Brennan Hill Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Brennan Hill Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-02-15.

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	17% 8% 3 6% 6% 3 5% 4 5% 7% 37%	78173
	Night	17% 8% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 37%	80899
Transparency	Day	46% 7% 12% 21% 13% 2	77878
	Night	45% 7% 12% 21% 13% 2	80728
Seeing	Day	25% 18% 29% 18% 7% 2	13897
	Night	23% 17% 30% 23% 7% 1	23009

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover NE (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	14% 9% 4 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 39%	2517
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 9% 4 8% 7% 4 4 4 5% 6% 33%	2520
	21st to end	Day	19% 13% 5% 8% 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 29%	2772
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 9% 4 6% 7% 4 6% 7% 5% 7% 31%	1738
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 9% 4 9% 7% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 34%	1788
	21st to end	Day	18% 10% 6% 7% 6% 4 4 4 4 4 33%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 9% 4 7% 6% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 36%	1797
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 10% 4 7% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 35%	1858
	21st to end	Day	19% 9% 4 6% 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 38%	2348
April	1st to 10th	Day	18% 10% 4 6% 7% 3 3 4 4 6% 35%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 3 6% 6% 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 37%	2134
	21st to end	Day	21% 9% 3 7% 6% 3 4 4 5% 6% 32%	2322
May	1st to 10th	Day	24% 10% 4 5% 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 31%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 39%	2414
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 3 5% 9% 41%	2725
June	1st to 10th	Day	19% 6% 3 4 7% 4 5% 5% 6% 9% 31%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 3 5% 6% 3 5% 4 4 8% 36%	2520
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 3 6% 6% 4 5% 6% 5% 8% 32%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 7% 40%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 6% 5% 6% 10% 37%	2520
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 2 5% 6% 4 6% 6% 7% 8% 38%	2744
August	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 6% 4 5% 6% 7% 9% 39%	2421
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 3 6% 6% 4 6% 6% 5% 10% 36%	2232
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 3 5% 6% 4 5% 5% 6% 9% 42%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 8% 43%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 4 4 2 4 3 4 6% 49%	2012
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 43%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	24% 7% 3 6% 5% 2 5% 3 4 5% 36%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 3 6% 6% 3 4 4 5% 7% 42%	1733
	21st to end	Day	23% 9% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 4 7% 32%	1782
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 8% 3 5% 4 2 4 4 4 5% 47%	1671
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 8% 3 5% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 41%	1710
	21st to end	Day	19% 8% 4 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 37%	1661
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 10% 4 8% 6% 3 4 5% 4 5% 32%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 10% 4 5% 4 3 4 3 4 4 38%	1906
	21st to end	Day	22% 12% 3 6% 6% 4 5% 4 4 6% 28%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 9% 3 6% 4 3 5% 4 5% 6% 40%	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 10% 3 9% 9% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 29%	4440
	21st to end	Night	21% 13% 4 8% 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 27%	4884
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 9% 4 7% 6% 3 5% 4 5% 7% 35%	2440
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 9% 3 6% 6% 4 5% 5% 6% 7% 36%	2153
	21st to end	Night	16% 10% 3 7% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 35%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	14% 10% 3 7% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 38%	2150
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 9% 4 6% 7% 4 6% 5% 5% 6% 35%	2100
	21st to end	Night	18% 8% 3 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 39%	2003
April	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 3 5% 6% 3 4 4 5% 6% 36%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 8% 3 5% 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 39%	1775
	21st to end	Night	21% 8% 4 7% 4 3 4 4 5% 5% 36%	1638
May	1st to 10th	Night	21% 11% 5% 6% 5% 3 3 4 5% 5% 31%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 4 5% 6% 3 3 5% 6% 7% 36%	1492
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 3 6% 6% 3 4 5% 5% 8% 38%	1550
June	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 4 6% 5% 2 4 5% 4 7% 37%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 3 6% 5% 2 5% 4 6% 6% 37%	1440
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 2 5% 5% 3 4 5% 7% 7% 40%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	13% 4 3 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 5% 7% 44%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 39%	1440
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 2 4 4 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 46%	1574
August	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 5% 2 5% 4 6% 10% 45%	1499
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 5% 6% 9% 37%	1665
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 47%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 4 2 4 5% 5% 8% 47%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 4 4 7% 51%	1946
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 2 5% 4 2 3 3 5% 6% 47%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	21% 8% 2 5% 5% 2 4 3 4 5% 40%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 41%	2225
	21st to end	Night	22% 9% 3 6% 5% 3 4 5% 4 6% 34%	2574
November	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 2 6% 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 45%	2407
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 8% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 4 5% 42%	2470
	21st to end	Night	15% 9% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 40%	2517
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 9% 3 6% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 33%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 10% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 35%	3288
	21st to end	Night	21% 12% 4 8% 6% 3 3 4 4 6% 28%	4884

