Claustonberry Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Claustonberry Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-03-01.

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% 9% 4 7% 6% 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 36%	78402
	Night	14% 10% 4 7% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 37%	81056
Transparency	Day	47% 6% 12% 21% 12% 1	78103
	Night	47% 5% 11% 21% 13% 2	80876
Seeing	Day	16% 10% 29% 25% 14% 5%	14807
	Night	18% 9% 31% 29% 12% 1	24866

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	12% 13% 10% 12% 7% 3 4 4 4 5% 25%	2527
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 13% 6% 14% 7% 3 4 10% 7% 5% 19%	2530
	21st to end	Day	17% 19% 9% 11% 6% 3 4 4 4 6% 19%	2888
February	1st to 10th	Day	13% 13% 6% 8% 7% 4 6% 5% 5% 6% 26%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 10% 4 7% 6% 4 5% 4 4 6% 36%	1847
	21st to end	Day	13% 13% 6% 9% 7% 3 4 3 5% 7% 30%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 12% 6% 7% 7% 3 4 5% 4 6% 33%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 8% 3 8% 6% 3 5% 4 5% 8% 37%	1862
	21st to end	Day	20% 11% 4 7% 8% 4 4 6% 5% 6% 26%	2376
April	1st to 10th	Day	17% 10% 6% 7% 7% 3 4 4 4 5% 32%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 10% 3 5% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 33%	2134
	21st to end	Day	19% 9% 4 7% 6% 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 31%	2238
May	1st to 10th	Day	17% 8% 3 7% 6% 4 6% 5% 6% 8% 30%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 8% 3 6% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 7% 34%	2469
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 3 6% 7% 3 6% 5% 6% 8% 36%	2725
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 6% 3 4 5% 6% 8% 46%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 4 3 5% 5% 7% 10% 45%	2520
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 3 6% 5% 3 6% 6% 6% 9% 38%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 7% 9% 46%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 3 5% 5% 3 6% 5% 7% 9% 46%	2520
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 5% 3 5% 6% 6% 9% 45%	2743
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 6% 3 5% 6% 7% 10% 44%	2489
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 6% 10% 43%	2125
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 48%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 6% 8% 45%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 1 4 4 2 3 4 5% 7% 52%	2068
	21st to end	Day	11% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 6% 7% 44%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 45%	1895
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 9% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 8% 33%	1800
	21st to end	Day	20% 9% 4 6% 5% 3 4 3 5% 5% 36%	1791
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 8% 3 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 45%	1672
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 12% 5% 9% 6% 3 4 5% 4 7% 31%	1710
	21st to end	Day	17% 11% 3 8% 6% 3 3 3 4 6% 36%	1596
December	1st to 10th	Day	15% 12% 5% 9% 6% 4 4 5% 5% 5% 30%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 13% 6% 9% 8% 3 5% 5% 6% 7% 26%	1918
	21st to end	Day	19% 22% 11% 11% 7% 3 4 3 3 4 14%	2783
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 13% 7% 11% 8% 3 3 3 4 4 29%	4428
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 16% 7% 13% 7% 3 4 7% 6% 4 19%	4440
	21st to end	Night	19% 17% 9% 10% 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 20%	4776
February	1st to 10th	Night	14% 13% 5% 8% 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 32%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 9% 4 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 5% 38%	2218
	21st to end	Night	17% 13% 5% 7% 5% 2 4 4 4 6% 35%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	17% 10% 4 5% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 35%	2167
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 8% 3 5% 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 41%	2110
	21st to end	Night	20% 10% 4 8% 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 32%	1980
April	1st to 10th	Night	17% 9% 4 5% 4 3 5% 5% 4 6% 38%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 9% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 38%	1775
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 4 6% 4 2 4 4 5% 7% 37%	1720
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 3 5% 6% 3 5% 6% 6% 8% 36%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 3 6% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 8% 40%	1421
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 3 6% 6% 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 40%	1551
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 4 5% 3 5% 5% 7% 8% 47%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 9% 47%	1440
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 8% 44%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 2 3 4 3 5% 5% 7% 10% 50%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 2 4 4 3 5% 5% 6% 10% 51%	1440
