Star Kyst Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Star Kyst Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-01-13.

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	3 4 2 4 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 55%	74743
	Night	2 3 2 3 3 2 3 4 5% 8% 65%	75021
Transparency	Day	26% 4 11% 25% 25% 9%	74457
	Night	20% 3 13% 29% 27% 8%	74829
Seeing	Day	8% 17% 29% 26% 16% 4	14311
	Night	4 8% 35% 34% 17% 2	24510

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 1 2 4 3 3 4 5% 9% 69%	1518
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 64%	1618
	21st to end	Day	3 3 4 4 3 4 4 6% 7% 62%	1782
February	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 9% 61%	1620
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 4 3 3 4 5% 6% 7% 65%	1684
	21st to end	Day	2 2 6% 6% 3 5% 5% 6% 7% 59%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 4 4 3 4 5% 5% 9% 59%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	1 7% 3 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 56%	1980
	21st to end	Day	1 5% 3 5% 4 3 5% 6% 7% 9% 52%	2258
April	1st to 10th	Day	1 5% 2 3 3 2 4 5% 6% 10% 59%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	3 8% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 6% 9% 47%	2131
	21st to end	Day	3 7% 2 4 5% 2 5% 6% 7% 11% 48%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	3 7% 3 5% 6% 3 6% 6% 6% 9% 46%	2202
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 7% 6% 7% 8% 41%	2478
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 6% 6% 7% 9% 46%	2724
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 2 4 5% 3 6% 5% 8% 9% 51%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 1 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 8% 58%	2520
	21st to end	Day	3 3 2 4 6% 4 6% 7% 6% 8% 51%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 3 5% 6% 5% 6% 6% 7% 7% 44%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 7% 6% 4 6% 6% 7% 9% 42%	2520
	21st to end	Day	8% 7% 4 7% 8% 5% 7% 6% 7% 8% 32%	2555
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 7% 3 7% 7% 5% 6% 6% 6% 8% 37%	2328
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 7% 4 6% 6% 6% 8% 45%	2162
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 6% 4 6% 7% 7% 8% 44%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 6% 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 50%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 4 4 2 4 5% 5% 7% 57%	2160
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 4 4 3 3 4 5% 5% 62%	1946
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 5% 2 4 5% 3 4 4 6% 7% 57%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 4 4 5% 5% 72%	1800
	21st to end	Day	3 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 5% 6% 67%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 4 7% 76%	1696
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 2 2 1 2 3 4 6% 77%	1710
	21st to end	Day	3 1 4 3 2 3 3 3 7% 70%	1577
December	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 3 3 2 3 4 4 7% 70%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	1 3 1 3 3 2 4 4 5% 9% 64%	1926
	21st to end	Day	2 2 6% 4 2 3 4 6% 9% 61%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 8% 73%	2647
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 6% 76%	2417
	21st to end	Night	2 2 3 3 1 3 3 5% 7% 72%	2574
February	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 3 3 2 4 3 4 7% 71%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 4 4 2 2 4 4 7% 69%	2161
	21st to end	Night	3 2 4 3 2 3 4 4 6% 67%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	1 4 2 3 3 1 3 3 4 6% 70%	2099
	11th to 20th	Night	1 4 3 3 3 1 3 4 5% 8% 65%	1980
	21st to end	Night	1 4 3 3 3 2 4 3 5% 9% 64%	2098
April	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 1 2 2 2 3 4 6% 8% 68%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	4 7% 3 4 4 2 3 3 4 6% 60%	1777
	21st to end	Night	3 6% 2 3 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 62%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 6% 3 4 3 3 3 3 6% 8% 57%	1752
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 9% 2 4 4 2 4 5% 5% 9% 52%	1417
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 2 4 2 3 4 6% 8% 59%	1552
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 2 2 2 1 3 4 5% 9% 65%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 2 2 1 3 4 5% 7% 69%	1440
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 2 2 3 5% 4 6% 10% 62%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 2 4 4 3 5% 7% 7% 9% 50%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 2 3 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 9% 58%	1440
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 4 4 4 5% 6% 8% 11% 45%	1759
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 2 4 4 2 4 6% 8% 10% 50%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 4 6% 2 4 5% 6% 7% 56%	1738
