Deep Sky Remote Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Deep Sky Remote Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-03-08.

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	5% 6% 2 4 4 3 4 5% 5% 7% 55%	78735
	Night	5% 7% 2 4 4 2 4 4 5% 6% 56%	80875
Transparency	Day	27% 6% 10% 19% 24% 13%	78460
	Night	27% 6% 10% 20% 24% 13%	80671
Seeing	Day	9% 13% 27% 30% 16% 3	14109
	Night	9% 7% 23% 36% 22% 3	24494

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	4 7% 3 5% 4 2 4 5% 5% 6% 56%	2858
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 9% 3 6% 5% 3 5% 5% 4 5% 51%	2860
	21st to end	Day	6% 11% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 52%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	4 11% 4 5% 5% 3 3 3 5% 6% 52%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 11% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 48%	1669
	21st to end	Day	6% 14% 4 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 48%	1636
March	1st to 10th	Day	8% 10% 3 5% 4 3 4 5% 5% 8% 45%	2058
	11th to 20th	Day	4 8% 3 6% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 8% 49%	1980
	21st to end	Day	6% 8% 4 6% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 47%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	5% 6% 3 4 6% 3 5% 4 5% 7% 53%	2122
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 6% 2 5% 6% 3 6% 5% 5% 7% 51%	2131
	21st to end	Day	5% 6% 2 4 5% 3 4 5% 6% 7% 53%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 5% 2 4 4 3 6% 6% 6% 7% 52%	2329
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 51%	2301
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 3 5% 2 4 5% 5% 6% 60%	2602
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 2 3 3 2 4 4 5% 8% 65%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 5% 73%	2520
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 3 3 2 4 5% 6% 8% 65%	2514
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 2 4 5% 4 6% 6% 8% 9% 52%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 2 5% 5% 4 7% 7% 8% 9% 48%	2340
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 6% 6% 4 8% 7% 9% 10% 37%	2545
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 6% 7% 4 6% 7% 6% 8% 45%	2328
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 2 5% 6% 3 6% 7% 6% 10% 49%	2260
	21st to end	Day	3 4 2 4 6% 3 7% 7% 8% 9% 48%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 2 4 5% 3 4 5% 6% 7% 54%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 2 4 6% 3 6% 5% 5% 6% 56%	2080
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 3 3 2 3 4 4 6% 67%	1936
October	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 4 4 3 3 4 4 6% 58%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 5% 4 73%	1800
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 3 5% 68%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 7% 68%	1859
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 68%	1745
	21st to end	Day	5% 7% 2 5% 4 2 3 4 3 4 61%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 8% 3 3 4 2 3 3 4 6% 55%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 9% 3 4 5% 3 4 5% 6% 7% 45%	1926
	21st to end	Day	6% 9% 3 5% 4 2 3 4 4 5% 54%	2926
January	1st to 10th	Night	4 7% 4 8% 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 53%	4097
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 11% 3 4 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 53%	4110
	21st to end	Night	6% 11% 3 5% 4 2 3 4 4 6% 51%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	4 10% 3 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 58%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 8% 3 5% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 54%	2397
	21st to end	Night	7% 11% 4 5% 4 2 4 3 4 6% 51%	1813
March	1st to 10th	Night	8% 8% 3 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 52%	2062
	11th to 20th	Night	4 8% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 54%	1980
	21st to end	Night	7% 10% 3 7% 5% 2 4 4 6% 6% 48%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 3 3 4 2 5% 4 6% 6% 52%	1836
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 55%	1777
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 4 4 2 5% 4 4 6% 58%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 4 5% 7% 57%	1628
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 4 5% 7% 56%	1594
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 4 4 6% 60%	1670
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 3 2 3 4 5% 7% 68%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 5% 71%	1440
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 3 3 2 4 6% 6% 8% 64%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 2 4 6% 4 6% 6% 7% 9% 50%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 3 5% 7% 4 6% 8% 7% 9% 45%	1620
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 6% 7% 5% 7% 7% 10% 12% 34%	1773
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 2 4 6% 4 7% 6% 7% 10% 48%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 4 5% 3 5% 6% 7% 10% 50%	1638
	21st to end	Night	3 4 2 4 4 3 5% 6% 7% 10% 51%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 4 6% 4 6% 5% 6% 8% 51%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 2 4 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 61%	1876
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 3 3 1 2 3 3 5% 69%	2022
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 2 3 4 2 3 4 4 6% 60%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 2 3 2 4 3 74%	2160
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 5% 69%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 1 3 2 1 3 3 4 6% 67%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 2 2 1 3 3 3 5% 70%	2407
	21st to end	Night	6% 7% 3 3 3 1 2 3 4 6% 62%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 9% 2 4 3 2 2 3 3 5% 60%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 10% 3 5% 5% 3 4 3 5% 7% 47%	3271
	21st to end	Night	7% 11% 3 4 4 2 3 3 3 5% 57%	4768