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 2 4 5% 3 5% 6% 7% 9% 51%	1575
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 2 6% 5% 4 4 5% 7% 11% 50%	1448
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 1 5% 4 2 3 4 7% 9% 53%	1776
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 6% 8% 54%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 4 2 4 4 4 6% 54%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 1 4 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 55%	1873
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 4 5% 3 5% 4 5% 7% 48%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 3 4 5% 6% 50%	2060
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 8% 2 5% 5% 2 3 4 3 6% 44%	2160
	21st to end	Night	19% 9% 4 6% 4 2 4 4 5% 6% 37%	2564
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 8% 3 5% 4 2 4 4 4 6% 49%	2406
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 10% 3 8% 6% 2 4 5% 4 6% 36%	2470
	21st to end	Night	16% 10% 5% 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 37%	2581
December	1st to 10th	Night	15% 11% 5% 8% 6% 3 4 5% 4 7% 31%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 13% 5% 9% 5% 3 5% 5% 4 6% 31%	3279
	21st to end	Night	22% 17% 7% 10% 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 4 17%	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	62% 4 11% 16% 6%	2528
	11th to 20th	Day	62% 5% 13% 12% 8%	2530
	21st to end	Day	67% 5% 8% 14% 6%	2888
February	1st to 10th	Day	57% 5% 12% 14% 10% 1	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 5% 11% 24% 10% 2	1857
	21st to end	Day	54% 6% 9% 19% 10% 1	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	54% 6% 12% 20% 7% 1	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 6% 13% 23% 12% 1	1862
	21st to end	Day	59% 7% 11% 17% 6% 1	2376
April	1st to 10th	Day	55% 5% 10% 20% 9%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 5% 9% 21% 12% 2	2134
	21st to end	Day	52% 6% 13% 16% 12% 1	2238
May	1st to 10th	Day	51% 7% 13% 22% 7%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 7% 12% 22% 10%	2473
	21st to end	Day	45% 8% 12% 19% 14% 2	2725
June	1st to 10th	Day	35% 8% 12% 28% 16% 2	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 7% 13% 23% 20% 2	2520
	21st to end	Day	40% 9% 12% 23% 14% 2	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	32% 8% 14% 30% 14% 3	2451
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 8% 16% 26% 16% 2	2445
	21st to end	Day	33% 8% 16% 25% 15% 3	2591
August	1st to 10th	Day	34% 9% 15% 29% 11% 2	2474
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 7% 16% 26% 15% 1	2125
	21st to end	Day	33% 7% 11% 26% 20% 3	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	36% 7% 12% 24% 17% 3	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 6% 11% 31% 19% 2	2068
	21st to end	Day	38% 6% 10% 27% 18% 1	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	38% 7% 11% 26% 17% 1	1895
	11th to 20th	Day	50% 5% 13% 20% 13% 1	1800
	21st to end	Day	51% 4 10% 22% 11% 2	1791
November	1st to 10th	Day	39% 6% 15% 23% 16% 2	1672
	11th to 20th	Day	53% 5% 11% 21% 9% 1	1710
	21st to end	Day	52% 5% 11% 23% 9%	1596
December	1st to 10th	Day	55% 6% 13% 18% 8% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	56% 6% 14% 16% 7% 2	1915
	21st to end	Day	77% 4 6% 9% 4	2783
January	1st to 10th	Night	59% 4 10% 18% 9% 1	4428
	11th to 20th	Night	66% 4 10% 12% 8%	4440
	21st to end	Night	68% 4 9% 13% 6% 1	4776
February	1st to 10th	Night	54% 4 10% 17% 13% 1	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 4 11% 22% 14% 1	2219
	21st to end	Night	51% 4 10% 19% 11% 4	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	49% 5% 14% 20% 10% 1	2167
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 7% 12% 20% 16% 3	2110
	21st to end	Night	55% 5% 9% 19% 11% 2	1980
April	1st to 10th	Night	47% 6% 11% 22% 14% 2	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 5% 7% 21% 16% 4	1775
	21st to end	Night	45% 6% 11% 22% 12% 3	1720
May	1st to 10th	Night	45% 8% 13% 22% 12%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 7% 12% 24% 14% 2	1422
	21st to end	Night	40% 7% 13% 21% 17% 2	1552
June	1st to 10th	Night	32% 8% 13% 26% 19% 3	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 7% 9% 24% 23% 3	1440
	21st to end	Night	36% 7% 14% 22% 18% 2	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	29% 7% 14% 29% 17% 4	1400
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 6% 14% 30% 19% 2	1392
	21st to end	Night	27% 8% 16% 26% 18% 5%	1487
August	1st to 10th	Night	26% 10% 15% 32% 14% 3	1439
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 7% 15% 30% 20% 1	1776
	21st to end	Night	27% 7% 12% 28% 21% 4	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	33% 6% 10% 26% 24% 3	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 5% 7% 32% 22% 2	1873
	21st to end	Night	35% 6% 11% 30% 17% 2	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	35% 5% 10% 27% 20% 2	2060
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 4 10% 24% 19% 2	2160
