W/P Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the W/P 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	12% 8% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 38%	109216
	Night	12% 9% 3 8% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 41%	110331
Transparency	Day	44% 4 12% 24% 14% 2	112853
	Night	43% 4 12% 24% 15% 2	114834
Seeing	Day	17% 9% 31% 26% 13% 3	16273
	Night	16% 9% 33% 30% 11% 1	26325

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	7% 12% 5% 23% 7% 6% 5% 4 4 5% 23%	3617
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 10% 4 11% 6% 7% 7% 5% 6% 6% 31%	3924
	21st to end	Day	11% 13% 6% 13% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 5% 29%	4488
February	1st to 10th	Day	11% 13% 4 10% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 29%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 12% 4 7% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 7% 34%	1754
	21st to end	Day	13% 11% 4 10% 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 37%	1625
March	1st to 10th	Day	18% 10% 3 8% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 41%	3479
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 3 8% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 46%	3590
	21st to end	Day	23% 15% 5% 9% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 22%	3933
April	1st to 10th	Day	18% 11% 4 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 33%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 9% 3 8% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 35%	2254
	21st to end	Day	22% 8% 3 7% 4 4 5% 4 6% 6% 33%	2351
May	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 2 7% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 33%	4111
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 8% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 7% 40%	4399
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 44%	4824
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 9% 44%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 46%	2660
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 6% 4 6% 5% 7% 10% 39%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 35%	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 54%	4440
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 41%	4540
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 44%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 9% 40%	4041
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 3 5% 9% 49%	4186
September	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 52%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 50%	2280
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 49%	1981
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 48%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 2 3 5% 44%	1900
	21st to end	Day	15% 10% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 42%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 45%	1795
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 10% 5% 7% 5% 4 3 3 5% 7% 37%	1630
	21st to end	Day	15% 11% 4 7% 4 3 3 3 6% 7% 37%	1600
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 3 2 5% 7% 48%	2610
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 11% 4 17% 7% 5% 4 3 5% 5% 25%	3008
	21st to end	Day	23% 19% 9% 12% 4 3 3 3 4 4 16%	3982
January	1st to 10th	Night	8% 12% 5% 18% 6% 5% 4 3 4 5% 29%	6348
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 13% 5% 10% 7% 6% 6% 4 7% 6% 29%	6039
	21st to end	Night	12% 13% 5% 12% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 31%	6490
February	1st to 10th	Night	10% 13% 4 10% 6% 5% 4 3 5% 6% 34%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 10% 4 8% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 39%	2533
	21st to end	Night	13% 10% 3 8% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 42%	2005
March	1st to 10th	Night	16% 8% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 47%	3623
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 2 5% 3 4 3 4 5% 6% 50%	3590
	21st to end	Night	19% 12% 5% 12% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 5% 24%	3836
April	1st to 10th	Night	15% 9% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 41%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 3 3 4 6% 41%	1875
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 41%	1824
May	1st to 10th	Night	19% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 6% 38%	2791
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 3 3 5% 5% 46%	2506
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 47%	2743
June	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 4 4 6% 8% 50%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 4 4 4 4 4 8% 11% 49%	1520
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 2 5% 3 5% 4 5% 5% 8% 47%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 8% 9% 43%	2530
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 62%	2530
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 50%	3020
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 5% 4 5% 4 3 7% 9% 54%	2836
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 56%	2798
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 53%	3468
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 2 4 6% 57%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 1 4 3 4 3 3 5% 7% 54%	1900
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 7% 57%	2175
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 53%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 3 5% 3 4 3 3 4 6% 50%	2280
	21st to end	Night	16% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 43%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 53%	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 9% 3 7% 5% 3 4 3 5% 6% 42%	2768
	21st to end	Night	16% 9% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 40%	2800
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 9% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 46%	4580
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 10% 4 13% 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 34%	5199
	21st to end	Night	21% 17% 8% 13% 5% 4 4 3 4 4 18%	6996

