Wilson Hill Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Wilson Hill Observatory 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	17% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 39%	74798
	Night	17% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 41%	74922
Transparency	Day	45% 3 10% 23% 16% 3	74503
	Night	44% 3 11% 24% 16% 2	74751
Seeing	Day	25% 14% 30% 19% 9% 3	13836
	Night	23% 13% 30% 25% 8% 1	22861

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	13% 8% 3 5% 6% 4 4 4 5% 6% 41%	1517
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 8% 2 7% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 37%	1456
	21st to end	Day	12% 8% 3 4 6% 3 4 4 6% 7% 41%	1584
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 8% 2 6% 5% 4 6% 4 6% 6% 33%	1639
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 8% 3 6% 6% 3 4 5% 5% 8% 38%	1748
	21st to end	Day	17% 10% 4 7% 6% 3 4 4 4 5% 36%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 9% 4 6% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 7% 37%	1797
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 3 6% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 7% 38%	1880
	21st to end	Day	17% 8% 3 6% 6% 3 4 3 4 6% 40%	2317
April	1st to 10th	Day	18% 9% 3 6% 6% 3 4 4 4 7% 38%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 6% 4 6% 7% 38%	2142
	21st to end	Day	21% 7% 3 7% 6% 3 4 4 5% 6% 34%	2340
May	1st to 10th	Day	23% 8% 3 6% 6% 3 4 5% 4 6% 33%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 39%	2387
	21st to end	Day	15% 4 2 6% 6% 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 42%	2725
June	1st to 10th	Day	18% 6% 3 5% 6% 3 5% 5% 7% 8% 33%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 5% 2 6% 6% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 37%	2520
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 3 5% 6% 4 5% 5% 6% 8% 34%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 6% 5% 5% 9% 40%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 3 6% 6% 4 6% 5% 7% 9% 37%	2520
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 3 6% 6% 3 5% 6% 7% 8% 39%	2744
August	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 2 5% 6% 4 6% 6% 7% 8% 38%	2395
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 3 5% 6% 4 6% 6% 6% 8% 38%	2273
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 2 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 6% 9% 43%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 45%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 3 4 4 2 3 4 3 5% 52%	1994
	21st to end	Day	16% 5% 2 5% 4 2 4 4 4 7% 46%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	24% 6% 3 4 5% 3 4 3 4 5% 38%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 2 4 4 2 4 5% 5% 8% 45%	1736
	21st to end	Day	23% 7% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 4 4 5% 37%	1782
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 49%	1671
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 6% 46%	1710
	21st to end	Day	20% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 41%	1687
December	1st to 10th	Day	18% 8% 3 5% 6% 3 5% 5% 6% 6% 35%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 6% 2 4 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 42%	1906
	21st to end	Day	22% 12% 3 5% 4 3 4 5% 5% 6% 31%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 9% 3 4 4 3 5% 4 5% 6% 43%	2649
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 10% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 7% 35%	2549
	21st to end	Night	12% 8% 4 5% 6% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 41%	2772
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 9% 4 6% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 7% 37%	2318
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 6% 39%	2098
	21st to end	Night	16% 8% 3 5% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 6% 40%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	15% 8% 3 6% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 6% 41%	2150
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 6% 5% 5% 6% 37%	2079
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 2 6% 5% 2 3 5% 4 6% 42%	2034
April	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 3 6% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 38%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 3 4 4 3 5% 4 5% 6% 40%	1767
	21st to end	Night	22% 5% 3 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 38%	1620
May	1st to 10th	Night	21% 8% 3 6% 6% 3 4 4 6% 7% 32%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 6% 3 6% 5% 3 6% 5% 6% 6% 38%	1521
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 2 6% 6% 4 4 4 5% 8% 39%	1550
June	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 4 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 8% 36%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 5% 3 5% 4 3 5% 5% 5% 9% 38%	1440
