Solar Hills Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Solar Hills Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-03-01.

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	4 7% 3 5% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 53%	78635
	Night	5% 8% 3 5% 4 2 4 4 5% 7% 54%	80819
Transparency	Day	29% 8% 12% 20% 21% 9%	78354
	Night	28% 7% 13% 22% 21% 8%	80621
Seeing	Day	7% 11% 26% 31% 20% 5%	14313
	Night	7% 5% 23% 40% 22% 3	24624

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 9% 5% 11% 6% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 42%	2744
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 15% 3 7% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 41%	2860
	21st to end	Day	3 11% 4 7% 4 2 3 3 4 6% 52%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	6% 10% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 44%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 13% 5% 5% 5% 3 3 5% 5% 6% 45%	1693
	21st to end	Day	3 11% 5% 9% 7% 3 4 4 4 6% 44%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	7% 11% 4 6% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 47%	1978
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 7% 4 5% 4 3 4 5% 6% 6% 51%	1980
	21st to end	Day	4 11% 4 6% 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 43%	2181
April	1st to 10th	Day	6% 7% 3 6% 6% 3 3 4 5% 8% 50%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 10% 3 7% 5% 3 6% 4 5% 7% 45%	2131
	21st to end	Day	4 8% 3 4 4 3 5% 5% 5% 8% 50%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 6% 6% 6% 7% 47%	2309
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 2 3 5% 4 5% 5% 8% 8% 49%	2331
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 2 4 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 8% 54%	2724
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 3 3 2 4 5% 5% 8% 62%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 3 3 3 3 4 5% 6% 66%	2520
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 7% 65%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 2 3 6% 3 6% 6% 6% 9% 55%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 4 5% 4 6% 7% 7% 10% 50%	2342
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 5% 6% 5% 7% 8% 9% 10% 39%	2545
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 6% 6% 4 6% 7% 8% 10% 42%	2328
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 2 4 4 2 6% 6% 6% 8% 55%	2244
	21st to end	Day	4 3 2 4 6% 3 6% 6% 8% 8% 50%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 2 3 4 3 5% 5% 5% 6% 58%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 4 4 3 4 5% 5% 7% 61%	2143
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 3 4 2 3 4 3 6% 66%	1903
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 3 3 2 3 5% 6% 6% 60%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 1 3 3 1 2 3 4 5% 70%	1800
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 2 4 3 2 3 3 3 6% 64%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 2 2 3 2 3 3 4 6% 68%	1829
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 6% 2 4 4 2 3 3 4 5% 63%	1668
	21st to end	Day	5% 6% 4 6% 4 1 3 2 4 4 61%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	6% 10% 3 7% 4 2 3 3 5% 4 53%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 11% 4 8% 4 2 3 4 5% 7% 46%	1926
	21st to end	Day	4 11% 4 7% 5% 2 4 3 4 6% 48%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 13% 7% 11% 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 44%	4225
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 17% 4 7% 4 2 3 3 4 6% 42%	4110
	21st to end	Night	5% 15% 4 7% 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 47%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	5% 12% 4 7% 5% 2 4 3 4 5% 49%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 9% 5% 7% 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 48%	2374
	21st to end	Night	4 11% 4 6% 5% 3 3 5% 4 6% 48%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	5% 8% 3 5% 4 3 4 5% 5% 7% 51%	1985
	11th to 20th	Night	4 7% 3 5% 4 3 4 4 4 6% 55%	1980
	21st to end	Night	6% 11% 3 6% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 6% 45%	2174
April	1st to 10th	Night	7% 8% 3 5% 6% 2 5% 4 5% 7% 48%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 9% 3 6% 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 6% 46%	1777
	21st to end	Night	8% 7% 3 4 3 3 4 5% 6% 6% 51%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 3 4 4 2 4 5% 7% 8% 51%	1648
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 4 5% 3 4 4 6% 8% 55%	1559
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 4 4 2 4 5% 5% 6% 58%	1552
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 2 3 2 4 4 6% 7% 65%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 2 3 4 5% 6% 69%	1440
	21st to end	Night	3 1 1 2 3 2 4 6% 6% 7% 66%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 3 5% 3 4 5% 7% 8% 59%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 5% 2 5% 6% 9% 11% 54%	1613
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 4 5% 4 6% 7% 10% 15% 42%	1773
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 2 3 4 3 5% 6% 7% 9% 53%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 1 2 3 2 4 4 5% 11% 59%	1656
	21st to end	Night	3 3 2 4 5% 3 4 4 7% 9% 55%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 2 3 4 3 4 4 6% 9% 59%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 3 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 63%	1813
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 5% 70%	2056
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 2 4 3 2 4 3 4 6% 62%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 5% 71%	2160
	21st to end	Night	6% 7% 2 4 3 2 2 2 3 5% 64%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 2 3 3 1 3 4 4 5% 67%	2229
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 7% 2 4 4 2 2 3 3 5% 64%	2509
	21st to end	Night	6% 8% 3 4 3 2 3 3 4 5% 58%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 10% 3 5% 3 2 3 4 3 6% 54%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 11% 5% 6% 5% 2 4 4 5% 8% 45%	3271
	21st to end	Night	5% 12% 4 8% 5% 2 3 3 4 5% 49%	4873

