LaBelle Astronomical Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the LaBelle Astronomical Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-01-13.

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	7% 5% 3 7% 7% 4 7% 6% 7% 9% 37%	74847
	Night	7% 5% 3 5% 6% 3 5% 5% 7% 9% 44%	74895
Transparency	Day	40% 10% 15% 17% 13% 4	74570
	Night	34% 10% 17% 20% 14% 4	74691
Seeing	Day	7% 3 14% 26% 26% 24%	14584
	Night	8% 3 16% 34% 29% 10%	24722

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	7% 5% 3 5% 5% 3 6% 6% 6% 8% 46%	1706
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 7% 11% 46%	1644
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 2 8% 5% 3 5% 6% 5% 7% 45%	1888
February	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 9% 45%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 1 3 4 3 5% 5% 6% 9% 55%	1748
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 3 4 5% 4 4 5% 6% 9% 50%	1626
March	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 9% 57%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 2 4 5% 3 5% 4 6% 9% 52%	1980
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 5% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 10% 54%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 2 5% 6% 4 6% 5% 6% 9% 49%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 6% 4 6% 5% 8% 10% 42%	1970
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 2 5% 6% 3 6% 5% 7% 9% 49%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 1 4 5% 3 5% 6% 6% 9% 54%	2182
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 3 6% 6% 4 7% 7% 8% 9% 37%	2301
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 4 7% 8% 5% 7% 6% 7% 8% 34%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 9% 4 9% 8% 5% 7% 7% 8% 8% 21%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 7% 3 8% 9% 6% 8% 8% 9% 11% 24%	2340
	21st to end	Day	8% 7% 3 9% 10% 6% 8% 7% 8% 10% 23%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 7% 4 8% 9% 6% 8% 10% 8% 9% 22%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 4 8% 9% 6% 9% 8% 9% 11% 23%	2340
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 3 9% 10% 6% 9% 9% 9% 10% 22%	2547
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 6% 3 8% 9% 5% 9% 9% 9% 12% 24%	2327
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 3 8% 11% 6% 10% 8% 9% 10% 23%	2090
	21st to end	Day	9% 7% 4 10% 11% 6% 8% 7% 6% 10% 22%	2178
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 6% 4 10% 11% 6% 8% 8% 9% 11% 21%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 7% 4 8% 10% 5% 8% 8% 8% 10% 23%	1980
	21st to end	Day	10% 8% 3 10% 9% 5% 7% 6% 6% 10% 25%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 7% 3 8% 8% 5% 6% 7% 6% 10% 33%	1962
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 7% 5% 7% 5% 7% 10% 39%	1800
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 1 6% 5% 4 6% 7% 6% 9% 43%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 7% 8% 49%	1857
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 3 7% 6% 3 7% 6% 5% 8% 43%	1900
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 6% 6% 4 5% 6% 6% 7% 48%	1900
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 7% 8% 48%	1715
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 3 5% 6% 6% 8% 46%	2153
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 3 7% 7% 4 7% 8% 7% 8% 34%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 3 5% 5% 2 5% 5% 7% 9% 47%	2459
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 9% 45%	2378
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 7% 8% 45%	2465
February	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 3 5% 4 3 4 5% 6% 8% 47%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 2 3 4 2 4 5% 6% 8% 55%	2098
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 3 3 4 3 4 5% 5% 8% 57%	1628
March	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 2 3 4 2 4 4 6% 9% 62%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 2 4 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 8% 55%	1980
	21st to end	Night	3 3 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 59%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 2 3 4 3 4 5% 6% 9% 57%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 1 5% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 10% 50%	1935
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 4 5% 2 6% 4 6% 10% 53%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 2 3 4 3 4 4 4 9% 61%	1790
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 5% 5% 3 6% 6% 7% 10% 45%	1592
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 3 5% 6% 3 6% 6% 7% 9% 44%	1744
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 3 6% 7% 5% 7% 7% 7% 11% 29%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 3 7% 6% 4 7% 7% 7% 13% 33%	1620
	21st to end	Night	5% 6% 3 8% 8% 5% 7% 8% 8% 12% 31%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 4 7% 8% 5% 7% 6% 8% 12% 29%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 4 8% 7% 4 7% 7% 9% 13% 31%	1620
	21st to end	Night	4 6% 3 7% 8% 5% 7% 8% 9% 12% 31%	1771
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 6% 2 8% 8% 5% 8% 7% 8% 11% 31%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 3 6% 7% 4 7% 9% 8% 13% 31%	1783
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 3 8% 9% 5% 9% 6% 8% 11% 27%	2178
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 3 8% 7% 5% 8% 7% 9% 11% 30%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 4 7% 8% 5% 8% 7% 7% 10% 31%	1980
	21st to end	Night	12% 10% 3 8% 8% 4 5% 7% 8% 9% 26%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 7% 3 6% 6% 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 40%	1994
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 3 6% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 8% 46%	2160
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 4 5% 4 5% 5% 6% 9% 47%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 4 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 50%	2221
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 3 7% 6% 3 5% 4 5% 8% 48%	2280
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 9% 50%	2280
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 3 5% 5% 3 5% 4 6% 8% 52%	2460
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 3 4 5% 2 4 4 5% 7% 51%	3042
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 3 6% 7% 4 5% 6% 6% 9% 35%	4532