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	64% 4 10% 15% 7%	3618
	11th to 20th	Day	54% 2 10% 18% 15% 1	3924
	21st to end	Day	58% 3 12% 20% 7%	4488
February	1st to 10th	Day	54% 3 14% 19% 9% 1	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 5% 11% 22% 11% 2	1763
	21st to end	Day	50% 3 13% 21% 10% 3	1625
March	1st to 10th	Day	47% 3 10% 24% 14% 1	3479
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 5% 11% 27% 16% 2	3590
	21st to end	Day	63% 5% 13% 14% 5% 1	3933
April	1st to 10th	Day	51% 4 11% 24% 9%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 5% 11% 21% 12% 1	2254
	21st to end	Day	51% 5% 10% 21% 12% 1	2351
May	1st to 10th	Day	48% 6% 13% 19% 13% 1	4149
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 6% 12% 27% 12% 1	4403
	21st to end	Day	40% 6% 10% 27% 16% 1	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	36% 6% 16% 24% 15% 3	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 5% 13% 23% 21% 3	2660
	21st to end	Day	39% 7% 15% 23% 14% 2	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	45% 4 13% 28% 8% 2	4371
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 4 14% 33% 19% 2	4365
	21st to end	Day	35% 6% 19% 21% 18% 1	4397
August	1st to 10th	Day	34% 5% 17% 28% 15% 1	4090
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 4 13% 27% 14% 1	4080
	21st to end	Day	34% 3 16% 29% 16% 2	4185
September	1st to 10th	Day	32% 4 13% 24% 23% 4	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 4 12% 31% 18% 1	2280
	21st to end	Day	34% 3 10% 34% 18% 1	1981
October	1st to 10th	Day	23% 2 6% 28% 39% 2	3160
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 2 8% 30% 25% 4	3140
	21st to end	Day	40% 2 9% 29% 15% 3	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	37% 5% 15% 25% 16% 2	1795
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 4 13% 22% 15% 1	1630
	21st to end	Day	47% 4 14% 25% 10% 1	1600
December	1st to 10th	Day	38% 2 13% 39% 7% 1	2610
	11th to 20th	Day	61% 3 12% 14% 10% 1	3005
	21st to end	Day	73% 3 8% 12% 4	3982
January	1st to 10th	Night	58% 3 12% 18% 8% 1	6348
	11th to 20th	Night	56% 2 12% 13% 16% 2	6039
	21st to end	Night	55% 3 10% 19% 13% 1	6490
February	1st to 10th	Night	53% 3 11% 22% 11% 1	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 4 11% 27% 12% 2	2534
	21st to end	Night	45% 3 11% 22% 16% 3	2005
March	1st to 10th	Night	42% 3 9% 28% 17% 2	3623
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 5% 10% 32% 15% 4	3590
	21st to end	Night	61% 7% 15% 11% 5% 1	3836
April	1st to 10th	Night	44% 4 10% 27% 13% 2	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 3 10% 22% 17% 3	1875
	21st to end	Night	43% 4 12% 24% 14% 3	1824
May	1st to 10th	Night	45% 5% 10% 19% 19% 2	2818
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 5% 10% 29% 14% 2	2507
	21st to end	Night	36% 7% 10% 26% 18% 3	2751
June	1st to 10th	Night	31% 6% 15% 28% 16% 4	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 6% 15% 23% 23% 5%	1520
	21st to end	Night	33% 6% 13% 27% 17% 4	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	36% 4 14% 32% 13% 2	2490
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 4 18% 34% 20% 3	2482
	21st to end	Night	30% 5% 18% 25% 19% 2	2924
August	1st to 10th	Night	27% 4 17% 34% 16% 2	2826
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 3 16% 34% 15% 1	2825
	21st to end	Night	31% 3 14% 28% 18% 6%	3468
September	1st to 10th	Night	29% 4 9% 28% 27% 3	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 2 10% 34% 20% 2	1900
	21st to end	Night	29% 3 10% 32% 23% 3	2175
October	1st to 10th	Night	23% 2 6% 26% 41% 3	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 2 9% 25% 29% 8%	3779
	21st to end	Night	44% 2 9% 24% 17% 3	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	33% 4 14% 27% 18% 4	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 3 12% 26% 14% 2	2768
	21st to end	Night	46% 3 11% 27% 12% 1	2800
December	1st to 10th	Night	39% 3 12% 37% 9% 1	4580
	11th to 20th	Night	53% 3 12% 24% 7% 1	5201
	21st to end	Night	70% 4 9% 12% 5%	6996

