Banning
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Banning clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-07-31.

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	3 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 5% 71%	146996
	Night	3 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 66%	143715
Transparency	Day	15% 4 5% 15% 27% 34%	142088
	Night	19% 5% 5% 15% 26% 31%	139600
Seeing	Day	8% 14% 33% 32% 11% 2	18042
	Night	7% 7% 26% 37% 20% 3	28352

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	6% 4 2 5% 3 4 3 3 3 5% 63%	5318
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 7% 74%	5502
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 51%	6500
February	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 59%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 56%	2050
	21st to end	Day	6% 10% 3 7% 4 3 2 2 4 7% 52%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	6% 9% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 7% 7% 47%	4618
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 52%	4899
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 4 3 4 4 3 5% 8% 56%	5870
April	1st to 10th	Day	6% 6% 2 4 4 2 3 3 5% 6% 59%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 65%	2489
	21st to end	Day	4 4 1 4 4 3 3 3 3 7% 64%	2520
May	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 2 5% 3 2 2 2 3 4 72%	7529
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 6% 76%	7596
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 6% 77%	8370
June	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 2 1 2 2 2 5% 6% 75%	2730
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 1 2 1 2 4 84%	2730
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 84%	2730
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 90%	6009
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 5% 82%	6010
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 83%	6407
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 83%	5346
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 89%	5364
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 80%	5984
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 4 77%	2378
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 85%	2200
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 79%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 80%	3600
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 6% 80%	3579
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 4 7% 72%	3336
November	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 1 2 3 2 2 2 4 5% 73%	1854
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 4 2 3 4 2 4 6% 67%	1890
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 7% 59%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 2 2 2 3 3 6% 7% 68%	3040
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 4 2 3 5% 5% 7% 8% 54%	3499
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 7% 47%	4609
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 3 5% 59%	7605
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 7% 71%	7479
	21st to end	Night	7% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 48%	7747
February	1st to 10th	Night	8% 8% 2 6% 3 2 3 2 3 4 59%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 9% 3 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 4 55%	2458
	21st to end	Night	8% 11% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 52%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	6% 19% 5% 8% 4 4 4 2 4 6% 39%	5496
	11th to 20th	Night	4 9% 3 10% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 45%	5319
	21st to end	Night	3 11% 4 8% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 46%	5342
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 8% 3 6% 5% 4 3 3 4 6% 52%	2100
	11th to 20th	Night	3 8% 3 7% 3 3 4 3 4 4 59%	2079
	21st to end	Night	4 8% 3 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 58%	2100
May	1st to 10th	Night	3 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 3 3 64%	5409
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 4 4 3 5% 4 6% 5% 65%	5296
	21st to end	Night	1 2 2 7% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 64%	5837
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 3 3 2 2 2 4 6% 72%	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 3 1 2 2 2 3 5% 79%	1890
	21st to end	Night	1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 84%	1890
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 2 93%	4190
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 85%	4190
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 86%	4688
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 88%	4486
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 2 3 90%	4506
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 85%	5015
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 80%	2020
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 81%	2200
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 2 3 80%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 81%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 3 5% 75%	3579
	21st to end	Night	1 3 1 4 3 2 2 2 3 5% 73%	4461
November	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 1 4 2 2 2 2 3 5% 70%	2665
	11th to 20th	Night	2 5% 2 5% 3 2 3 3 5% 5% 65%	2730
	21st to end	Night	4 6% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 57%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 1 4 3 2 3 2 4 7% 67%	4370
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 8% 51%	4941
	21st to end	Night	4 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 11% 48%	6611

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	23% 5% 6% 15% 32% 20%	5321
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 6% 14% 24% 40%	5502
	21st to end	Day	26% 7% 6% 11% 26% 24%	6500
February	1st to 10th	Day	27% 4 5% 13% 24% 27%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 3 4 16% 27% 20%	2060
	21st to end	Day	31% 4 5% 16% 22% 21%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	28% 7% 8% 17% 22% 17%	4618
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 8% 9% 22% 22% 12%	4899
	21st to end	Day	23% 5% 10% 29% 22% 11%	5870
April	1st to 10th	Day	26% 5% 7% 19% 26% 17%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 4 5% 18% 30% 22%	2492
	21st to end	Day	20% 4 7% 21% 33% 15%	2520
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 4 5% 18% 31% 26%	7529
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 5% 20% 37% 25%	7599
	21st to end	Day	7% 3 6% 23% 39% 23%	8371
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 2 6% 19% 36% 26%	2730
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 1 4 12% 25% 50%	2730
	21st to end	Day	9% 2 3 5% 20% 61%	2730
July	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 2 4 14% 75%	5946
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 3 9% 28% 50%	5941
	21st to end	Day	7% 3 3 12% 25% 49%	6225
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 4 12% 36% 34%	3890
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 4 12% 22% 55%	3880
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 2 6% 22% 61%	4311
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 5% 8% 27% 44%	2378
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 2 9% 31% 49%	2200
	21st to end	Day	11% 3 3 12% 25% 46%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 3 10% 18% 58%	3600
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 3 9% 33% 44%	3579
	21st to end	Day	13% 3 3 8% 30% 43%	3336
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 3 5% 13% 32% 34%	1854
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 3 4 11% 26% 36%	1890
	21st to end	Day	24% 4 6% 13% 23% 30%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 4 5% 11% 29% 36%	3040
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 6% 7% 14% 30% 19%	3498
	21st to end	Day	30% 6% 9% 21% 22% 12%	4609
January	1st to 10th	Night	26% 6% 4 14% 28% 23%	7605
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 6% 15% 19% 42%	7479
	21st to end	Night	31% 7% 6% 9% 22% 26%	7747
February	1st to 10th	Night	29% 4 4 12% 22% 28%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 4 6% 15% 23% 22%	2459
	21st to end	Night	34% 4 4 16% 20% 23%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	39% 7% 8% 16% 13% 18%	5496
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 9% 8% 20% 21% 9%	5319
	21st to end	Night	27% 9% 10% 19% 23% 10%	5342
April	1st to 10th	Night	30% 5% 9% 18% 22% 17%	2100
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 4 6% 18% 26% 21%	2079
	21st to end	Night	25% 4 5% 21% 31% 13%	2100
May	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 7% 18% 33% 16%	5407
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 4 23% 33% 19%	5297
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 7% 29% 33% 15%	5838
June	1st to 10th	Night	13% 2 7% 17% 34% 28%	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 1 3 12% 28% 46%	1890
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 3 7% 24% 57%	1890
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 1 4 16% 75%	4145
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 3 10% 30% 49%	4136
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 3 15% 33% 40%	4558
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 3 17% 38% 35%	3256
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 4 15% 23% 53%	3256
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 2 6% 24% 62%	3608
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 3 10% 28% 47%	2020
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 2 3 10% 29% 46%	2200
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 3 12% 29% 44%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 3 9% 19% 57%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 4 8% 33% 41%	3579
	21st to end	Night	14% 3 3 8% 27% 45%	4461
November	1st to 10th	Night	17% 2 4 11% 29% 36%	2665
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 5% 4 12% 24% 35%	2730
	21st to end	Night	28% 4 6% 13% 19% 31%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 3 3 10% 26% 39%	4370
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 7% 7% 15% 24% 21%	4941
	21st to end	Night	28% 6% 9% 23% 25% 10%	6611

