Dreamy Skies Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Dreamy Skies Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-04-11.

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% 11% 4 10% 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 31%	112684
	Night	13% 13% 5% 11% 6% 5% 4 3 5% 6% 30%	115717
Transparency	Day	51% 7% 12% 18% 11% 1	116238
	Night	52% 7% 12% 18% 10% 1	120313
Seeing	Day	21% 17% 33% 19% 7% 2	16016
	Night	20% 15% 32% 24% 8% 1	25774

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	11% 16% 7% 22% 6% 4 3 2 4 5% 19%	3617
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 16% 7% 20% 10% 9% 6% 3 4 4 9%	3589
	21st to end	Day	15% 16% 9% 16% 7% 4 4 3 4 6% 16%	3999
February	1st to 10th	Day	11% 16% 6% 15% 11% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 18%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 14% 6% 16% 9% 6% 5% 3 4 4 21%	1880
	21st to end	Day	10% 19% 6% 13% 7% 4 5% 4 4 4 23%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	12% 11% 3 12% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 33%	4478
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 13% 6% 11% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 7% 26%	4976
	21st to end	Day	20% 12% 7% 11% 5% 4 4 3 5% 4 25%	5478
April	1st to 10th	Day	17% 18% 4 8% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 4 28%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 13% 4 7% 4 2 4 3 4 5% 35%	2404
	21st to end	Day	16% 12% 3 9% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 33%	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 34%	4108
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 43%	4081
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 46%	4906
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 8% 39%	2850
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 39%	2850
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 37%	2850
July	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 3 8% 6% 4 5% 5% 6% 7% 36%	4506
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 42%	4440
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 2 8% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 8% 40%	4814
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 7% 5% 6% 6% 6% 8% 10% 37%	4106
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 6% 41%	4044
	21st to end	Day	12% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 3 5% 7% 40%	4477
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 8% 40%	2199
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 5% 7% 46%	2090
	21st to end	Day	15% 10% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 3 6% 9% 34%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	18% 9% 3 8% 4 4 4 3 4 7% 37%	2051
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 15% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 25%	1864
	21st to end	Day	19% 17% 4 10% 6% 6% 5% 4 4 5% 21%	1881
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 16% 4 8% 5% 4 4 3 6% 8% 27%	1762
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 18% 7% 12% 5% 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 21%	1795
	21st to end	Day	18% 18% 6% 13% 6% 4 4 3 4 5% 19%	1600
December	1st to 10th	Day	11% 25% 8% 18% 6% 5% 4 4 4 4 11%	2362
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 21% 9% 13% 7% 6% 4 3 4 4 14%	2621
	21st to end	Day	23% 23% 9% 18% 5% 3 3 2 2 3 9%	3596
January	1st to 10th	Night	11% 13% 7% 23% 9% 6% 4 3 4 4 16%	6348
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 14% 7% 18% 13% 8% 6% 4 4 4 10%	6316
	21st to end	Night	11% 17% 9% 16% 7% 6% 6% 4 5% 5% 15%	6977
February	1st to 10th	Night	9% 16% 6% 14% 9% 7% 6% 4 5% 6% 18%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 16% 5% 13% 7% 6% 4 3 5% 6% 22%	2404
	21st to end	Night	13% 16% 5% 12% 7% 5% 4 4 5% 4 25%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	14% 10% 4 9% 6% 4 4 3 5% 6% 36%	5362
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 12% 4 9% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 34%	4980
	21st to end	Night	18% 13% 5% 10% 5% 3 4 3 4 4 31%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	17% 13% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 31%	2015
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 11% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 6% 7% 34%	1730
	21st to end	Night	16% 9% 4 7% 4 4 5% 4 5% 5% 36%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 40%	2833
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 8% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 40%	2812
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 8% 44%	2672
June	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 6% 6% 44%	1330
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 8% 46%	1330
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 6% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 46%	1330
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 3 6% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 11% 41%	2458
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 3 6% 7% 52%	2530
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 7% 8% 50%	2750
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 46%	2820
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 50%	2785
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 48%	3177
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 7% 49%	1962
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 50%	2090
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 40%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 9% 2 7% 4 3 4 3 4 7% 41%	2128
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 14% 4 8% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 33%	2313
	21st to end	Night	22% 13% 3 8% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 27%	2717
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 13% 4 8% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 32%	2536
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 17% 5% 11% 7% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 24%	2604
	21st to end	Night	17% 18% 6% 9% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 22%	2800
December	1st to 10th	Night	12% 16% 6% 15% 7% 6% 5% 4 5% 6% 17%	4811
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 23% 8% 15% 6% 5% 4 3 4 5% 17%	5586
	21st to end	Night	21% 24% 9% 13% 5% 4 3 3 3 3 11%	7364

