Starbrite Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Starbrite Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-02-25.

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	8% 6% 3 7% 8% 5% 7% 8% 8% 10% 30%	78821
	Night	7% 5% 3 6% 6% 4 6% 6% 7% 10% 40%	80479
Transparency	Day	43% 11% 17% 16% 10% 3	78544
	Night	37% 11% 18% 20% 12% 3	80275
Seeing	Day	8% 4 18% 28% 24% 18%	14998
	Night	8% 3 16% 32% 29% 12%	25197

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	9% 7% 4 7% 6% 3 5% 5% 7% 9% 38%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 3 8% 8% 4 7% 6% 7% 9% 25%	2840
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 4 8% 8% 5% 6% 6% 6% 8% 37%	3164
February	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 3 6% 6% 4 6% 5% 6% 9% 40%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 4 4 3 5% 5% 7% 10% 48%	1966
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 5% 6% 4 5% 6% 8% 9% 44%	1672
March	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 2 6% 6% 4 6% 7% 8% 10% 44%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 3 5% 6% 3 6% 7% 8% 10% 42%	1980
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 5% 6% 4 5% 6% 7% 9% 45%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 2 4 5% 4 5% 8% 9% 13% 43%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 3 6% 7% 4 7% 7% 8% 10% 37%	2044
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 6% 7% 4 7% 7% 9% 10% 40%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 1 4 5% 4 6% 8% 8% 11% 46%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 7% 4 6% 8% 5% 8% 8% 8% 10% 27%	2135
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 4 8% 7% 6% 8% 7% 8% 10% 25%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 9% 4 9% 10% 6% 9% 8% 7% 8% 15%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 7% 4 10% 10% 8% 8% 9% 9% 11% 18%	2340
	21st to end	Day	7% 7% 3 8% 10% 6% 9% 10% 9% 11% 20%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 7% 4 8% 9% 7% 9% 9% 10% 12% 19%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 4 8% 9% 6% 9% 9% 10% 13% 20%	2340
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 3 9% 9% 6% 8% 9% 10% 13% 22%	2547
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 4 8% 8% 6% 10% 9% 11% 12% 20%	2279
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 6% 3 6% 9% 6% 8% 11% 10% 13% 23%	2126
	21st to end	Day	9% 7% 2 8% 9% 6% 9% 10% 10% 12% 17%	2222
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 7% 3 9% 10% 6% 10% 10% 10% 11% 17%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 6% 3 9% 11% 7% 9% 9% 8% 11% 20%	1980
	21st to end	Day	12% 10% 3 10% 9% 7% 8% 8% 8% 8% 18%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	8% 8% 4 8% 9% 6% 9% 9% 10% 12% 20%	1890
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 4 7% 9% 5% 8% 9% 9% 9% 27%	1800
	21st to end	Day	12% 7% 2 6% 7% 4 7% 6% 6% 11% 33%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 6% 4 6% 7% 8% 10% 37%	1857
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 3 8% 9% 5% 7% 7% 7% 8% 31%	1900
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 7% 4 6% 6% 9% 10% 37%	1900
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 3 6% 7% 4 5% 7% 7% 8% 42%	1877
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 3 6% 6% 4 6% 5% 6% 9% 40%	2153
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 3 7% 7% 5% 6% 6% 7% 11% 29%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 3 7% 6% 3 6% 6% 7% 10% 38%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 9% 4 8% 6% 4 6% 6% 6% 6% 28%	4120
	21st to end	Night	6% 8% 4 8% 8% 4 6% 6% 6% 7% 38%	4488
February	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 3 4 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 46%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 4 4 3 4 5% 5% 9% 56%	2098
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 4 4 2 5% 5% 6% 10% 55%	1679
March	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 2 3 4 3 4 5% 5% 10% 58%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 2 3 5% 3 4 5% 6% 8% 54%	1980
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 3 5% 3 4 5% 6% 9% 54%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 4 3 2 4 4 8% 10% 59%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 4 4 4 6% 6% 7% 9% 49%	1865
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 5% 4 2 4 5% 8% 10% 51%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 2 3 3 2 4 5% 7% 10% 58%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 3 6% 6% 4 6% 7% 9% 10% 38%	1770
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 4 5% 6% 3 7% 6% 10% 11% 36%	1744
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 3 8% 8% 5% 8% 9% 7% 10% 24%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 6% 4 7% 6% 8% 15% 35%	1620
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 3 6% 6% 4 7% 8% 10% 15% 31%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 3 7% 7% 5% 7% 7% 7% 12% 35%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 3 5% 6% 5% 6% 8% 9% 12% 37%	1620
	21st to end	Night	2 4 2 6% 6% 4 6% 7% 8% 14% 40%	1771
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 2 5% 6% 3 6% 8% 9% 15% 37%	1637
