Salisbury
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Salisbury clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-01-13.

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% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 44%	74935
	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 44%	74802
Transparency	Day	38% 6% 12% 22% 18% 4	74657
	Night	39% 5% 11% 20% 20% 5%	74599
Seeing	Day	16% 7% 22% 24% 20% 10%	14185
	Night	16% 7% 24% 31% 20% 3	24330

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	18% 6% 2 5% 5% 2 3 4 4 6% 45%	1706
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 5% 45%	1638
	21st to end	Day	16% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 48%	1782
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 41%	1620
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 46%	1679
	21st to end	Day	19% 8% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 3 5% 42%	1547
March	1st to 10th	Day	16% 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 3 7% 51%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 2 4 5% 3 5% 4 6% 9% 41%	1980
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 3 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 43%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 3 2 4 3 2 4 4 5% 8% 54%	2006
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 2 5% 4 2 5% 4 5% 7% 48%	2134
	21st to end	Day	13% 4 2 5% 4 3 5% 4 5% 7% 47%	2268
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 6% 9% 44%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 7% 9% 40%	2301
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 6% 6% 9% 40%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 7% 10% 41%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 6% 3 6% 6% 7% 10% 42%	2340
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 6% 6% 4 7% 7% 8% 11% 39%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 2 6% 6% 4 7% 6% 8% 11% 35%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 2 6% 6% 4 7% 8% 9% 12% 33%	2340
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 3 6% 7% 4 6% 7% 8% 12% 35%	2547
August	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 6% 4 6% 8% 8% 10% 35%	2327
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 3 7% 8% 5% 7% 7% 7% 9% 31%	2303
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 2 6% 6% 4 5% 6% 6% 11% 38%	2394
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 9% 46%	2062
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 4 5% 2 5% 4 6% 8% 45%	1980
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 2 5% 4 3 5% 4 4 5% 41%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 2 3 4 2 3 3 4 6% 54%	1841
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 3 3 6% 56%	1800
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 3 2 4 3 4 5% 55%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 6% 57%	1857
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 3 4 3 2 3 4 5% 6% 54%	1777
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 2 4 3 2 4 4 5% 6% 50%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 3 4 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 41%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 1 4 3 2 3 2 5% 6% 54%	2153
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 2 4 4 3 4 5% 5% 7% 42%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 2 4 4 3 4 3 4 6% 48%	2459
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 44%	2367
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 4 4 3 3 3 4 5% 50%	2574
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 45%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 6% 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 6% 44%	2163
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 3 5% 4 3 3 4 4 7% 45%	1708
March	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 6% 51%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 7% 42%	1980
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 3 6% 5% 3 5% 4 6% 6% 42%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 3 4 5% 2 4 4 5% 7% 49%	1954
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 2 5% 4 2 4 4 5% 7% 50%	1775
	21st to end	Night	14% 4 3 5% 5% 2 4 4 5% 7% 48%	1706
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 47%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 3 7% 7% 4 5% 5% 6% 9% 38%	1592
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 6% 6% 7% 10% 40%	1744
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 2 5% 6% 3 6% 6% 8% 11% 38%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 6% 2 5% 6% 6% 13% 38%	1620
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 3 5% 6% 4 6% 6% 8% 10% 38%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 3 8% 7% 4 6% 8% 8% 12% 33%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 3 5% 7% 4 7% 7% 8% 11% 35%	1620
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 7% 5% 6% 7% 9% 12% 34%	1771
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 4 8% 7% 3 6% 6% 7% 12% 32%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 3 7% 6% 5% 6% 6% 7% 9% 33%	1598
