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 2024-01-16.

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	11% 5% 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 5% 60%	74763
	Night	13% 5% 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 56%	75050
Transparency	Day	27% 5% 7% 17% 24% 19%	74475
	Night	31% 6% 8% 17% 21% 17%	74859
Seeing	Day	13% 13% 27% 29% 14% 3	13924
	Night	15% 7% 19% 32% 23% 4	23233

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover SW (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	23% 9% 3 5% 4 2 4 4 5% 6% 34%	1519
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 6% 2 4 2 2 4 4 4 6% 45%	1594
	21st to end	Day	17% 10% 2 4 3 2 4 3 5% 7% 43%	1782
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 7% 3 5% 4 2 3 4 4 6% 44%	1620
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 9% 3 4 4 1 3 3 3 5% 48%	1615
	21st to end	Day	18% 9% 3 4 4 2 3 5% 4 6% 42%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	22% 10% 2 6% 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 32%	1889
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 8% 2 4 3 2 3 4 5% 8% 39%	1980
	21st to end	Day	20% 8% 3 4 5% 2 4 4 5% 8% 38%	2235
April	1st to 10th	Day	17% 8% 3 5% 4 3 4 5% 4 8% 40%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 5% 2 3 3 3 4 4 5% 5% 49%	2129
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 3 4 2 4 3 5% 7% 56%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 4 3 2 4 3 4 7% 60%	2334
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 57%	2477
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 3 3 2 4 4 5% 6% 58%	2723
June	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 3 3 2 4 4 6% 8% 56%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 5% 76%	2520
	21st to end	Day	4 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 81%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 85%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 87%	2520
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 84%	2586
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 81%	2328
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 87%	2236
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 88%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 86%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 1 3 3 1 3 2 5% 5% 72%	2160
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 2 2 1 3 2 3 6% 74%	1918
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 5% 71%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 5% 65%	1800
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 4 6% 62%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 5% 2 4 4 2 4 5% 5% 7% 47%	1711
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 2 3 4 3 4 4 6% 8% 45%	1649
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 2 5% 4 2 3 3 4 6% 51%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 2 4 3 2 4 4 4 6% 47%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 9% 3 6% 5% 3 3 4 5% 6% 28%	1928
	21st to end	Day	21% 9% 4 5% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 6% 34%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 9% 3 5% 4 3 5% 4 5% 7% 37%	2646
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 2 5% 3 2 3 4 4 6% 43%	2475
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 3 4 4 2 3 3 4 6% 45%	2574
February	1st to 10th	Night	18% 6% 2 3 4 2 3 4 4 7% 46%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 9% 2 5% 4 2 3 4 4 6% 46%	2230
	21st to end	Night	17% 10% 2 5% 4 2 3 4 4 7% 43%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 11% 4 6% 4 2 3 3 3 5% 35%	2069
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 9% 2 4 3 2 4 5% 5% 9% 38%	1980
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 3 4 4 3 4 4 5% 5% 42%	2120
April	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 3 4 5% 3 3 4 5% 7% 45%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 2 4 3 1 3 5% 5% 8% 50%	1779
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 1 3 3 2 3 4 4 7% 57%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 1 3 4 2 4 4 4 5% 61%	1623
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 3 4 2 5% 5% 5% 8% 53%	1416
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 3 4 4 2 5% 2 5% 6% 57%	1552
June	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 1 4 4 2 4 4 5% 9% 54%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 2 2 1 2 2 4 6% 72%	1440
	21st to end	Night	3 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 4 4 78%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 85%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 85%	1440
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 84%	1728
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 2 4 81%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 84%	1663
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 88%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 86%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 4 5% 77%	1800
	21st to end	Night	4 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 4 5% 76%	2038
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 73%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 3 5% 69%	2160
	21st to end	Night	10% 3 1 2 2 1 3 3 5% 6% 63%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 1 4 4 3 4 5% 5% 6% 48%	2367
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 4 5% 8% 46%	2529
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 3 3 2 3 4 5% 7% 51%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	21% 5% 2 3 3 2 3 4 4 7% 46%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 8% 3 5% 4 3 3 4 6% 6% 31%	3276
	21st to end	Night	23% 8% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 35%	4862

