Chanhassen
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Chanhassen clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-04-03.

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	13% 9% 4 7% 6% 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 37%	78934
	Night	12% 9% 4 8% 6% 3 5% 4 5% 6% 38%	81199
Transparency	Day	46% 7% 14% 22% 10% 1	78637
	Night	46% 6% 13% 22% 11% 1	81016
Seeing	Day	17% 13% 32% 25% 11% 2	15076
	Night	16% 11% 34% 29% 9% 1	25190

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover SE (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	12% 15% 7% 15% 8% 3 4 5% 4 5% 21%	2527
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 11% 5% 12% 10% 6% 9% 9% 6% 4 22%	2576
	21st to end	Day	8% 20% 7% 11% 7% 3 5% 4 5% 6% 24%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	8% 10% 6% 9% 7% 5% 5% 6% 6% 6% 32%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 10% 6% 9% 7% 3 5% 5% 5% 6% 34%	1664
	21st to end	Day	11% 11% 5% 8% 7% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 33%	1460
March	1st to 10th	Day	13% 13% 5% 8% 6% 3 3 4 5% 7% 32%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 10% 4 7% 5% 4 5% 4 4 7% 36%	2090
	21st to end	Day	20% 11% 3 8% 6% 4 5% 4 4 7% 29%	2309
April	1st to 10th	Day	17% 10% 3 7% 6% 3 4 4 5% 7% 36%	2184
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 12% 3 6% 5% 3 5% 4 4 6% 32%	2155
	21st to end	Day	22% 11% 3 7% 6% 3 4 4 5% 5% 31%	2340
May	1st to 10th	Day	17% 8% 3 7% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 7% 35%	2419
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 8% 3 5% 5% 2 4 4 5% 7% 40%	2479
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 3 7% 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 37%	2725
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 4 2 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 9% 46%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 3 5% 6% 3 4 5% 6% 9% 38%	2520
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 7% 6% 7% 9% 41%	2653
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 4 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 10% 49%	2530
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 2 3 4 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 52%	2520
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 7% 10% 48%	2693
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 2 6% 6% 4 6% 7% 6% 8% 41%	2328
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 6% 6% 8% 45%	2301
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 1 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 53%	2474
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 3 4 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 48%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 4 4 2 4 5% 6% 8% 46%	2118
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 42%	1904
October	1st to 10th	Day	18% 6% 2 6% 5% 2 4 5% 4 6% 42%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 8% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 7% 40%	1800
	21st to end	Day	19% 10% 4 6% 5% 2 3 4 3 6% 37%	1974
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 11% 6% 6% 4 2 5% 4 5% 6% 39%	1548
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 13% 7% 10% 8% 3 4 4 4 7% 30%	1520
	21st to end	Day	15% 9% 4 7% 6% 2 5% 5% 5% 8% 35%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	11% 12% 5% 9% 10% 4 7% 4 4 6% 27%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 12% 7% 9% 7% 3 5% 5% 4 6% 29%	1918
	21st to end	Day	22% 13% 8% 16% 5% 2 3 3 3 5% 18%	2783
January	1st to 10th	Night	10% 15% 8% 15% 7% 3 4 4 4 5% 27%	4428
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 11% 6% 13% 9% 5% 8% 8% 6% 6% 21%	4376
	21st to end	Night	10% 21% 8% 11% 6% 3 4 4 4 4 26%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	7% 12% 5% 9% 7% 4 6% 4 5% 7% 34%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 9% 4 8% 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 40%	2403
	21st to end	Night	12% 9% 4 7% 7% 4 5% 5% 5% 5% 37%	1994
March	1st to 10th	Night	12% 10% 4 7% 5% 3 4 5% 4 7% 38%	2138
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 9% 3 7% 7% 3 5% 4 5% 5% 39%	2090
	21st to end	Night	19% 10% 4 7% 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 34%	2288
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 10% 3 6% 4 2 4 5% 5% 7% 37%	1820
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 9% 4 8% 5% 3 4 3 4 6% 35%	1750
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 36%	1620
May	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 6% 39%	1540
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 6% 7% 44%	1416
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 3 6% 5% 3 6% 5% 4 8% 42%	1551
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 3 3 4 2 4 5% 6% 9% 49%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 6% 4 8% 7% 47%	1440
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 2 4 4 2 4 4 7% 9% 54%	1290