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	34% 6% 11% 21% 20% 8%	1707
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 7% 10% 24% 21% 6%	1644
	21st to end	Day	39% 6% 7% 20% 20% 8%	1888
February	1st to 10th	Day	35% 6% 12% 20% 20% 7%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 5% 10% 26% 23% 11%	1758
	21st to end	Day	29% 6% 12% 18% 25% 10%	1626
March	1st to 10th	Day	24% 6% 13% 24% 25% 9%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 6% 12% 24% 22% 8%	1980
	21st to end	Day	27% 6% 12% 24% 22% 10%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	30% 8% 16% 25% 16% 6%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 8% 14% 21% 17% 5%	1970
	21st to end	Day	29% 7% 14% 19% 25% 6%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	25% 8% 12% 23% 24% 8%	2182
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 10% 15% 18% 15% 1	2305
	21st to end	Day	45% 10% 14% 16% 14% 1	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	57% 12% 15% 12% 4	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	50% 15% 18% 15% 2	2340
	21st to end	Day	52% 14% 22% 10% 2	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	51% 18% 22% 8% 1	2275
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 17% 23% 9%	2271
	21st to end	Day	51% 18% 22% 9% 1	2405
August	1st to 10th	Day	47% 17% 28% 8% 1	2314
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 17% 25% 8%	2090
	21st to end	Day	55% 17% 18% 8% 2	2178
September	1st to 10th	Day	53% 16% 19% 12% 1	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	52% 16% 19% 11% 3	1980
	21st to end	Day	53% 13% 15% 11% 6% 2	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	44% 11% 13% 16% 11% 4	1962
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 8% 13% 19% 16% 5%	1800
	21st to end	Day	37% 7% 11% 16% 20% 8%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	31% 7% 13% 20% 18% 12%	1857
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 6% 10% 21% 18% 7%	1900
	21st to end	Day	33% 7% 12% 21% 21% 6%	1900
December	1st to 10th	Day	32% 6% 14% 24% 19% 5%	1715
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 6% 10% 20% 19% 10%	2150
	21st to end	Day	42% 9% 14% 17% 15% 3	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	32% 7% 13% 24% 17% 7%	2459
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 7% 11% 25% 17% 6%	2378
	21st to end	Night	35% 8% 13% 20% 17% 8%	2465
February	1st to 10th	Night	34% 7% 13% 20% 19% 7%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 6% 10% 25% 23% 10%	2099
	21st to end	Night	24% 6% 14% 20% 29% 7%	1628
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 7% 11% 31% 25% 7%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 7% 14% 29% 19% 6%	1980
	21st to end	Night	23% 6% 13% 27% 23% 7%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	23% 7% 17% 33% 14% 6%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 9% 17% 21% 21% 4	1935
	21st to end	Night	25% 8% 14% 25% 22% 5%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	21% 6% 14% 28% 22% 8%	1790
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 11% 22% 22% 15%	1593
	21st to end	Night	35% 11% 17% 20% 17%	1745
June	1st to 10th	Night	47% 13% 17% 18% 5%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 14% 25% 18% 2	1620
	21st to end	Night	42% 18% 23% 13% 4	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	44% 15% 29% 11% 1	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 17% 30% 11% 1	1566
	21st to end	Night	41% 17% 30% 12%	1672
August	1st to 10th	Night	40% 18% 29% 13%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 20% 31% 9% 1	1783
	21st to end	Night	48% 19% 22% 10% 1	2178
September	1st to 10th	Night	43% 21% 25% 11% 1	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 18% 22% 13% 2	1980
	21st to end	Night	51% 13% 18% 12% 7%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	39% 10% 18% 17% 12% 3	1994
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 9% 14% 19% 20% 3	2160
	21st to end	Night	32% 7% 15% 16% 21% 8%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	31% 7% 13% 19% 20% 10%	2221
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 7% 11% 23% 18% 7%	2280
	21st to end	Night	31% 7% 12% 22% 23% 6%	2280
December	1st to 10th	Night	29% 7% 13% 28% 19% 5%	2460
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 5% 10% 22% 19% 11%	3044
	21st to end	Night	42% 9% 16% 15% 14% 4	4532