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 4 5% 3 4 5% 7% 10% 52%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 2 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 8% 56%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 5% 7% 64%	1800
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 66%	2011
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 1 3 3 1 4 4 5% 7% 63%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 6% 79%	2160
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 2 1 3 3 5% 7% 70%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 7% 76%	2363
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5% 81%	2470
	21st to end	Night	1 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 70%	2599
December	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 2 3 2 2 3 4 7% 74%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 1 3 3 2 4 3 6% 9% 65%	3271
	21st to end	Night	3 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 63%	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	15% 1 17% 37% 25% 5%	1519
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 3 16% 30% 29% 5%	1618
	21st to end	Day	21% 3 11% 35% 24% 6%	1782
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 3 14% 33% 22% 9%	1620
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 11% 30% 31% 9%	1693
	21st to end	Day	22% 3 9% 28% 26% 12%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	22% 2 11% 29% 30% 6%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 3 9% 32% 24% 6%	1980
	21st to end	Day	26% 4 11% 30% 24% 6%	2258
April	1st to 10th	Day	21% 4 13% 29% 22% 11%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 3 10% 27% 24% 6%	2134
	21st to end	Day	30% 3 9% 31% 23% 4	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	34% 4 11% 25% 23% 4	2202
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 5% 12% 27% 15% 2	2482
	21st to end	Day	31% 4 12% 22% 23% 8%	2724
June	1st to 10th	Day	26% 5% 12% 23% 24% 10%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 3 7% 19% 25% 21%	2520
	21st to end	Day	28% 5% 8% 20% 24% 15%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	35% 6% 11% 16% 18% 13%	2451
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 5% 13% 23% 16% 8%	2445
	21st to end	Day	44% 8% 19% 16% 9% 4	2413
August	1st to 10th	Day	42% 6% 15% 14% 14% 9%	2313
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 5% 11% 18% 22% 8%	2162
	21st to end	Day	35% 6% 12% 21% 20% 6%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	34% 4 8% 16% 24% 14%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 3 10% 19% 30% 13%	2160
	21st to end	Day	23% 3 6% 25% 32% 11%	1946
October	1st to 10th	Day	26% 3 6% 22% 30% 12%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 3 5% 23% 39% 16%	1800
	21st to end	Day	20% 2 7% 30% 29% 12%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 3 10% 25% 39% 14%	1696
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 2 8% 37% 32% 10%	1710
	21st to end	Day	17% 1 9% 31% 32% 11%	1577
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 3 14% 35% 24% 8%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 2 15% 34% 29% 4	1924
	21st to end	Day	21% 4 10% 27% 26% 12%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 1 15% 38% 28% 5%	2647
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 2 16% 31% 33% 6%	2417
	21st to end	Night	15% 2 11% 34% 31% 7%	2574
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 2 13% 37% 25% 8%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 2 12% 32% 30% 6%	2162
	21st to end	Night	19% 3 8% 30% 31% 9%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 2 10% 31% 34% 5%	2099
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 3 12% 38% 23% 5%	1980
	21st to end	Night	20% 3 12% 35% 26% 4	2098
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 13% 33% 27% 7%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 2 11% 30% 25% 5%	1777
	21st to end	Night	25% 2 12% 36% 22% 3	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	28% 2 13% 31% 20% 5%	1752
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 4 18% 28% 17% 1	1418
	21st to end	Night	24% 5% 15% 24% 25% 7%	1552
June	1st to 10th	Night	19% 3 18% 27% 22% 11%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 3 11% 23% 26% 21%	1440
	21st to end	Night	18% 4 12% 24% 27% 15%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	31% 7% 16% 20% 16% 10%	1400
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 7% 19% 26% 16% 9%	1392
	21st to end	Night	31% 9% 30% 21% 7% 1	1661
August	1st to 10th	Night	28% 9% 22% 19% 14% 8%	1602
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 4 18% 22% 21% 8%	1738
	21st to end	Night	27% 7% 16% 26% 18% 6%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	27% 5% 13% 22% 21% 12%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 4 13% 24% 25% 14%	1800
	21st to end	Night	23% 3 7% 27% 32% 9%	2011
October	1st to 10th	Night	24% 4 10% 25% 25% 13%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 2 8% 25% 41% 14%	2160
	21st to end	Night	17% 2 7% 32% 33% 9%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 11% 29% 35% 11%	2363
