Rainbow Springs Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Rainbow Springs 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	9% 5% 3 6% 6% 4 6% 6% 7% 9% 40%	78990
	Night	9% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 9% 44%	80582
Transparency	Day	38% 9% 15% 18% 14% 6%	78713
	Night	35% 9% 15% 19% 15% 6%	80378
Seeing	Day	9% 5% 16% 25% 25% 20%	14431
	Night	10% 4 19% 33% 27% 7%	24582

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	13% 6% 3 5% 6% 3 5% 5% 4 7% 43%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 9% 3 6% 5% 2 4 5% 4 6% 37%	2840
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 9% 47%	3315
February	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 7% 42%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 6% 54%	1848
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 5% 5% 8% 47%	1603
March	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 5% 8% 55%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 2 5% 4 2 4 4 5% 9% 52%	1980
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 4 8% 52%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 2 4 5% 3 4 5% 6% 9% 52%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 3 6% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 8% 45%	1956
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 1 3 3 3 5% 6% 7% 9% 56%	2222
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 3 3 3 5% 5% 5% 9% 59%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 5% 3 4 6% 8% 11% 44%	2301
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 7% 4 5% 6% 7% 10% 41%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 4 6% 7% 4 7% 8% 8% 10% 29%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 6% 7% 4 8% 9% 10% 12% 31%	2340
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 3 7% 6% 5% 9% 8% 8% 12% 30%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 4 7% 8% 5% 8% 9% 10% 12% 23%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 4 7% 9% 6% 8% 9% 8% 11% 24%	2340
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 3 7% 9% 5% 10% 8% 9% 11% 26%	2547
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 2 5% 7% 5% 8% 9% 9% 14% 26%	2327
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 2 7% 8% 6% 8% 8% 10% 13% 21%	2163
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 4 8% 7% 6% 9% 7% 9% 11% 23%	2199
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 3 8% 8% 5% 8% 9% 8% 11% 24%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 3 7% 9% 5% 7% 8% 8% 9% 26%	1980
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 4 7% 7% 4 7% 6% 6% 9% 34%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 3 6% 7% 4 4 5% 5% 8% 40%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 4 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 55%	1828
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 9% 50%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 2 3 5% 2 4 5% 6% 7% 52%	1857
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 6% 48%	1885
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 2 4 5% 5% 9% 46%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 3 5% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 8% 48%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 3 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 45%	2153
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 3 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 42%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 8% 42%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 9% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 6% 8% 36%	4120
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 41%	4339
February	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 3 5% 5% 3 3 3 5% 8% 46%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 5% 6% 6% 48%	2218
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 3 6% 5% 2 4 5% 6% 8% 47%	1849
March	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 2 4 5% 2 4 3 4 7% 58%	2064
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 6% 6% 8% 50%	1980
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 4 2 4 4 5% 7% 56%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 2 3 4 2 4 5% 6% 7% 53%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 4 4 3 5% 5% 6% 9% 50%	1953
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 1 3 4 3 3 4 5% 9% 58%	1752
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 1 3 3 2 3 4 6% 9% 62%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 4 5% 3 5% 5% 7% 10% 51%	1592
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 4 6% 3 4 5% 6% 10% 51%	1744
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 6% 6% 5% 6% 6% 8% 9% 37%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 2 5% 6% 4 6% 7% 9% 16% 35%	1620
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 8% 14% 37%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 6% 3 5% 7% 4 6% 8% 9% 14% 33%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 3 6% 8% 6% 8% 8% 10% 13% 29%	1620
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 6% 7% 5% 7% 7% 9% 15% 34%	1771
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 3 6% 6% 4 6% 7% 9% 12% 37%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 8% 4 8% 9% 8% 12% 31%	1732
	21st to end	Night	10% 7% 3 6% 7% 4 7% 7% 8% 10% 31%	2137
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 8% 3 7% 7% 5% 7% 9% 8% 12% 30%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 3 8% 7% 5% 6% 7% 7% 11% 30%	1980
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 3 7% 7% 3 5% 6% 7% 9% 38%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 5% 3 4 6% 6% 8% 44%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 3 4 3 4 5% 5% 7% 57%	2131
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 3 4 5% 8% 51%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 2 4 3 3 4 4 5% 8% 54%	2221
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 4 4 6% 50%	2291
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 6% 7% 47%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 8% 49%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 3 5% 5% 2 4 4 5% 6% 47%	3042
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 8% 38%	4532