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	68% 5% 11% 11% 4 2	3618
	11th to 20th	Day	75% 8% 7% 7% 3	3620
	21st to end	Day	69% 6% 13% 7% 5%	3999
February	1st to 10th	Day	66% 7% 10% 14% 3	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	64% 7% 9% 12% 7% 1	1889
	21st to end	Day	62% 6% 11% 14% 6% 1	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	50% 6% 15% 16% 10% 3	4480
	11th to 20th	Day	52% 7% 15% 17% 7% 2	4976
	21st to end	Day	60% 6% 9% 16% 9%	5478
April	1st to 10th	Day	57% 5% 11% 16% 9% 1	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	50% 6% 11% 18% 15% 1	2404
	21st to end	Day	51% 6% 13% 14% 14% 3	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	44% 10% 12% 16% 17% 2	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 9% 14% 25% 14% 1	4085
	21st to end	Day	35% 7% 13% 20% 21% 4	4906
June	1st to 10th	Day	40% 8% 14% 23% 14% 2	2850
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 8% 11% 21% 17% 2	2850
	21st to end	Day	43% 8% 12% 23% 13% 1	2850
July	1st to 10th	Day	45% 7% 12% 19% 15% 1	4437
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 8% 15% 28% 15% 1	4365
	21st to end	Day	35% 10% 13% 21% 19% 1	4662
August	1st to 10th	Day	38% 9% 12% 26% 14% 1	4092
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 8% 11% 25% 13% 1	4083
	21st to end	Day	42% 7% 13% 26% 11% 1	4476
September	1st to 10th	Day	40% 8% 13% 23% 14% 1	2199
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 7% 15% 28% 15%	2090
	21st to end	Day	46% 7% 14% 22% 11%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	35% 5% 9% 33% 17% 1	3402
	11th to 20th	Day	53% 5% 8% 19% 14%	3080
	21st to end	Day	59% 7% 11% 17% 6%	3081
November	1st to 10th	Day	54% 7% 13% 18% 8%	1762
	11th to 20th	Day	62% 7% 15% 11% 5%	1795
	21st to end	Day	66% 7% 13% 11% 3 1	1600
December	1st to 10th	Day	75% 8% 8% 8% 1	2362
	11th to 20th	Day	72% 6% 8% 11% 2	2621
	21st to end	Day	82% 4 4 5% 5%	3596
January	1st to 10th	Night	68% 8% 8% 10% 4 2	6348
	11th to 20th	Night	73% 8% 9% 7% 3	6360
	21st to end	Night	67% 7% 9% 12% 5%	6977
February	1st to 10th	Night	62% 9% 10% 12% 6% 1	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	59% 7% 12% 16% 5% 1	2406
	21st to end	Night	60% 6% 12% 15% 7%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	48% 5% 16% 19% 11% 1	5373
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 8% 20% 20% 7% 1	4981
	21st to end	Night	53% 7% 11% 16% 11% 1	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	51% 7% 10% 18% 12% 2	2015
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 6% 10% 21% 14% 2	1730
	21st to end	Night	48% 8% 10% 17% 14% 3	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	40% 8% 15% 16% 18% 3	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 9% 13% 25% 14% 2	2813
	21st to end	Night	37% 7% 15% 20% 16% 5%	2673
June	1st to 10th	Night	38% 6% 12% 26% 17% 1	1330
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 7% 15% 24% 18% 2	1330
	21st to end	Night	37% 7% 12% 26% 15% 3	1330
July	1st to 10th	Night	36% 7% 15% 24% 13% 4	2418
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 7% 12% 37% 14% 1	2482
	21st to end	Night	30% 10% 16% 26% 17% 1	2662
August	1st to 10th	Night	34% 7% 14% 30% 14% 1	2810
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 7% 17% 30% 13% 1	2812
	21st to end	Night	32% 8% 17% 28% 15% 1	3177
September	1st to 10th	Night	33% 8% 13% 27% 17% 1	1962
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 6% 15% 33% 14%	2090
	21st to end	Night	42% 7% 15% 25% 9%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	31% 6% 12% 33% 17% 1	3544
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 6% 10% 24% 15%	3836
	21st to end	Night	49% 6% 13% 25% 6%	4467
November	1st to 10th	Night	48% 8% 14% 21% 8% 1	2536
	11th to 20th	Night	60% 7% 14% 13% 6% 1	2604
	21st to end	Night	61% 8% 16% 12% 3 1	2800
December	1st to 10th	Night	64% 9% 13% 12% 2	4811
	11th to 20th	Night	66% 7% 10% 11% 6%	5585
	21st to end	Night	76% 7% 6% 5% 6%	7364

