Twin Lakes Preserve Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Twin Lakes Preserve Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-01-12.

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	15% 7% 3 6% 6% 3 5% 5% 6% 7% 36%	74744
	Night	16% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 7% 40%	74971
Transparency	Day	30% 38% 8% 14% 9% 1	74449
	Night	29% 37% 8% 15% 9% 1	74800
Seeing	Day	24% 17% 28% 19% 9% 3	13750
	Night	22% 15% 29% 24% 9% 1	23054

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	12% 9% 3 6% 6% 4 6% 5% 6% 8% 37%	1517
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 11% 3 6% 7% 4 6% 5% 6% 6% 31%	1454
	21st to end	Day	12% 9% 4 7% 6% 5% 6% 4 6% 6% 35%	1749
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 9% 3 7% 8% 3 5% 6% 6% 6% 31%	1620
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 9% 3 6% 7% 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 36%	1695
	21st to end	Day	20% 9% 3 6% 6% 3 5% 4 5% 6% 32%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	12% 8% 4 7% 6% 3 5% 4 6% 6% 38%	1797
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 9% 4 7% 6% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 35%	1948
	21st to end	Day	19% 8% 4 6% 6% 3 4 4 4 6% 36%	2322
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 9% 3 5% 6% 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 37%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 40%	2134
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 2 6% 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 36%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	22% 7% 3 6% 6% 3 4 5% 5% 6% 33%	2392
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 6% 4 5% 7% 35%	2478
	21st to end	Day	15% 5% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 6% 8% 39%	2725
June	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 2 6% 7% 3 5% 5% 6% 9% 35%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 3 6% 6% 4 6% 5% 6% 8% 33%	2520
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 3 6% 7% 3 5% 6% 6% 9% 37%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 3 6% 6% 4 6% 6% 8% 9% 36%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 6% 6% 7% 10% 39%	2520
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 3 6% 6% 4 5% 6% 7% 9% 37%	2744
August	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 6% 4 6% 7% 8% 8% 35%	2373
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 3 6% 7% 5% 6% 7% 6% 8% 35%	2145
	21st to end	Day	16% 5% 2 5% 4 3 5% 5% 6% 9% 39%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 2 6% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 8% 39%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 48%	2120
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 3 6% 6% 3 4 4 5% 7% 40%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 7% 2 5% 4 3 5% 4 4 7% 39%	1818
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 2 5% 6% 2 5% 5% 6% 7% 40%	1800
	21st to end	Day	22% 7% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 5% 6% 33%	1869
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 7% 48%	1671
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 3 5% 5% 2 4 4 5% 7% 40%	1710
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 3 5% 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 37%	1549
December	1st to 10th	Day	17% 10% 4 7% 6% 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 31%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 9% 3 7% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 34%	1906
	21st to end	Day	18% 13% 5% 9% 7% 4 5% 4 5% 5% 23%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 3 5% 6% 3 4 5% 6% 8% 39%	2649
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 9% 4 5% 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 34%	2546
	21st to end	Night	11% 9% 4 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 7% 8% 39%	2606
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 3 6% 5% 3 5% 4 6% 7% 36%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 3 7% 7% 3 4 6% 7% 8% 35%	2150
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 4 6% 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 6% 36%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 4 5% 5% 2 3 4 6% 8% 41%	2150
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 6% 7% 40%	2008
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 7% 39%	2034
April	1st to 10th	Night	15% 8% 4 8% 7% 3 5% 4 6% 7% 34%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 4 7% 39%	1775
	21st to end	Night	21% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 3 4 5% 6% 39%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	22% 8% 3 6% 6% 2 4 4 4 6% 34%	1581
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 39%	1415
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 8% 42%	1550
June	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 5% 5% 8% 42%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 9% 42%	1440
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 2 4 4 3 4 6% 7% 9% 47%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 6% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 9% 43%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 9% 42%	1440
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 2 4 4 3 5% 5% 6% 10% 45%	1574
August	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 4 6% 7% 9% 44%	1562
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 2 6% 6% 3 5% 6% 6% 8% 39%	1736
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 7% 44%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 8% 45%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 4 2 5% 4 2 3 3 4 6% 53%	1840
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 3 4 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 45%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	22% 6% 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 6% 43%	2139
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 5% 3 4 4 3 3 4 5% 6% 45%	2160
	21st to end	Night	22% 8% 2 4 4 2 3 4 5% 7% 39%	2485
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 48%	2407
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 2 5% 4 2 4 4 5% 6% 43%	2470
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 6% 3 4 4 6% 7% 41%	2626
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 3 6% 6% 3 5% 4 7% 7% 33%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 9% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 36%	3288
	21st to end	Night	21% 10% 4 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 29%	4884

