Baker City
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Baker City clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-05-11.

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	4 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 48%	117641
	Night	5% 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 46%	120081
Transparency	Day	32% 9% 13% 21% 16% 9%	117385
	Night	35% 9% 14% 22% 15% 6%	119926
Seeing	Day	9% 14% 30% 28% 15% 4	15019
	Night	8% 7% 25% 38% 20% 3	24338

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% 14% 6% 13% 8% 7% 6% 5% 7% 9% 18%	3639
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 9% 6% 9% 6% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 33%	3640
	21st to end	Day	7% 10% 4 9% 6% 6% 6% 4 6% 5% 37%	4004
February	1st to 10th	Day	6% 12% 4 10% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 9% 28%	1715
	11th to 20th	Day	4 12% 4 12% 7% 7% 5% 5% 7% 8% 30%	1925
	21st to end	Day	1 9% 5% 10% 9% 7% 7% 7% 7% 8% 30%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	2 9% 4 10% 7% 5% 7% 6% 8% 9% 33%	4518
	11th to 20th	Day	2 6% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 8% 43%	4646
	21st to end	Day	4 11% 4 11% 7% 7% 8% 6% 8% 8% 27%	5969
April	1st to 10th	Day	6% 10% 4 10% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 7% 34%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 9% 4 10% 5% 6% 5% 5% 6% 8% 38%	2369
	21st to end	Day	6% 8% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 42%	2590
May	1st to 10th	Day	6% 7% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 44%	4328
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 62%	4380
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 2 7% 6% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 42%	4813
June	1st to 10th	Day	8% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 8% 39%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 8% 49%	2660
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 3 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 63%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 79%	4420
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 5% 79%	4420
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 6% 77%	4790
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 63%	4400
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 5% 71%	3951
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 2 3 2 3 5% 5% 72%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 6% 72%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 4 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 59%	2178
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 6% 3 4 4 2 6% 6% 60%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 5% 67%	3373
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 51%	3071
	21st to end	Day	7% 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 42%	3101
November	1st to 10th	Day	9% 8% 3 7% 6% 6% 5% 4 6% 8% 36%	1764
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 10% 4 9% 6% 7% 7% 5% 7% 9% 31%	1800
	21st to end	Day	5% 8% 3 9% 5% 6% 6% 6% 7% 9% 35%	1605
December	1st to 10th	Day	4 8% 3 8% 6% 4 4 3 5% 8% 47%	2620
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 13% 5% 12% 8% 7% 7% 5% 7% 10% 19%	3028
	21st to end	Day	8% 12% 4 11% 8% 7% 7% 5% 8% 10% 21%	4004
January	1st to 10th	Night	8% 14% 5% 13% 8% 7% 6% 5% 7% 8% 20%	6306
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 11% 4 9% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 7% 38%	6320
	21st to end	Night	6% 9% 4 10% 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 39%	6952
February	1st to 10th	Night	6% 14% 4 9% 7% 6% 5% 5% 6% 7% 32%	2682
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 10% 4 11% 6% 6% 5% 4 7% 8% 35%	2363
	21st to end	Night	3 11% 4 9% 8% 7% 6% 5% 7% 7% 32%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	2 8% 4 9% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 40%	5376
	11th to 20th	Night	4 9% 4 9% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 43%	5339
	21st to end	Night	4 10% 4 10% 6% 6% 6% 6% 7% 9% 31%	5006
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 9% 3 9% 6% 6% 6% 4 7% 7% 38%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 9% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 47%	1979
	21st to end	Night	7% 7% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 3 8% 8% 46%	1810
May	1st to 10th	Night	8% 7% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 6% 7% 49%	2856
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 67%	2519
	21st to end	Night	6% 6% 3 7% 6% 4 4 4 5% 7% 49%	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 6% 10% 46%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 54%	1520
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 2 2 3 4 5% 8% 66%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 83%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 4 5% 83%	2540
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 5% 5% 74%	2761
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 6% 65%	2529
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 6% 77%	2872
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 5% 74%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 5% 74%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 61%	2001
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 5% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 64%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 4 69%	3604
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 8% 56%	3864
	21st to end	Night	6% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 47%	4457
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 11% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 8% 37%	2535
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 10% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 4 6% 8% 36%	2600
	21st to end	Night	4 9% 4 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 7% 42%	2792
December	1st to 10th	Night	4 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 51%	4560
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 13% 4 11% 8% 6% 7% 5% 7% 8% 20%	5176
	21st to end	Night	7% 14% 4 11% 7% 6% 5% 5% 7% 9% 25%	6952

