Schreder Planetarium
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Schreder Planetarium clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-02-20.

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	12% 3 1 3 2 2 2 3 4 6% 62%	78463
	Night	15% 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 56%	80745
Transparency	Day	26% 4 8% 18% 23% 21%	78177
	Night	31% 5% 9% 18% 21% 16%	80552
Seeing	Day	12% 9% 23% 30% 20% 7%	14058
	Night	14% 5% 20% 34% 24% 3	23373

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	22% 8% 3 4 4 2 3 4 4 7% 38%	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 8% 2 5% 4 2 2 2 3 3 36%	2778
	21st to end	Day	30% 7% 3 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 35%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 5% 2 4 3 1 3 5% 6% 6% 46%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 52%	1671
	21st to end	Day	20% 4 2 3 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 47%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	22% 7% 3 5% 5% 2 3 4 5% 8% 36%	1921
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 5% 2 4 3 2 3 3 5% 9% 44%	1980
	21st to end	Day	20% 6% 2 4 3 2 4 3 5% 7% 45%	2214
April	1st to 10th	Day	18% 5% 3 4 3 2 3 4 5% 8% 46%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 56%	2129
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 3 3 2 3 4 5% 7% 63%	2172
May	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 4 7% 65%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 2 3 3 2 2 4 4 8% 63%	2467
	21st to end	Day	7% 3 1 3 3 2 2 3 5% 7% 64%	2723
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 1 3 3 2 3 4 5% 7% 63%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 6% 79%	2520
	21st to end	Day	4 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 4 80%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 1 3 4 85%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 87%	2520
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 85%	2550
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 5% 83%	2328
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 89%	2264
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 89%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 89%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 2 2 1 2 3 4 6% 76%	2160
	21st to end	Day	3 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 5% 79%	1901
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 3 4 75%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 1 2 2 1 2 3 4 6% 69%	1800
	21st to end	Day	12% 2 1 3 3 1 1 2 4 5% 65%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 4 2 3 3 2 4 4 4 7% 53%	1741
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 4 1 4 2 2 4 5% 5% 8% 50%	1611
	21st to end	Day	13% 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 7% 55%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	24% 4 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5% 50%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 5% 2 5% 4 2 3 4 4 6% 32%	1928
	21st to end	Day	28% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 4 4 6% 38%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	23% 6% 1 4 4 2 4 4 6% 8% 39%	4406
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 6% 2 5% 4 2 3 3 4 5% 35%	4172
	21st to end	Night	29% 8% 3 6% 5% 2 4 4 4 4 31%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	20% 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 48%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 5% 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 48%	2380
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 1 3 4 3 3 3 4 8% 49%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	24% 8% 4 4 4 2 3 4 3 6% 38%	2036
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 6% 2 4 3 2 3 4 5% 10% 41%	1980
	21st to end	Night	20% 4 2 3 4 2 3 4 5% 7% 45%	2142
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 5% 2 5% 4 2 3 4 4 7% 48%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 2 4 3 2 3 3 5% 7% 56%	1779
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 1 3 2 2 2 3 5% 8% 62%	1784
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 1 2 3 1 3 3 4 7% 65%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 1 3 3 2 4 3 5% 7% 60%	1426
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 1 3 4 2 4 3 4 7% 60%	1552
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 2 3 3 2 3 6% 5% 8% 58%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 5% 77%	1440
	21st to end	Night	3 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 4 80%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 4 84%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 83%	1440
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 88%	1764
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 83%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 86%	1634
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 89%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 88%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 6% 78%	1800
	21st to end	Night	4 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 5% 77%	2054
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 5% 73%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 3 4 72%	2160
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 7% 65%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 4 1 3 3 2 3 4 5% 7% 52%	2337
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 2 3 3 2 4 5% 5% 9% 50%	2567
	21st to end	Night	14% 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 7% 56%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	25% 4 1 2 2 2 2 3 5% 6% 49%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 5% 1 3 3 2 3 4 4 7% 34%	3276
	21st to end	Night	27% 6% 2 4 4 2 3 4 5% 5% 37%	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	45% 7% 13% 25% 7% 2	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	56% 4 8% 15% 10% 7%	2778
	21st to end	Day	51% 6% 12% 13% 13% 5%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	38% 6% 11% 18% 19% 8%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 4 9% 20% 24% 6%	1680
	21st to end	Day	37% 4 9% 23% 20% 7%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	47% 7% 10% 15% 15% 6%	1921
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 5% 11% 21% 19% 6%	1980
	21st to end	Day	40% 6% 11% 20% 17% 6%	2214
April	1st to 10th	Day	37% 6% 12% 20% 19% 6%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 6% 12% 21% 21% 12%	2132
	21st to end	Day	21% 5% 12% 26% 27% 9%	2172
May	1st to 10th	Day	20% 4 10% 20% 29% 16%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 5% 9% 23% 27% 15%	2470
	21st to end	Day	20% 5% 12% 27% 26% 11%	2724
June	1st to 10th	Day	22% 6% 10% 20% 25% 17%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 8% 19% 33% 29%	2520
	21st to end	Day	11% 1 5% 13% 28% 42%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 4 11% 27% 50%	2451
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 4 10% 27% 51%	2445
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 3 9% 25% 55%	2408
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 4 16% 30% 41%	2312
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 3 10% 31% 50%	2264
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 3 13% 33% 45%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	5% 1 4 10% 22% 59%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 3 7% 18% 34% 26%	2160
	21st to end	Day	11% 3 5% 17% 31% 32%	1901