	21st to end	Night	18% 5% 3 4 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 8% 40%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	16% 5% 1 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 6% 7% 43%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 3 4 6% 3 4 6% 7% 10% 40%	1440
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 3 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 9% 46%	1574
August	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 6% 8% 46%	1523
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 6% 6% 9% 36%	1624
	21st to end	Night	15% 4 2 4 4 3 3 3 5% 8% 49%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 5% 2 3 4 5% 7% 50%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 4 4 6% 53%	1966
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 2 5% 4 2 4 3 4 7% 49%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	22% 6% 2 5% 5% 2 4 4 4 5% 41%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 2 4 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 7% 43%	2220
	21st to end	Night	23% 7% 3 5% 4 3 3 5% 5% 5% 37%	2574
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 2 5% 4 2 5% 4 5% 6% 46%	2407
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 4 4 5% 46%	2470
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 44%	2489
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 4 6% 6% 36%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 3 4 4 2 4 5% 5% 6% 41%	3288
	21st to end	Night	21% 10% 3 7% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 33%	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	45% 3 8% 27% 16% 1	1518
	11th to 20th	Day	47% 4 13% 21% 12% 3	1456
	21st to end	Day	42% 3 10% 26% 16% 3	1584
February	1st to 10th	Day	51% 3 12% 20% 12% 3	1639
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 4 10% 21% 15% 4	1757
	21st to end	Day	52% 2 8% 19% 16% 3	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	47% 3 11% 20% 14% 5%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 2 10% 20% 17% 5%	1880
	21st to end	Day	48% 2 6% 20% 18% 7%	2317
April	1st to 10th	Day	48% 3 7% 20% 18% 4	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 3 10% 22% 18% 3	2142
	21st to end	Day	53% 3 7% 16% 18% 4	2340
May	1st to 10th	Day	53% 2 7% 21% 14% 2	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 4 7% 21% 19% 3	2391
	21st to end	Day	42% 4 13% 24% 14% 3	2725
June	1st to 10th	Day	48% 5% 12% 23% 12% 1	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 4 10% 21% 17% 3	2520
	21st to end	Day	48% 4 11% 23% 13% 1	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	42% 4 11% 24% 18% 2	2450
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 4 12% 27% 14% 1	2445
	21st to end	Day	41% 3 13% 25% 15% 3	2591
August	1st to 10th	Day	42% 4 14% 24% 14% 1	2381
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 4 13% 25% 14% 2	2273
	21st to end	Day	37% 4 11% 27% 19% 3	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	38% 4 12% 25% 19% 2	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 3 6% 27% 25% 3	1994
	21st to end	Day	40% 3 8% 24% 22% 3	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	49% 3 8% 23% 15% 3	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 3 11% 31% 13% 2	1736
	21st to end	Day	50% 2 9% 21% 14% 3	1782
November	1st to 10th	Day	39% 2 11% 27% 18% 2	1671
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 3 8% 24% 20% 3	1710
	21st to end	Day	45% 2 16% 22% 14% 2	1687
December	1st to 10th	Day	49% 3 14% 18% 15% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	47% 2 10% 19% 18% 3	1906
	21st to end	Day	56% 3 11% 19% 11% 1	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	42% 3 10% 26% 16% 3	2649
	11th to 20th	Night	49% 5% 13% 22% 9% 2	2549
	21st to end	Night	45% 3 9% 21% 19% 3	2772
February	1st to 10th	Night	48% 4 12% 21% 13% 3	2318
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 3 10% 22% 16% 3	2100
	21st to end	Night	45% 3 10% 23% 15% 4	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	46% 2 8% 24% 16% 4	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 3 10% 19% 17% 4	2080
	21st to end	Night	44% 3 9% 18% 21% 5%	2034
April	1st to 10th	Night	47% 3 9% 20% 18% 3	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 2 8% 22% 19% 2	1767
	21st to end	Night	48% 2 11% 20% 15% 4	1620
May	1st to 10th	Night	52% 2 8% 21% 13% 3	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 3 11% 19% 17% 3	1522
	21st to end	Night	45% 4 14% 23% 13% 2	1551
June	1st to 10th	Night	48% 3 11% 25% 12% 1	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 6% 12% 21% 14% 3	1440
	21st to end	Night	42% 5% 14% 23% 14% 1	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	41% 4 14% 25% 15% 1	1400
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 5% 15% 27% 13%	1392
	21st to end	Night	34% 5% 15% 31% 13% 2	1486
August	1st to 10th	Night	37% 4 15% 26% 17% 1	1513
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 5% 13% 24% 14% 1	1624
	21st to end	Night	36% 3 11% 29% 21% 1	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	35% 4 12% 28% 20% 1	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 3 8% 28% 25% 2	1966