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	50% 7% 9% 20% 9% 4	1519
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 6% 8% 16% 17% 12%	1594
	21st to end	Day	42% 6% 7% 15% 22% 8%	1782
February	1st to 10th	Day	41% 6% 8% 17% 18% 9%	1620
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 6% 8% 19% 21% 6%	1624
	21st to end	Day	43% 7% 8% 20% 15% 7%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	53% 7% 7% 15% 13% 5%	1889
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 7% 10% 18% 17% 4	1980
	21st to end	Day	46% 8% 11% 18% 13% 4	2235
April	1st to 10th	Day	43% 8% 12% 18% 17% 3	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 9% 9% 20% 19% 7%	2132
	21st to end	Day	29% 6% 13% 25% 22% 5%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	25% 6% 11% 22% 28% 9%	2334
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 8% 9% 24% 24% 8%	2480
	21st to end	Day	28% 8% 13% 26% 21% 5%	2724
June	1st to 10th	Day	26% 7% 10% 23% 23% 11%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 9% 20% 34% 20%	2520
	21st to end	Day	11% 3 3 16% 33% 33%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 3 13% 30% 44%	2451
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 3 13% 30% 45%	2445
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 3 9% 25% 52%	2442
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 4 16% 30% 38%	2312
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 2 12% 39% 39%	2236
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 2 14% 36% 41%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 3 10% 26% 53%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 5% 20% 37% 20%	2160
	21st to end	Day	13% 4 7% 20% 30% 26%	1918
October	1st to 10th	Day	18% 4 6% 20% 29% 23%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 5% 8% 14% 31% 20%	1800
	21st to end	Day	25% 6% 8% 17% 24% 20%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	37% 7% 8% 19% 16% 14%	1711
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 6% 10% 20% 16% 10%	1649
	21st to end	Day	36% 5% 8% 17% 22% 12%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	39% 6% 8% 15% 20% 12%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	57% 7% 6% 13% 12% 5%	1928
	21st to end	Day	49% 8% 10% 16% 13% 4	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	47% 7% 11% 18% 11% 5%	2646
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 7% 8% 14% 16% 12%	2475
	21st to end	Night	43% 5% 6% 15% 22% 10%	2574
February	1st to 10th	Night	39% 5% 7% 19% 20% 10%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 6% 8% 18% 21% 9%	2232
	21st to end	Night	43% 6% 9% 19% 16% 7%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	54% 6% 8% 13% 14% 5%	2069
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 9% 8% 18% 15% 7%	1980
	21st to end	Night	43% 9% 11% 20% 15% 3	2120
April	1st to 10th	Night	39% 8% 14% 19% 16% 5%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 7% 12% 21% 19% 7%	1779
	21st to end	Night	28% 8% 12% 28% 21% 4	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	26% 6% 9% 21% 29% 9%	1623
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 9% 12% 25% 19% 7%	1416
	21st to end	Night	30% 8% 11% 29% 18% 4	1552
June	1st to 10th	Night	27% 8% 10% 26% 22% 7%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 9% 22% 32% 17%	1440
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 5% 17% 30% 32%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 3 13% 29% 45%	1400
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 4 11% 24% 51%	1392
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 3 9% 23% 55%	1632
August	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 5% 14% 33% 36%	1602
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 3 14% 32% 41%	1663
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 2 15% 33% 43%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 3 8% 26% 55%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 7% 19% 33% 25%	1800
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 7% 18% 28% 31%	2038
October	1st to 10th	Night	18% 4 6% 18% 27% 27%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 5% 6% 19% 27% 24%	2160
	21st to end	Night	22% 5% 8% 19% 24% 21%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	34% 11% 8% 19% 16% 13%	2367
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 8% 9% 20% 16% 10%	2529
	21st to end	Night	33% 7% 8% 19% 21% 12%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	39% 6% 8% 15% 21% 11%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	55% 5% 5% 12% 17% 6%	3276
	21st to end	Night	49% 7% 10% 15% 14% 5%	4862

