LINEAR
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the LINEAR 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	3 3 1 3 3 2 4 4 5% 7% 64%	74633
	Night	4 3 1 3 4 2 4 4 5% 7% 63%	75126
Transparency	Day	19% 4 7% 18% 28% 24%	74359
	Night	21% 4 7% 17% 28% 22%	74921
Seeing	Day	5% 6% 18% 29% 27% 15%	13553
	Night	5% 4 22% 43% 24% 2	23960

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover SW (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	3 4 2 3 4 3 3 4 5% 7% 63%	1708
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 1 3 3 2 2 3 4 6% 70%	1642
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 3 3 1 3 3 5% 6% 66%	1782
February	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 1 3 2 2 2 3 4 7% 70%	1652
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 3 3 2 3 4 4 6% 64%	1749
	21st to end	Day	2 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 6% 71%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 2 3 3 2 4 4 5% 7% 61%	1960
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 6% 67%	1980
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 3 3 1 3 3 6% 8% 68%	2213
April	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 5% 7% 72%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 2 3 2 3 3 3 6% 71%	2131
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 74%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 6% 73%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 4 3 4 5% 5% 7% 66%	2147
	21st to end	Day	2 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 6% 76%	2530
June	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 3 2 4 4 7% 10% 65%	2510
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 7% 74%	2520
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 4 4 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 57%	2384
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 1 3 4 4 5% 7% 8% 11% 49%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 2 4 5% 4 6% 6% 9% 12% 47%	2340
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 5% 6% 4 7% 8% 10% 12% 41%	2545
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 2 4 5% 4 5% 7% 9% 13% 46%	2253
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 2 4 5% 4 5% 7% 8% 12% 46%	2123
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 4 5% 3 6% 6% 8% 10% 51%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 1 4 5% 4 5% 6% 6% 8% 53%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 4 3 3 3 6% 5% 7% 61%	2160
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 3 2 1 3 3 4 6% 73%	1939
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 4 3 2 3 3 4 7% 65%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 77%	1800
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 79%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 2 2 1 2 4 3 7% 76%	1859
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 5% 6% 74%	1801
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 2 3 4 2 3 4 4 5% 64%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	4 5% 2 2 3 2 2 3 4 6% 68%	1603
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 59%	1926
	21st to end	Day	4 4 1 3 3 2 3 4 4 6% 67%	3050
January	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 2 3 3 2 4 3 5% 6% 65%	2457
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 1 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 69%	2379
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 3 3 2 2 3 5% 6% 67%	2574
February	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 1 2 3 2 3 3 3 6% 70%	2307
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 63%	2098
	21st to end	Night	3 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 6% 6% 65%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 65%	1997
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 66%	1980
	21st to end	Night	4 3 2 3 3 2 3 4 4 5% 68%	2142
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 1 3 3 1 4 4 5% 7% 69%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 2 3 4 5% 7% 67%	1777
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 3 3 2 3 4 4 5% 69%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 1 2 3 2 3 3 4 6% 68%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 2 3 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 62%	1744
	21st to end	Night	1 3 1 2 3 2 3 4 5% 5% 71%	1746
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 5% 4 3 4 6% 8% 7% 58%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 3 2 4 3 5% 6% 69%	1440
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 2 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 7% 8% 51%	1565
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 2 6% 6% 5% 7% 6% 9% 11% 40%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 5% 7% 4 6% 8% 10% 12% 39%	1620
	21st to end	Night	3 3 3 5% 7% 5% 7% 9% 9% 13% 36%	1773
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 2 5% 6% 4 7% 7% 10% 14% 39%	1685
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 3 6% 6% 5% 7% 8% 10% 11% 39%	1778
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 4 4 4 6% 7% 8% 11% 47%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 2 4 6% 4 6% 6% 7% 10% 48%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 2 4 4 3 5% 4 5% 8% 56%	1800
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 3 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 65%	2016
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 2 3 4 2 3 5% 5% 7% 62%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 4 78%	2160
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 4 76%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 4 7% 75%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 5% 76%	2357
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 3 3 1 3 3 3 6% 68%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 67%	2573
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 3 4 5% 5% 9% 57%	3271
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 1 3 4 2 3 3 4 5% 66%	4645