	21st to end	Night	48% 5% 9% 24% 12% 1	2564
November	1st to 10th	Night	38% 5% 9% 26% 19% 3	2406
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 5% 12% 22% 12% 1	2470
	21st to end	Night	49% 4 12% 23% 11% 1	2581
December	1st to 10th	Night	53% 6% 11% 21% 8% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	54% 5% 12% 19% 9% 1	3281
	21st to end	Night	69% 5% 9% 12% 5%	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	20% 13% 34% 27% 6% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 14% 41% 19% 3 1	270
	21st to end	Day	22% 12% 38% 23% 5% 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 17% 41% 20% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 19% 36% 19% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	22% 19% 37% 18% 4	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 20% 40% 18% 3	240
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 15% 35% 15% 8% 2	240
	21st to end	Day	29% 12% 30% 20% 7% 2	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	25% 11% 34% 24% 5%	420
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 18% 28% 19% 9% 3	412
	21st to end	Day	24% 13% 29% 23% 10% 2	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	21% 13% 30% 24% 9% 3	423
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 11% 29% 24% 12% 2	615
	21st to end	Day	16% 8% 30% 23% 16% 7%	679
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 7% 31% 31% 16% 6%	630
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 32% 30% 16% 5%	630
	21st to end	Day	11% 9% 28% 33% 14% 5%	630
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 20% 31% 24% 15%	621
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 27% 33% 20% 9%	618
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 25% 37% 21% 7%	684
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 20% 32% 25% 12%	618
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 16% 27% 24% 18%	439
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 18% 32% 26% 11%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 20% 27% 24% 7%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 3 21% 31% 23% 12%	450
	21st to end	Day	14% 10% 27% 23% 19% 7%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 9% 28% 26% 17% 5%	365
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 20% 30% 20% 6% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	32% 13% 29% 21% 5% 1	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 14% 40% 19% 10% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 18% 37% 15% 7% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	26% 9% 40% 20% 5%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	19% 16% 43% 16% 6% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 13% 39% 23% 9%	270
	21st to end	Day	25% 19% 41% 13% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 15% 37% 23% 5%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 13% 37% 23% 5% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	20% 11% 37% 27% 5%	1045
February	1st to 10th	Night	22% 10% 39% 24% 4	950
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 13% 37% 25% 5%	743
	21st to end	Night	24% 12% 40% 20% 4	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 11% 37% 24% 7%	723
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 9% 37% 31% 7%	671
	21st to end	Night	23% 10% 32% 27% 7% 1	594
April	1st to 10th	Night	20% 13% 36% 25% 5%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 12% 30% 27% 7%	533
	21st to end	Night	22% 7% 34% 29% 9%	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	17% 8% 35% 30% 8% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 31% 31% 12%	531
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 27% 35% 19%	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 25% 44% 16% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 31% 41% 12% 1	540
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 29% 38% 19% 1	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 16% 40% 31% 4	525
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 1 24% 40% 24% 2	522
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 21% 44% 26% 1	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 15% 49% 27% 4	537
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 13% 42% 31% 4	534
	21st to end	Night	9% 1 17% 40% 30% 3	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 20% 38% 24% 4	540
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 19% 35% 27% 4	613
	21st to end	Night	13% 7% 25% 31% 21% 3	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 27% 33% 18% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 12% 31% 25% 10%	720
	21st to end	Night	25% 11% 32% 24% 7%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	17% 10% 38% 24% 10% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 15% 35% 23% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	21% 12% 38% 24% 6%	871
December	1st to 10th	Night	22% 11% 38% 23% 5%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 11% 36% 25% 5% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	29% 13% 36% 20% 2	1045

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