	21st to end	Night	38% 3 9% 29% 19% 2	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	48% 2 10% 24% 13% 3	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 3 13% 29% 14% 1	2220
	21st to end	Night	50% 3 11% 22% 13% 2	2574
November	1st to 10th	Night	40% 3 10% 24% 20% 3	2407
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 2 9% 24% 19% 3	2470
	21st to end	Night	42% 3 14% 26% 14% 1	2489
December	1st to 10th	Night	48% 4 11% 23% 13% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 3 13% 18% 19% 2	3288
	21st to end	Night	54% 2 7% 26% 10% 1	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	34% 18% 28% 16% 4	180
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 22% 33% 12% 2 2	164
	21st to end	Day	27% 20% 36% 11% 5% 1	176
February	1st to 10th	Day	34% 22% 29% 12% 3	299
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 24% 29% 12% 2	416
	21st to end	Day	32% 20% 30% 14% 3	346
March	1st to 10th	Day	31% 17% 34% 15% 3	420
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 22% 29% 12% 3 1	420
	21st to end	Day	32% 16% 31% 13% 5% 2	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	33% 18% 29% 13% 5% 2	420
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 19% 31% 12% 6% 2	412
	21st to end	Day	33% 15% 29% 15% 6% 2	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	37% 14% 27% 14% 5% 2	423
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 15% 37% 18% 5% 2	447
	21st to end	Day	20% 13% 36% 22% 8% 2	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	21% 14% 37% 16% 10% 2	450
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 13% 37% 20% 9% 2	450
	21st to end	Day	19% 11% 36% 21% 9% 3	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	21% 7% 27% 27% 14% 5%	445
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 4 33% 31% 13% 4	444
	21st to end	Day	12% 8% 32% 33% 11% 3	488
August	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 29% 29% 17% 3	446
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 29% 26% 16% 5%	439
	21st to end	Day	16% 8% 30% 26% 15% 5%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	20% 10% 24% 22% 17% 7%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 10% 26% 18% 14% 9%	450
	21st to end	Day	19% 10% 34% 21% 12% 5%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	33% 10% 22% 21% 11% 5%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 12% 33% 20% 12% 2	403
	21st to end	Day	32% 12% 26% 22% 7% 1	396
November	1st to 10th	Day	22% 16% 27% 22% 11% 2	365
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 14% 25% 19% 7% 1	370
	21st to end	Day	31% 17% 26% 18% 7% 1	347
December	1st to 10th	Day	27% 24% 31% 12% 6% 1	180
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 20% 30% 13% 2	180
	21st to end	Day	35% 16% 28% 17% 3 1	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	24% 20% 33% 20% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 17% 30% 20% 3	729
	21st to end	Night	22% 19% 37% 19% 3	792
February	1st to 10th	Night	25% 17% 34% 21% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 21% 35% 18% 2	703
	21st to end	Night	27% 20% 31% 19% 2	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	27% 18% 33% 21% 2	720
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 19% 31% 20% 4	720
	21st to end	Night	26% 17% 33% 18% 5%	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	29% 17% 30% 19% 5%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 17% 31% 20% 6%	703
	21st to end	Night	28% 16% 32% 20% 4 1	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	28% 12% 31% 22% 6%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 14% 32% 27% 5%	460
	21st to end	Night	22% 7% 33% 31% 8%	389
June	1st to 10th	Night	21% 9% 31% 29% 9% 1	360
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 7% 29% 33% 8% 1	360
	21st to end	Night	19% 4 31% 38% 9%	360
July	1st to 10th	Night	18% 5% 28% 37% 12% 1	350
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 2 24% 43% 15% 1	348
	21st to end	Night	14% 4 27% 42% 13%	394
August	1st to 10th	Night	15% 3 26% 39% 17%	449
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 26% 37% 14% 2	560
	21st to end	Night	17% 4 21% 36% 19% 2	792
September	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 31% 29% 17% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 26% 27% 19% 2	720
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 28% 29% 14% 3	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	27% 8% 24% 28% 11% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 9% 31% 26% 12% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	29% 14% 28% 23% 6% 1	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	21% 11% 30% 28% 9% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 16% 29% 22% 8% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	27% 15% 30% 23% 6% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	26% 18% 33% 19% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 18% 32% 20% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	28% 18% 31% 20% 3	836

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