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 7% 8% 11% 37%	1941
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 2 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 8% 45%	1894
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 6% 43%	1980
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 6% 40%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 4 4 2 3 4 5% 6% 50%	2118
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 2 4 4 2 3 3 6% 5% 52%	2160
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 2 4 4 2 4 3 3 5% 55%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 4 55%	2221
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 4 4 3 5% 4 4 6% 52%	2398
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 3 3 2 4 5% 5% 7% 50%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 7% 3 4 5% 3 4 3 4 6% 43%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 2 4 4 2 3 4 4 5% 50%	3042
	21st to end	Night	20% 5% 2 3 4 2 4 4 5% 7% 44%	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	42% 4 7% 23% 19% 5%	1707
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 5% 7% 21% 22% 4	1638
	21st to end	Day	37% 3 6% 24% 22% 7%	1782
February	1st to 10th	Day	41% 5% 10% 21% 18% 5%	1620
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 4 8% 22% 20% 5%	1688
	21st to end	Day	47% 4 8% 17% 18% 7%	1547
March	1st to 10th	Day	36% 4 7% 21% 25% 7%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 5% 10% 20% 17% 7%	1980
	21st to end	Day	43% 5% 11% 21% 18% 3	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	29% 4 12% 24% 24% 7%	2006
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 4 10% 21% 21% 8%	2134
	21st to end	Day	36% 6% 10% 26% 18% 4	2268
May	1st to 10th	Day	35% 7% 17% 22% 15% 4	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 7% 18% 19% 13% 3	2305
	21st to end	Day	39% 7% 13% 26% 13% 1	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	36% 8% 16% 25% 14% 1	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 7% 19% 21% 15% 2	2340
	21st to end	Day	35% 10% 17% 22% 14% 2	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	39% 10% 18% 19% 12% 3	2275
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 11% 22% 19% 9% 1	2271
	21st to end	Day	37% 10% 19% 22% 11% 1	2405
August	1st to 10th	Day	40% 10% 18% 23% 9%	2314
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 9% 16% 17% 10% 1	2303
	21st to end	Day	38% 9% 17% 23% 10% 3	2394
September	1st to 10th	Day	33% 7% 15% 22% 18% 4	2062
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 7% 13% 19% 22% 3	1980
	21st to end	Day	45% 5% 8% 21% 17% 4	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	33% 4 8% 23% 26% 5%	1841
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 3 8% 26% 22% 8%	1800
	21st to end	Day	33% 3 7% 22% 26% 9%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	32% 3 7% 22% 28% 9%	1857
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 3 7% 24% 27% 7%	1777
	21st to end	Day	37% 3 7% 22% 25% 6%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	44% 4 9% 20% 18% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 2 8% 21% 27% 9%	2150
	21st to end	Day	41% 5% 7% 25% 19% 2	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	40% 4 8% 18% 23% 7%	2459
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 4 8% 17% 22% 6%	2367
	21st to end	Night	38% 2 5% 22% 26% 6%	2574
February	1st to 10th	Night	41% 4 9% 21% 20% 5%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 3 7% 18% 22% 7%	2165
	21st to end	Night	40% 4 10% 20% 20% 7%	1708
March	1st to 10th	Night	35% 4 8% 20% 24% 9%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 5% 9% 19% 20% 6%	1980
	21st to end	Night	43% 6% 8% 21% 17% 4	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	35% 4 9% 20% 25% 6%	1954
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 4 10% 22% 23% 8%	1775
	21st to end	Night	37% 4 12% 22% 20% 5%	1706
May	1st to 10th	Night	35% 6% 15% 25% 17% 3	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 7% 13% 19% 15% 2	1593
	21st to end	Night	38% 9% 13% 26% 13% 1	1745
June	1st to 10th	Night	38% 8% 16% 23% 13% 2	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 7% 20% 21% 13% 2	1620
	21st to end	Night	38% 11% 16% 20% 12% 4	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	41% 10% 17% 18% 11% 3	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 11% 21% 20% 9% 3	1566
	21st to end	Night	37% 10% 21% 21% 10% 1	1672
August	1st to 10th	Night	43% 11% 19% 18% 9%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 9% 18% 17% 10% 1	1598
	21st to end	Night	37% 10% 20% 22% 9% 2	1941
September	1st to 10th	Night	35% 7% 15% 21% 16% 5%	1894
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 8% 11% 18% 21% 2	1980
	21st to end	Night	43% 7% 11% 17% 18% 4	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	36% 4 9% 22% 25% 5%	2118
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 4 7% 24% 23% 8%	2160
	21st to end	Night	33% 3 6% 20% 26% 11%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	34% 4 6% 19% 25% 12%	2221