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% 13% 34% 20% 9% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 12% 46% 16% 4	300
	21st to end	Day	21% 13% 39% 24% 2 1	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	23% 18% 39% 15% 5%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 15% 37% 19% 6% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	25% 14% 43% 13% 3 1	249
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 20% 41% 15% 4	300
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 15% 31% 20% 7%	300
	21st to end	Day	36% 14% 29% 18% 3 1	343
April	1st to 10th	Day	27% 15% 36% 17% 5%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 15% 30% 22% 7% 1	452
	21st to end	Day	26% 12% 35% 17% 7% 2	531
May	1st to 10th	Day	24% 11% 35% 21% 7% 2	653
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 10% 30% 25% 11% 2	675
	21st to end	Day	17% 8% 29% 28% 14% 4	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 28% 30% 22% 5%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 31% 32% 17% 3	680
	21st to end	Day	12% 8% 31% 31% 15% 4	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 20% 35% 20% 13%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 26% 34% 21% 6%	668
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 24% 39% 25% 5%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 3 22% 37% 25% 5%	676
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 21% 33% 25% 5%	665
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 20% 39% 23% 6%	545
September	1st to 10th	Day	17% 6% 19% 30% 22% 5%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 2 26% 35% 21% 6%	490
	21st to end	Day	13% 14% 29% 26% 16% 3	302
October	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 29% 29% 12% 4	300
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 20% 35% 18% 8%	300
	21st to end	Day	24% 13% 34% 20% 7% 2	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	19% 11% 40% 20% 7% 2	300
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 18% 36% 17% 7% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	23% 14% 40% 19% 4	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	14% 13% 47% 18% 7% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 17% 35% 20% 7% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	31% 14% 38% 14% 3	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 14% 41% 25% 7%	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 13% 38% 25% 5% 1	1000
	21st to end	Night	19% 12% 37% 26% 6%	1100
February	1st to 10th	Night	18% 13% 39% 25% 5%	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 14% 39% 25% 4	979
	21st to end	Night	19% 14% 39% 24% 3 1	685
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 13% 40% 21% 7%	660
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 11% 36% 25% 9%	600
	21st to end	Night	24% 10% 38% 22% 5% 1	647
April	1st to 10th	Night	19% 16% 39% 23% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 12% 37% 25% 6%	563
	21st to end	Night	21% 9% 37% 24% 8% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	21% 6% 35% 31% 6% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 6% 33% 32% 11%	561
	21st to end	Night	16% 4 30% 35% 15%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 24% 43% 17% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 29% 44% 14% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	13% 4 29% 40% 14% 1	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 14% 46% 28% 4	555
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 23% 41% 26% 3	552
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 17% 50% 23% 3	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 17% 47% 25% 3	567
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 16% 43% 27% 3	564
	21st to end	Night	11% 1 17% 42% 26% 2	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 19% 41% 20% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 2 21% 40% 21% 2	570
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 30% 35% 16% 1	660
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 32% 32% 14% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 10% 35% 30% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	21% 11% 34% 26% 8%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	17% 10% 37% 28% 8% 1	780
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 14% 40% 21% 7% 1	968
	21st to end	Night	21% 12% 38% 22% 8%	1000
December	1st to 10th	Night	17% 13% 38% 27% 5% 1	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 10% 36% 27% 6% 1	1000
	21st to end	Night	25% 11% 36% 22% 5%	1100

Page generated at 2025-03-24 08:04:27. Version ac07

Copyright © 2025 Attilla Danko.