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	43% 7% 10% 31% 9% 1	2518
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 7% 12% 22% 9% 2	2520
	21st to end	Day	54% 8% 9% 19% 9% 2	2772
February	1st to 10th	Day	50% 7% 13% 17% 11% 2	1738
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 7% 10% 19% 14% 2	1797
	21st to end	Day	53% 5% 9% 18% 13% 3	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	48% 5% 13% 18% 13% 4	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 6% 11% 17% 15% 4	1858
	21st to end	Day	48% 5% 8% 17% 16% 5%	2348
April	1st to 10th	Day	49% 6% 9% 19% 13% 3	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 8% 10% 19% 16% 2	2134
	21st to end	Day	52% 6% 8% 17% 14% 3	2322
May	1st to 10th	Day	54% 6% 8% 18% 12% 2	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 5% 11% 20% 16% 3	2418
	21st to end	Day	41% 8% 13% 23% 13% 2	2725
June	1st to 10th	Day	48% 8% 13% 21% 10% 1	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 8% 12% 18% 15% 2	2520
	21st to end	Day	48% 9% 12% 19% 11% 1	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	42% 8% 11% 22% 15% 1	2450
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 9% 14% 24% 11% 1	2445
	21st to end	Day	41% 9% 14% 22% 13% 2	2591
August	1st to 10th	Day	39% 10% 16% 22% 12% 1	2407
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 9% 14% 23% 10% 2	2232
	21st to end	Day	38% 8% 12% 25% 14% 2	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	40% 6% 13% 24% 16% 1	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 6% 9% 24% 23% 2	2012
	21st to end	Day	40% 6% 10% 24% 18% 3	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	51% 5% 8% 21% 12% 3	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 7% 13% 28% 11% 2	1733
	21st to end	Day	51% 6% 11% 18% 11% 3	1782
November	1st to 10th	Day	39% 6% 13% 25% 15% 2	1671
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 6% 11% 20% 17% 3	1710
	21st to end	Day	46% 6% 16% 20% 10% 2	1661
December	1st to 10th	Day	51% 8% 13% 15% 12% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	47% 6% 13% 18% 15% 1	1906
	21st to end	Day	53% 9% 11% 17% 10% 1	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	41% 8% 13% 25% 11% 2	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 9% 13% 18% 9% 3	4440
	21st to end	Night	58% 7% 10% 15% 9% 1	4884
February	1st to 10th	Night	47% 8% 13% 20% 11% 2	2440
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 7% 12% 20% 14% 2	2155
	21st to end	Night	47% 7% 11% 21% 11% 3	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	44% 6% 11% 24% 12% 3	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 9% 11% 17% 14% 3	2101
	21st to end	Night	44% 6% 11% 16% 18% 5%	2003
April	1st to 10th	Night	47% 7% 11% 19% 14% 2	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 7% 11% 20% 16% 2	1775
	21st to end	Night	48% 7% 10% 18% 13% 4	1638
May	1st to 10th	Night	53% 7% 8% 18% 12% 2	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 7% 13% 17% 15% 3	1493
	21st to end	Night	46% 7% 12% 23% 11% 1	1551
June	1st to 10th	Night	47% 7% 11% 23% 10% 1	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 8% 12% 19% 13% 1	1440
	21st to end	Night	39% 10% 15% 22% 14%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	39% 9% 14% 23% 14% 1	1400
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 9% 16% 26% 10%	1392
	21st to end	Night	35% 8% 16% 27% 12% 2	1486
August	1st to 10th	Night	35% 9% 16% 26% 14% 1	1489
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 9% 15% 22% 11%	1665
	21st to end	Night	36% 7% 11% 28% 17% 1	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	37% 6% 13% 26% 18% 1	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 5% 11% 25% 22% 2	1946
	21st to end	Night	38% 6% 9% 27% 17% 2	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	47% 6% 12% 22% 11% 3	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 7% 15% 26% 12% 1	2225
	21st to end	Night	50% 6% 11% 20% 10% 2	2574
November	1st to 10th	Night	40% 6% 12% 22% 17% 3	2407
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 5% 12% 22% 16% 3	2470
	21st to end	Night	42% 7% 15% 23% 12% 1	2517
December	1st to 10th	Night	49% 7% 13% 20% 11% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 8% 14% 16% 15% 2	3288
	21st to end	Night	52% 8% 9% 21% 8% 1	4884