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	33% 12% 20% 22% 12% 1	2745
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 17% 20% 21% 10% 1	2860
	21st to end	Day	32% 9% 15% 31% 10% 3	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	40% 7% 17% 20% 12% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 7% 12% 22% 19% 4	1702
	21st to end	Day	39% 6% 9% 21% 20% 3	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	36% 6% 12% 22% 22% 3	1978
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 7% 14% 29% 17% 4	1980
	21st to end	Day	37% 9% 12% 23% 15% 4	2181
April	1st to 10th	Day	32% 6% 12% 22% 19% 8%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 7% 13% 19% 20% 6%	2134
	21st to end	Day	29% 7% 15% 24% 21% 4	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	34% 8% 12% 20% 22% 5%	2309
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 11% 13% 22% 20% 5%	2334
	21st to end	Day	26% 8% 12% 18% 27% 10%	2724
June	1st to 10th	Day	19% 5% 9% 20% 29% 18%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 5% 8% 13% 25% 31%	2520
	21st to end	Day	17% 5% 9% 15% 25% 29%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	25% 9% 10% 13% 18% 25%	2451
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 11% 14% 19% 15% 15%	2272
	21st to end	Day	34% 16% 18% 15% 11% 6%	2404
August	1st to 10th	Day	33% 12% 14% 15% 13% 13%	2313
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 9% 12% 16% 23% 15%	2244
	21st to end	Day	29% 9% 13% 17% 20% 13%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	27% 8% 8% 12% 25% 20%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 8% 11% 16% 27% 17%	2143
	21st to end	Day	20% 7% 6% 17% 37% 13%	1903
October	1st to 10th	Day	24% 7% 11% 24% 25% 9%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 4 7% 24% 36% 10%	1800
	21st to end	Day	23% 6% 11% 28% 27% 5%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 12% 24% 34% 6%	1829
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 5% 10% 33% 23% 4	1668
	21st to end	Day	28% 6% 10% 28% 23% 5%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	34% 7% 16% 23% 17% 3	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 6% 13% 23% 19% 1	1924
	21st to end	Day	33% 9% 15% 17% 21% 5%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	37% 11% 17% 21% 14% 1	4225
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 16% 19% 22% 10% 1	4110
	21st to end	Night	37% 9% 15% 27% 11% 2	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	38% 6% 15% 23% 16% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 7% 14% 24% 18% 3	2375
	21st to end	Night	34% 6% 13% 23% 21% 4	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	31% 6% 14% 23% 23% 3	1985
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 7% 13% 28% 21% 3	1980
	21st to end	Night	37% 7% 12% 23% 17% 3	2174
April	1st to 10th	Night	34% 6% 12% 20% 20% 7%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 8% 11% 19% 21% 7%	1777
	21st to end	Night	29% 8% 14% 22% 23% 5%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	28% 8% 13% 20% 24% 7%	1648
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 7% 15% 24% 23% 5%	1560
	21st to end	Night	23% 7% 13% 18% 26% 13%	1552
June	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 9% 20% 29% 19%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 8% 14% 20% 37%	1440
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 7% 16% 25% 31%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	21% 8% 12% 15% 18% 26%	1400
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 9% 17% 22% 14% 18%	1560
	21st to end	Night	26% 14% 24% 17% 12% 8%	1674
August	1st to 10th	Night	23% 11% 18% 19% 15% 13%	1602
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 8% 16% 18% 19% 20%	1656
	21st to end	Night	23% 8% 13% 18% 22% 16%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	21% 6% 11% 17% 21% 24%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 13% 16% 25% 20%	1813
	21st to end	Night	18% 4 6% 18% 39% 14%	2056
October	1st to 10th	Night	23% 5% 11% 22% 26% 13%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 4 9% 22% 35% 13%	2160
	21st to end	Night	25% 3 8% 29% 29% 6%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 12% 26% 30% 7%	2229
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 4 10% 31% 27% 4	2509
	21st to end	Night	28% 5% 9% 25% 27% 5%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	31% 6% 16% 24% 19% 3	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 8% 13% 23% 21% 1	3272
	21st to end	Night	36% 7% 12% 19% 23% 2	4873

