Sand Point
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Sand Point clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-01-17.

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	2 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 61%	74811
	Night	2 4 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 58%	75030
Transparency	Day	21% 7% 10% 20% 25% 18%	74519
	Night	22% 8% 11% 21% 23% 14%	74843
Seeing	Day	9% 18% 27% 25% 17% 5%	13923
	Night	6% 13% 20% 30% 25% 6%	23395

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	2 6% 2 6% 5% 4 7% 6% 7% 9% 45%	1519
	11th to 20th	Day	1 4 3 6% 6% 4 6% 6% 5% 7% 52%	1528
	21st to end	Day	4 8% 4 6% 5% 3 5% 6% 6% 10% 43%	1782
February	1st to 10th	Day	2 6% 3 6% 6% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 51%	1620
	11th to 20th	Day	1 6% 5% 7% 6% 4 4 5% 5% 8% 49%	1750
	21st to end	Day	1 6% 4 7% 6% 4 5% 6% 6% 7% 49%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	3 7% 4 9% 8% 4 6% 6% 6% 8% 38%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	1 6% 5% 6% 6% 4 5% 6% 7% 10% 43%	1948
	21st to end	Day	1 6% 4 5% 6% 4 6% 6% 7% 10% 46%	2317
April	1st to 10th	Day	3 5% 4 7% 5% 3 5% 6% 6% 8% 48%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	2 5% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 6% 8% 54%	2129
	21st to end	Day	3 5% 2 5% 4 2 3 4 4 8% 59%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 5% 2 4 4 2 3 5% 5% 7% 59%	2263
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 2 5% 5% 3 3 4 5% 7% 58%	2434
	21st to end	Day	5% 6% 2 6% 6% 3 5% 5% 5% 5% 51%	2723
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 5% 3 2 4 4 6% 8% 60%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 5% 75%	2520
	21st to end	Day	2 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 5% 77%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 82%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 4 80%	2520
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 4 74%	2679
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 1 2 3 2 3 3 4 5% 74%	2307
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 5% 80%	2122
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 85%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 82%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 2 2 3 3 5% 74%	2133
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 3 1 2 3 3 4 76%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 5% 2 3 4 2 3 3 3 5% 67%	1830
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 4 3 1 3 3 3 6% 70%	1800
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 3 4 2 3 4 5% 6% 68%	1936
November	1st to 10th	Day	3 5% 3 6% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 5% 57%	1674
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 3 4 3 4 6% 6% 11% 56%	1710
	21st to end	Day	2 5% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 52%	1649
December	1st to 10th	Day	4 6% 3 4 6% 3 6% 5% 6% 8% 49%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 12% 5% 8% 7% 4 7% 7% 6% 7% 34%	1928
	21st to end	Day	2 8% 3 8% 6% 4 5% 6% 7% 11% 39%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	2 7% 3 7% 7% 3 5% 6% 7% 10% 42%	2646
	11th to 20th	Night	1 5% 2 5% 7% 5% 6% 6% 7% 9% 46%	2571
	21st to end	Night	3 8% 4 7% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 7% 46%	2574
February	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 3 6% 6% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 52%	2337
	11th to 20th	Night	1 4 3 5% 5% 3 5% 7% 7% 9% 51%	2098
	21st to end	Night	2 5% 3 7% 7% 3 4 5% 6% 9% 50%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	2 6% 4 7% 5% 4 5% 6% 8% 10% 43%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	1 6% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 7% 10% 47%	2010
	21st to end	Night	1 5% 2 4 5% 4 6% 7% 6% 10% 50%	2038
April	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 2 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 8% 9% 48%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	2 5% 2 5% 4 3 6% 6% 7% 7% 55%	1779
	21st to end	Night	3 4 2 3 4 2 4 5% 5% 7% 61%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 2 4 5% 2 3 4 6% 6% 60%	1694
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 2 5% 3 2 4 5% 5% 8% 60%	1455
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 6% 8% 56%	1552
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 2 3 3 2 2 5% 4 6% 64%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 2 2 2 2 4 3 5% 78%	1440
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 77%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 5% 81%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 1 2 2 1 3 3 4 3 78%	1440
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 3 2 2 3 3 6% 73%	1634
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 1 2 3 2 4 3 4 4 72%	1632
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 78%	1780
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 83%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 86%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 5% 79%	1826
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 3 5% 75%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 70%	2128
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 1 3 3 3 5% 75%	2160
	21st to end	Night	2 4 1 3 2 1 2 3 4 6% 71%	2420
November	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 2 5% 4 2 4 4 6% 8% 58%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 1 3 3 2 4 5% 5% 9% 61%	2470
	21st to end	Night	2 4 2 5% 5% 3 5% 4 6% 8% 55%	2527
December	1st to 10th	Night	3 7% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 9% 51%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 10% 4 9% 7% 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 36%	3276
	21st to end	Night	1 7% 4 9% 8% 5% 7% 7% 8% 9% 35%	4862

