Observatorio Las Palmas
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Observatorio Las Palmas 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
Transparency	Day	17% 3 6% 11% 23% 39%	74701
	Night	18% 3 6% 11% 23% 39%	74686
Seeing	Day	4 4 17% 34% 28% 12%	13909
	Night	4 1 12% 42% 34% 6%	24146

By Month

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	17% 2 4 11% 28% 38%	1709
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 3 4 13% 20% 43%	1674
	21st to end	Day	20% 2 3 10% 22% 42%	1782
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 2 4 7% 22% 47%	1760
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 2 5% 8% 24% 39%	1760
	21st to end	Day	17% 1 5% 8% 25% 44%	1623
March	1st to 10th	Day	23% 2 4 6% 24% 41%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 2 4 5% 18% 54%	1980
	21st to end	Day	16% 1 3 5% 22% 53%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 1 2 5% 21% 56%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 1 1 4 21% 63%	2047
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 2 5% 19% 66%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	7% 1 2 3 18% 69%	2221
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 2 4 17% 70%	2304
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 2 19% 71%	2530
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 1 3 4 23% 59%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 1 3 4 26% 59%	2340
	21st to end	Day	14% 4 6% 11% 27% 38%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	27% 9% 14% 16% 18% 15%	2276
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 12% 22% 23% 11% 3	2271
	21st to end	Day	34% 13% 19% 25% 8% 2	2404
August	1st to 10th	Day	24% 10% 17% 24% 19% 7%	2313
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 11% 16% 23% 15% 6%	2228
	21st to end	Day	26% 9% 16% 24% 17% 8%	2237
September	1st to 10th	Day	30% 6% 13% 21% 20% 10%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 6% 16% 32% 28%	1980
	21st to end	Day	15% 3 6% 13% 31% 32%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 2 5% 14% 31% 36%	1926
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 2 4 9% 26% 45%	1800
	21st to end	Day	10% 1 3 9% 24% 53%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 1 3 10% 23% 52%	1859
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 1 3 8% 26% 47%	1900
	21st to end	Day	20% 2 5% 12% 25% 36%	1835
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 2 5% 12% 23% 38%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 2 5% 11% 26% 32%	2168
	21st to end	Day	13% 2 5% 8% 42% 31%	3146
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 2 5% 11% 27% 40%	2457
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 3 3 11% 22% 43%	2430
	21st to end	Night	23% 2 3 10% 23% 40%	2574
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 2 4 7% 23% 45%	2196
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 2 5% 11% 23% 36%	2099
	21st to end	Night	21% 2 3 7% 24% 43%	1632
March	1st to 10th	Night	22% 2 3 9% 23% 41%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 2 5% 5% 17% 54%	1980
	21st to end	Night	17% 2 3 5% 22% 52%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 1 2 6% 25% 52%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 1 1 5% 23% 57%	1863
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 2 6% 18% 66%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 2 4 15% 69%	1734
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 3 5% 16% 70%	1595
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 21% 72%	1746
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 1 2 6% 22% 60%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 1 4 5% 24% 57%	1620
	21st to end	Night	19% 4 8% 10% 24% 35%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	31% 9% 13% 15% 18% 13%	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 13% 19% 23% 6% 2	1566
	21st to end	Night	44% 15% 18% 17% 4 1	1674
August	1st to 10th	Night	31% 10% 18% 20% 16% 5%	1602
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 14% 20% 20% 13% 4	1671
	21st to end	Night	26% 11% 19% 23% 13% 8%	2113
September	1st to 10th	Night	30% 10% 15% 21% 18% 6%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 3 7% 20% 29% 27%	1980
	21st to end	Night	13% 3 7% 19% 27% 31%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 5% 14% 31% 39%	2032
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 2 3 12% 24% 44%	2160
	21st to end	Night	9% 1 3 9% 27% 51%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 1 3 10% 23% 51%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 2 3 7% 27% 44%	2280
	21st to end	Night	23% 2 4 12% 25% 35%	2341
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 2 5% 14% 26% 34%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 2 5% 10% 29% 32%	3041
	21st to end	Night	18% 2 5% 8% 32% 34%	4521

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	4 4 22% 42% 26% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 16% 40% 29% 6%	258
	21st to end	Day	4 6% 24% 38% 24% 5%	264
February	1st to 10th	Day	5% 6% 22% 36% 26% 5%	380
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 10% 27% 36% 14% 1	415
	21st to end	Day	6% 8% 36% 34% 12% 3	346
March	1st to 10th	Day	8% 7% 29% 35% 16% 4	420
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 29% 30% 20% 8%	420
	21st to end	Day	5% 8% 34% 35% 13% 5%	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	3 7% 31% 32% 20% 7%	420
	11th to 20th	Day	2 8% 33% 37% 13% 6%	412
	21st to end	Day	1 10% 30% 32% 20% 7%	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	1 9% 31% 34% 18% 6%	423
	11th to 20th	Day	1 4 28% 42% 23% 2	448
	21st to end	Day	5% 24% 46% 22% 3	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 17% 48% 26% 4	450
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 15% 47% 26% 9%	450
	21st to end	Day	2 11% 39% 36% 12%	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 8% 35% 33% 21%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 30% 39% 24%	444
	21st to end	Day	8% 1 7% 27% 35% 23%	487
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 5% 23% 39% 29%	447
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 3 22% 37% 30%	437
	21st to end	Day	4 1 3 18% 41% 33%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 1 5% 25% 39% 23%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 31% 41% 21%	450
	21st to end	Day	4 1 10% 30% 37% 18%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 11% 34% 36% 16%	396
	11th to 20th	Day	4 10% 25% 36% 25%	270
	21st to end	Day	2 1 11% 30% 35% 21%	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 11% 32% 41% 10%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 11% 32% 38% 12%	270
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 17% 35% 30% 6%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 12% 42% 27% 9%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 16% 48% 28% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 18% 48% 18% 6%	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 14% 51% 28% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 15% 50% 28% 2	748
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 21% 43% 23% 3	792
February	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 17% 47% 26% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 22% 46% 22% 2	704
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 25% 52% 15% 2	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 21% 48% 19% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 18% 49% 24% 3	720
	21st to end	Night	3 1 19% 49% 25% 2	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 18% 53% 24% 2	720
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 21% 51% 22% 1	619
	21st to end	Night	1 1 19% 53% 25% 1	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 17% 55% 25% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	1 13% 52% 33% 1	531
	21st to end	Night	1 1 9% 53% 34% 2	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 8% 44% 42% 3	540
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 6% 44% 44% 4	540
	21st to end	Night	1 1 6% 35% 51% 6%	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 8% 30% 46% 11%	525
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 5% 30% 48% 10%	522
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 10% 23% 41% 16%	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 6% 25% 47% 17%	537
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 5% 19% 49% 22%	534
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 5% 20% 47% 22%	727
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 4 19% 48% 19%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 23% 57% 13%	720
	21st to end	Night	3 1 5% 31% 52% 9%	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 38% 47% 7%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 8% 41% 39% 7%	720
	21st to end	Night	1 1 9% 41% 40% 8%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	1 7% 44% 39% 8%	740
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 10% 44% 35% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 15% 46% 25% 4	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 10% 50% 28% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 13% 55% 23% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 18% 49% 24% 4	836

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