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 3 4 3 4 6% 5% 10% 57%	1412
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 2 4 5% 2 5% 4 6% 9% 55%	1440
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 2 3 3 2 4 4 5% 9% 60%	1622
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 2 4 4 3 6% 6% 6% 8% 51%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 3 4 3 3 4 5% 7% 53%	1600
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 3 3 4 2 4 5% 5% 6% 57%	1880
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 53%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 2 4 4 3 3 4 5% 8% 53%	1840
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 3 4 4 2 4 4 4 5% 51%	2038
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 3 5% 4 3 3 4 4 7% 48%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 10% 3 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 41%	2160
	21st to end	Night	18% 10% 4 6% 5% 2 4 4 5% 5% 38%	2380
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 4 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 43%	2527
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 11% 5% 10% 6% 3 4 4 4 5% 35%	2660
	21st to end	Night	14% 9% 4 8% 6% 3 4 4 4 7% 38%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	10% 11% 4 11% 8% 3 5% 4 5% 6% 32%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 13% 5% 9% 9% 4 5% 5% 6% 5% 28%	3279
	21st to end	Night	23% 13% 6% 11% 6% 3 4 4 4 5% 21%	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	64% 6% 12% 15% 3	2528
	11th to 20th	Day	61% 6% 12% 15% 5%	2576
	21st to end	Day	61% 7% 13% 15% 4	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	51% 6% 15% 19% 8% 1	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	50% 6% 12% 23% 8% 1	1673
	21st to end	Day	51% 8% 12% 18% 11%	1460
March	1st to 10th	Day	52% 6% 14% 20% 7% 1	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 6% 14% 23% 8% 1	2090
	21st to end	Day	56% 7% 10% 20% 6% 1	2309
April	1st to 10th	Day	49% 6% 12% 21% 11% 1	2184
	11th to 20th	Day	54% 5% 10% 19% 11% 2	2155
	21st to end	Day	54% 6% 12% 19% 8% 1	2340
May	1st to 10th	Day	48% 7% 13% 22% 9% 2	2419
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 6% 14% 22% 12% 1	2483
	21st to end	Day	45% 7% 11% 22% 12% 1	2725
June	1st to 10th	Day	33% 8% 16% 30% 12% 2	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 7% 14% 22% 15% 1	2520
	21st to end	Day	35% 11% 17% 26% 9% 2	2653
July	1st to 10th	Day	29% 9% 18% 30% 14% 1	2461
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 7% 16% 27% 19% 3	2445
	21st to end	Day	28% 9% 18% 28% 16% 2	2543
August	1st to 10th	Day	38% 9% 15% 27% 9% 3	2314
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 7% 16% 30% 10%	2301
	21st to end	Day	29% 7% 16% 30% 17% 1	2474
September	1st to 10th	Day	36% 7% 14% 29% 14%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 7% 17% 33% 8%	2118
	21st to end	Day	41% 6% 13% 31% 9% 1	1904
October	1st to 10th	Day	44% 4 13% 27% 13% 1	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 6% 13% 25% 11% 2	1800
	21st to end	Day	49% 4 14% 22% 9% 1	1974
November	1st to 10th	Day	45% 7% 14% 19% 13% 3	1548
	11th to 20th	Day	55% 5% 14% 16% 9%	1520
	21st to end	Day	48% 6% 17% 22% 7% 1	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	58% 7% 16% 13% 6%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	55% 7% 18% 15% 5%	1915
	21st to end	Day	69% 6% 10% 10% 5%	2783
January	1st to 10th	Night	60% 6% 12% 16% 6%	4428
	11th to 20th	Night	61% 6% 13% 16% 5%	4376
	21st to end	Night	62% 5% 9% 18% 5% 1	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	50% 5% 13% 21% 10% 1	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 6% 15% 25% 9% 2	2404
	21st to end	Night	47% 6% 12% 21% 12% 2	1994
March	1st to 10th	Night	46% 7% 15% 22% 9%	2138
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 5% 11% 23% 13% 1	2090
	21st to end	Night	52% 6% 11% 22% 8% 1	2288
April	1st to 10th	Night	46% 5% 10% 23% 13% 1	1820
	11th to 20th	Night	51% 5% 9% 19% 14% 2	1750
	21st to end	Night	48% 8% 9% 20% 14% 2	1620
May	1st to 10th	Night	43% 7% 15% 20% 14% 1	1540
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 7% 14% 23% 15% 3	1417
	21st to end	Night	39% 9% 12% 21% 17% 2	1552
June	1st to 10th	Night	31% 7% 15% 28% 18% 2	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 9% 15% 22% 18% 3	1440
	21st to end	Night	25% 7% 17% 30% 17% 3	1290
July	1st to 10th	Night	21% 7% 16% 35% 20% 2	1372
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 8% 15% 32% 17% 4	1392
	21st to end	Night	20% 6% 18% 34% 17% 5%	1532
August	1st to 10th	Night	29% 9% 14% 29% 15% 4	1601
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 7% 17% 28% 18% 2	1600
	21st to end	Night	26% 7% 14% 29% 20% 4	1880
September	1st to 10th	Night	29% 7% 14% 31% 18% 1	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 7% 16% 31% 17%	1840
	21st to end	Night	35% 5% 13% 30% 16% 1	2038
October	1st to 10th	Night	37% 4 11% 30% 16% 3	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 6% 13% 22% 14% 2	2160
	21st to end	Night	48% 5% 13% 21% 12% 1	2380
