West Grand High School
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the West Grand High School 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	2 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 8% 45%	105269
	Night	2 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 47%	102497
Transparency	Day	32% 9% 13% 22% 17% 7%	105020
	Night	32% 8% 14% 24% 17% 5%	102336
Seeing	Day	9% 16% 27% 28% 17% 4	15567
	Night	6% 9% 27% 41% 17% 1	25607

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	8% 6% 16% 8% 7% 7% 5% 6% 8% 28%	2538
	11th to 20th	Day	1 11% 6% 17% 9% 6% 6% 4 5% 7% 29%	2738
	21st to end	Day	1 9% 5% 13% 6% 7% 6% 4 6% 7% 35%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	1 12% 5% 12% 8% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 35%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	1 8% 5% 9% 6% 6% 7% 6% 8% 7% 37%	1745
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 12% 7% 6% 6% 5% 8% 7% 36%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	1 7% 4 9% 7% 5% 6% 5% 7% 8% 41%	3244
	11th to 20th	Day	1 8% 4 7% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 46%	3490
	21st to end	Day	1 9% 4 11% 7% 8% 7% 7% 8% 9% 30%	3965
April	1st to 10th	Day	2 10% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 9% 43%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	3 9% 3 10% 7% 5% 6% 4 8% 7% 36%	2251
	21st to end	Day	3 10% 3 8% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 8% 39%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	3 13% 5% 10% 8% 7% 6% 5% 7% 7% 28%	4058
	11th to 20th	Day	4 5% 2 6% 6% 6% 6% 6% 8% 10% 41%	4388
	21st to end	Day	3 6% 2 6% 5% 6% 7% 5% 7% 9% 45%	4825
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 52%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 4 3 4 5% 4 6% 8% 58%	2660
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 4 4 4 5% 4 7% 8% 58%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 4 3 4 5% 5% 6% 9% 58%	4430
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 5% 5% 6% 8% 6% 9% 12% 45%	4430
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 5% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 8% 51%	4557
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 2 5% 5% 6% 7% 6% 9% 11% 41%	4092
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 5% 5% 5% 7% 6% 8% 10% 45%	3853
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 4 5% 5% 6% 4 7% 10% 52%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 57%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 2 5% 3 3 5% 4 6% 8% 56%	2280
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 1 4 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 63%	2041
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 1 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 70%	3170
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 1 4 3 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 55%	3150
	21st to end	Day	4 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 52%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	1 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 7% 56%	1700
	11th to 20th	Day	2 9% 3 6% 5% 4 3 4 5% 7% 51%	1700
	21st to end	Day	2 7% 4 9% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 53%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	1 9% 4 10% 7% 5% 6% 6% 7% 7% 37%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	1 8% 5% 9% 6% 5% 7% 6% 7% 9% 37%	1926
	21st to end	Day	1 8% 4 13% 8% 7% 7% 5% 8% 8% 31%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	1 8% 5% 13% 10% 7% 7% 6% 7% 8% 28%	4417
	11th to 20th	Night	1 11% 6% 14% 10% 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 32%	4261
	21st to end	Night	1 14% 7% 14% 7% 6% 6% 6% 7% 6% 26%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	1 11% 7% 13% 6% 4 5% 5% 6% 7% 35%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	1 9% 5% 11% 6% 4 5% 5% 8% 9% 38%	2322
	21st to end	Night	1 8% 6% 12% 7% 6% 5% 4 5% 6% 39%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	1 10% 4 10% 5% 4 4 5% 7% 7% 42%	3620
	11th to 20th	Night	1 8% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 7% 8% 7% 44%	3490
	21st to end	Night	1 10% 5% 10% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 38%	3683
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 8% 47%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	4 9% 3 8% 6% 5% 4 4 6% 8% 43%	1877
	21st to end	Night	5% 10% 3 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 50%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 9% 3 9% 6% 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 41%	2907
	11th to 20th	Night	4 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 4 7% 11% 43%	2517
	21st to end	Night	3 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 6% 9% 53%	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 4 3 3 7% 9% 63%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 4 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 64%	1520
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 5% 4 6% 9% 63%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 3 4 4 4 3 7% 9% 61%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 3 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 54%	2540