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% 41% 8% 19% 5%	1518
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 42% 9% 9% 6% 2	1454
	21st to end	Day	29% 38% 7% 17% 8% 1	1749
February	1st to 10th	Day	33% 37% 6% 12% 10% 1	1620
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 38% 6% 14% 8% 1	1704
	21st to end	Day	35% 36% 6% 14% 7% 1	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	29% 36% 9% 17% 8% 1	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 37% 7% 14% 9% 1	1948
	21st to end	Day	33% 36% 5% 13% 11% 2	2322
April	1st to 10th	Day	29% 37% 6% 15% 10% 3	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 36% 8% 13% 8% 3	2134
	21st to end	Day	29% 37% 6% 14% 10% 4	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	32% 37% 5% 13% 10% 2	2392
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 38% 5% 12% 11% 2	2482
	21st to end	Day	26% 39% 10% 14% 9% 2	2725
June	1st to 10th	Day	28% 39% 9% 14% 8% 1	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 39% 9% 15% 5% 2	2520
	21st to end	Day	29% 38% 11% 17% 6%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	30% 39% 8% 15% 7% 1	2450
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 40% 10% 17% 9% 1	2445
	21st to end	Day	27% 41% 7% 13% 11% 2	2591
August	1st to 10th	Day	27% 41% 8% 14% 9%	2359
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 38% 8% 16% 8% 1	2145
	21st to end	Day	31% 38% 6% 14% 10% 2	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	28% 38% 7% 14% 11% 2	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 36% 8% 16% 16% 2	2120
	21st to end	Day	30% 37% 5% 13% 14% 2	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	29% 37% 8% 15% 11%	1818
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 38% 9% 17% 9% 1	1800
	21st to end	Day	33% 38% 7% 13% 8% 1	1869
November	1st to 10th	Day	21% 40% 7% 17% 13% 2	1671
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 40% 8% 15% 8% 2	1710
	21st to end	Day	29% 41% 8% 15% 6% 1	1549
December	1st to 10th	Day	31% 42% 9% 12% 6% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 33% 12% 15% 6% 1	1906
	21st to end	Day	48% 27% 8% 12% 5%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	27% 41% 9% 16% 8%	2649
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 42% 8% 14% 4 2	2546
	21st to end	Night	26% 39% 8% 17% 10% 1	2606
February	1st to 10th	Night	31% 37% 9% 13% 9% 1	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 38% 8% 13% 9% 2	2152
	21st to end	Night	32% 36% 5% 16% 9% 2	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	27% 36% 10% 19% 7% 1	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 36% 9% 16% 7% 1	2009
	21st to end	Night	27% 37% 7% 15% 12% 3	2034
April	1st to 10th	Night	32% 37% 8% 12% 9% 3	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 37% 5% 13% 11% 1	1775
	21st to end	Night	29% 37% 7% 13% 11% 3	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	32% 37% 5% 12% 12% 2	1581
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 37% 7% 13% 12% 2	1416
	21st to end	Night	23% 40% 11% 16% 9% 2	1551
June	1st to 10th	Night	29% 37% 8% 16% 10%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 38% 10% 18% 6% 1	1440
	21st to end	Night	22% 39% 12% 19% 8%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	27% 39% 10% 14% 8% 2	1400
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 42% 9% 16% 8% 1	1392
	21st to end	Night	20% 42% 10% 15% 11% 1	1486
August	1st to 10th	Night	24% 39% 11% 16% 10% 1	1552
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 38% 9% 15% 9%	1736
	21st to end	Night	29% 38% 8% 13% 12% 1	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	26% 38% 8% 17% 11% 1	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 36% 6% 18% 16% 1	1840
	21st to end	Night	26% 37% 6% 16% 15% 1	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	28% 37% 7% 16% 12%	2139
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 37% 9% 17% 8%	2160
	21st to end	Night	29% 37% 9% 15% 9% 1	2485
November	1st to 10th	Night	21% 41% 9% 15% 14% 2	2407
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 40% 7% 15% 10% 2	2470
	21st to end	Night	25% 40% 9% 18% 7%	2626
December	1st to 10th	Night	28% 42% 8% 14% 8% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 34% 9% 12% 10% 1	3288
	21st to end	Night	42% 27% 10% 16% 5%	4884