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 4 6% 18% 26% 11%	2398
	21st to end	Night	33% 4 6% 24% 26% 6%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	45% 3 8% 20% 19% 5%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 4 8% 18% 24% 9%	3044
	21st to end	Night	40% 4 8% 22% 23% 3	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	21% 18% 33% 22% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 16% 33% 20% 7% 1	246
	21st to end	Day	19% 15% 40% 19% 6%	264
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 19% 36% 15% 10%	240
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 16% 38% 12% 4	240
	21st to end	Day	26% 19% 31% 18% 6% 1	265
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 13% 34% 26% 8%	420
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 12% 40% 20% 7%	420
	21st to end	Day	21% 11% 36% 23% 8% 1	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	17% 14% 29% 25% 13% 2	420
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 15% 27% 20% 18% 4	412
	21st to end	Day	19% 8% 30% 23% 16% 5%	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 9% 32% 22% 15% 7%	423
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 19% 26% 22% 12%	447
	21st to end	Day	15% 4 14% 25% 29% 13%	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 13% 30% 30% 13%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 3 17% 24% 26% 20%	450
	21st to end	Day	9% 2 13% 31% 28% 17%	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 8% 24% 32% 24%	445
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 1 7% 28% 31% 25%	444
	21st to end	Day	8% 1 8% 29% 33% 20%	488
August	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 14% 21% 32% 19%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 2 8% 27% 32% 21%	439
	21st to end	Day	11% 2 10% 24% 29% 24%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 10% 24% 32% 22%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 2 12% 22% 28% 21%	450
	21st to end	Day	20% 4 18% 26% 23% 8%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 5% 15% 26% 23% 12%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 24% 27% 24% 8%	450
	21st to end	Day	15% 8% 22% 31% 18% 6%	495
November	1st to 10th	Day	20% 5% 25% 26% 18% 5%	455
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 10% 34% 23% 12% 3	337
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 35% 25% 14% 4	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	23% 10% 36% 24% 7% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 11% 32% 23% 12% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	22% 14% 30% 23% 10% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 13% 33% 27% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 11% 36% 29% 5%	729
	21st to end	Night	18% 10% 40% 30% 3	792
February	1st to 10th	Night	20% 11% 36% 30% 4	720
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 15% 38% 21% 2	703
	21st to end	Night	20% 15% 36% 26% 4	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 11% 35% 32% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 11% 35% 26% 8% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	20% 9% 35% 29% 7%	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 12% 33% 30% 9%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 12% 28% 30% 15%	711
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 28% 37% 13%	626
May	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 30% 34% 15% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 4 21% 35% 22% 2	531
	21st to end	Night	14% 3 9% 36% 36% 3	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 12% 39% 32% 4	540
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 14% 29% 35% 8%	540
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 10% 38% 38% 3	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 8% 31% 42% 9%	525
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 5% 31% 45% 9%	522
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 8% 34% 40% 8%	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	12% 1 10% 29% 39% 9%	537
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 3 6% 29% 42% 7%	534
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 7% 31% 42% 7%	753
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 8% 30% 43% 7%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 2 12% 24% 39% 6%	720
	21st to end	Night	19% 3 15% 33% 28% 3	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 16% 30% 27% 7%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 22% 33% 20% 2	720
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 25% 33% 18% 2	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 22% 34% 18% 2	740
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 9% 28% 34% 13%	760
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 29% 34% 14% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	22% 9% 29% 32% 8%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 29% 34% 9% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	25% 9% 26% 32% 7%	836

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