	21st to end	Night	1 3 1 4 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 7% 59%	3002
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 5% 5% 7% 7% 6% 9% 9% 46%	2847
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 9% 11% 47%	2984
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 5% 4 5% 6% 5% 6% 8% 53%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 1 4 3 4 4 4 5% 7% 59%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 2 3 3 2 4 3 5% 7% 64%	1900
	21st to end	Night	3 4 1 4 2 3 3 3 4 7% 66%	2136
October	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 5% 74%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 1 5% 2 3 4 3 5% 9% 61%	3778
	21st to end	Night	4 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 62%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	3 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 6% 6% 58%	2430
	11th to 20th	Night	2 9% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 54%	2478
	21st to end	Night	2 7% 3 8% 4 4 4 3 6% 9% 50%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	1 8% 4 10% 7% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 43%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	1 10% 4 8% 6% 7% 8% 6% 8% 9% 33%	3271
	21st to end	Night	1 10% 5% 14% 8% 7% 7% 6% 8% 9% 25%	4873

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	45% 11% 16% 18% 9% 1	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 12% 17% 14% 6%	2738
	21st to end	Day	43% 10% 17% 20% 9% 1	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	48% 10% 15% 15% 11% 1	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 10% 12% 21% 12% 2	1754
	21st to end	Day	44% 8% 16% 14% 14% 3	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	39% 7% 12% 26% 14% 2	3244
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 9% 15% 35% 8% 1	3490
	21st to end	Day	46% 14% 13% 20% 7% 1	3965
April	1st to 10th	Day	36% 9% 14% 21% 14% 5%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 7% 15% 16% 16% 2	2254
	21st to end	Day	40% 10% 11% 25% 12% 1	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	48% 11% 13% 14% 13% 1	4058
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 11% 16% 27% 14% 2	4392
	21st to end	Day	29% 8% 14% 23% 23% 2	4825
June	1st to 10th	Day	24% 9% 14% 23% 23% 8%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 7% 10% 18% 26% 17%	2660
	21st to end	Day	21% 6% 9% 22% 26% 16%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	19% 8% 7% 15% 26% 25%	4361
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 11% 11% 23% 19% 12%	4355
	21st to end	Day	25% 10% 10% 20% 19% 18%	4413
August	1st to 10th	Day	30% 10% 18% 17% 14% 11%	4078
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 9% 15% 19% 20% 7%	3892
	21st to end	Day	24% 8% 14% 21% 24% 10%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	24% 7% 8% 19% 27% 15%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 8% 12% 22% 26% 10%	2280
	21st to end	Day	22% 5% 7% 30% 29% 7%	2041
October	1st to 10th	Day	19% 5% 5% 26% 32% 13%	3170
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 5% 12% 34% 22% 3	3150
	21st to end	Day	29% 7% 10% 37% 15% 2	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	27% 5% 15% 27% 25% 1	1700
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 7% 17% 26% 16% 2	1700
	21st to end	Day	32% 5% 15% 32% 14% 3	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	44% 10% 16% 20% 9% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 8% 15% 27% 12%	1924
	21st to end	Day	46% 8% 11% 19% 14% 2	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	47% 9% 17% 20% 7% 1	4417
	11th to 20th	Night	51% 9% 16% 15% 8% 1	4261
	21st to end	Night	47% 10% 16% 16% 9% 1	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	45% 11% 16% 17% 10% 1	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 10% 13% 25% 11% 2	2323
	21st to end	Night	45% 6% 13% 19% 16% 2	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	37% 7% 11% 28% 16% 1	3620
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 7% 17% 31% 13% 2	3490
	21st to end	Night	39% 13% 15% 26% 6% 1	3683
April	1st to 10th	Night	33% 9% 16% 22% 17% 3	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 7% 14% 23% 16% 2	1877
	21st to end	Night	33% 8% 13% 27% 19%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	39% 9% 12% 24% 15% 1	2907
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 12% 17% 29% 12% 1	2518
	21st to end	Night	24% 8% 13% 29% 23% 3	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 17% 29% 22% 8%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 12% 18% 24% 20%	1520
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 10% 24% 26% 18%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 11% 20% 18% 27%	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 9% 20% 26% 17% 9%	2492
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 15% 28% 13% 16%	2908
August	1st to 10th	Night	27% 11% 19% 20% 14% 10%	2838
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 12% 19% 15% 17% 10%	3011
	21st to end	Night	27% 8% 12% 18% 26% 9%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	23% 6% 10% 20% 25% 16%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 5% 14% 23% 25% 14%	1900
	21st to end	Night	20% 5% 8% 28% 31% 8%	2136