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	53% 16% 14% 15% 2	3639
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 11% 22% 18% 7%	3640
	21st to end	Day	46% 13% 10% 18% 12% 1	4004
February	1st to 10th	Day	49% 14% 18% 14% 5%	1715
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 13% 16% 17% 6% 1	1935
	21st to end	Day	47% 12% 17% 16% 7% 1	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	40% 12% 19% 17% 11% 1	4518
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 10% 13% 31% 12%	4646
	21st to end	Day	45% 16% 18% 16% 5%	5969
April	1st to 10th	Day	45% 12% 17% 18% 7% 2	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 9% 15% 20% 13% 2	2372
	21st to end	Day	38% 10% 14% 23% 14% 1	2590
May	1st to 10th	Day	32% 10% 14% 27% 16% 1	4328
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 6% 12% 34% 21% 6%	4383
	21st to end	Day	31% 14% 19% 26% 9%	4814
June	1st to 10th	Day	40% 9% 15% 25% 10%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 8% 12% 25% 17% 5%	2660
	21st to end	Day	20% 5% 11% 25% 29% 9%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 6% 12% 26% 43%	4351
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 3 5% 9% 22% 52%	4345
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 4 15% 35% 34%	4639
August	1st to 10th	Day	20% 4 6% 15% 31% 24%	4384
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 3 5% 22% 35% 20%	3990
	21st to end	Day	14% 3 7% 28% 27% 21%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 4 8% 22% 31% 21%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 7% 12% 22% 24% 12%	2178
	21st to end	Day	24% 6% 10% 29% 23% 7%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	22% 5% 9% 24% 31% 9%	3373
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 5% 14% 30% 18% 3	3071
	21st to end	Day	39% 7% 12% 30% 11% 1	3101
November	1st to 10th	Day	44% 10% 17% 20% 8% 1	1764
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 15% 18% 19% 3 1	1800
	21st to end	Day	41% 12% 22% 18% 7% 1	1605
December	1st to 10th	Day	36% 8% 18% 35% 3	2620
	11th to 20th	Day	56% 15% 19% 9% 1	3028
	21st to end	Day	52% 16% 16% 13% 4	4004
January	1st to 10th	Night	54% 16% 15% 11% 2	6306
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 10% 19% 20% 8%	6320
	21st to end	Night	45% 11% 12% 17% 14% 1	6952
February	1st to 10th	Night	49% 12% 17% 17% 5%	2682
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 10% 18% 17% 9%	2364
	21st to end	Night	46% 13% 14% 19% 7% 2	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	36% 10% 14% 25% 14% 2	5376
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 7% 11% 32% 11%	5339
	21st to end	Night	41% 16% 18% 20% 5%	5006
April	1st to 10th	Night	41% 9% 17% 24% 7% 1	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 8% 13% 27% 13% 2	1979
	21st to end	Night	32% 9% 17% 25% 16% 1	1810
May	1st to 10th	Night	29% 9% 14% 30% 16% 1	2856
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 6% 10% 36% 27% 1	2519
	21st to end	Night	31% 10% 22% 29% 8%	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	33% 10% 18% 28% 10% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 8% 14% 29% 18% 4	1520
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 13% 33% 26% 7%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 5% 15% 25% 45%	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 5% 12% 27% 49%	2492
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 4 17% 34% 31%	2674
August	1st to 10th	Night	18% 4 6% 15% 36% 21%	2521
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 5% 26% 39% 16%	2899
	21st to end	Night	14% 3 7% 28% 29% 20%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	13% 4 7% 26% 30% 20%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 6% 10% 23% 25% 14%	2001
	21st to end	Night	21% 5% 9% 29% 26% 10%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	20% 5% 8% 22% 33% 13%	3604
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 6% 18% 24% 24% 2	3864
	21st to end	Night	35% 7% 13% 31% 14% 1	4457
November	1st to 10th	Night	42% 10% 14% 21% 11% 1	2535
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 11% 18% 21% 6%	2600
	21st to end	Night	38% 10% 20% 20% 11% 1	2792
December	1st to 10th	Night	29% 10% 20% 33% 8%	4560
	11th to 20th	Night	58% 11% 18% 10% 2	5176
	21st to end	Night	52% 15% 15% 12% 7%	6952

