Little Eden Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Little Eden Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-01-31.

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% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 44%	75158
	Night	12% 5% 2 4 4 2 4 4 5% 7% 51%	75003
Transparency	Day	39% 6% 10% 22% 18% 5%	74882
	Night	34% 5% 10% 23% 22% 7%	74799
Seeing	Day	16% 9% 25% 26% 19% 6%	14236
	Night	16% 9% 24% 30% 19% 2	24212

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	16% 9% 3 5% 3 2 4 3 3 4 48%	1707
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 8% 3 6% 4 3 4 4 4 5% 46%	1710
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 3 4 3 1 3 3 4 5% 50%	1872
February	1st to 10th	Day	20% 9% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 3 4 41%	1620
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 4 7% 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 41%	1620
	21st to end	Day	22% 9% 4 6% 4 2 3 4 3 5% 38%	1628
March	1st to 10th	Day	17% 7% 3 6% 5% 2 3 3 3 6% 45%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 9% 3 7% 4 3 3 4 3 5% 40%	1980
	21st to end	Day	17% 9% 4 7% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 6% 36%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 3 4 5% 6% 44%	2087
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 3 3 5% 6% 44%	2134
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 3 6% 6% 3 5% 4 5% 5% 40%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	17% 6% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 41%	2241
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 3 6% 6% 3 6% 5% 6% 8% 39%	2302
	21st to end	Day	11% 7% 3 7% 7% 4 5% 6% 6% 7% 37%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 2 6% 6% 4 5% 6% 6% 9% 42%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 3 5% 7% 5% 6% 6% 7% 8% 42%	2340
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 5% 6% 4 6% 6% 6% 9% 48%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 2 6% 6% 5% 7% 7% 9% 11% 34%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 2 4 6% 5% 7% 7% 7% 9% 44%	2340
	21st to end	Day	7% 3 2 5% 7% 4 7% 6% 8% 12% 39%	2546
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 2 5% 7% 4 7% 8% 7% 11% 40%	2328
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 3 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 7% 9% 42%	2217
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 5% 6% 4 7% 7% 7% 9% 42%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 2 4 5% 4 5% 5% 6% 6% 47%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 7% 7% 45%	2034
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 1 4 5% 3 4 3 5% 6% 55%	1940
October	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 2 5% 4 3 5% 4 5% 6% 54%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 4 56%	1800
	21st to end	Day	18% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 3 4 5% 50%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 3 4 7% 54%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 2 3 4 3 4 4 4 6% 54%	1900
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 3 5% 3 3 4 3 3 5% 48%	1763
December	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 3 4 4 3 3 4 5% 5% 47%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 8% 4 6% 5% 3 4 4 4 4 43%	2161
	21st to end	Day	16% 10% 3 6% 6% 3 4 4 5% 5% 37%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 3 4 4 2 4 3 4 5% 51%	2458
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 3 4 3 2 4 3 3 6% 49%	2470
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 1 4 3 2 3 3 4 5% 52%	2711
February	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 3 5% 4 2 3 4 4 6% 43%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 4 6% 5% 2 3 3 4 5% 44%	2233
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 3 4 3 2 4 3 5% 6% 44%	1637
March	1st to 10th	Night	16% 8% 2 5% 5% 2 4 4 4 6% 44%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 8% 3 5% 5% 2 4 3 4 5% 44%	1980
	21st to end	Night	13% 7% 3 5% 6% 3 4 4 4 6% 45%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 4 5% 2 4 4 4 7% 51%	1872
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 5% 50%	1775
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 3 4 4 2 4 5% 5% 6% 50%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 4 3 5% 4 5% 7% 48%	1714
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 3 6% 4 2 4 4 6% 9% 45%	1593
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 3 5% 5% 2 4 4 7% 9% 46%	1745
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 2 3 4 3 4 4 5% 10% 56%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 3 4 2 4 4 5% 9% 59%	1620
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 5% 9% 63%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 4 4 3 5% 8% 9% 14% 45%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 2 3 3 4 6% 7% 11% 57%	1620
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 4 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 11% 54%	1772
