Vista Hill
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Vista Hill clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-11-18.

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	4 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 61%	135320
	Night	5% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 54%	132518
Transparency	Day	22% 4 10% 20% 26% 18%	130253
	Night	26% 5% 10% 19% 23% 16%	128571
Seeing	Day	8% 12% 27% 31% 18% 5%	16824
	Night	9% 7% 17% 32% 29% 6%	26159

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	9% 6% 2 6% 5% 3 5% 3 6% 8% 46%	3937
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 3 8% 4 5% 3 2 4 5% 52%	4100
	21st to end	Day	10% 9% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 39%	4510
February	1st to 10th	Day	10% 8% 3 7% 4 5% 4 4 5% 6% 43%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 41%	1849
	21st to end	Day	9% 8% 3 8% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 45%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	9% 8% 3 9% 6% 7% 7% 6% 7% 7% 31%	4883
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 4 7% 8% 46%	5000
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 2 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 35%	5563
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 8% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 45%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 2 4 4 4 3 3 6% 7% 54%	2369
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 9% 56%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 3 1 2 2 2 4 5% 75%	5589
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 6% 76%	5922
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 5% 8% 70%	6902
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 62%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 5% 7% 75%	2800
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 6% 78%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 2 2 5% 86%	6282
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 2 4 8% 79%	5880
	21st to end	Day	1 1 2 2 2 3 3 6% 10% 70%	6402
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 2 1 2 3 2 4 8% 76%	5777
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 7% 79%	5498
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 2 2 3 5% 10% 74%	5984
September	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 6% 77%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 4 4 3 4 3 5% 9% 63%	2400
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 6% 75%	2120
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 4 2 2 3 2 4 6% 71%	3280
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 63%	3261
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 4 4 4 3 4 6% 9% 59%	3558
November	1st to 10th	Day	5% 5% 2 4 4 4 5% 3 6% 8% 54%	2036
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 48%	1863
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 52%	1653
December	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 10% 51%	2620
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 8% 3 9% 7% 6% 6% 4 7% 7% 33%	3028
	21st to end	Day	11% 10% 5% 10% 7% 6% 6% 5% 5% 7% 29%	4004
January	1st to 10th	Night	8% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 46%	6018
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 7% 3 9% 5% 5% 4 3 4 5% 47%	5880
	21st to end	Night	9% 9% 3 9% 6% 5% 5% 3 4 6% 40%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Night	9% 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 3 4 6% 47%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 9% 41%	2436
	21st to end	Night	7% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 6% 7% 48%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	9% 9% 4 10% 6% 6% 5% 5% 6% 6% 34%	4994
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 7% 46%	5000
	21st to end	Night	9% 10% 3 9% 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 9% 36%	5410
April	1st to 10th	Night	7% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 7% 8% 45%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 7% 2 6% 3 4 4 4 5% 9% 51%	1979
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 4 3 3 4 4 5% 10% 57%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 1 4 2 3 2 2 4 6% 70%	4387
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 10% 64%	3984
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 2 2 2 4 3 6% 10% 66%	3972
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 1 4 3 3 4 3 7% 10% 60%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 2 2 2 2 2 5% 8% 75%	1600
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 6% 75%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 3 7% 84%	3674
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 5% 5% 7% 10% 68%	4100
	21st to end	Night	1 1 2 3 3 5% 6% 12% 20% 48%	4472
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 7% 14% 64%	4035
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 2 1 1 2 3 6% 9% 73%	4363
	21st to end	Night	1 2 2 2 3 4 7% 9% 68%	5015
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 5% 9% 70%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 61%	2000
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 3 2 2 2 3 4 7% 73%	2276
October	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 2 5% 6% 72%	3920
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 1 4 3 2 3 3 6% 10% 61%	3897
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 7% 61%	4253
November	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 8% 56%	2481
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 49%	2691
	21st to end	Night	6% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 54%	2745
December	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 57%	4560
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 8% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 29%	5176
	21st to end	Night	12% 9% 4 10% 7% 6% 6% 5% 6% 7% 30%	6952