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 4 7% 29% 35% 11%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 4 16% 37% 18% 3	3778
	21st to end	Night	23% 6% 11% 39% 20% 2	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	26% 5% 13% 29% 23% 3	2430
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 6% 16% 30% 16% 2	2478
	21st to end	Night	31% 7% 13% 31% 16% 2	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	40% 9% 16% 22% 12% 2	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 8% 15% 26% 13%	3272
	21st to end	Night	45% 9% 14% 15% 16% 1	4873

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	10% 16% 23% 30% 16% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 17% 31% 31% 8% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	5% 13% 35% 30% 14% 3	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	12% 26% 34% 22% 6% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 24% 31% 27% 4 1	270
	21st to end	Day	16% 25% 29% 22% 7%	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	13% 27% 29% 21% 8% 2	332
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 23% 32% 23% 10% 2	460
	21st to end	Day	12% 35% 31% 16% 5%	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	16% 25% 32% 17% 8% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 35% 27% 16% 5% 1	452
	21st to end	Day	13% 27% 33% 17% 8% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 24% 30% 21% 8% 1	505
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 13% 27% 30% 16% 2	675
	21st to end	Day	9% 14% 28% 28% 17% 3	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 13% 24% 30% 21% 5%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 13% 29% 32% 17% 2	680
	21st to end	Day	4 11% 25% 34% 23% 3	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 6% 18% 34% 32% 4	671
	11th to 20th	Day	4 5% 20% 32% 33% 6%	668
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 19% 34% 28% 9%	595
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 26% 33% 21% 7%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	4 6% 26% 36% 20% 8%	477
	21st to end	Day	4 8% 26% 34% 21% 7%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 11% 22% 28% 22% 11%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	4 12% 33% 28% 17% 6%	490
	21st to end	Day	7% 11% 24% 25% 23% 9%	338
October	1st to 10th	Day	9% 10% 21% 23% 24% 12%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 19% 20% 29% 18% 6%	300
	21st to end	Day	12% 18% 26% 25% 15% 2	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 18% 28% 27% 14% 3	279
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 17% 29% 27% 13% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	6% 13% 34% 30% 15% 1	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	10% 18% 29% 29% 12% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 17% 29% 37% 10%	270
	21st to end	Day	10% 16% 38% 27% 7% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 16% 26% 37% 14% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 14% 34% 35% 10% 1	846
	21st to end	Night	4 11% 34% 39% 11% 1	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	6% 11% 40% 35% 7% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	4 12% 40% 35% 8%	744
	21st to end	Night	6% 12% 41% 38% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	5% 11% 36% 39% 9%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	3 9% 29% 45% 13%	760
	21st to end	Night	5% 8% 36% 41% 9%	755
April	1st to 10th	Night	8% 12% 37% 38% 6%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 12% 34% 37% 8% 1	563
	21st to end	Night	9% 12% 28% 39% 11% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	7% 10% 29% 42% 11% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 20% 45% 20% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	7% 7% 24% 40% 22% 1	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 18% 45% 27% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 25% 51% 15% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	3 3 17% 50% 28%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 10% 41% 43% 2	555
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 5% 47% 43% 2	552
	21st to end	Night	4 1 6% 42% 44% 3	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 7% 43% 42% 1	567
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 9% 52% 32% 2	564
	21st to end	Night	5% 8% 45% 39% 3	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 11% 51% 30% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 13% 52% 27% 2	570
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 18% 43% 28% 2	655
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 22% 43% 22% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 7% 28% 43% 16% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	10% 8% 24% 40% 15% 2	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	6% 9% 32% 39% 12% 1	922
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 12% 34% 36% 9% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	5% 10% 31% 41% 12% 1	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 12% 36% 36% 9%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 13% 34% 36% 10% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	6% 16% 34% 35% 8% 1	1045

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