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 2 3 5% 3 4 5% 7% 12% 53%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 2 4 5% 3 4 6% 6% 9% 51%	1684
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 5% 7% 10% 50%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 4 3 2 4 4 5% 6% 59%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 2 4 5% 3 4 4 5% 8% 50%	1921
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 1 4 4 2 4 4 5% 6% 59%	2002
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 3 3 3 3 4 5% 6% 60%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 2 3 4 2 3 3 4 5% 58%	2160
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 2 4 3 2 3 2 3 5% 55%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 3 4 2 3 3 3 5% 58%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 3 4 6% 57%	2280
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 3 5% 4 2 3 3 4 6% 50%	2413
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 3 4 3 2 3 4 4 6% 48%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 3 5% 6% 3 4 4 4 5% 46%	3036
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 3 4 5% 6% 43%	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	42% 2 7% 24% 18% 7%	1708
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 4 8% 24% 20% 3	1710
	21st to end	Day	38% 2 6% 22% 24% 7%	1872
February	1st to 10th	Day	48% 3 9% 18% 17% 5%	1620
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 4 6% 21% 19% 5%	1629
	21st to end	Day	51% 3 6% 13% 18% 9%	1628
March	1st to 10th	Day	43% 3 8% 17% 19% 10%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 4 7% 19% 17% 5%	1980
	21st to end	Day	48% 5% 9% 20% 15% 2	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	41% 4 9% 22% 19% 5%	2087
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 4 10% 20% 18% 6%	2134
	21st to end	Day	45% 6% 8% 20% 18% 3	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	45% 5% 9% 21% 17% 3	2241
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 8% 14% 23% 14% 1	2306
	21st to end	Day	45% 6% 12% 23% 13% 1	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	38% 8% 13% 24% 15% 2	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 8% 12% 25% 17% 2	2340
	21st to end	Day	31% 7% 13% 28% 18% 2	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	39% 10% 19% 21% 11%	2276
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 9% 14% 27% 17% 1	2271
	21st to end	Day	33% 10% 17% 27% 11% 1	2405
August	1st to 10th	Day	33% 10% 15% 27% 14% 1	2314
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 9% 12% 27% 15% 2	2217
	21st to end	Day	34% 8% 16% 25% 13% 4	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	36% 7% 10% 22% 18% 8%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 6% 12% 21% 19% 6%	2034
	21st to end	Day	30% 6% 9% 21% 25% 9%	1940
October	1st to 10th	Day	30% 5% 10% 22% 26% 8%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 3 6% 17% 28% 13%	1800
	21st to end	Day	38% 3 8% 18% 22% 10%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	33% 3 8% 25% 23% 7%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 5% 8% 20% 27% 9%	1900
	21st to end	Day	41% 3 5% 18% 26% 7%	1763
December	1st to 10th	Day	39% 3 10% 23% 19% 7%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 2 6% 16% 25% 6%	2159
	21st to end	Day	48% 4 7% 16% 18% 6%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	37% 4 7% 19% 27% 6%	2458
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 3 9% 20% 23% 6%	2470
	21st to end	Night	35% 3 6% 21% 27% 7%	2711
February	1st to 10th	Night	44% 3 9% 19% 18% 6%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 4 6% 21% 20% 6%	2234
	21st to end	Night	43% 3 8% 16% 21% 10%	1637
March	1st to 10th	Night	42% 4 8% 14% 21% 11%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 4 7% 19% 19% 7%	1980
	21st to end	Night	41% 4 10% 21% 20% 4	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	33% 5% 11% 22% 20% 9%	1872
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 5% 8% 21% 20% 9%	1775
	21st to end	Night	34% 6% 11% 24% 23% 3	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	36% 7% 11% 23% 18% 6%	1714
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 6% 16% 25% 15% 2	1594
	21st to end	Night	34% 7% 16% 27% 15% 1	1746
June	1st to 10th	Night	24% 8% 15% 33% 19% 2	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 6% 13% 34% 21% 3	1620
	21st to end	Night	19% 6% 14% 30% 27% 4	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	23% 11% 22% 26% 16% 2	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 8% 18% 33% 21% 2	1566
	21st to end	Night	24% 8% 16% 35% 17% 1	1673
August	1st to 10th	Night	22% 8% 20% 33% 16% 2	1601
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 7% 13% 30% 19% 2	1684
	21st to end	Night	27% 6% 17% 27% 20% 3	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	26% 6% 10% 27% 23% 9%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 6% 11% 21% 23% 7%	1921
	21st to end	Night	26% 5% 9% 23% 29% 9%	2002
October	1st to 10th	Night	25% 5% 11% 24% 23% 12%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 3 6% 17% 30% 15%	2160