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	34% 7% 18% 21% 16% 4	3937
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 5% 8% 13% 21% 17%	4100
	21st to end	Day	42% 5% 8% 12% 16% 17%	4510
February	1st to 10th	Day	39% 5% 9% 19% 17% 11%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 5% 11% 18% 20% 7%	1858
	21st to end	Day	39% 6% 8% 22% 19% 7%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	45% 8% 10% 17% 18% 2	4883
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 7% 16% 27% 12% 7%	5000
	21st to end	Day	39% 8% 18% 23% 10% 1	5563
April	1st to 10th	Day	36% 5% 14% 22% 19% 4	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 5% 16% 24% 20% 6%	2372
	21st to end	Day	25% 5% 15% 28% 22% 5%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 3 8% 29% 33% 15%	5589
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 2 10% 32% 36% 10%	5925
	21st to end	Day	12% 3 13% 30% 38% 3	6904
June	1st to 10th	Day	20% 5% 14% 26% 26% 8%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 10% 24% 36% 18%	2800
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 7% 17% 33% 32%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 3 10% 25% 58%	6214
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 5% 8% 22% 58%	5811
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 5% 21% 33% 31%	6217
August	1st to 10th	Day	11% 2 6% 14% 35% 32%	4206
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 4 13% 43% 33%	3980
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 6% 15% 40% 29%	4311
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 5% 14% 31% 39%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 3 10% 25% 28% 16%	2400
	21st to end	Day	12% 2 7% 21% 35% 22%	2120
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 6% 12% 28% 38%	3280
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 4 9% 25% 30% 15%	3261
	21st to end	Day	18% 5% 8% 25% 29% 15%	3558
November	1st to 10th	Day	27% 6% 10% 22% 23% 11%	2036
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 6% 11% 21% 21% 7%	1863
	21st to end	Day	32% 4 10% 16% 29% 9%	1653
December	1st to 10th	Day	27% 5% 8% 22% 32% 7%	2620
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 7% 11% 16% 15% 5%	3028
	21st to end	Day	51% 7% 13% 17% 10% 2	4004
January	1st to 10th	Night	33% 7% 20% 22% 15% 3	6018
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 5% 10% 12% 22% 12%	5880
	21st to end	Night	43% 5% 8% 10% 18% 16%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Night	38% 5% 9% 18% 19% 12%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 5% 11% 19% 21% 6%	2438
	21st to end	Night	34% 5% 12% 28% 16% 5%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	45% 7% 13% 16% 16% 3	4994
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 6% 12% 23% 17% 7%	5000
	21st to end	Night	43% 8% 14% 22% 11% 2	5410
April	1st to 10th	Night	34% 6% 16% 22% 17% 4	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 7% 14% 25% 18% 8%	1979
	21st to end	Night	21% 6% 15% 31% 21% 6%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 10% 25% 29% 17%	4384
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 12% 34% 25% 13%	3985
	21st to end	Night	13% 3 14% 24% 41% 4	3972
June	1st to 10th	Night	18% 7% 13% 26% 28% 8%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 11% 22% 33% 22%	1600
	21st to end	Night	12% 1 6% 17% 31% 33%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 3 9% 27% 57%	3634
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 9% 13% 18% 52%	4046
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 8% 20% 31% 29%	4345
August	1st to 10th	Night	14% 2 9% 16% 31% 28%	2929
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 4 13% 39% 35%	3150
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 8% 15% 36% 29%	3608
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 7% 16% 24% 40%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 4 8% 26% 28% 16%	2000
	21st to end	Night	12% 3 8% 20% 31% 26%	2276
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 6% 12% 23% 44%	3920
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 4 8% 25% 27% 19%	3897
	21st to end	Night	20% 4 7% 22% 26% 20%	4253
November	1st to 10th	Night	25% 5% 12% 25% 21% 13%	2481
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 6% 11% 24% 20% 8%	2691
	21st to end	Night	29% 4 11% 20% 23% 13%	2745
December	1st to 10th	Night	27% 5% 7% 22% 28% 11%	4560
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 6% 10% 14% 18% 4	5176
	21st to end	Night	51% 7% 15% 16% 9% 3	6952