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	26% 21% 38% 13% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 26% 37% 10% 3	300
	21st to end	Day	30% 14% 40% 12% 3 1	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	26% 30% 33% 7% 3 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 33% 32% 7% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	34% 25% 35% 5% 1	249
March	1st to 10th	Day	28% 29% 34% 9% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 18% 35% 15% 3	496
	21st to end	Day	31% 19% 29% 16% 4	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	30% 21% 29% 16% 4	500
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 18% 29% 11% 7% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	27% 18% 30% 17% 6% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	25% 18% 33% 15% 6% 2	463
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 16% 32% 23% 8% 3	487
	21st to end	Day	15% 14% 36% 26% 8% 2	717
June	1st to 10th	Day	16% 20% 35% 20% 8% 1	680
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 15% 37% 24% 5% 3	680
	21st to end	Day	16% 15% 37% 25% 5% 2	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	11% 12% 34% 29% 10% 3	671
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 15% 33% 28% 10% 4	668
	21st to end	Day	11% 11% 37% 27% 10% 4	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	10% 12% 29% 25% 15% 9%	488
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 10% 24% 31% 17% 9%	479
	21st to end	Day	17% 10% 32% 23% 14% 3	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	15% 12% 30% 23% 13% 6%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 9% 25% 30% 14% 8%	490
	21st to end	Day	20% 12% 26% 27% 11% 4	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	26% 18% 27% 16% 12% 2	490
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 17% 33% 15% 3	454
	21st to end	Day	32% 26% 31% 9% 2	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	31% 18% 33% 15% 3 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 24% 35% 11% 2 1	297
	21st to end	Day	27% 23% 38% 11% 2 1	200
December	1st to 10th	Day	30% 21% 34% 12% 3 2	200
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 27% 37% 7% 2	200
	21st to end	Day	36% 26% 27% 9% 2	247
January	1st to 10th	Night	22% 22% 35% 18% 4	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 21% 32% 19% 4	1000
	21st to end	Night	20% 16% 38% 20% 5%	1094
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 23% 38% 18% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 22% 30% 18% 4	783
	21st to end	Night	26% 20% 34% 17% 2	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 19% 37% 19% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 21% 33% 21% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	25% 15% 34% 22% 4 1	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	24% 18% 34% 19% 5%	615
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 16% 28% 23% 6% 1	565
	21st to end	Night	20% 13% 33% 28% 5% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 13% 37% 27% 7% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 12% 28% 31% 10%	561
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 33% 31% 13% 1	565
June	1st to 10th	Night	16% 8% 33% 34% 7% 1	380
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 9% 36% 34% 11%	380
	21st to end	Night	12% 7% 31% 35% 14% 1	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 26% 44% 17% 1	509
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 29% 38% 18% 3	552
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 25% 41% 18% 1	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 28% 37% 23% 1	567
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 21% 35% 26% 2	564
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 25% 37% 17% 1	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 28% 29% 19% 4	632
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 8% 26% 30% 19% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 9% 24% 28% 16% 3	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	21% 12% 29% 26% 12% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 15% 33% 20% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	29% 16% 30% 20% 4	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	20% 18% 36% 18% 7% 1	780
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 23% 33% 18% 4 1	800
	21st to end	Night	28% 17% 37% 16% 3	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	24% 22% 35% 16% 4	940
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 22% 35% 14% 4	1000
	21st to end	Night	30% 18% 33% 16% 2	1100

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