Goethe Link Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Goethe Link Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-01-27.

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	14% 8% 3 6% 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 38%	74965
	Night	15% 9% 4 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 39%	75091
Transparency	Day	45% 6% 11% 22% 14% 2	74672
	Night	45% 5% 11% 21% 15% 3	74906
Seeing	Day	16% 10% 26% 24% 17% 7%	14443
	Night	17% 9% 27% 30% 15% 2	24405

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% 13% 6% 9% 6% 3 4 4 4 6% 28%	1517
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 13% 6% 9% 8% 4 4 4 3 5% 26%	1520
	21st to end	Day	14% 15% 7% 8% 7% 3 5% 4 4 6% 27%	1718
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 12% 7% 8% 6% 3 4 4 4 5% 29%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 10% 5% 10% 6% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 30%	1748
	21st to end	Day	17% 15% 5% 9% 5% 2 3 3 4 6% 32%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	17% 11% 3 7% 6% 3 4 5% 4 6% 35%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 10% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 35%	1899
	21st to end	Day	20% 13% 4 8% 6% 3 4 5% 5% 6% 27%	2286
April	1st to 10th	Day	14% 9% 3 7% 6% 3 4 5% 6% 7% 37%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 9% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 6% 5% 39%	2134
	21st to end	Day	21% 7% 2 7% 6% 3 4 4 5% 7% 35%	2294
May	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 3 7% 5% 3 5% 4 6% 6% 34%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 8% 3 6% 6% 3 4 4 5% 7% 36%	2301
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 3 7% 6% 4 6% 7% 8% 9% 36%	2588
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 8% 43%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 6% 4 5% 6% 6% 9% 45%	2520
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 6% 10% 41%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 6% 4 6% 6% 7% 10% 39%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 4 4 3 6% 6% 7% 10% 46%	2520
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 5% 6% 4 6% 6% 8% 9% 42%	2671
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 5% 3 6% 5% 7% 10% 44%	2327
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 6% 3 6% 5% 8% 10% 39%	2179
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 5% 5% 4 4 5% 7% 10% 49%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 6% 3 5% 4 6% 8% 43%	2139
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 2 4 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 47%	1980
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 2 5% 4 3 3 4 6% 6% 51%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 4 2 4 4 5% 8% 47%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 3 6% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 43%	1844
	21st to end	Day	19% 10% 3 7% 5% 3 5% 3 4 6% 36%	1782
November	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 3 5% 4 2 4 4 5% 6% 53%	1672
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 10% 4 6% 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 40%	1710
	21st to end	Day	18% 10% 4 6% 5% 3 4 3 4 6% 37%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	18% 14% 5% 8% 5% 2 4 4 4 6% 31%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 15% 7% 9% 5% 3 3 4 4 5% 30%	1937
	21st to end	Day	21% 20% 8% 8% 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 18%	2783
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 11% 5% 8% 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 29%	2648
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 14% 7% 9% 7% 3 4 3 4 4 26%	2660
	21st to end	Night	17% 14% 6% 8% 7% 3 4 4 4 5% 28%	2774
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 11% 5% 9% 7% 3 4 3 4 5% 28%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 10% 5% 9% 6% 3 5% 4 4 7% 32%	2098
	21st to end	Night	19% 13% 5% 8% 5% 3 4 3 4 5% 31%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	16% 11% 3 7% 6% 3 4 4 4 6% 36%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 3 7% 5% 3 5% 4 4 7% 38%	2060
	21st to end	Night	21% 9% 3 7% 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 33%	2084
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 4 6% 6% 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 40%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 8% 4 6% 4 3 4 3 3 7% 42%	1775
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 3 7% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 37%	1665
May	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 4 7% 5% 3 4 5% 4 8% 34%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 4 6% 5% 3 3 4 6% 8% 40%	1592
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 6% 6% 3 5% 6% 6% 12% 40%	1683
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 3 5% 4 3 5% 4 5% 7% 50%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 3 6% 4 3 4 5% 5% 9% 50%	1440
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 7% 10% 47%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 4 4 2 4 5% 6% 11% 48%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 2 4 4 3 5% 5% 6% 10% 53%	1440
