Beaglehaven Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Beaglehaven Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-03-08.

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	14% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 42%	78600
	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 43%	80966
Transparency	Day	26% 37% 9% 16% 10% 2	78311
	Night	27% 36% 8% 16% 11% 2	80774
Seeing	Day	19% 13% 27% 23% 14% 5%	14006
	Night	17% 12% 30% 28% 12% 1	23693

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	17% 4 2 4 4 2 5% 5% 4 6% 46%	2621
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 10% 4 5% 6% 3 4 4 4 5% 39%	2840
	21st to end	Day	17% 10% 3 6% 6% 3 4 4 4 6% 37%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 3 5% 7% 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 38%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 7% 2 5% 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 41%	1696
	21st to end	Day	17% 8% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 5% 39%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 2 4 4 3 5% 4 5% 7% 46%	2039
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 2 5% 4 3 5% 5% 5% 6% 42%	1980
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 4 6% 6% 3 5% 4 5% 7% 38%	2197
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 3 6% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 7% 44%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 6% 47%	2134
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 41%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 6% 9% 38%	2323
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 5% 2 6% 5% 3 6% 4 6% 8% 36%	2388
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 7% 7% 41%	2725
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 4 2 5% 5% 3 6% 5% 6% 10% 43%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 3 6% 5% 3 5% 6% 7% 10% 40%	2520
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 2 4 5% 3 5% 6% 7% 10% 45%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 7% 4 5% 5% 6% 10% 42%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 2 4 5% 4 6% 6% 8% 11% 44%	2422
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 6% 4 6% 8% 8% 10% 37%	2547
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 6% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 38%	2327
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 3 5% 6% 4 5% 6% 7% 9% 39%	2227
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 6% 9% 43%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 2 4 5% 3 4 4 5% 8% 45%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 4 2 4 4 5% 8% 48%	2160
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 2 6% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 6% 40%	1884
October	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 1 4 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 46%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 4 2 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 6% 47%	1800
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 6% 49%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 50%	1780
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 6% 5% 50%	1668
	21st to end	Day	15% 5% 2 4 4 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 46%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 7% 39%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 44%	1910
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 2 5% 6% 3 4 6% 6% 8% 34%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 2 5% 5% 3 3 4 5% 6% 45%	4322
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 2 5% 4 2 4 3 4 5% 46%	4120
	21st to end	Night	20% 9% 3 5% 4 2 3 4 4 7% 40%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 3 4 5% 3 4 6% 5% 5% 42%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 3 5% 5% 2 4 4 5% 6% 41%	2369
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 42%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	14% 4 2 4 4 3 5% 5% 5% 6% 48%	2078
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 6% 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 43%	1980
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 6% 5% 3 4 4 6% 6% 41%	2157
April	1st to 10th	Night	14% 8% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 7% 41%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 3 5% 4 3 4 5% 5% 7% 45%	1775
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 2 4 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 7% 44%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 8% 39%	1652
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 8% 38%	1501
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 2 4 5% 3 5% 6% 7% 9% 41%	1550
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 4 3 5% 6% 6% 9% 45%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 4 6% 3 6% 6% 6% 8% 42%	1440
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 3 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 8% 10% 44%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 3 6% 7% 4 6% 5% 8% 10% 39%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 7% 11% 45%	1534
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 2 5% 5% 3 6% 6% 8% 12% 41%	1771
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 2 5% 6% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 38%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 3 6% 6% 4 6% 5% 6% 8% 40%	1656
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 3 6% 4 3 6% 5% 6% 11% 42%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 44%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 3 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 51%	1800
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 42%	2071
October	1st to 10th	Night	20% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 4 4 6% 45%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 2 3 4 2 4 3 4 5% 52%	2160
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 2 4 4 2 4 3 4 6% 49%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 4 2 3 3 4 6% 54%	2297
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 3 4 3 2 4 4 4 6% 50%	2511
	21st to end	Night	14% 3 2 4 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 48%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 41%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 42%	3285
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 7% 8% 36%	4884