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 8% 39% 32% 10%	2470
	21st to end	Night	16% 2 8% 32% 31% 10%	2599
December	1st to 10th	Night	14% 2 17% 33% 27% 8%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 3 14% 30% 31% 5%	3272
	21st to end	Night	23% 2 11% 26% 25% 13%	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	3 20% 34% 29% 13% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 20% 37% 29% 7% 1	248
	21st to end	Day	3 15% 41% 33% 7% 1	264
February	1st to 10th	Day	8% 33% 33% 22% 4 1	240
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 35% 34% 20% 6%	240
	21st to end	Day	4 38% 35% 19% 4 1	198
March	1st to 10th	Day	4 35% 33% 21% 6% 1	298
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 24% 36% 20% 9%	420
	21st to end	Day	10% 39% 33% 15% 3	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 31% 33% 19% 4 1	420
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 37% 29% 15% 5% 1	412
	21st to end	Day	11% 34% 30% 19% 5% 1	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	11% 29% 33% 18% 8%	428
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 14% 27% 26% 17% 3	625
	21st to end	Day	12% 16% 25% 28% 16% 3	679
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 12% 23% 31% 23% 5%	630
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 12% 31% 30% 18% 3	630
	21st to end	Day	4 10% 29% 31% 21% 6%	630
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 20% 27% 34% 7%	621
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 15% 29% 36% 10%	618
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 17% 31% 26% 9%	497
August	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 24% 29% 22% 6%	447
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 27% 28% 24% 8%	437
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 25% 35% 20% 7%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 8% 22% 31% 19% 8%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 10% 31% 32% 17% 5%	450
	21st to end	Day	7% 13% 26% 26% 20% 8%	298
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 17% 26% 20% 20% 11%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 17% 32% 23% 17% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	7% 20% 27% 30% 11% 4	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	3 22% 34% 23% 14% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 22% 28% 33% 11% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	4 15% 36% 35% 9% 1	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	4 21% 37% 25% 11% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	3 20% 38% 29% 9% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	3 26% 38% 22% 10%	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 13% 42% 31% 11% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	4 13% 44% 29% 9% 2	770
	21st to end	Night	1 12% 47% 31% 8% 1	792
February	1st to 10th	Night	2 10% 55% 28% 5%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	2 13% 54% 25% 6%	704
	21st to end	Night	3 11% 55% 28% 3	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	3 11% 48% 31% 8% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	3 8% 41% 37% 11%	720
	21st to end	Night	4 11% 50% 29% 6%	712
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 15% 45% 33% 4	540
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 11% 42% 30% 9%	533
	21st to end	Night	7% 11% 39% 33% 10%	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 11% 33% 38% 11% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 26% 37% 19% 3	531
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 27% 36% 19% 2	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 22% 40% 27% 2	540
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 26% 48% 16% 1	540
	21st to end	Night	2 2 16% 44% 33% 3	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 7% 36% 42% 5%	525
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 7% 35% 46% 7%	522
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 4 31% 48% 7%	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 8% 31% 45% 5%	537
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 10% 42% 36% 5%	534
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 9% 40% 37% 6%	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 14% 41% 30% 6%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 16% 45% 25% 4	540
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 20% 40% 27% 4	599
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 35% 33% 19% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	2 6% 37% 36% 16% 3	720
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 39% 35% 14% 2	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	1 8% 42% 35% 13% 1	883
	11th to 20th	Night	4 11% 42% 33% 9% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	4 12% 38% 33% 11% 1	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	2 13% 49% 27% 8% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 12% 43% 31% 9%	950
	21st to end	Night	3 15% 47% 28% 7% 1	1045

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