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 3 4 4 3 3 3 5% 8% 55%	1644
August	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 2 4 5% 3 5% 6% 5% 9% 51%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 2 4 5% 3 5% 7% 7% 8% 50%	1718
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 2 4 5% 3 4 4 5% 9% 55%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 3 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 49%	1801
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 5% 5% 8% 54%	1980
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 51%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 2 5% 4 3 4 5% 5% 6% 54%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 2 4 4 2 3 3 5% 5% 47%	2113
	21st to end	Night	18% 8% 3 6% 4 2 4 4 5% 6% 40%	2574
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 3 5% 5% 2 3 4 5% 5% 50%	2406
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 41%	2470
	21st to end	Night	19% 10% 4 7% 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 35%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 11% 5% 9% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 30%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 12% 4 8% 5% 2 3 4 4 6% 33%	3255
	21st to end	Night	23% 19% 6% 8% 6% 3 4 4 4 4 18%	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	57% 5% 8% 18% 11% 1	1518
	11th to 20th	Day	61% 5% 10% 17% 7%	1520
	21st to end	Day	58% 5% 10% 20% 5% 2	1718
February	1st to 10th	Day	58% 5% 9% 17% 9% 1	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	55% 5% 10% 20% 9% 1	1758
	21st to end	Day	55% 4 8% 20% 10% 2	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	52% 5% 8% 23% 12% 1	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	50% 5% 13% 20% 11% 2	1899
	21st to end	Day	58% 5% 10% 20% 6% 1	2286
April	1st to 10th	Day	46% 5% 12% 21% 14% 1	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 5% 10% 23% 12% 4	2134
	21st to end	Day	49% 5% 10% 20% 12% 3	2294
May	1st to 10th	Day	51% 6% 11% 22% 10% 1	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 7% 12% 17% 15% 1	2305
	21st to end	Day	41% 9% 13% 20% 15% 2	2588
June	1st to 10th	Day	38% 7% 11% 25% 16% 3	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 8% 11% 23% 20% 3	2520
	21st to end	Day	37% 8% 15% 20% 15% 4	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	39% 8% 14% 21% 15% 3	2451
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 8% 14% 28% 17% 1	2445
	21st to end	Day	35% 8% 15% 24% 15% 3	2523
August	1st to 10th	Day	32% 9% 14% 29% 14% 2	2314
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 8% 14% 25% 14% 2	2179
	21st to end	Day	29% 8% 13% 24% 18% 7%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	39% 6% 11% 24% 17% 4	2139
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 5% 11% 26% 21% 3	1980
	21st to end	Day	32% 5% 11% 25% 24% 2	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	36% 5% 11% 24% 22% 3	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 5% 8% 23% 21% 2	1844
	21st to end	Day	51% 4 9% 22% 13% 1	1782
November	1st to 10th	Day	32% 4 12% 29% 18% 4	1672
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 4 9% 22% 15% 4	1710
	21st to end	Day	50% 3 9% 22% 14% 1	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	56% 4 10% 19% 11%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	57% 4 6% 23% 9% 1	1934
	21st to end	Day	68% 5% 10% 11% 6%	2783
January	1st to 10th	Night	56% 5% 8% 19% 11%	2648
	11th to 20th	Night	63% 4 10% 16% 7% 1	2660
	21st to end	Night	59% 4 10% 17% 9% 1	2774
February	1st to 10th	Night	60% 4 12% 17% 6% 1	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	52% 5% 10% 20% 11% 1	2099
	21st to end	Night	57% 4 10% 17% 10% 2	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	50% 5% 8% 22% 13% 2	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 5% 12% 21% 12% 2	2060
	21st to end	Night	53% 4 10% 23% 8% 2	2084
April	1st to 10th	Night	43% 5% 12% 24% 13% 3	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 5% 9% 20% 17% 5%	1775
	21st to end	Night	46% 6% 10% 22% 14% 4	1665
May	1st to 10th	Night	50% 7% 10% 20% 11% 2	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 6% 13% 21% 15% 2	1593
	21st to end	Night	36% 8% 16% 21% 13% 6%	1684
June	1st to 10th	Night	33% 6% 10% 26% 21% 3	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 8% 11% 25% 21% 4	1440
	21st to end	Night	31% 7% 15% 23% 20% 4	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	32% 8% 15% 22% 18% 5%	1400
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 6% 16% 28% 20% 3	1392
	21st to end	Night	29% 5% 13% 29% 19% 4	1553
August	1st to 10th	Night	29% 7% 15% 28% 18% 2	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 9% 15% 27% 20% 2	1718
	21st to end	Night	26% 7% 13% 26% 21% 7%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	36% 5% 10% 24% 19% 6%	1801
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 6% 9% 28% 25% 4	1980
	21st to end	Night	33% 5% 10% 23% 24% 4	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	29% 6% 10% 25% 25% 4	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 3 6% 26% 21% 3	2113