November	1st to 10th	Night	41% 6% 14% 23% 14% 2	2527
	11th to 20th	Night	52% 6% 12% 18% 11% 1	2660
	21st to end	Night	48% 5% 17% 22% 8% 1	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	52% 7% 15% 20% 6%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	55% 7% 14% 17% 5% 2	3281
	21st to end	Night	65% 5% 11% 15% 3	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	15% 11% 31% 30% 10% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 14% 37% 26% 4 1	270
	21st to end	Day	16% 12% 38% 21% 11% 2	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 16% 44% 19% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 24% 33% 22% 6% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	17% 16% 40% 23% 3	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 17% 40% 17% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 14% 37% 21% 7% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	28% 18% 27% 19% 7% 2	307
April	1st to 10th	Day	23% 17% 34% 21% 5%	428
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 14% 25% 21% 9%	433
	21st to end	Day	27% 15% 30% 18% 9% 1	600
May	1st to 10th	Day	20% 17% 35% 22% 6% 1	603
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 14% 29% 21% 12% 2	625
	21st to end	Day	19% 10% 29% 27% 12% 3	679
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 8% 30% 34% 15% 2	630
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 10% 40% 25% 8% 1	630
	21st to end	Day	11% 12% 34% 26% 15% 3	630
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 27% 35% 18% 7%	621
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 9% 31% 31% 16% 3	618
	21st to end	Day	7% 8% 31% 33% 17% 4	684
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 30% 32% 19% 3	626
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 23% 30% 19% 5%	615
	21st to end	Day	11% 8% 30% 32% 16% 4	593
September	1st to 10th	Day	16% 12% 29% 27% 15% 2	450
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 30% 29% 14% 3	408
	21st to end	Day	20% 17% 30% 19% 11% 2	270
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 13% 30% 22% 12% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 25% 35% 19% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	30% 18% 35% 11% 5%	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	21% 19% 36% 17% 7% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 20% 42% 16% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	24% 17% 43% 13% 3	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	14% 18% 37% 23% 7%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 20% 34% 23% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	31% 12% 37% 17% 3	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	12% 14% 39% 28% 7% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 15% 37% 28% 5% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	18% 13% 37% 27% 5%	1045
February	1st to 10th	Night	13% 15% 39% 26% 6%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 14% 42% 25% 6% 1	929
	21st to end	Night	16% 15% 35% 25% 8% 1	738
March	1st to 10th	Night	16% 13% 37% 26% 8% 1	618
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 13% 37% 25% 6%	570
	21st to end	Night	23% 12% 29% 23% 10% 2	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	20% 14% 35% 25% 6%	546
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 11% 29% 27% 7% 1	533
	21st to end	Night	22% 10% 34% 23% 8% 1	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	20% 12% 32% 30% 5% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 8% 36% 27% 11% 1	531
	21st to end	Night	16% 10% 27% 34% 13% 1	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 32% 41% 10%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 38% 39% 8%	540
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 27% 41% 16% 1	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 29% 36% 26% 1	525
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 6% 31% 41% 15% 1	522
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 31% 41% 18% 2	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 23% 46% 20% 1	537
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 23% 37% 21% 3	534
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 30% 34% 22% 1	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 27% 38% 14% 3	540
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 35% 28% 16% 2	540
	21st to end	Night	14% 13% 34% 26% 13% 1	598
October	1st to 10th	Night	18% 12% 31% 26% 14%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 13% 34% 23% 7% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	24% 14% 29% 27% 6%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	19% 13% 34% 26% 7% 1	861
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 17% 35% 23% 7%	950
	21st to end	Night	18% 17% 35% 24% 5%	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 11% 38% 27% 7% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 13% 37% 25% 5% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	25% 13% 34% 24% 3	1045

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