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	39% 6% 8% 16% 19% 10%	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 4 6% 14% 16% 12%	2840
	21st to end	Day	33% 6% 11% 20% 20% 10%	3315
February	1st to 10th	Day	40% 6% 10% 13% 20% 12%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 5% 9% 18% 25% 11%	1858
	21st to end	Day	34% 7% 9% 18% 21% 11%	1603
March	1st to 10th	Day	26% 5% 12% 23% 25% 9%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 6% 14% 23% 16% 10%	1980
	21st to end	Day	31% 6% 12% 23% 20% 8%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	29% 7% 15% 20% 20% 10%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 6% 10% 18% 21% 7%	1956
	21st to end	Day	22% 8% 14% 24% 22% 9%	2222
May	1st to 10th	Day	21% 8% 12% 26% 24% 9%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 9% 17% 24% 14% 4	2305
	21st to end	Day	36% 9% 15% 20% 17% 3	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	45% 13% 18% 18% 6%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 15% 23% 21% 4	2340
	21st to end	Day	42% 15% 23% 15% 4 1	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	47% 16% 25% 11% 1	2275
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 16% 25% 9% 1	2271
	21st to end	Day	45% 16% 26% 12% 1	2405
August	1st to 10th	Day	41% 18% 27% 12% 2	2314
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 18% 24% 10% 1	2163
	21st to end	Day	50% 15% 19% 14% 2	2199
September	1st to 10th	Day	47% 18% 18% 11% 5%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 13% 20% 13% 5%	1980
	21st to end	Day	43% 10% 13% 18% 11% 4	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	42% 8% 11% 16% 14% 11%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 6% 9% 20% 29% 8%	1828
	21st to end	Day	29% 8% 10% 16% 23% 14%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	29% 7% 13% 20% 17% 13%	1857
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 6% 9% 18% 21% 10%	1885
	21st to end	Day	35% 5% 9% 21% 23% 7%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	32% 7% 14% 23% 18% 6%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 5% 9% 19% 16% 12%	2150
	21st to end	Day	42% 5% 8% 22% 16% 6%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	39% 6% 9% 16% 20% 10%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 6% 7% 18% 17% 6%	4120
	21st to end	Night	39% 7% 12% 13% 18% 10%	4339
February	1st to 10th	Night	36% 6% 10% 17% 18% 13%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 6% 11% 17% 20% 12%	2219
	21st to end	Night	34% 7% 11% 18% 21% 10%	1849
March	1st to 10th	Night	26% 5% 12% 23% 24% 9%	2064
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 7% 14% 24% 14% 10%	1980
	21st to end	Night	28% 5% 10% 27% 20% 9%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	29% 8% 15% 21% 18% 8%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 6% 12% 27% 19% 6%	1953
	21st to end	Night	23% 7% 14% 29% 20% 8%	1752
May	1st to 10th	Night	21% 7% 13% 29% 23% 8%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 9% 21% 25% 16% 3	1593
	21st to end	Night	27% 9% 17% 23% 23% 2	1745
June	1st to 10th	Night	41% 10% 22% 22% 5%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 14% 29% 21% 3	1620
	21st to end	Night	35% 14% 26% 20% 5% 1	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	37% 19% 29% 13% 2	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 19% 29% 10% 2	1566
	21st to end	Night	34% 17% 32% 15% 2	1672
August	1st to 10th	Night	35% 16% 35% 12% 2	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 18% 30% 12% 1	1732
	21st to end	Night	45% 15% 22% 16% 2	2137
September	1st to 10th	Night	42% 15% 24% 13% 5%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 15% 20% 15% 4 1	1980
	21st to end	Night	38% 12% 18% 16% 13% 3	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	35% 11% 13% 19% 12% 9%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 6% 11% 23% 28% 6%	2131
	21st to end	Night	31% 7% 10% 16% 25% 11%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	29% 5% 13% 22% 19% 13%	2221
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 5% 9% 20% 19% 12%	2291
	21st to end	Night	35% 6% 9% 21% 21% 8%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	33% 6% 13% 27% 15% 6%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 5% 9% 17% 20% 11%	3044
	21st to end	Night	44% 7% 12% 19% 14% 5%	4532

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	11% 7% 38% 30% 11% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 11% 34% 29% 14% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	15% 15% 38% 26% 6%	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	10% 12% 29% 31% 17% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 10% 30% 31% 13% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	9% 9% 31% 29% 19% 3	258
March	1st to 10th	Day	8% 7% 33% 36% 15% 2	448
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 30% 29% 20% 3	420
	21st to end	Day	8% 8% 25% 32% 24% 3	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 11% 24% 29% 25% 3	420
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 8% 25% 29% 24% 4	412
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 19% 33% 28% 11%	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 18% 30% 29% 15%	423
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 9% 26% 32% 22%	447
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 7% 18% 33% 31%	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 3 7% 22% 26% 29%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 5% 19% 30% 35%	450
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 4 16% 29% 45%	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 2 11% 25% 53%	445
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 2 8% 29% 53%	444
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 6% 13% 27% 45%	488
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 4 14% 26% 47%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 1 4 9% 26% 52%	439
	21st to end	Day	11% 2 4 15% 30% 39%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 4 15% 28% 38%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 2 6% 20% 35% 27%	450
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 6% 20% 36% 27%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 14% 38% 21% 11%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 15% 33% 33% 11%	450
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 16% 37% 29% 6%	495
November	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 21% 33% 25% 7%	455
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 22% 33% 20% 4	445
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 29% 37% 16% 3	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 33% 27% 20% 7%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 10% 30% 27% 16% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 29% 36% 15% 4	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 8% 31% 34% 13% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 26% 41% 14% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 9% 33% 32% 8%	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 29% 36% 13% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 31% 36% 12% 1	743
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 31% 43% 9%	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 31% 40% 13%	751
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 27% 40% 16% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 30% 39% 16%	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 29% 41% 15% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 30% 41% 14% 1	711
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 24% 43% 21% 1	658
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 13% 49% 27% 2	540
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 13% 41% 34% 4	531
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 8% 34% 42% 8%	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 7% 31% 40% 8%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 4 22% 43% 22%	540
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 5% 15% 44% 26%	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 2 14% 42% 34%	525
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 2 11% 48% 34%	522
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 3 11% 57% 24%	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 3 11% 53% 27%	537
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 2 8% 48% 33%	534
	21st to end	Night	13% 2 5% 18% 43% 19%	751
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 5% 21% 44% 19%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 7% 29% 38% 12%	720
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 9% 29% 41% 8%	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 14% 41% 28% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 14% 41% 33% 3	720
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 16% 41% 26% 2	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 24% 38% 23% 2	740
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 24% 39% 18% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 28% 40% 16% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 23% 36% 21% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 25% 41% 16% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 24% 38% 17% 1	836

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