	21st to end	Night	46% 3 10% 22% 16% 3	2574
November	1st to 10th	Night	36% 4 10% 25% 22% 4	2406
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 4 10% 22% 18% 3	2470
	21st to end	Night	53% 3 9% 22% 12% 1	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	55% 4 10% 19% 11% 1	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	53% 3 10% 20% 13% 1	3257
	21st to end	Night	70% 5% 8% 10% 6%	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	25% 13% 35% 21% 5% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 19% 33% 18% 3 1	270
	21st to end	Day	26% 20% 31% 19% 4	282
February	1st to 10th	Day	30% 16% 38% 13% 3	240
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 22% 33% 16% 5%	240
	21st to end	Day	26% 18% 41% 12% 3 1	198
March	1st to 10th	Day	23% 24% 35% 15% 3	240
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 18% 37% 16% 6% 1	339
	21st to end	Day	28% 16% 32% 16% 8%	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	17% 15% 34% 23% 10% 1	420
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 17% 25% 22% 14% 2	412
	21st to end	Day	25% 14% 30% 20% 8% 2	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	22% 12% 29% 26% 9% 3	423
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 7% 26% 25% 13% 6%	447
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 24% 27% 22% 11%	542
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 25% 33% 19% 6%	630
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 23% 31% 20% 9%	630
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 26% 28% 20% 8%	630
July	1st to 10th	Day	11% 3 14% 27% 26% 19%	621
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 18% 34% 25% 13%	618
	21st to end	Day	10% 1 17% 28% 31% 12%	612
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 3 11% 27% 33% 18%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 3 16% 26% 30% 13%	439
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 13% 27% 34% 16%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 15% 28% 30% 13%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 2 14% 26% 33% 15%	450
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 22% 23% 24% 12%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 25% 31% 20% 7%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 13% 38% 23% 13% 1	373
	21st to end	Day	28% 11% 36% 22% 2	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 14% 32% 26% 12% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 17% 29% 20% 11% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	23% 13% 37% 21% 6%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	15% 24% 34% 20% 5% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 13% 37% 19% 5% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	29% 19% 31% 16% 4	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 17% 33% 25% 4	950
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 17% 36% 20% 3	950
	21st to end	Night	21% 14% 37% 24% 3	957
February	1st to 10th	Night	25% 14% 36% 23% 2	720
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 16% 36% 24% 3	703
	21st to end	Night	25% 13% 39% 20% 3	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 15% 32% 26% 4	720
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 11% 36% 25% 7% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	24% 9% 33% 27% 5% 1	698
April	1st to 10th	Night	14% 12% 36% 29% 8%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 12% 29% 29% 11% 1	533
	21st to end	Night	20% 8% 39% 24% 9% 1	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 35% 29% 10% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 5% 23% 36% 15% 3	531
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 21% 40% 25% 3	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 22% 43% 21% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 19% 46% 22% 1	540
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 20% 40% 28% 2	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 10% 36% 35% 8%	525
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 15% 36% 36% 5%	522
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 10% 43% 33% 4	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 9% 39% 39% 4	537
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 10% 41% 35% 5%	534
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 12% 31% 40% 7%	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 13% 37% 31% 4	541
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 14% 34% 36% 4	720
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 18% 34% 27% 3	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 22% 35% 23% 4	720
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 8% 27% 30% 14% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	22% 10% 34% 26% 7%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 9% 31% 33% 12% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 14% 31% 29% 9%	760
	21st to end	Night	24% 12% 26% 30% 7%	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	23% 11% 37% 24% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 10% 33% 26% 6% 1	926
	21st to end	Night	31% 13% 32% 21% 4	1045

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