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	15% 12% 31% 27% 13% 4	200
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 16% 30% 28% 14% 4	200
	21st to end	Day	7% 12% 32% 32% 14% 3	220
February	1st to 10th	Day	12% 19% 34% 26% 8% 1	315
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 21% 36% 25% 9% 1	482
	21st to end	Day	6% 21% 37% 27% 9%	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	10% 21% 35% 27% 6%	500
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 19% 32% 24% 12% 2	500
	21st to end	Day	14% 21% 31% 22% 11% 1	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	14% 22% 29% 20% 12% 4	500
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 22% 32% 19% 10% 4	492
	21st to end	Day	12% 18% 35% 22% 11% 2	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	10% 21% 29% 25% 10% 5%	503
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 16% 29% 20% 15% 4	489
	21st to end	Day	12% 12% 26% 28% 18% 5%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 14% 29% 24% 17% 5%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 18% 32% 27% 9% 3	490
	21st to end	Day	3 11% 30% 31% 19% 6%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 8% 31% 37% 18% 3	486
	11th to 20th	Day	2 8% 34% 32% 21% 3	484
	21st to end	Day	1 5% 29% 36% 23% 6%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 5% 29% 32% 22% 7%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 22% 33% 27% 9%	477
	21st to end	Day	5% 8% 26% 29% 22% 9%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	3 8% 21% 35% 23% 10%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 8% 24% 32% 22% 7%	490
	21st to end	Day	7% 10% 28% 33% 18% 4	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 12% 26% 27% 21% 5%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 12% 29% 27% 19% 5%	438
	21st to end	Day	11% 17% 25% 28% 15% 4	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 12% 29% 28% 15% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 13% 32% 32% 11% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	10% 11% 32% 33% 12% 2	203
December	1st to 10th	Day	13% 13% 26% 25% 17% 8%	200
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 18% 37% 24% 7% 1	200
	21st to end	Day	6% 16% 37% 28% 10% 3	220
January	1st to 10th	Night	10% 9% 30% 31% 16% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 10% 27% 33% 17% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	9% 7% 25% 37% 19% 3	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	12% 9% 30% 36% 11% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 9% 29% 33% 18% 2	784
	21st to end	Night	8% 8% 35% 31% 15% 2	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	7% 9% 29% 38% 16% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 10% 26% 35% 18% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	9% 11% 29% 39% 13% 1	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 10% 27% 36% 17% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 10% 30% 32% 16% 3	791
	21st to end	Night	9% 9% 29% 38% 14% 1	610
May	1st to 10th	Night	8% 12% 29% 34% 16% 2	545
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 19% 34% 27% 3	375
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 24% 37% 26% 2	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 23% 41% 21% 2	380
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 7% 27% 38% 18% 2	380
	21st to end	Night	4 2 20% 51% 22% 1	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 4 18% 52% 22% 3	370
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 22% 57% 18% 1	368
	21st to end	Night	1 2 18% 53% 24% 1	416
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 15% 49% 28% 2	378
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 18% 43% 30% 5%	598
	21st to end	Night	2 3 18% 43% 30% 4	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 18% 40% 32% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 16% 37% 34% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 17% 38% 29% 6%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 20% 37% 27% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 19% 39% 22% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	8% 8% 22% 38% 21% 4	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 8% 22% 39% 20% 1	780
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 10% 28% 36% 15% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 28% 36% 19% 4	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	10% 8% 26% 33% 21% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 9% 27% 36% 13% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	13% 12% 30% 34% 10% 1	880

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