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	28% 14% 16% 26% 14% 1	1519
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 11% 14% 24% 15% 8%	1528
	21st to end	Day	34% 8% 12% 22% 20% 4	1782
February	1st to 10th	Day	28% 10% 13% 24% 18% 7%	1620
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 8% 11% 26% 19% 5%	1760
	21st to end	Day	29% 12% 14% 24% 17% 4	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	38% 12% 13% 21% 15% 2	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 12% 13% 19% 20% 5%	1948
	21st to end	Day	28% 13% 21% 23% 12% 3	2317
April	1st to 10th	Day	30% 10% 16% 20% 19% 5%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 9% 14% 25% 22% 6%	2132
	21st to end	Day	22% 7% 14% 30% 23% 4	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	21% 7% 11% 30% 27% 4	2263
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 5% 11% 26% 26% 6%	2437
	21st to end	Day	31% 8% 11% 24% 21% 6%	2724
June	1st to 10th	Day	20% 7% 9% 23% 31% 10%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 7% 21% 35% 21%	2520
	21st to end	Day	11% 3 4 13% 33% 35%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 3 11% 26% 50%	2451
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 2 3 14% 24% 47%	2445
	21st to end	Day	15% 3 3 10% 23% 46%	2530
August	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 4 11% 25% 43%	2291
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 3 8% 31% 45%	2122
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 2 10% 37% 43%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 3 9% 34% 44%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 5% 19% 35% 24%	2133
	21st to end	Day	13% 3 4 18% 37% 24%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 4 7% 18% 30% 21%	1830
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 4 7% 24% 31% 18%	1800
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 9% 27% 29% 15%	1936
November	1st to 10th	Day	25% 8% 10% 22% 25% 10%	1674
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 10% 16% 23% 28% 5%	1710
	21st to end	Day	26% 8% 11% 24% 24% 7%	1649
December	1st to 10th	Day	29% 11% 11% 24% 20% 5%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 13% 10% 17% 13% 5%	1928
	21st to end	Day	32% 10% 18% 22% 16% 2	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	31% 11% 15% 24% 17% 2	2646
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 11% 16% 24% 14% 7%	2571
	21st to end	Night	34% 9% 13% 20% 20% 5%	2574
February	1st to 10th	Night	29% 10% 11% 23% 20% 7%	2337
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 11% 14% 28% 19% 4	2099
	21st to end	Night	28% 11% 15% 26% 15% 5%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	30% 13% 16% 22% 16% 4	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 14% 14% 22% 20% 5%	2010
	21st to end	Night	25% 15% 20% 24% 13% 3	2038
April	1st to 10th	Night	26% 14% 15% 25% 15% 5%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 9% 17% 27% 18% 6%	1779
	21st to end	Night	20% 10% 15% 33% 18% 3	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	21% 8% 12% 27% 27% 5%	1694
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 6% 13% 30% 24% 6%	1455
	21st to end	Night	25% 8% 14% 28% 21% 4	1552
June	1st to 10th	Night	19% 7% 11% 24% 30% 9%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 7% 22% 36% 20%	1440
	21st to end	Night	12% 3 5% 15% 34% 31%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 4 9% 32% 46%	1400
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 4 12% 26% 45%	1392
	21st to end	Night	14% 3 5% 9% 25% 44%	1543
August	1st to 10th	Night	16% 5% 4 13% 24% 38%	1623
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 3 11% 31% 41%	1780
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 2 10% 36% 41%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 3 9% 36% 43%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 6% 22% 35% 23%	1826
	21st to end	Night	13% 3 5% 20% 35% 23%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	19% 4 7% 21% 29% 20%	2128
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 8% 22% 35% 18%	2160
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 10% 25% 34% 13%	2420
November	1st to 10th	Night	21% 10% 11% 23% 24% 11%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 9% 12% 27% 27% 6%	2470
	21st to end	Night	23% 9% 10% 26% 23% 8%	2527
December	1st to 10th	Night	28% 11% 13% 23% 19% 6%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 14% 11% 18% 16% 4	3276
	21st to end	Night	34% 14% 16% 18% 14% 3	4862

