Transit Dreams Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Transit Dreams Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-09-29.

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	13% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 43%	148921
	Night	15% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 44%	142484
Transparency	Day	37% 8% 13% 20% 17% 6%	152619
	Night	38% 7% 11% 18% 19% 6%	146858
Seeing	Day	17% 9% 22% 24% 19% 9%	17677
	Night	17% 7% 23% 30% 20% 3	27685

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	16% 6% 2 4 2 2 2 2 4 6% 53%	5258
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 65%	5280
	21st to end	Day	21% 7% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 43%	5780
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 45%	1964
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 6% 2 4 4 3 4 3 4 6% 44%	2048
	21st to end	Day	19% 6% 2 5% 4 4 5% 3 4 5% 42%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 43%	4998
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 55%	5090
	21st to end	Day	19% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 5% 47%	5586
April	1st to 10th	Day	14% 4 2 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 8% 47%	2310
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 2 3 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 49%	2476
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 49%	2730
May	1st to 10th	Day	12% 7% 3 7% 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 39%	7616
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 3 7% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 38%	7626
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 9% 32%	8391
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 3 6% 6% 6% 6% 6% 9% 10% 33%	2730
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 7% 6% 9% 10% 39%	2730
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 5% 6% 5% 7% 6% 9% 10% 40%	2730
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 9% 12% 42%	7680
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 8% 6% 6% 7% 5% 9% 12% 33%	7680
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 2 8% 6% 7% 7% 6% 9% 12% 27%	8340
August	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 11% 23%	6014
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 1 5% 4 5% 7% 5% 8% 13% 42%	5951
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 50%	6087
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 4 6% 8% 46%	2310
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 7% 4 4 3 4 6% 8% 42%	2310
	21st to end	Day	16% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 5% 6% 43%	2288
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 1 3 2 3 3 2 5% 6% 55%	2146
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 1 4 2 2 3 2 4 5% 61%	2000
	21st to end	Day	14% 3 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 5% 58%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 1 5% 3 2 2 2 4 6% 55%	2014
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 4 1 4 3 2 4 3 4 7% 54%	1890
	21st to end	Day	16% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 53%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 5% 2 5% 3 2 3 3 4 5% 52%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 42%	3463
	21st to end	Day	24% 4 1 4 2 3 3 2 4 6% 47%	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 58%	7635
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 4 58%	7680
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 46%	8401
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 49%	2651
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 4 45%	2458
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 44%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 45%	5073
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 56%	5090
	21st to end	Night	17% 4 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 46%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 2 5% 4 3 5% 4 5% 7% 48%	2310
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 3 3 2 3 5% 7% 53%	2109
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 5% 51%	1890
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 37%	5237
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 5% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 38%	5234
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 8% 32%	5761
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 6% 9% 11% 32%	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 1 6% 4 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 39%	1890
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 1 7% 6% 5% 6% 5% 6% 11% 39%	1890
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 2 7% 6% 6% 7% 6% 9% 11% 32%	5278
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 6% 9% 12% 27%	5277
	21st to end	Night	13% 9% 3 10% 6% 7% 6% 5% 8% 11% 23%	5736
August	1st to 10th	Night	17% 10% 3 9% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 21%	4135