October	1st to 10th	Day	16% 3 6% 18% 28% 29%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 4 9% 16% 26% 26%	1800
	21st to end	Day	24% 4 8% 19% 23% 23%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	32% 6% 7% 24% 18% 13%	1741
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 7% 12% 22% 16% 10%	1611
	21st to end	Day	31% 4 9% 20% 23% 12%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	38% 4 7% 18% 22% 11%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	56% 4 8% 14% 13% 4	1928
	21st to end	Day	48% 6% 12% 19% 12% 3	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	43% 8% 17% 21% 8% 3	4406
	11th to 20th	Night	52% 6% 9% 13% 12% 7%	4172
	21st to end	Night	56% 6% 8% 11% 13% 5%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	38% 5% 7% 23% 18% 9%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 5% 9% 19% 23% 7%	2382
	21st to end	Night	36% 4 11% 22% 20% 7%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	48% 6% 10% 15% 15% 5%	2036
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 5% 12% 21% 16% 8%	1980
	21st to end	Night	38% 7% 11% 23% 17% 4	2142
April	1st to 10th	Night	38% 5% 13% 20% 16% 8%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 6% 14% 21% 20% 10%	1779
	21st to end	Night	22% 5% 14% 29% 24% 7%	1784
May	1st to 10th	Night	20% 5% 11% 21% 31% 12%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 7% 11% 23% 24% 11%	1426
	21st to end	Night	25% 7% 11% 29% 20% 8%	1552
June	1st to 10th	Night	25% 6% 11% 22% 26% 10%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 9% 19% 32% 25%	1440
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 4 14% 35% 34%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 3 12% 32% 43%	1400
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 4 8% 26% 52%	1392
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 4 11% 26% 54%	1666
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 1 3 17% 33% 36%	1602
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 5% 14% 31% 44%	1634
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 2 16% 33% 43%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 3 9% 25% 57%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 6% 20% 34% 26%	1800
	21st to end	Night	11% 3 6% 18% 26% 35%	2054
October	1st to 10th	Night	16% 3 6% 16% 30% 29%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 3 6% 21% 24% 28%	2160
	21st to end	Night	21% 3 8% 21% 24% 23%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	31% 6% 11% 22% 17% 12%	2337
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 6% 13% 22% 16% 10%	2567
	21st to end	Night	31% 4 10% 21% 21% 13%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	38% 4 9% 18% 21% 10%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	53% 4 7% 15% 18% 3	3276
	21st to end	Night	49% 6% 10% 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	42% 5% 19% 21% 10% 3	180
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 9% 21% 22% 14% 5%	327
	21st to end	Day	23% 9% 22% 25% 15% 7%	407
February	1st to 10th	Day	23% 9% 24% 23% 19% 2	370
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 10% 27% 25% 12% 2	369
	21st to end	Day	20% 11% 28% 28% 10% 2	346
March	1st to 10th	Day	31% 13% 24% 21% 8% 3	420
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 10% 22% 26% 14% 3	420
	21st to end	Day	24% 14% 24% 24% 12% 2	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	22% 17% 20% 28% 11% 2	420
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 15% 26% 24% 13% 5%	412
	21st to end	Day	6% 13% 34% 26% 15% 6%	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	11% 15% 31% 22% 16% 5%	423
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 10% 29% 25% 18% 6%	448
	21st to end	Day	7% 13% 22% 32% 18% 8%	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 12% 20% 30% 24% 8%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 15% 28% 31% 15% 5%	450
	21st to end	Day	2 6% 24% 33% 26% 9%	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 4 22% 41% 22% 9%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	3 17% 40% 27% 13%	444
	21st to end	Day	1 2 12% 42% 32% 11%	487
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 17% 37% 28% 14%	447
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 17% 33% 30% 16%	437
	21st to end	Day	1 4 17% 36% 30% 12%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	1 3 19% 38% 28% 10%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	3 6% 20% 36% 25% 10%	450
	21st to end	Day	4 7% 26% 33% 25% 6%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 11% 20% 33% 23% 9%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 23% 33% 23% 9%	450
	21st to end	Day	14% 9% 21% 27% 21% 7%	495
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 8% 23% 23% 21% 9%	337
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 3 21% 30% 19% 10%	223
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 26% 31% 17% 6%	180
December	1st to 10th	Day	26% 11% 22% 17% 18% 6%	180
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 4 19% 28% 14% 6%	180
	21st to end	Day	22% 5% 26% 28% 15% 5%	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	26% 4 18% 30% 18% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 8% 20% 32% 14% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	23% 5% 22% 29% 17% 4	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 5% 21% 33% 18% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 7% 24% 30% 15% 2	742
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 25% 36% 11% 1	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	27% 8% 22% 27% 15% 2	720
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 5% 21% 31% 20% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	21% 10% 21% 35% 13% 1	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	17% 10% 26% 30% 16% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 10% 28% 32% 16% 2	711
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 31% 33% 19% 2	704
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 29% 32% 19% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 22% 36% 26% 2	364
	21st to end	Night	8% 9% 24% 35% 23% 2	389
June	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 26% 39% 22% 1	360
	11th to 20th	Night	4 9% 29% 40% 18% 1	360
	21st to end	Night	3 3 20% 48% 24% 1	360
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 15% 45% 37% 3	350
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 12% 43% 39% 4	348
	21st to end	Night	1 1 6% 38% 48% 6%	582
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 9% 32% 47% 8%	537
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 11% 38% 43% 6%	566
	21st to end	Night	1 1 10% 39% 44% 5%	792
September	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 15% 39% 40% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 11% 36% 41% 5%	720
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 19% 34% 33% 6%	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 7% 19% 36% 28% 4	720
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 19% 36% 28% 5%	720
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 21% 33% 24% 6%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 16% 36% 27% 4	740
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 4 20% 39% 19% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 20% 36% 19% 3	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	27% 4 19% 32% 16% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 4 21% 29% 14% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	25% 5% 24% 32% 13% 1	836

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