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	27% 26% 8% 27% 10% 2	2622
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 27% 7% 14% 11% 4	2840
	21st to end	Day	39% 25% 9% 18% 8% 1	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	27% 35% 8% 19% 9% 1	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 35% 7% 18% 10% 2	1705
	21st to end	Day	30% 36% 8% 13% 10% 3	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	23% 35% 9% 18% 13% 1	2039
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 38% 8% 12% 11% 4	1980
	21st to end	Day	31% 38% 7% 13% 9% 2	2197
April	1st to 10th	Day	24% 38% 10% 13% 12% 4	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 37% 6% 13% 13% 5%	2134
	21st to end	Day	28% 37% 7% 14% 11% 3	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	26% 40% 9% 12% 12% 1	2323
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 39% 9% 10% 10% 2	2392
	21st to end	Day	26% 39% 9% 16% 9% 1	2725
June	1st to 10th	Day	22% 39% 11% 16% 11% 1	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 41% 11% 15% 7% 2	2520
	21st to end	Day	22% 40% 10% 17% 10% 1	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	23% 42% 9% 14% 10% 2	2450
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 40% 10% 17% 9% 2	2348
	21st to end	Day	25% 43% 9% 12% 10% 1	2405
August	1st to 10th	Day	26% 40% 10% 16% 7%	2314
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 38% 9% 12% 12% 1	2227
	21st to end	Day	27% 39% 10% 14% 7% 3	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	25% 37% 7% 12% 14% 4	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 38% 7% 17% 14% 3	2160
	21st to end	Day	28% 38% 8% 11% 14% 2	1884
October	1st to 10th	Day	24% 37% 8% 16% 14% 2	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 37% 8% 16% 12% 1	1800
	21st to end	Day	25% 38% 5% 16% 14% 1	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 41% 7% 20% 13% 2	1780
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 40% 8% 14% 12% 3	1668
	21st to end	Day	24% 42% 7% 16% 10% 1	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	26% 42% 8% 17% 7% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 33% 8% 22% 8% 2	1906
	21st to end	Day	32% 30% 13% 18% 7%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	29% 27% 8% 23% 11% 1	4322
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 25% 8% 20% 14% 3	4120
	21st to end	Night	36% 24% 8% 21% 10%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	28% 35% 7% 17% 12% 1	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 35% 7% 15% 10% 3	2371
	21st to end	Night	30% 34% 8% 15% 10% 3	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 35% 8% 20% 12% 2	2078
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 38% 7% 13% 11% 3	1980
	21st to end	Night	29% 37% 7% 14% 9% 4	2157
April	1st to 10th	Night	28% 37% 8% 11% 13% 3	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 37% 8% 12% 14% 5%	1775
	21st to end	Night	24% 39% 8% 16% 9% 4	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	27% 39% 9% 13% 9% 3	1652
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 39% 7% 12% 11% 2	1502
	21st to end	Night	23% 42% 11% 14% 9% 1	1551
June	1st to 10th	Night	22% 39% 9% 18% 11% 2	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 40% 10% 14% 9% 2	1440
	21st to end	Night	23% 39% 10% 16% 11% 2	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	25% 42% 10% 13% 7% 3	1400
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 42% 10% 13% 11% 2	1485
	21st to end	Night	18% 42% 14% 15% 10% 1	1672
August	1st to 10th	Night	26% 40% 10% 15% 9%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 38% 8% 13% 10% 2	1656
	21st to end	Night	29% 40% 10% 12% 7% 2	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	25% 38% 6% 12% 14% 4	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 37% 6% 18% 15% 2	1800
	21st to end	Night	29% 39% 6% 11% 13% 3	2071
October	1st to 10th	Night	26% 38% 6% 16% 12% 2	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 38% 8% 17% 13% 2	2160
	21st to end	Night	25% 38% 6% 16% 14% 2	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	18% 41% 4 18% 16% 3	2297
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 40% 6% 15% 12% 3	2511
	21st to end	Night	24% 40% 7% 13% 13% 2	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	25% 40% 6% 17% 10% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 33% 7% 16% 13% 3	3288
	21st to end	Night	32% 31% 13% 15% 8% 1	4884

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	29% 25% 29% 14% 1 1	211
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 23% 28% 12% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	24% 29% 33% 10% 4 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	24% 24% 36% 11% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 25% 35% 5% 2	303
	21st to end	Day	28% 20% 32% 18% 2	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	23% 24% 30% 18% 4	448
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 21% 29% 16% 4 2	420
	21st to end	Day	23% 20% 31% 19% 5% 1	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	23% 21% 30% 18% 6% 2	420
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 18% 28% 18% 14% 3	412
	21st to end	Day	28% 14% 32% 16% 8% 1	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	22% 17% 30% 18% 9% 3	423
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 12% 30% 24% 12% 2	447
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 25% 26% 21% 5%	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 28% 26% 20% 4	450
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 8% 26% 30% 16% 5%	450
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 28% 33% 18% 6%	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 17% 30% 26% 10%	445
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 20% 32% 33% 7%	444
	21st to end	Day	12% 3 22% 32% 24% 7%	488
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 19% 27% 25% 12%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 18% 32% 24% 11%	439
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 21% 31% 22% 13%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	18% 5% 21% 22% 22% 12%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 4 20% 30% 20% 11%	450
	21st to end	Day	23% 9% 25% 26% 12% 4	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	22% 7% 19% 27% 19% 7%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 14% 27% 25% 14% 2	450
	21st to end	Day	19% 13% 34% 21% 10% 3	495
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 11% 33% 25% 12% 3	418
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 16% 34% 20% 10% 1	328
	21st to end	Day	22% 21% 32% 16% 9% 1	180
December	1st to 10th	Day	22% 22% 36% 15% 4 1	180
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 21% 26% 21% 6%	180
	21st to end	Day	26% 19% 30% 18% 7% 1	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 18% 40% 17% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 16% 33% 24% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 19% 39% 21% 1	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 17% 36% 26% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 22% 36% 16% 1	743
	21st to end	Night	25% 19% 36% 18% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 17% 38% 21% 3	751
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 19% 33% 19% 5%	720
	21st to end	Night	19% 18% 39% 20% 4 1	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	18% 22% 34% 22% 4	720
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 15% 36% 27% 7% 1	711
	21st to end	Night	19% 13% 33% 28% 7%	720
May	1st to 10th	Night	19% 9% 30% 32% 10% 1	572
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 6% 28% 35% 10%	440
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 23% 39% 16% 1	389
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 26% 37% 23%	360
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 24% 41% 18% 1	360
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 25% 46% 18% 1	360
July	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 17% 42% 24% 3	350
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 14% 39% 37% 2	441
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 17% 42% 27% 3	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	12% 1 12% 44% 28% 3	537
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 13% 41% 27% 3	592
	21st to end	Night	12% 3 16% 39% 27% 4	792
September	1st to 10th	Night	16% 3 21% 30% 27% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 18% 35% 29% 3	720
	21st to end	Night	21% 4 23% 31% 21% 1	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	22% 6% 20% 29% 19% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 12% 28% 29% 14% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	19% 11% 33% 26% 12%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 10% 33% 32% 10% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 16% 32% 27% 6% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	16% 16% 33% 28% 7%	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	22% 17% 33% 21% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 14% 39% 24% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 15% 36% 27% 2	836

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