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	30% 22% 30% 14% 3	180
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 21% 32% 8% 3	180
	21st to end	Day	23% 31% 32% 12% 3	198
February	1st to 10th	Day	33% 31% 25% 10% 1	318
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 28% 28% 12% 1	432
	21st to end	Day	33% 26% 28% 11% 2	346
March	1st to 10th	Day	30% 21% 35% 10% 3	420
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 30% 26% 10% 3 1	420
	21st to end	Day	32% 21% 31% 9% 5% 3	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	35% 21% 26% 11% 6% 2	420
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 26% 26% 11% 6% 2	412
	21st to end	Day	33% 16% 31% 12% 6% 1	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	35% 21% 26% 11% 6% 2	423
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 20% 37% 14% 5% 2	447
	21st to end	Day	21% 14% 32% 25% 7% 1	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	23% 13% 35% 18% 8% 2	450
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 15% 32% 23% 7% 2	450
	21st to end	Day	20% 15% 35% 18% 10% 2	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	19% 10% 28% 28% 13% 2	445
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 8% 31% 30% 11% 3	444
	21st to end	Day	15% 11% 36% 26% 9% 2	488
August	1st to 10th	Day	15% 10% 28% 30% 13% 4	446
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 10% 29% 26% 15% 5%	439
	21st to end	Day	15% 12% 29% 27% 12% 5%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	20% 11% 25% 26% 12% 6%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 14% 27% 18% 12% 8%	450
	21st to end	Day	19% 14% 34% 17% 10% 6%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	30% 13% 23% 20% 10% 4	450
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 17% 30% 21% 7% 2	417
	21st to end	Day	37% 12% 27% 20% 4 1	396
November	1st to 10th	Day	24% 19% 26% 18% 11% 1	365
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 23% 24% 17% 4 1	370
	21st to end	Day	32% 19% 28% 15% 5% 1	321
December	1st to 10th	Day	29% 28% 28% 11% 3 1	180
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 24% 27% 9% 2	180
	21st to end	Day	33% 23% 30% 9% 4	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 26% 34% 17% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 23% 31% 17% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 24% 33% 19% 3	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	23% 25% 33% 17% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 25% 36% 15% 1	722
	21st to end	Night	28% 25% 29% 16% 2	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	24% 22% 33% 18% 2	720
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 26% 28% 18% 3	720
	21st to end	Night	25% 21% 29% 19% 6%	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	27% 19% 29% 21% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 20% 29% 21% 6%	711
	21st to end	Night	28% 18% 29% 20% 4	558
May	1st to 10th	Night	29% 12% 31% 22% 5%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 15% 34% 24% 6%	431
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 31% 32% 10% 1	389
June	1st to 10th	Night	22% 7% 28% 33% 11%	360
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 9% 30% 30% 8% 1	360
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 28% 39% 9%	360
July	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 30% 37% 12% 1	350
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 3 29% 38% 15% 2	348
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 32% 39% 13% 1	394
August	1st to 10th	Night	13% 4 27% 37% 18%	425
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 26% 32% 16% 2	601
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 23% 34% 19% 2	792
September	1st to 10th	Night	17% 8% 28% 31% 16% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 8% 26% 28% 16% 3	720
	21st to end	Night	18% 9% 28% 29% 14% 2	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	27% 12% 22% 25% 11% 2	720
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 13% 30% 24% 10% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	28% 18% 27% 21% 6% 1	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	21% 18% 29% 23% 8% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 23% 27% 20% 6% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	23% 21% 33% 18% 5% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	28% 20% 30% 18% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 22% 32% 15% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	28% 21% 33% 14% 3	836

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