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 2 4 7% 4 7% 8% 10% 13% 38%	1774
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 3 7% 7% 5% 7% 7% 10% 13% 30%	2128
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 3 6% 8% 5% 8% 8% 10% 13% 29%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 6% 3 7% 7% 5% 7% 7% 9% 12% 29%	1980
	21st to end	Night	9% 7% 3 8% 9% 6% 8% 8% 9% 10% 24%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 3 7% 8% 5% 7% 9% 8% 10% 29%	2068
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 2 6% 6% 4 6% 7% 7% 11% 38%	2160
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 6% 6% 6% 9% 40%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 2 5% 5% 3 6% 5% 6% 8% 47%	2221
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 3 6% 7% 4 6% 6% 6% 9% 39%	2280
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 6% 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 43%	2280
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 2 4 5% 3 5% 6% 7% 10% 46%	2299
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 3 5% 4 2 4 4 5% 8% 46%	3042
	21st to end	Night	9% 8% 3 7% 7% 4 6% 6% 7% 10% 32%	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	40% 8% 11% 22% 15% 4	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	53% 8% 14% 15% 8% 3	2840
	21st to end	Day	42% 8% 10% 18% 15% 6%	3164
February	1st to 10th	Day	38% 7% 12% 24% 14% 4	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 7% 11% 26% 21% 6%	1976
	21st to end	Day	32% 8% 12% 18% 23% 7%	1672
March	1st to 10th	Day	31% 7% 14% 26% 19% 4	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 7% 14% 25% 16% 4	1980
	21st to end	Day	33% 6% 13% 24% 18% 6%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	29% 9% 19% 27% 14% 3	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 8% 17% 20% 15% 2	2044
	21st to end	Day	32% 9% 14% 23% 18% 3	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	27% 8% 16% 25% 17% 7%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 9% 17% 19% 6%	2139
	21st to end	Day	49% 12% 14% 16% 9%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	62% 12% 15% 9% 3	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	54% 15% 19% 11% 1	2340
	21st to end	Day	51% 15% 25% 9%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	48% 18% 27% 8%	2275
	11th to 20th	Day	47% 16% 26% 11%	2271
	21st to end	Day	44% 16% 29% 10%	2405
August	1st to 10th	Day	47% 18% 23% 11% 1	2266
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 19% 29% 11%	2126
	21st to end	Day	50% 17% 25% 7% 1	2222
September	1st to 10th	Day	51% 17% 20% 11% 1	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	50% 18% 21% 8% 2	1980
	21st to end	Day	58% 13% 15% 9% 5%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	50% 12% 18% 14% 6% 1	1890
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 11% 15% 16% 11% 1	1800
	21st to end	Day	43% 8% 12% 18% 13% 6%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	39% 9% 13% 17% 17% 6%	1857
	11th to 20th	Day	47% 8% 10% 17% 13% 5%	1900
	21st to end	Day	41% 8% 12% 17% 19% 3	1900
December	1st to 10th	Day	37% 8% 13% 22% 17% 2	1877
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 7% 10% 19% 19% 6%	2150
	21st to end	Day	46% 8% 14% 17% 14% 2	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	39% 10% 14% 20% 15% 2	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	55% 7% 13% 16% 8% 2	4120
	21st to end	Night	41% 9% 12% 18% 14% 6%	4488
February	1st to 10th	Night	33% 7% 13% 27% 17% 4	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 7% 12% 27% 22% 7%	2099
	21st to end	Night	25% 9% 11% 24% 25% 6%	1679
March	1st to 10th	Night	22% 8% 14% 29% 23% 6%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 7% 16% 30% 17% 4	1980
	21st to end	Night	25% 8% 13% 27% 21% 5%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	20% 7% 20% 34% 16% 3	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 8% 19% 22% 19% 2	1865
	21st to end	Night	27% 8% 16% 27% 18% 4	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	21% 9% 16% 32% 17% 5%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 11% 19% 23% 9%	1771
	21st to end	Night	37% 11% 19% 22% 10%	1745
June	1st to 10th	Night	51% 13% 22% 12% 2	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 15% 27% 17% 3	1620
	21st to end	Night	38% 18% 32% 11% 1	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	39% 15% 32% 13% 1	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 16% 35% 14% 1	1566
	21st to end	Night	32% 15% 36% 15% 2	1672
August	1st to 10th	Night	32% 16% 35% 15% 2	1626
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 20% 35% 15%	1774
	21st to end	Night	41% 17% 30% 11% 1	2128
September	1st to 10th	Night	40% 19% 27% 13% 1	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 18% 25% 12% 2	1980
	21st to end	Night	51% 16% 16% 12% 6%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	44% 13% 20% 16% 5% 1	2068
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 11% 20% 17% 12% 1	2160
	21st to end	Night	39% 9% 11% 21% 14% 5%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	34% 10% 13% 19% 18% 6%	2221