	21st to end	Night	36% 2 6% 21% 25% 11%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	31% 3 7% 22% 26% 11%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 3 8% 21% 27% 11%	2280
	21st to end	Night	37% 4 7% 18% 27% 7%	2413
December	1st to 10th	Night	39% 4 9% 19% 22% 8%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 3 6% 17% 23% 9%	3037
	21st to end	Night	41% 5% 7% 22% 20% 5%	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	26% 18% 34% 17% 5% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 25% 34% 13% 2 1	270
	21st to end	Day	26% 23% 35% 12% 4	294
February	1st to 10th	Day	31% 18% 34% 13% 3	240
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 25% 32% 9% 1	240
	21st to end	Day	40% 21% 29% 8% 3	198
March	1st to 10th	Day	26% 24% 31% 15% 3	240
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 17% 38% 10% 3	240
	21st to end	Day	27% 20% 40% 12% 1	264
April	1st to 10th	Day	21% 19% 38% 15% 7% 1	347
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 14% 33% 18% 7% 1	412
	21st to end	Day	22% 16% 34% 20% 6% 2	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	17% 16% 36% 23% 6% 1	504
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 33% 28% 13% 2	625
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 33% 27% 18% 5%	679
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 16% 31% 28% 8%	630
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 22% 35% 25% 8%	630
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 23% 37% 24% 9%	630
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 16% 30% 33% 11%	621
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 11% 35% 34% 12%	618
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 7% 36% 34% 15%	684
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 10% 40% 33% 10%	626
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 2 9% 33% 33% 11%	531
	21st to end	Day	8% 1 6% 28% 42% 15%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 8% 30% 39% 11%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 13% 31% 37% 9%	324
	21st to end	Day	15% 4 19% 37% 20% 5%	270
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 31% 38% 21% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 10% 39% 26% 8% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	30% 13% 31% 20% 6% 1	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	20% 13% 31% 23% 12% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 15% 37% 24% 5% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	25% 19% 30% 19% 6% 1	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	24% 20% 31% 18% 5% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 20% 33% 15% 5% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	25% 18% 39% 13% 4	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 15% 32% 27% 5%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 18% 30% 24% 4	950
	21st to end	Night	21% 14% 36% 25% 4	1043
February	1st to 10th	Night	25% 16% 30% 24% 5%	900
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 19% 35% 20% 2	839
	21st to end	Night	26% 15% 35% 19% 4	453
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 13% 28% 30% 6%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 11% 31% 28% 6% 1	540
	21st to end	Night	18% 14% 32% 29% 6% 1	594
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 16% 32% 27% 8%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 14% 32% 26% 11%	533
	21st to end	Night	16% 12% 38% 26% 8%	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 32% 36% 10% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 28% 32% 18% 2	531
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 26% 32% 25% 4	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 12% 34% 40% 4	540
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 14% 44% 33% 2	540
	21st to end	Night	4 3 14% 35% 37% 6%	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 8% 34% 44% 8%	525
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 6% 31% 49% 8%	522
	21st to end	Night	4 1 4 36% 44% 11%	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 7% 34% 48% 5%	537
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 1 5% 36% 42% 7%	534
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 5% 31% 49% 7%	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 7% 31% 45% 5%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 1 9% 32% 42% 4	540
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 14% 32% 36% 6%	562
October	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 18% 34% 32% 4	720
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 28% 33% 17% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	20% 8% 27% 27% 16% 2	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 27% 36% 14% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 10% 30% 33% 12%	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 12% 30% 28% 10%	893
December	1st to 10th	Night	21% 11% 30% 29% 8%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 11% 30% 30% 6%	950
	21st to end	Night	23% 14% 28% 29% 6%	1045

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