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	9% 9% 24% 36% 16% 7%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 12% 28% 36% 15% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 25% 43% 15% 5%	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	11% 12% 32% 34% 8% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 14% 34% 28% 10% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	11% 15% 36% 28% 8% 3	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	11% 20% 31% 28% 9% 1	418
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 16% 33% 27% 13% 2	420
	21st to end	Day	13% 25% 33% 22% 7%	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 20% 32% 26% 9% 2	420
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 26% 30% 19% 9% 2	412
	21st to end	Day	10% 22% 34% 22% 10% 2	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	11% 20% 34% 24% 9% 2	423
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 12% 29% 25% 19% 5%	478
	21st to end	Day	5% 15% 26% 31% 20% 4	679
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 9% 26% 32% 23% 6%	630
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 8% 29% 32% 21% 4	630
	21st to end	Day	1 7% 25% 37% 24% 5%	630
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 14% 38% 35% 8%	621
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 13% 38% 33% 11%	445
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 13% 33% 35% 12%	487
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 19% 35% 29% 10%	447
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 19% 34% 32% 9%	437
	21st to end	Day	4 1 16% 40% 28% 10%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 20% 32% 28% 8%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 6% 28% 35% 21% 6%	450
	21st to end	Day	5% 12% 24% 25% 27% 8%	373
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 14% 20% 28% 21% 11%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	4 10% 22% 33% 23% 7%	270
	21st to end	Day	8% 7% 27% 29% 26% 4	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 14% 29% 27% 19% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	4 8% 30% 35% 16% 7%	270
	21st to end	Day	6% 9% 27% 33% 18% 6%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 8% 33% 31% 16% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 8% 25% 34% 21% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	14% 9% 29% 32% 12% 3	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 23% 41% 20% 3	836
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 27% 39% 18% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 23% 44% 15% 3	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 33% 40% 12% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 34% 38% 12% 1	744
	21st to end	Night	9% 7% 36% 39% 8%	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	7% 8% 35% 37% 12% 1	722
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 27% 42% 21% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	8% 10% 31% 38% 12% 1	788
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 9% 33% 38% 10% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 11% 30% 37% 12% 1	533
	21st to end	Night	10% 7% 32% 34% 16% 2	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 28% 43% 14% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 20% 43% 22% 3	531
	21st to end	Night	6% 9% 23% 38% 21% 3	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 20% 42% 29% 3	540
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 23% 44% 23% 3	540
	21st to end	Night	2 3 15% 43% 34% 3	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 8% 39% 44% 4	525
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 6% 38% 47% 5%	522
	21st to end	Night	4 1 6% 34% 52% 4	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 11% 34% 44% 4	537
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 8% 42% 40% 5%	534
	21st to end	Night	3 2 10% 43% 37% 6%	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 11% 47% 34% 3	540
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 15% 42% 32% 5%	553
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 18% 38% 30% 6%	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 22% 43% 23% 2	720
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 23% 42% 23% 4	720
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 23% 37% 22% 5%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 27% 39% 23% 3	749
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 7% 25% 39% 19% 4	950
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 27% 36% 20% 3	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 27% 42% 15% 2	950
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 8% 25% 36% 18% 2	950
	21st to end	Night	11% 8% 27% 42% 10% 2	1045

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