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	18% 16% 35% 25% 6%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 15% 33% 31% 7% 1	388
	21st to end	Day	11% 21% 35% 26% 6% 1	594
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 19% 33% 24% 8% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 21% 33% 21% 6%	535
	21st to end	Day	17% 27% 34% 19% 4	446
March	1st to 10th	Day	18% 24% 36% 18% 4	540
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 19% 34% 23% 7% 1	540
	21st to end	Day	15% 24% 37% 18% 5% 1	594
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 22% 34% 22% 7% 2	540
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 27% 39% 17% 8% 1	532
	21st to end	Day	11% 23% 29% 24% 9% 3	540
May	1st to 10th	Day	10% 19% 36% 27% 7% 2	543
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 19% 37% 25% 9% 2	568
	21st to end	Day	8% 16% 37% 27% 11% 2	617
June	1st to 10th	Day	2 11% 34% 35% 14% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Day	1 12% 38% 35% 11% 3	570
	21st to end	Day	2 10% 37% 35% 13% 3	570
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 31% 45% 15% 4	566
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 20% 50% 21% 7%	564
	21st to end	Day	2 3 20% 49% 19% 6%	616
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 29% 47% 13% 6%	527
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 25% 46% 20% 6%	517
	21st to end	Day	3 2 27% 47% 16% 5%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 35% 41% 15% 2	530
	11th to 20th	Day	2 9% 39% 38% 10% 2	530
	21st to end	Day	2 14% 35% 30% 18% 2	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 11% 39% 32% 12% 1	530
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 14% 33% 35% 12% 1	530
	21st to end	Day	4 12% 34% 34% 13% 3	449
November	1st to 10th	Day	7% 11% 32% 36% 13% 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 16% 33% 33% 11% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	8% 18% 32% 29% 11% 2	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 11% 38% 32% 9% 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 13% 34% 38% 9% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	15% 22% 32% 23% 7% 1	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	12% 11% 31% 28% 15% 4	840
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 9% 30% 34% 14% 3	840
	21st to end	Night	12% 10% 34% 30% 12% 2	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	13% 9% 31% 30% 14% 4	840
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 11% 32% 28% 13% 3	824
	21st to end	Night	16% 11% 34% 28% 9% 2	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	14% 13% 35% 26% 10% 1	840
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 10% 29% 30% 16% 3	840
	21st to end	Night	10% 14% 31% 31% 12% 2	924
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 13% 35% 30% 11% 2	840
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 13% 31% 29% 14% 1	831
	21st to end	Night	10% 12% 31% 29% 14% 3	840
May	1st to 10th	Night	8% 11% 32% 37% 11% 1	666
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 8% 29% 41% 14% 1	621
	21st to end	Night	7% 11% 31% 37% 13%	683
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 6% 27% 46% 18% 1	630
	11th to 20th	Night	1 4 32% 48% 13% 1	630
	21st to end	Night	1 4 26% 50% 19%	630
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 14% 54% 29% 2	615
	11th to 20th	Night	2 10% 57% 29% 2	612
	21st to end	Night	1 11% 53% 33% 2	738
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 14% 48% 33% 4	796
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 6% 47% 41% 4	792
	21st to end	Night	2 9% 42% 39% 8%	880
September	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 11% 40% 40% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 17% 43% 28% 7%	800
	21st to end	Night	2 4 20% 40% 32% 4	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 24% 43% 22% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	4 6% 23% 40% 23% 5%	800
	21st to end	Night	6% 6% 23% 34% 21% 9%	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 24% 39% 21% 5%	820
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 24% 39% 20% 5%	840
	21st to end	Night	8% 9% 26% 35% 17% 3	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	8% 8% 33% 32% 16% 2	840
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 8% 31% 34% 13% 2	840
	21st to end	Night	12% 10% 36% 27% 13% 4	924

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