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	33% 24% 28% 13% 2 1	180
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 21% 27% 9% 1	164
	21st to end	Day	26% 32% 30% 6% 4 1	250
February	1st to 10th	Day	36% 30% 27% 5% 2	240
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 26% 29% 7% 1	363
	21st to end	Day	34% 24% 29% 12% 1	346
March	1st to 10th	Day	29% 23% 31% 14% 3	420
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 27% 28% 12% 2 1	420
	21st to end	Day	31% 25% 28% 10% 4 2	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	30% 26% 24% 14% 6%	420
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 22% 26% 13% 9% 2	412
	21st to end	Day	32% 20% 30% 12% 4 2	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	35% 18% 23% 12% 8% 2	423
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 19% 30% 18% 7% 2	447
	21st to end	Day	20% 11% 27% 25% 14% 3	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	18% 15% 32% 24% 10% 3	450
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 14% 23% 25% 13% 2	450
	21st to end	Day	16% 13% 32% 26% 11% 2	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 32% 25% 16% 7%	445
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 27% 31% 21% 3	444
	21st to end	Day	14% 10% 32% 28% 11% 4	488
August	1st to 10th	Day	13% 8% 25% 30% 18% 6%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 26% 26% 19% 7%	439
	21st to end	Day	12% 11% 30% 24% 15% 8%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	22% 10% 24% 21% 16% 8%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 10% 27% 24% 14% 11%	450
	21st to end	Day	20% 11% 28% 23% 12% 5%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	28% 10% 22% 20% 16% 4	450
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 17% 29% 22% 10% 2	450
	21st to end	Day	30% 15% 28% 18% 8%	439
November	1st to 10th	Day	21% 16% 25% 25% 10% 2	365
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 21% 27% 19% 4 1	370
	21st to end	Day	27% 22% 32% 16% 4	209
December	1st to 10th	Day	33% 24% 27% 11% 5% 1	180
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 22% 29% 9% 2	180
	21st to end	Day	31% 23% 27% 15% 5%	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	23% 25% 35% 15% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 18% 31% 20% 3	728
	21st to end	Night	22% 23% 36% 17% 2	792
February	1st to 10th	Night	27% 21% 33% 17% 2	720
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 27% 34% 12% 1	703
	21st to end	Night	31% 22% 30% 15% 3	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	27% 21% 34% 15% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 21% 30% 18% 4	720
	21st to end	Night	23% 22% 33% 17% 5% 1	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	23% 22% 33% 18% 4	720
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 19% 31% 21% 6%	711
	21st to end	Night	26% 17% 30% 22% 6%	720
May	1st to 10th	Night	30% 13% 27% 23% 6% 1	501
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 11% 35% 23% 8% 1	354
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 22% 38% 15%	389
June	1st to 10th	Night	18% 6% 25% 37% 14%	360
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 27% 35% 13%	360
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 26% 46% 13% 1	360
July	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 21% 40% 19% 2	350
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 3 23% 42% 19% 1	348
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 20% 41% 19% 1	394
August	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 20% 41% 22% 2	488
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 3 18% 36% 25% 2	672
	21st to end	Night	16% 4 21% 35% 23% 2	792
September	1st to 10th	Night	18% 5% 27% 31% 18% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 24% 28% 19% 5%	720
	21st to end	Night	18% 9% 24% 31% 17% 2	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	26% 9% 22% 25% 16% 2	720
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 13% 27% 29% 8%	720
	21st to end	Night	27% 16% 30% 20% 7%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	19% 16% 28% 26% 9% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 18% 26% 22% 7% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	21% 20% 32% 21% 6% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	27% 19% 30% 19% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 22% 29% 20% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	27% 21% 32% 18% 2	836

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