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	21% 4 6% 24% 36% 9%	1709
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 3 5% 21% 41% 13%	1642
	21st to end	Day	21% 2 6% 20% 35% 17%	1782
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 2 6% 20% 34% 22%	1652
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 3 5% 18% 31% 22%	1759
	21st to end	Day	16% 1 3 12% 36% 31%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	23% 3 4 12% 33% 25%	1960
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 2 3 15% 31% 29%	1980
	21st to end	Day	16% 2 5% 14% 35% 28%	2213
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 4 13% 34% 34%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 3 3 11% 28% 39%	2134
	21st to end	Day	14% 2 4 13% 33% 33%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 3 3 11% 29% 42%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 4 8% 14% 26% 30%	2150
	21st to end	Day	12% 3 5% 12% 26% 43%	2530
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 8% 18% 25% 33%	2510
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 2 3 9% 21% 51%	2520
	21st to end	Day	23% 5% 6% 16% 22% 29%	2384
July	1st to 10th	Day	26% 7% 11% 20% 17% 19%	2276
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 7% 14% 23% 20% 10%	2271
	21st to end	Day	29% 10% 19% 25% 13% 4	2404
August	1st to 10th	Day	25% 9% 15% 26% 18% 7%	2238
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 7% 14% 22% 18% 11%	2123
	21st to end	Day	25% 8% 13% 25% 22% 9%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	26% 6% 10% 20% 23% 16%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 6% 7% 19% 25% 22%	2160
	21st to end	Day	14% 4 5% 19% 33% 26%	1939
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 4 8% 16% 26% 26%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 2 3 10% 31% 40%	1800
	21st to end	Day	12% 2 3 20% 38% 25%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 3 3 20% 38% 25%	1859
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 3 5% 21% 36% 23%	1801
	21st to end	Day	23% 3 4 18% 36% 17%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	19% 3 4 29% 32% 12%	1603
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 4 9% 24% 29% 9%	1924
	21st to end	Day	19% 3 6% 21% 35% 15%	3050
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 3 7% 22% 35% 12%	2457
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 2 5% 18% 41% 14%	2379
	21st to end	Night	19% 2 6% 17% 39% 16%	2574
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 3 5% 20% 33% 24%	2307
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 2 4 18% 28% 24%	2098
	21st to end	Night	19% 3 3 10% 33% 31%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	22% 3 3 15% 30% 28%	1997
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 2 4 13% 34% 26%	1980
	21st to end	Night	20% 3 4 13% 34% 27%	2142
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 3 4 10% 36% 32%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 3 4 11% 26% 37%	1777
	21st to end	Night	17% 4 4 11% 32% 32%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	18% 3 5% 11% 25% 39%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 4 9% 12% 23% 30%	1745
	21st to end	Night	15% 3 6% 12% 19% 44%	1746
June	1st to 10th	Night	22% 5% 10% 14% 17% 32%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 3 4 9% 20% 49%	1440
	21st to end	Night	28% 6% 9% 15% 17% 25%	1565
July	1st to 10th	Night	33% 8% 13% 18% 17% 11%	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 10% 17% 22% 14% 7%	1566
	21st to end	Night	33% 10% 19% 25% 10% 3	1674
August	1st to 10th	Night	28% 11% 18% 25% 12% 6%	1676
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 9% 17% 19% 15% 8%	1778
	21st to end	Night	27% 8% 16% 25% 16% 7%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	29% 7% 13% 18% 19% 14%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 5% 10% 18% 18% 23%	1800
	21st to end	Night	20% 4 6% 16% 29% 26%	2016
October	1st to 10th	Night	21% 4 9% 16% 23% 26%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 2 4 11% 26% 43%	2160
	21st to end	Night	14% 2 4 16% 35% 29%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 3 19% 37% 28%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 3 3 18% 35% 29%	2357
	21st to end	Night	20% 3 4 18% 36% 20%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 3 5% 23% 34% 15%	2573
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 4 8% 23% 33% 9%	3272
	21st to end	Night	22% 3 5% 22% 37% 12%	4645

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% 6% 20% 44% 21% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 18% 38% 24% 6%	248
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 30% 36% 21% 3	264
February	1st to 10th	Day	5% 7% 20% 39% 23% 6%	240
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 9% 25% 37% 18%	240
	21st to end	Day	11% 13% 32% 30% 10% 4	198
March	1st to 10th	Day	7% 17% 29% 32% 13% 3	400
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 14% 24% 31% 19% 4	420
	21st to end	Day	7% 22% 32% 23% 15% 2	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	5% 15% 27% 34% 13% 6%	420
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 16% 32% 27% 13% 3	412
	21st to end	Day	5% 15% 34% 26% 16% 4	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 12% 29% 30% 20% 5%	423
	11th to 20th	Day	3 8% 28% 32% 21% 8%	448
	21st to end	Day	3 9% 31% 28% 23% 5%	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 14% 37% 34% 10%	620
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 16% 35% 32% 11%	630
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 13% 30% 32% 18%	494
July	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 6% 21% 37% 31%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 17% 30% 46%	444
	21st to end	Day	3 1 4 13% 32% 46%	487
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 5% 16% 39% 36%	447
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 5% 22% 41% 28%	437
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 4 17% 39% 34%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 1 8% 20% 38% 27%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 6% 31% 39% 19%	450
	21st to end	Day	3 4 11% 27% 36% 19%	319
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 15% 22% 33% 21%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 12% 26% 35% 18%	270
	21st to end	Day	6% 8% 11% 26% 34% 15%	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 19% 34% 29% 8%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 12% 33% 36% 13%	270
	21st to end	Day	8% 7% 21% 36% 21% 6%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 3 17% 43% 22% 7%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	4 5% 24% 44% 19% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	9% 7% 19% 45% 19% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 22% 51% 16% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 28% 43% 18% 1	732
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 29% 45% 15%	792
February	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 30% 48% 15% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 33% 45% 9%	704
	21st to end	Night	5% 8% 39% 42% 5%	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	5% 8% 34% 41% 12%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 6% 29% 44% 15% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	4 8% 35% 43% 10%	756
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 41% 44% 8%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 8% 38% 39% 9%	533
	21st to end	Night	5% 6% 39% 41% 9%	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 32% 51% 9%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 24% 49% 18% 1	531
	21st to end	Night	3 3 27% 54% 13%	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 19% 51% 22% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 18% 57% 20% 1	540
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 11% 45% 35% 1	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 7% 37% 45% 5%	525
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 5% 26% 59% 6%	522
	21st to end	Night	4 1 5% 25% 57% 8%	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 4 26% 56% 11%	537
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 7% 28% 54% 5%	534
	21st to end	Night	4 1 5% 30% 56% 5%	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 6% 38% 46% 3	540
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 11% 44% 36% 2	540
	21st to end	Night	4 2 14% 42% 35% 2	626
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 17% 48% 28% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 21% 50% 23% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	4 4 20% 40% 29% 4	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 19% 46% 29% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 19% 48% 25% 2	837
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 22% 40% 24% 2	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 23% 48% 18% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 25% 46% 17%	950
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 25% 51% 12% 1	908

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