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	23% 18% 24% 21% 12% 2	329
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 17% 25% 29% 12% 3	400
	21st to end	Day	14% 13% 30% 24% 16% 3	440
February	1st to 10th	Day	20% 19% 22% 24% 12% 4	400
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 22% 27% 24% 8% 1	442
	21st to end	Day	13% 18% 32% 26% 10% 1	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	18% 22% 30% 22% 7% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 19% 29% 18% 12% 3	500
	21st to end	Day	15% 21% 33% 22% 8% 1	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 18% 33% 21% 10% 2	500
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 19% 32% 24% 9% 4	492
	21st to end	Day	7% 21% 30% 26% 10% 5%	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	7% 14% 37% 27% 13% 3	503
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 14% 35% 25% 14% 2	528
	21st to end	Day	6% 14% 33% 29% 13% 5%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 11% 32% 31% 17% 4	530
	11th to 20th	Day	2 12% 32% 36% 14% 3	530
	21st to end	Day	1 5% 30% 38% 21% 5%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 22% 46% 22% 4	526
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 18% 46% 29% 5%	524
	21st to end	Day	1 1 19% 46% 25% 8%	575
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 28% 41% 20% 7%	527
	11th to 20th	Day	1 3 25% 39% 25% 8%	517
	21st to end	Day	1 3 20% 42% 26% 9%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 19% 42% 25% 7%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	3 11% 26% 35% 19% 7%	530
	21st to end	Day	4 9% 21% 33% 27% 6%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 10% 23% 34% 23% 8%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 10% 22% 29% 25% 9%	530
	21st to end	Day	7% 9% 26% 31% 22% 6%	583
November	1st to 10th	Day	9% 12% 21% 26% 23% 8%	512
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 13% 20% 27% 23% 8%	321
	21st to end	Day	10% 11% 26% 27% 23% 4	225
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 18% 22% 24% 23% 7%	200
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 17% 23% 22% 19% 6%	200
	21st to end	Day	20% 20% 26% 18% 13% 3	220
January	1st to 10th	Night	18% 9% 16% 30% 22% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 8% 16% 32% 23% 7%	800
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 15% 33% 23% 5%	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 10% 19% 31% 21% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 11% 20% 31% 20% 4	784
	21st to end	Night	13% 11% 22% 33% 17% 3	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 11% 20% 28% 20% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 12% 17% 30% 21% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	13% 12% 25% 32% 16% 2	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 10% 26% 30% 20% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 14% 21% 30% 19% 5%	791
	21st to end	Night	6% 11% 28% 27% 22% 6%	800
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 7% 26% 33% 24% 5%	731
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 6% 23% 31% 29% 5%	554
	21st to end	Night	4 9% 25% 32% 25% 4	433
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 23% 36% 28% 4	400
	11th to 20th	Night	1 4 21% 44% 29% 1	400
	21st to end	Night	2 3 13% 38% 39% 5%	400
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 13% 36% 45% 4	398
	11th to 20th	Night	1 4 35% 47% 13%	582
	21st to end	Night	1 8% 30% 50% 10%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 11% 31% 43% 9%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 14% 34% 42% 7%	724
	21st to end	Night	1 1 11% 31% 46% 9%	880
September	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 10% 34% 42% 10%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 14% 35% 36% 7%	800
	21st to end	Night	2 4 12% 30% 40% 11%	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 14% 33% 36% 10%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 13% 29% 38% 9%	800
	21st to end	Night	5% 6% 12% 32% 32% 12%	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 16% 27% 34% 9%	820
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 15% 32% 30% 6%	828
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 15% 37% 25% 6%	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 19% 32% 24% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 9% 18% 31% 21% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	18% 14% 21% 28% 17% 3	880

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