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 8% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 35%	4095
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 42%	4973
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 3 6% 10% 42%	2310
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 36%	2310
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 5% 6% 43%	2289
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 4 2 5% 4 3 3 4 4 5% 50%	2252
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 55%	2400
	21st to end	Night	15% 4 2 4 2 3 3 2 3 5% 58%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 54%	2501
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 54%	2730
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 5% 50%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 1 4 3 2 2 2 4 5% 53%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 44%	4952
	21st to end	Night	22% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 47%	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	35% 4 8% 21% 26% 6%	5259
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 3 4 12% 38% 16%	5280
	21st to end	Day	45% 2 6% 17% 20% 10%	5780
February	1st to 10th	Day	39% 4 11% 20% 21% 6%	1964
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 4 8% 19% 20% 6%	2058
	21st to end	Day	44% 6% 7% 15% 21% 7%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	43% 5% 7% 16% 17% 12%	4998
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 5% 7% 13% 25% 19%	5090
	21st to end	Day	39% 5% 8% 22% 21% 5%	5586
April	1st to 10th	Day	34% 6% 11% 21% 23% 6%	2310
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 6% 9% 20% 22% 9%	2476
	21st to end	Day	34% 6% 14% 24% 18% 4	2730
May	1st to 10th	Day	40% 9% 14% 22% 13% 2	7651
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 8% 15% 21% 13% 2	7630
	21st to end	Day	46% 10% 12% 17% 13% 2	8405
June	1st to 10th	Day	39% 12% 17% 22% 9% 2	2730
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 12% 21% 22% 12% 1	2730
	21st to end	Day	34% 12% 18% 20% 14% 2	2730
July	1st to 10th	Day	31% 12% 21% 26% 8% 1	7615
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 13% 27% 17% 4	7611
	21st to end	Day	45% 13% 17% 16% 8% 1	8156
August	1st to 10th	Day	51% 12% 18% 15% 4	6001
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 11% 26% 23% 10% 1	5990
	21st to end	Day	30% 9% 15% 28% 17% 2	6087
September	1st to 10th	Day	33% 10% 14% 20% 19% 3	2310
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 7% 14% 17% 19% 3	2310
	21st to end	Day	41% 6% 12% 18% 18% 5%	2288
October	1st to 10th	Day	26% 6% 7% 20% 32% 10%	3497
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 3 6% 18% 29% 25%	3240
	21st to end	Day	28% 4 5% 22% 24% 16%	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	31% 5% 8% 18% 28% 9%	2014
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 5% 7% 22% 25% 9%	1890
	21st to end	Day	35% 4 8% 22% 24% 7%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	36% 3 5% 19% 28% 9%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 5% 10% 15% 20% 8%	3460
	21st to end	Day	38% 4 9% 27% 19% 3	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	31% 3 10% 23% 27% 7%	7636
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 4 5% 14% 36% 11%	7680
	21st to end	Night	41% 3 6% 17% 23% 10%	8401
February	1st to 10th	Night	37% 5% 9% 21% 21% 7%	2651
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 5% 7% 16% 23% 6%	2459
	21st to end	Night	40% 6% 8% 16% 22% 7%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	39% 6% 8% 13% 26% 8%	5073
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 5% 8% 14% 29% 18%	5090
	21st to end	Night	38% 5% 7% 22% 20% 8%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	36% 5% 11% 18% 24% 6%	2310
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 5% 9% 24% 24% 8%	2109
	21st to end	Night	34% 7% 11% 23% 21% 4	1890
May	1st to 10th	Night	42% 8% 13% 23% 12% 2	5264
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 8% 15% 21% 12% 1	5235
	21st to end	Night	47% 10% 13% 18% 10% 2	5771
June	1st to 10th	Night	40% 12% 17% 19% 11% 2	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 12% 19% 21% 10% 1	1890
	21st to end	Night	36% 14% 17% 16% 14% 4	1890
July	1st to 10th	Night	41% 13% 21% 20% 5% 1	5235
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 14% 24% 14% 3 1	5226
	21st to end	Night	52% 12% 16% 13% 5% 2	5606
August	1st to 10th	Night	56% 12% 17% 12% 3	4124
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 12% 23% 19% 6%	4122
	21st to end	Night	36% 9% 14% 27% 13% 1	4973
September	1st to 10th	Night	36% 10% 15% 20% 15% 3	2310
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 11% 12% 15% 15% 2	2310
	21st to end	Night	42% 7% 11% 18% 18% 5%	2289
October	1st to 10th	Night	30% 7% 11% 17% 28% 8%	3681
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 3 6% 19% 27% 23%	3899
	21st to end	Night	29% 3 5% 20% 27% 16%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	34% 5% 7% 18% 26% 10%	2501