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	28% 5% 16% 28% 20% 3	2859
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 7% 19% 26% 13% 3	2860
	21st to end	Day	33% 5% 10% 26% 21% 4	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	35% 4 13% 21% 19% 8%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 5% 8% 22% 23% 6%	1678
	21st to end	Day	39% 4 6% 17% 28% 6%	1636
March	1st to 10th	Day	36% 5% 9% 21% 23% 6%	2058
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 6% 11% 25% 22% 6%	1980
	21st to end	Day	35% 6% 10% 19% 25% 5%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	31% 6% 8% 18% 25% 13%	2122
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 6% 9% 18% 26% 11%	2134
	21st to end	Day	27% 6% 9% 22% 27% 9%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	28% 6% 10% 18% 28% 10%	2329
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 8% 10% 19% 27% 8%	2304
	21st to end	Day	22% 6% 9% 16% 28% 19%	2602
June	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 8% 16% 31% 24%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 4 6% 11% 24% 42%	2520
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 7% 14% 24% 35%	2514
July	1st to 10th	Day	23% 8% 13% 14% 16% 26%	2276
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 11% 14% 18% 16% 14%	2271
	21st to end	Day	34% 15% 17% 16% 12% 6%	2404
August	1st to 10th	Day	33% 10% 13% 14% 13% 17%	2313
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 9% 13% 15% 19% 18%	2260
	21st to end	Day	26% 9% 12% 19% 22% 12%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	28% 7% 10% 15% 21% 20%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 9% 8% 15% 21% 22%	2080
	21st to end	Day	19% 4 7% 15% 37% 18%	1936
October	1st to 10th	Day	27% 6% 9% 17% 25% 16%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 5% 18% 37% 20%	1800
	21st to end	Day	20% 5% 7% 23% 36% 9%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 3 10% 25% 36% 9%	1859
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 3 8% 28% 34% 7%	1745
	21st to end	Day	28% 4 8% 25% 25% 11%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	30% 6% 13% 25% 19% 7%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 8% 10% 22% 20% 3	1924
	21st to end	Day	32% 6% 12% 14% 25% 11%	2926
January	1st to 10th	Night	31% 6% 11% 28% 20% 3	4097
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 7% 18% 26% 16% 3	4110
	21st to end	Night	34% 6% 8% 27% 22% 4	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	29% 4 13% 22% 24% 8%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 5% 9% 22% 26% 7%	2398
	21st to end	Night	34% 5% 8% 17% 28% 8%	1813
March	1st to 10th	Night	32% 6% 7% 22% 26% 7%	2062
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 5% 8% 25% 25% 7%	1980
	21st to end	Night	35% 6% 10% 20% 23% 6%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	31% 5% 8% 19% 25% 12%	1836
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 5% 8% 17% 27% 14%	1777
	21st to end	Night	26% 4 8% 19% 31% 11%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	26% 6% 8% 17% 34% 11%	1628
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 6% 10% 20% 26% 12%	1595
	21st to end	Night	25% 6% 9% 16% 24% 20%	1670
June	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 8% 14% 29% 29%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 4 7% 12% 19% 44%	1440
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 8% 13% 22% 36%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	26% 10% 12% 13% 11% 28%	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 12% 13% 13% 15% 18%	1566
	21st to end	Night	35% 14% 18% 17% 8% 8%	1674
August	1st to 10th	Night	27% 12% 14% 15% 14% 18%	1602
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 10% 12% 14% 17% 21%	1638
	21st to end	Night	24% 9% 14% 18% 20% 15%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	28% 8% 11% 14% 16% 24%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 6% 9% 17% 20% 25%	1876
	21st to end	Night	20% 3 6% 14% 31% 25%	2022
October	1st to 10th	Night	25% 6% 9% 17% 20% 23%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 5% 14% 37% 23%	2160
	21st to end	Night	18% 4 5% 23% 35% 14%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	19% 4 8% 22% 34% 14%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 4 6% 26% 36% 10%	2407
	21st to end	Night	25% 4 7% 21% 30% 14%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	29% 4 12% 24% 21% 10%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 7% 9% 20% 24% 4	3272
	21st to end	Night	32% 4 10% 17% 25% 13%	4768

