Digital Monastery Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

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

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	15% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 40%	101252
	Night	15% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 42%	97677
Transparency	Day	40% 7% 13% 24% 14% 2	101053
	Night	40% 6% 12% 24% 15% 2	97546
Seeing	Day	18% 11% 25% 24% 16% 6%	14921
	Night	17% 9% 29% 32% 12% 1	24400

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	16% 6% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 42%	2581
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 11% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 5% 37%	2840
	21st to end	Day	17% 10% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 34%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 38%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 2 6% 4 5% 4 3 5% 6% 40%	1691
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 4 7% 5% 5% 4 3 4 6% 38%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 7% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 34%	3397
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 2 5% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 8% 46%	3480
	21st to end	Day	19% 8% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 40%	3865
April	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 38%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 7% 44%	2254
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 1 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 40%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	25% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 30%	4077
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 30%	4290
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 45%	4823
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 9% 42%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 40%	2660
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 46%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 6% 7% 10% 44%	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 4 4 6% 4 7% 10% 43%	4317
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 3 7% 6% 6% 5% 5% 6% 8% 37%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	17% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 6% 5% 7% 8% 35%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 9% 42%	3918
	21st to end	Day	13% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 47%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 46%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 47%	2280
	21st to end	Day	21% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 37%	1988
October	1st to 10th	Day	17% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 4 7% 45%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 4 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 6% 48%	1900
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 48%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 51%	1772
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 7% 47%	1653
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 43%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	17% 9% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 7% 7% 35%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 40%	1910
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 9% 33%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 3 6% 7% 42%	4361
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 8% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 43%	4120
	21st to end	Night	20% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 36%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 41%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 8% 2 7% 3 4 4 4 5% 5% 41%	2375
	21st to end	Night	16% 8% 3 7% 6% 4 4 3 5% 6% 37%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 8% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 38%	3453
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 49%	3480
	21st to end	Night	13% 9% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 48%	3766
April	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 6% 38%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 2 6% 5% 3 4 3 6% 8% 44%	1875
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 2 4 3 3 5% 4 7% 6% 42%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	25% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 8% 30%	2846
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 8% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 31%	2601
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 2 6% 4 5% 5% 6% 8% 9% 40%	2732
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 3 4 3 4 6% 9% 47%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 4 8% 9% 40%	1520
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 10% 44%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 6% 5% 4 8% 10% 40%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 9% 9% 39%	2638
	21st to end	Night	13% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 8% 39%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	18% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 33%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 40%	2876
	21st to end	Night	13% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 47%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 3 3 6% 8% 45%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 7% 53%	1900
	21st to end	Night	21% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 3 6% 40%	2188
October	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 44%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 2 4 3 4 4 3 4 6% 51%	2280
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 49%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 7% 53%	2329
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 48%	2526
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 44%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	17% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 39%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 6% 41%	3285
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 34%	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	40% 6% 10% 29% 11% 3	2582
	11th to 20th	Day	47% 5% 12% 19% 14% 3	2840
	21st to end	Day	50% 6% 11% 22% 10% 2	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	45% 6% 14% 23% 10% 2	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 5% 10% 24% 13% 2	1700
	21st to end	Day	48% 5% 11% 20% 13% 4	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	47% 7% 12% 21% 12% 2	3397
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 6% 11% 28% 18% 3	3480
	21st to end	Day	44% 6% 10% 21% 15% 3	3865
April	1st to 10th	Day	41% 7% 13% 19% 16% 4	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 7% 11% 22% 18% 4	2254
	21st to end	Day	43% 6% 10% 22% 17% 3	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	51% 7% 10% 21% 10% 1	4115
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 9% 13% 19% 8% 1	4294
	21st to end	Day	33% 9% 15% 25% 16% 2	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	35% 9% 14% 25% 15% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 12% 14% 23% 13% 2	2660
	21st to end	Day	32% 8% 16% 27% 16% 2	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	34% 8% 19% 23% 11% 5%	4370
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 6% 17% 29% 12% 1	4242
	21st to end	Day	43% 7% 11% 21% 17% 2	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	45% 7% 15% 25% 8%	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 6% 14% 28% 15% 1	3957