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	41% 13% 22% 18% 6% 1	180
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 15% 21% 22% 11% 2	284
	21st to end	Day	23% 14% 23% 21% 16% 3	374
February	1st to 10th	Day	23% 19% 24% 23% 11% 1	340
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 18% 27% 22% 8%	353
	21st to end	Day	21% 19% 33% 18% 8%	346
March	1st to 10th	Day	33% 22% 27% 13% 4	420
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 17% 25% 19% 11% 1	420
	21st to end	Day	24% 24% 29% 18% 5%	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	26% 19% 28% 20% 6% 1	420
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 20% 27% 20% 8% 2	412
	21st to end	Day	11% 17% 37% 21% 12% 2	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 21% 31% 21% 10% 3	423
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 15% 32% 23% 12% 3	448
	21st to end	Day	10% 15% 27% 29% 14% 5%	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 17% 26% 32% 13% 5%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 16% 30% 34% 10% 3	450
	21st to end	Day	2 10% 29% 41% 14% 5%	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 38% 37% 14% 6%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	3 29% 43% 18% 7%	444
	21st to end	Day	1 1 25% 46% 19% 7%	487
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 5% 27% 40% 18% 9%	447
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 25% 39% 22% 8%	437
	21st to end	Day	2 5% 27% 42% 19% 6%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	1 5% 31% 40% 20% 3	450
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 9% 24% 38% 20% 2	450
	21st to end	Day	4 13% 32% 33% 15% 3	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 14% 28% 30% 20% 1	450
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 12% 20% 34% 20% 3	450
	21st to end	Day	14% 12% 25% 27% 18% 3	495
November	1st to 10th	Day	20% 11% 20% 25% 19% 5%	307
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 9% 22% 34% 17% 5%	241
	21st to end	Day	18% 9% 23% 33% 14% 3	180
December	1st to 10th	Day	31% 9% 21% 19% 13% 6%	180
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 10% 18% 25% 17% 2	180
	21st to end	Day	25% 11% 23% 27% 13% 2	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	25% 9% 23% 27% 15% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 8% 25% 31% 11% 2	740
	21st to end	Night	23% 7% 24% 27% 17% 3	792
February	1st to 10th	Night	22% 9% 23% 30% 15% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 11% 21% 30% 14% 2	704
	21st to end	Night	22% 11% 23% 34% 9% 1	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	31% 13% 21% 21% 12% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 10% 18% 26% 21% 2	720
	21st to end	Night	23% 13% 22% 28% 13% 2	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	18% 12% 25% 30% 14% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 12% 23% 30% 15% 3	711
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 23% 33% 19% 3	720
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 10% 28% 29% 20% 2	543
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 20% 34% 27% 3	354
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 16% 33% 29% 3	389
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 16% 38% 29% 3	360
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 8% 21% 39% 26% 1	360
	21st to end	Night	3 2 15% 41% 36% 3	360
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 8% 40% 48% 3	350
	11th to 20th	Night	2 9% 43% 43% 3	348
	21st to end	Night	1 1 5% 33% 54% 7%	546
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 7% 32% 50% 8%	537
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 9% 37% 44% 7%	595
	21st to end	Night	2 1 9% 39% 45% 6%	792
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 13% 42% 37% 5%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 10% 35% 38% 9%	720
	21st to end	Night	5% 6% 18% 34% 27% 11%	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 8% 19% 38% 23% 5%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 17% 37% 25% 6%	720
	21st to end	Night	12% 8% 18% 32% 23% 7%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	18% 7% 17% 29% 23% 6%	740
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 25% 31% 18% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	16% 9% 23% 31% 17% 4	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	25% 8% 19% 32% 14% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 6% 22% 26% 14% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	29% 9% 26% 25% 10% 1	836

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