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	18% 13% 33% 25% 11% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 17% 31% 24% 11% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	10% 13% 33% 29% 13% 2	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	13% 20% 35% 26% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 17% 38% 22% 8%	270
	21st to end	Day	14% 24% 41% 16% 5%	291
March	1st to 10th	Day	17% 24% 31% 21% 7%	449
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 20% 33% 22% 9% 1	420
	21st to end	Day	16% 31% 34% 13% 5% 1	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 26% 31% 23% 7% 2	420
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 28% 32% 17% 6% 2	412
	21st to end	Day	13% 27% 33% 21% 6%	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	11% 20% 38% 25% 6%	423
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 17% 33% 27% 13% 2	448
	21st to end	Day	9% 19% 29% 24% 14% 4	557
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 9% 24% 36% 23% 3	630
	11th to 20th	Day	4 10% 25% 37% 19% 5%	630
	21st to end	Day	3 7% 25% 42% 18% 5%	624
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 17% 45% 27% 5%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 13% 40% 31% 11%	444
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 13% 39% 31% 8%	487
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 18% 43% 26% 5%	447
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 23% 38% 24% 7%	437
	21st to end	Day	4 2 22% 40% 27% 6%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 24% 38% 24% 5%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	4 7% 29% 37% 18% 4	450
	21st to end	Day	8% 13% 24% 31% 19% 5%	406
October	1st to 10th	Day	12% 17% 22% 20% 22% 7%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 12% 27% 29% 19% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	12% 16% 23% 30% 17% 2	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 15% 27% 29% 16% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 11% 35% 31% 13% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	12% 15% 29% 30% 12% 3	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	13% 12% 30% 30% 12% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 16% 31% 23% 14% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	21% 15% 27% 29% 8%	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 25% 38% 17% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 8% 27% 35% 18% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	12% 8% 28% 34% 15% 4	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	11% 8% 32% 35% 13% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 8% 34% 34% 11% 2	744
	21st to end	Night	14% 9% 32% 35% 9%	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	11% 10% 30% 34% 12% 2	750
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 9% 28% 33% 21% 2	720
	21st to end	Night	12% 12% 26% 35% 14% 1	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 11% 28% 40% 8% 1	576
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 17% 24% 33% 14% 2	533
	21st to end	Night	9% 12% 32% 33% 12% 1	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	9% 9% 25% 40% 16% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 25% 37% 20% 5%	531
	21st to end	Night	9% 11% 23% 33% 21% 3	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 19% 43% 29% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 19% 41% 27% 4	540
	21st to end	Night	2 1 18% 43% 32% 4	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 12% 38% 41% 3	525
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 8% 35% 45% 7%	522
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 6% 34% 46% 8%	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 8% 32% 46% 10%	537
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 10% 39% 40% 5%	534
	21st to end	Night	4 1 8% 39% 41% 7%	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 11% 40% 37% 5%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 15% 40% 33% 5%	616
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 18% 34% 31% 6%	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 8% 23% 35% 23% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 23% 43% 22% 4	720
	21st to end	Night	6% 8% 23% 36% 22% 5%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 22% 40% 22% 5%	740
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 7% 25% 38% 20% 4	840
	21st to end	Night	11% 10% 23% 33% 19% 4	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	12% 8% 24% 39% 16% 2	950
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 27% 33% 16% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	15% 12% 23% 36% 12% 2	979

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