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	7% 7% 36% 33% 17%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 10% 29% 33% 18% 3	248
	21st to end	Day	13% 9% 38% 27% 12% 1	264
February	1st to 10th	Day	7% 10% 23% 33% 23% 4	240
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 24% 37% 22% 8%	240
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 21% 34% 31% 4	344
March	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 31% 38% 22% 3	420
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 24% 34% 26% 4	420
	21st to end	Day	3 4 20% 37% 31% 4	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	5% 5% 25% 36% 24% 5%	420
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 6% 19% 37% 26% 7%	412
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 16% 35% 30% 11%	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 1 13% 32% 31% 18%	423
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 3 11% 26% 29% 21%	447
	21st to end	Day	9% 1 8% 23% 25% 35%	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 2 9% 18% 26% 31%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 6% 17% 26% 43%	450
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 3 12% 22% 57%	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 1 2 7% 21% 63%	445
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 3 8% 27% 56%	444
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 16% 22% 52%	488
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 1 3 9% 24% 57%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 4 8% 25% 59%	439
	21st to end	Day	9% 1 5% 18% 26% 40%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 4 14% 26% 47%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 6% 16% 26% 44%	450
	21st to end	Day	8% 1 5% 19% 32% 36%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 11% 32% 33% 13%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 13% 32% 31% 13%	450
	21st to end	Day	7% 3 17% 32% 31% 11%	495
November	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 15% 31% 30% 10%	455
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 3 22% 35% 21% 8%	460
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 22% 39% 25% 4	460
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 3 25% 33% 25% 5%	275
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 8% 23% 34% 22% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	3 9% 25% 33% 25% 5%	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 23% 43% 18% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 26% 42% 17% 1	732
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 30% 42% 12%	792
February	1st to 10th	Night	13% 4 27% 40% 15%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 25% 44% 18% 1	703
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 24% 49% 16% 1	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 31% 46% 15% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 23% 47% 18%	720
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 27% 48% 17% 1	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 23% 48% 20% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 24% 49% 17% 1	711
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 23% 48% 21%	720
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 16% 47% 30% 2	710
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 11% 42% 36% 4	531
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 7% 34% 45% 7%	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	12% 1 6% 24% 45% 11%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 4 14% 49% 26%	540
	21st to end	Night	4 1 4 14% 44% 33%	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 3 8% 44% 39%	525
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 2 8% 45% 40%	522
	21st to end	Night	4 1 3 8% 42% 42%	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 2 9% 45% 37%	537
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 4 7% 43% 39%	620
	21st to end	Night	10% 1 7% 18% 37% 26%	792
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 5% 16% 44% 27%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 6% 18% 41% 23%	720
	21st to end	Night	15% 2 7% 21% 38% 16%	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 1 9% 39% 32% 7%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 13% 37% 34% 6%	720
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 17% 38% 28% 5%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 20% 40% 26% 2	740
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 21% 42% 23% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 20% 44% 24% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 21% 41% 27% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 21% 41% 23% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 24% 40% 23% 2	836

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