% 6%	3276
	21st to end	Night	53% 4 10% 15% 13% 5%	4862

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	34% 11% 25% 19% 10% 1	261
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 13% 23% 27% 14% 3	370
	21st to end	Day	20% 10% 24% 26% 17% 3	407
February	1st to 10th	Day	23% 16% 23% 20% 14% 5%	370
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 16% 25% 25% 10%	423
	21st to end	Day	22% 14% 26% 27% 9% 2	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	26% 15% 28% 23% 7% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 18% 19% 22% 13% 3	460
	21st to end	Day	22% 17% 31% 20% 9%	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	19% 16% 29% 22% 13% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 16% 29% 22% 13% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	9% 18% 29% 27% 12% 6%	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 14% 32% 27% 10% 3	463
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 13% 31% 26% 16% 5%	488
	21st to end	Day	9% 11% 24% 31% 20% 6%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 10% 28% 28% 18% 8%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	3 12% 29% 36% 14% 5%	490
	21st to end	Day	2 4 24% 40% 21% 9%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 3 18% 40% 31% 8%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 13% 42% 34% 10%	484
	21st to end	Day	1 13% 44% 28% 15%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 19% 39% 28% 10%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	1 3 21% 38% 26% 12%	477
	21st to end	Day	1 2 15% 39% 31% 11%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 17% 42% 29% 7%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	3 9% 22% 39% 20% 6%	490
	21st to end	Day	5% 7% 19% 41% 24% 4	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 11% 22% 35% 22% 6%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 9% 22% 32% 24% 7%	490
	21st to end	Day	9% 7% 26% 34% 19% 5%	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 10% 21% 27% 24% 5%	411
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 8% 21% 30% 23% 10%	270
	21st to end	Day	13% 9% 23% 34% 17% 5%	221
December	1st to 10th	Day	17% 14% 16% 28% 17% 7%	180
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 16% 16% 27% 14% 7%	180
	21st to end	Day	25% 14% 20% 22% 13% 6%	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 7% 14% 31% 20% 8%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 14% 33% 22% 9%	760
	21st to end	Night	22% 5% 12% 33% 21% 7%	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 8% 12% 32% 21% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 8% 16% 31% 19% 6%	744
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 18% 34% 18% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 8% 14% 31% 19% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 8% 14% 27% 24% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 9% 19% 31% 20% 3	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 19% 32% 21% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 10% 18% 33% 20% 5%	751
	21st to end	Night	9% 10% 24% 28% 21% 9%	760
May	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 24% 32% 24% 7%	736
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 12% 33% 37% 7%	482
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 14% 36% 33% 7%	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 15% 36% 33% 7%	380
	11th to 20th	Night	1 5% 14% 39% 36% 4	380
	21st to end	Night	2 7% 38% 46% 7%	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 7% 34% 50% 9%	370
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 2 26% 56% 15%	509
	21st to end	Night	1 1 2 24% 55% 17%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 5% 29% 51% 13%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	1 7% 37% 43% 12%	719
	21st to end	Night	1 5% 28% 53% 13%	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 7% 34% 44% 12%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 10% 34% 40% 10%	760
	21st to end	Night	3 3 9% 34% 37% 13%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 11% 36% 35% 11%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 9% 34% 34% 11%	760
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 12% 33% 27% 17%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 12% 32% 29% 10%	754
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 15% 34% 27% 8%	760
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 14% 37% 24% 8%	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 6% 15% 32% 23% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 6% 14% 30% 19% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	22% 10% 17% 29% 19% 4	836

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