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	22% 24% 23% 17% 12% 3	180
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 27% 26% 18% 13% 6%	212
	21st to end	Day	10% 18% 29% 23% 16% 5%	374
February	1st to 10th	Day	13% 19% 27% 24% 14% 3	340
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 24% 27% 26% 12% 1	415
	21st to end	Day	13% 22% 30% 25% 10%	346
March	1st to 10th	Day	16% 31% 24% 17% 10% 2	420
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 27% 28% 17% 13% 3	420
	21st to end	Day	14% 28% 27% 22% 8% 1	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 27% 29% 20% 9% 3	420
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 26% 26% 17% 10% 3	412
	21st to end	Day	13% 24% 27% 20% 12% 5%	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 21% 27% 22% 11% 3	423
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 23% 24% 22% 12% 5%	448
	21st to end	Day	13% 17% 22% 25% 18% 6%	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	8% 18% 27% 24% 18% 4	450
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 19% 32% 23% 13% 5%	450
	21st to end	Day	3 12% 27% 32% 21% 6%	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 10% 36% 31% 17% 4	446
	11th to 20th	Day	2 9% 32% 31% 20% 7%	444
	21st to end	Day	3 6% 32% 29% 24% 6%	487
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 9% 30% 31% 20% 5%	447
	11th to 20th	Day	2 8% 25% 32% 23% 11%	437
	21st to end	Day	3 8% 34% 30% 23% 3	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	3 8% 30% 29% 25% 6%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 14% 25% 27% 22% 5%	450
	21st to end	Day	6% 13% 28% 32% 18% 3	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 16% 24% 26% 21% 7%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 13% 22% 27% 25% 5%	450
	21st to end	Day	9% 16% 26% 20% 25% 5%	451
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 17% 20% 20% 20% 10%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 20% 18% 29% 19% 9%	270
	21st to end	Day	7% 18% 24% 24% 20% 6%	241
December	1st to 10th	Day	14% 20% 19% 21% 18% 8%	180
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 26% 29% 13% 15% 7%	180
	21st to end	Day	18% 18% 22% 25% 14% 3	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	8% 18% 21% 25% 20% 8%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 17% 21% 32% 17% 6%	748
	21st to end	Night	7% 13% 26% 28% 20% 6%	792
February	1st to 10th	Night	7% 14% 23% 31% 21% 4	720
	11th to 20th	Night	4 16% 25% 28% 21% 6%	704
	21st to end	Night	9% 21% 21% 32% 14% 3	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	8% 23% 26% 23% 16% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 20% 22% 23% 24% 4	720
	21st to end	Night	6% 25% 26% 25% 15% 2	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 21% 25% 28% 18% 2	720
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 20% 23% 27% 17% 5%	711
	21st to end	Night	7% 15% 24% 26% 22% 5%	720
May	1st to 10th	Night	9% 15% 24% 26% 22% 4	614
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 11% 21% 35% 23% 5%	393
	21st to end	Night	7% 8% 17% 33% 30% 5%	389
June	1st to 10th	Night	7% 8% 18% 33% 28% 6%	360
	11th to 20th	Night	2 8% 19% 37% 32% 2	360
	21st to end	Night	3 3 18% 37% 36% 3	360
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 15% 45% 34% 3	350
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 17% 44% 34% 2	348
	21st to end	Night	3 2 8% 41% 39% 7%	452
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 13% 36% 40% 5%	558
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 16% 38% 34% 6%	712
	21st to end	Night	2 3 18% 43% 30% 5%	792
September	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 17% 33% 38% 7%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	3 7% 17% 30% 34% 9%	720
	21st to end	Night	3 9% 19% 29% 31% 9%	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 10% 17% 32% 27% 9%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 8% 13% 33% 31% 9%	720
	21st to end	Night	6% 12% 16% 26% 29% 11%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	6% 16% 17% 24% 29% 8%	740
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 16% 20% 32% 20% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	7% 16% 20% 26% 24% 6%	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	10% 17% 20% 29% 16% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 19% 21% 28% 16% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	9% 21% 26% 28% 13% 2	836

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