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 10% 9% 21% 13% 5%	2280
	21st to end	Night	36% 9% 14% 20% 17% 4	2280
December	1st to 10th	Night	32% 11% 13% 24% 17% 2	2299
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 7% 9% 22% 19% 8%	3044
	21st to end	Night	44% 9% 14% 17% 13% 2	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	9% 11% 37% 30% 11% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 10% 34% 30% 11% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	8% 14% 47% 26% 5% 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	10% 10% 33% 36% 11% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 28% 38% 18% 3	389
	21st to end	Day	6% 8% 22% 39% 23% 2	362
March	1st to 10th	Day	5% 9% 32% 35% 17% 2	420
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 8% 29% 36% 18% 3	420
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 28% 37% 21% 4	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	2 8% 33% 31% 20% 6%	420
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 8% 28% 30% 20% 6%	412
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 26% 33% 23% 7%	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 21% 35% 25% 13%	423
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 17% 30% 27% 12%	447
	21st to end	Day	10% 3 12% 28% 26% 20%	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	15% 3 12% 24% 28% 19%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 6% 22% 30% 32%	450
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 5% 18% 26% 44%	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 1 3 13% 33% 45%	445
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 15% 34% 41%	444
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 17% 28% 45%	488
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 1 6% 15% 30% 41%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 6% 18% 28% 42%	439
	21st to end	Day	11% 1 7% 21% 30% 31%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 5% 16% 28% 40%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 1 7% 16% 31% 39%	450
	21st to end	Day	14% 2 9% 20% 28% 28%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 12% 36% 27% 12%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 3 17% 30% 27% 12%	450
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 17% 34% 25% 8%	495
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 23% 35% 22% 6%	455
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 25% 30% 22% 5%	460
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 26% 35% 24% 4	460
December	1st to 10th	Day	11% 4 21% 37% 22% 4	437
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 8% 26% 37% 17% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 30% 34% 13% 4	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 21% 39% 23% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 29% 37% 18% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	8% 7% 30% 41% 14% 1	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 24% 41% 17% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 6% 26% 41% 20% 1	743
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 23% 46% 19% 1	611
March	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 30% 40% 19% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 20% 45% 20% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 24% 43% 20% 2	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 21% 48% 23% 2	720
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 24% 44% 21% 2	711
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 20% 45% 23% 3	720
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 18% 43% 30% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 13% 42% 29% 3	709
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 8% 30% 42% 9%	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	13% 1 7% 20% 44% 15%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 4 14% 46% 29%	540
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 4 10% 42% 38%	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 9% 39% 43%	525
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 11% 40% 40%	522
	21st to end	Night	3 2 9% 41% 45%	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 12% 43% 36%	563
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 5% 13% 41% 36%	710
	21st to end	Night	9% 1 6% 18% 37% 28%	792
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 6% 14% 38% 34%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 1 7% 16% 36% 30%	720
	21st to end	Night	12% 2 8% 18% 37% 24%	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	10% 1 13% 33% 33% 10%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 11% 32% 36% 9%	720
	21st to end	Night	14% 2 16% 34% 27% 7%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 24% 33% 27% 4	740
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 20% 35% 27% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 23% 40% 23% 3	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 19% 39% 30% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 21% 36% 24% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 24% 37% 25% 2	836

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