	21st to end	Day	35% 5% 15% 27% 16% 2	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	38% 6% 12% 19% 21% 4	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 6% 10% 26% 21% 3	2280
	21st to end	Day	46% 5% 10% 19% 18% 2	1988
October	1st to 10th	Day	39% 7% 11% 22% 19% 3	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 5% 11% 25% 21% 2	1900
	21st to end	Day	36% 5% 11% 25% 20% 2	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	33% 4 14% 26% 19% 5%	1772
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 5% 12% 24% 20% 4	1653
	21st to end	Day	39% 6% 12% 29% 13% 1	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	46% 6% 14% 23% 9% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 6% 13% 30% 8% 2	1906
	21st to end	Day	45% 9% 17% 20% 9%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	39% 7% 12% 26% 13% 3	4361
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 4 13% 26% 13% 2	4120
	21st to end	Night	47% 5% 10% 26% 11% 1	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	41% 7% 14% 24% 13% 1	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 5% 11% 22% 17% 3	2377
	21st to end	Night	46% 5% 11% 20% 13% 5%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	46% 6% 10% 27% 10% 1	3453
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 6% 10% 32% 16% 2	3480
	21st to end	Night	39% 5% 9% 23% 20% 4	3766
April	1st to 10th	Night	44% 6% 12% 19% 16% 3	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 7% 12% 21% 17% 6%	1875
	21st to end	Night	39% 6% 12% 24% 15% 4	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	53% 6% 9% 18% 11% 3	2873
	11th to 20th	Night	51% 8% 12% 18% 9% 1	2602
	21st to end	Night	34% 10% 18% 26% 10% 2	2739
June	1st to 10th	Night	34% 8% 12% 27% 17% 3	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 9% 13% 25% 14% 2	1520
	21st to end	Night	34% 8% 14% 25% 18% 2	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	38% 8% 19% 18% 12% 5%	2480
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 8% 16% 22% 13% 2	2590
	21st to end	Night	39% 8% 15% 19% 17% 2	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	45% 7% 18% 22% 7% 1	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 6% 12% 27% 14% 1	2903
	21st to end	Night	35% 6% 13% 28% 16% 2	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	37% 5% 13% 20% 19% 5%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 4 11% 27% 23% 3	1900
	21st to end	Night	45% 6% 9% 20% 17% 3	2188
October	1st to 10th	Night	42% 5% 10% 23% 18% 2	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 4 11% 27% 21% 3	2280
	21st to end	Night	35% 5% 11% 27% 20% 2	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	33% 4 11% 28% 21% 5%	2329
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 5% 10% 24% 20% 5%	2526
	21st to end	Night	37% 5% 13% 24% 17% 3	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	45% 6% 13% 24% 11% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 5% 12% 23% 16% 2	3288
	21st to end	Night	41% 9% 18% 21% 10% 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	23% 27% 28% 16% 5% 1	198
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 27% 26% 15% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	22% 25% 33% 13% 5% 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	21% 21% 40% 14% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 24% 35% 8% 2	298
	21st to end	Day	29% 16% 34% 18% 3	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 23% 29% 23% 5%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 20% 31% 18% 6% 1	460
	21st to end	Day	23% 16% 32% 22% 6% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	20% 20% 28% 23% 7% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 15% 33% 17% 14% 4	452
	21st to end	Day	25% 13% 28% 21% 11% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	25% 12% 28% 21% 11% 4	463
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 12% 26% 22% 14% 5%	487
	21st to end	Day	16% 5% 23% 26% 23% 8%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 26% 24% 19% 8%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 25% 28% 20% 6%	490
	21st to end	Day	11% 4 25% 30% 23% 6%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 16% 31% 27% 13%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 17% 30% 32% 12%	484
	21st to end	Day	12% 3 16% 34% 26% 8%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	11% 3 17% 27% 28% 13%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 2 18% 34% 22% 13%	479
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 16% 31% 24% 15%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	18% 7% 14% 23% 26% 12%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 17% 29% 26% 12%	490
	21st to end	Day	28% 7% 21% 24% 15% 5%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	21% 6% 19% 25% 21% 8%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 11% 24% 30% 16% 2	490
	21st to end	Day	14% 12% 32% 27% 12% 3	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 10% 29% 29% 14% 3	414
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 12% 31% 24% 12% 1	313
	21st to end	Day	19% 17% 35% 18% 9% 1	180
December	1st to 10th	Day	22% 21% 31% 20% 4 2	180
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 20% 28% 22% 7% 1	180
	21st to end	Day	22% 16% 33% 21% 8% 1	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	18% 14% 43% 22% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 14% 34% 27% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 14% 42% 25% 1	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	18% 15% 34% 30% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 17% 38% 20% 1	743
	21st to end	Night	22% 18% 38% 19% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 15% 38% 24% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 14% 34% 24% 5% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 14% 39% 25% 4 1	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	18% 17% 35% 25% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 12% 35% 30% 8%	751
	21st to end	Night	20% 9% 34% 29% 8%	760
May	1st to 10th	Night	23% 7% 24% 34% 11% 1	590
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 5% 26% 35% 12%	441
	21st to end	Night	14% 2 20% 43% 19% 1	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 26% 36% 24% 1	380
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 20% 44% 20% 2	380
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 19% 50% 19%	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 15% 41% 27% 3	370
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 12% 43% 33% 3	434
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 12% 46% 29% 3	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	13% 2 10% 42% 31% 2	567
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 13% 39% 30% 3	616
	21st to end	Night	12% 3 14% 39% 29% 3	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	16% 2 16% 37% 26% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 3 16% 37% 29% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	23% 4 19% 33% 20% 2	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	21% 4 20% 31% 20% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 9% 28% 34% 13% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 32% 31% 11%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 32% 38% 10% 1	745
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 11% 34% 29% 8%	760
	21st to end	Night	15% 13% 34% 32% 7%	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	21% 10% 40% 22% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 9% 40% 29% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 8% 37% 32% 3	836

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