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 4 7% 17% 28% 11%	2730
	21st to end	Night	35% 4 6% 21% 26% 7%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	35% 3 6% 19% 28% 8%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 5% 9% 16% 19% 8%	4954
	21st to end	Night	39% 5% 10% 24% 20% 2	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	21% 19% 38% 18% 4	330
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 20% 32% 16% 6%	330
	21st to end	Day	24% 16% 41% 15% 4	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 22% 34% 18% 7%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 18% 30% 13% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	30% 22% 30% 14% 4	273
March	1st to 10th	Day	22% 16% 30% 23% 8% 1	517
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 18% 34% 23% 6% 1	540
	21st to end	Day	21% 15% 35% 22% 7% 1	594
April	1st to 10th	Day	19% 13% 31% 25% 11% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 14% 30% 27% 13% 2	532
	21st to end	Day	18% 9% 25% 28% 14% 6%	540
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 13% 32% 22% 14% 5%	543
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 17% 28% 22% 8%	567
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 17% 25% 23% 12%	617
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 16% 33% 23% 12%	570
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 16% 29% 24% 19%	570
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 14% 29% 28% 17%	570
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 8% 24% 31% 26%	565
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 6% 26% 32% 26%	564
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 9% 29% 31% 20%	620
August	1st to 10th	Day	22% 3 10% 24% 25% 17%	566
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 2 9% 26% 31% 20%	559
	21st to end	Day	14% 2 10% 21% 30% 23%	627
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 3 12% 25% 32% 19%	570
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 3 12% 18% 30% 19%	570
	21st to end	Day	20% 4 20% 24% 26% 7%	562
October	1st to 10th	Day	19% 3 16% 30% 24% 9%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 23% 29% 23% 5%	530
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 21% 32% 17% 5%	583
November	1st to 10th	Day	21% 7% 25% 28% 15% 4	492
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 15% 33% 26% 8% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	13% 15% 31% 27% 11% 2	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	28% 14% 34% 18% 6%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 13% 30% 23% 9% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	28% 12% 31% 20% 8% 1	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	20% 15% 33% 26% 5%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 13% 33% 29% 5%	840
	21st to end	Night	20% 12% 36% 29% 2	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 12% 32% 34% 3	840
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 13% 39% 23% 1	823
	21st to end	Night	20% 13% 39% 26% 3	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 12% 31% 35% 5%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 14% 34% 27% 7% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	19% 11% 33% 29% 7%	924
April	1st to 10th	Night	15% 12% 33% 30% 10%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 11% 29% 32% 13% 1	781
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 27% 34% 19% 1	630
May	1st to 10th	Night	12% 8% 27% 34% 18%	630
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 5% 18% 34% 24% 2	621
	21st to end	Night	18% 3 12% 29% 33% 5%	683
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 14% 34% 33% 4	630
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 12% 30% 31% 10%	630
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 9% 32% 41% 8%	630
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 1 7% 26% 45% 10%	615
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 1 7% 24% 46% 12%	612
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 8% 31% 41% 8%	690
August	1st to 10th	Night	19% 2 7% 26% 37% 9%	627
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 1 9% 28% 38% 10%	624
	21st to end	Night	12% 2 9% 27% 42% 9%	782
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 10% 29% 39% 8%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 2 12% 25% 36% 7%	840
	21st to end	Night	19% 3 15% 31% 28% 3	833
October	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 17% 30% 28% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 23% 33% 22% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 21% 36% 19% 2	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 21% 37% 17% 3	820
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 10% 28% 33% 12% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 31% 32% 13% 1	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	23% 10% 25% 33% 8%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 9% 30% 32% 9%	840
	21st to end	Night	26% 8% 25% 33% 8%	924

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