Young Road Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Young Road Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-07-16.

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% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 42%	137865
	Night	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 44%	134812
Transparency	Day	39% 6% 11% 20% 18% 6%	141602
	Night	37% 6% 10% 19% 20% 7%	139147
Seeing	Day	16% 10% 24% 24% 18% 8%	17306
	Night	16% 9% 22% 30% 20% 3	27335

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	15% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 44%	5258
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 1 4 2 2 2 2 3 5% 61%	5280
	21st to end	Day	22% 8% 2 7% 4 3 3 2 4 4 40%	5780
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 3 6% 4 4 5% 3 6% 6% 43%	2084
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 44%	2048
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 43%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 38%	4906
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 7% 55%	5090
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 4 4 46%	5586
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 4 4 5% 7% 47%	2310
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 4 6% 51%	2450
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 8% 50%	2730
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 3 7% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 38%	7616
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 37%	7626
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 4 7% 8% 33%	8391
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 7% 6% 6% 5% 5% 8% 11% 34%	2730
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 1 5% 5% 6% 6% 6% 9% 11% 42%	2730
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 2 6% 7% 7% 7% 5% 8% 11% 39%	2730
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 2 7% 6% 7% 7% 5% 8% 10% 34%	6030
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 5% 10% 14% 35%	5965
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 3 8% 6% 6% 8% 6% 9% 12% 27%	6424
August	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 2 7% 6% 6% 7% 5% 9% 11% 28%	4234
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 11% 40%	4124
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 6% 8% 49%	4188
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 7% 6% 5% 5% 5% 6% 9% 40%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 5% 7% 42%	2200
	21st to end	Day	16% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 45%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 52%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 6% 59%	2011
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 2 4 3 4 3 3 4 5% 57%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 54%	1986
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 4 3 3 2 3 4 7% 55%	1890
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 6% 50%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 47%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 3 5% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 45%	3463
	21st to end	Day	23% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 44%	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 6% 3 3 4 2 4 5% 50%	7635
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 2 4 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 51%	7680
	21st to end	Night	19% 9% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 3 4 43%	8401
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 47%	2531
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 43%	2458
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 45%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 8% 3 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 38%	5165
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 1 3 2 3 4 3 6% 8% 56%	5090
	21st to end	Night	15% 4 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 47%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 2 5% 4 4 3 3 6% 7% 49%	2310
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 8% 55%	2132
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 52%	1890
May	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 10% 38%	5237
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 38%	5234
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 6% 9% 36%	5761
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 37%	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 6% 4 5% 4 8% 12% 41%	1890
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 5% 6% 4 6% 6% 9% 11% 40%	1890
July	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 3 8% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 11% 30%	4148
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 7% 5% 5% 7% 6% 11% 16% 32%	4102
	21st to end	Night	11% 8% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 6% 9% 11% 27%	4427
August	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 9% 5% 6% 6% 5% 9% 12% 26%	2915
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 11% 38%	2907
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 47%	3675
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 40%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 41%	2200
	21st to end	Night	14% 4 2 5% 4 3 5% 4 5% 7% 47%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 6% 6% 52%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 4 58%	2386
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 5% 58%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 3 2 3 2 4 6% 55%	2529
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 54%	2730
	21st to end	Night	14% 4 1 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 50%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 3 5% 53%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 47%	4952
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 43%	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	42% 4 6% 20% 20% 7%	5259
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 2 4 17% 34% 16%	5280
	21st to end	Day	49% 2 3 16% 19% 11%	5780
February	1st to 10th	Day	41% 4 8% 22% 19% 7%	2084
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 3 6% 19% 22% 7%	2058
	21st to end	Day	43% 5% 6% 15% 22% 9%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	48% 4 6% 13% 20% 9%	4906
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 5% 6% 15% 23% 21%	5090
	21st to end	Day	42% 3 5% 20% 22% 6%	5586
April	1st to 10th	Day	36% 5% 9% 22% 22% 6%	2310
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 5% 8% 19% 24% 10%	2450
	21st to end	Day	32% 6% 10% 26% 23% 4	2730
May	1st to 10th	Day	42% 6% 14% 23% 13% 2	7651
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 6% 15% 21% 12% 2	7630
	21st to end	Day	48% 8% 12% 17% 14% 1	8405
June	1st to 10th	Day	39% 10% 16% 21% 12% 2	2730
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 9% 19% 24% 14% 1	2730
	21st to end	Day	34% 11% 18% 21% 12% 4	2730
July	1st to 10th	Day	40% 11% 18% 23% 7% 1	5965
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 13% 30% 19% 3 1	5896
	21st to end	Day	45% 12% 19% 19% 5%	6240
August	1st to 10th	Day	46% 9% 17% 24% 5%	4221
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 9% 18% 22% 14% 2	4163
	21st to end	Day	32% 8% 14% 24% 17% 5%	4188
September	1st to 10th	Day	38% 8% 15% 18% 17% 4	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 6% 11% 19% 21% 2	2200
	21st to end	Day	39% 5% 11% 21% 18% 6%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	28% 4 6% 16% 35% 11%	3590
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 3 4 16% 30% 28%	3251
	21st to end	Day	25% 3 4 22% 32% 13%	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	34% 4 7% 16% 27% 12%	1986
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 4 7% 22% 26% 10%	1890
	21st to end	Day	34% 5% 8% 20% 27% 6%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	40% 3 6% 16% 26% 9%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 4 8% 19% 20% 8%	3460
	21st to end	Day	41% 4 7% 23% 22% 3	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	37% 3 7% 22% 24% 6%	7636
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 3 4 18% 29% 12%	7680
	21st to end	Night	45% 3 3 15% 24% 9%	8401
February	1st to 10th	Night	38% 4 8% 20% 22% 8%	2531
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 3 5% 18% 22% 8%	2459
	21st to end	Night	41% 5% 7% 16% 20% 12%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	46% 4 8% 13% 22% 7%	5165
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 4 8% 13% 29% 19%	5090
	21st to end	Night	37% 4 6% 21% 20% 12%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	33% 6% 10% 20% 22% 9%	2310
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 3 7% 24% 25% 11%	2132
	21st to end	Night	31% 6% 10% 25% 22% 6%	1890
May	1st to 10th	Night	41% 8% 15% 20% 14% 2	5264
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 6% 15% 21% 14% 1	5235
	21st to end	Night	44% 8% 12% 18% 15% 2	5771
June	1st to 10th	Night	36% 11% 18% 20% 13% 2	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 9% 19% 24% 13% 2	1890
	21st to end	Night	32% 11% 20% 20% 13% 4	1890
July	1st to 10th	Night	44% 12% 20% 18% 4 1	4105
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 16% 27% 18% 3 1	4051
	21st to end	Night	48% 12% 20% 17% 4	4297
August	1st to 10th	Night	46% 9% 22% 20% 4	2904
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 11% 20% 20% 11% 1	2934
	21st to end	Night	34% 8% 13% 24% 18% 3	3675
September	1st to 10th	Night	36% 11% 15% 17% 17% 4	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 8% 12% 17% 18% 4	2200
	21st to end	Night	36% 6% 12% 18% 21% 7%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	28% 6% 8% 16% 35% 8%	3590
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 2 5% 16% 28% 30%	3885
	21st to end	Night	23% 4 4 20% 31% 18%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	32% 4 6% 19% 26% 12%	2529
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 3 6% 18% 27% 13%	2730
	21st to end	Night	35% 5% 7% 19% 26% 9%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	36% 4 5% 16% 32% 8%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 4 12% 16% 22% 8%	4954
	21st to end	Night	44% 4 5% 26% 19% 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	25% 18% 39% 15% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 18% 33% 16% 5%	330
	21st to end	Day	26% 25% 36% 10% 4	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	21% 20% 38% 18% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 16% 32% 14% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	30% 18% 37% 12% 3	273
March	1st to 10th	Day	23% 16% 30% 24% 7%	474
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 15% 37% 18% 6% 1	540
	21st to end	Day	19% 18% 34% 21% 7%	594
April	1st to 10th	Day	20% 15% 30% 24% 10% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 13% 33% 25% 13% 2	532
	21st to end	Day	12% 11% 28% 29% 16% 4	540
May	1st to 10th	Day	12% 15% 33% 22% 14% 5%	543
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 23% 28% 19% 8%	567
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 19% 27% 22% 10%	617
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 18% 30% 26% 10%	570
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 19% 28% 25% 18%	570
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 18% 33% 25% 15%	570
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 11% 27% 33% 22%	565
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 2 7% 26% 38% 19%	544
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 9% 29% 36% 19%	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	17% 3 14% 24% 25% 17%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 8% 25% 35% 17%	519
	21st to end	Day	12% 3 13% 25% 31% 17%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 15% 28% 32% 12%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 3 12% 24% 34% 10%	530
	21st to end	Day	17% 4 18% 26% 26% 9%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	17% 3 26% 30% 15% 8%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 9% 24% 27% 22% 5%	530
	21st to end	Day	16% 10% 25% 27% 18% 4	583
November	1st to 10th	Day	20% 9% 24% 29% 14% 3	464
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 15% 39% 22% 5% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	13% 17% 35% 22% 11% 2	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	30% 18% 31% 17% 4 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 12% 35% 20% 6% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	31% 17% 28% 16% 6% 2	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	22% 19% 31% 23% 5%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 18% 29% 23% 8%	840
	21st to end	Night	22% 17% 32% 25% 3	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 14% 31% 32% 5%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 16% 33% 25% 3	823
	21st to end	Night	22% 16% 33% 27% 3	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	17% 15% 32% 30% 5%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 14% 33% 27% 9% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	17% 14% 32% 29% 9%	924
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 14% 31% 28% 11%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 12% 29% 30% 15% 1	724
	21st to end	Night	12% 7% 27% 35% 19% 1	630
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 9% 25% 36% 18% 1	630
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 22% 34% 23% 3	621
	21st to end	Night	14% 3 13% 34% 31% 5%	683
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 16% 35% 30% 5%	630
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 16% 30% 32% 10%	630
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 11% 37% 35% 7%	630
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 8% 29% 40% 12%	615
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 1 5% 30% 44% 12%	597
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 9% 32% 43% 8%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	13% 2 9% 29% 39% 9%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 6% 29% 40% 7%	594
	21st to end	Night	13% 4 8% 30% 35% 10%	710
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 11% 31% 37% 8%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 4 11% 27% 37% 5%	800
	21st to end	Night	16% 4 14% 29% 34% 3	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 3 18% 34% 26% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 23% 31% 24% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	13% 10% 22% 31% 23% 2	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 22% 34% 20% 2	820
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 10% 30% 30% 13% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	16% 11% 27% 30% 13% 2	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 16% 24% 32% 8% 1	840
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 12% 28% 29% 11% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	28% 12% 25% 28% 6%	924

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