Bonanza Conservation Area
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Bonanza Conservation Area clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-09-14.

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% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 44%	148994
	Night	11% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 46%	142454
Transparency	Day	39% 5% 12% 26% 16% 2	152602
	Night	37% 4 12% 26% 18% 3	146925
Seeing	Day	14% 10% 29% 27% 16% 4	18317
	Night	14% 9% 32% 32% 12% 1	28036

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover SE (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% 9% 3 10% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 39%	5171
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 8% 3 9% 7% 6% 7% 3 4 6% 41%	5310
	21st to end	Day	11% 14% 6% 10% 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 35%	5812
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 10% 4 7% 4 4 5% 3 5% 8% 35%	1890
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 11% 4 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 39%	1844
	21st to end	Day	11% 9% 3 7% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 45%	1751
March	1st to 10th	Day	15% 9% 3 5% 3 2 3 3 4 4 49%	5046
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 52%	5090
	21st to end	Day	13% 11% 4 8% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 32%	5583
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 42%	2472
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 9% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 40%	2494
	21st to end	Day	19% 9% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 34%	2626
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 43%	7617
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 46%	7627
	21st to end	Day	18% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 38%	9043
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 9% 46%	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 9% 46%	2940
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 5% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 9% 47%	2940
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 45%	8168
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 51%	7680
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 40%	8337
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 9% 47%	6014
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 41%	5948
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 10% 52%	6149
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 7% 54%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 1 6% 4 4 4 5% 5% 8% 49%	2326
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 2 4 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 55%	2147
October	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 4 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 52%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 2 5% 4 2 4 3 3 4 54%	2000
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 3 5% 4 4 3 2 5% 6% 46%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 54%	2058
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 49%	1723
	21st to end	Day	16% 11% 3 6% 4 3 2 3 5% 6% 42%	1680
December	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 53%	2690
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 8% 3 8% 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 45%	3088
	21st to end	Day	18% 16% 7% 13% 4 3 4 3 4 4 23%	4070
January	1st to 10th	Night	10% 10% 4 14% 6% 4 4 3 5% 5% 35%	7734
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 7% 4 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 45%	7680
	21st to end	Night	12% 10% 5% 11% 5% 5% 4 3 3 4 38%	8402
February	1st to 10th	Night	12% 10% 4 8% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 38%	2730
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 8% 4 8% 4 5% 4 4 5% 7% 40%	2663
	21st to end	Night	12% 8% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 47%	2071
March	1st to 10th	Night	15% 9% 3 5% 4 2 3 2 4 5% 48%	5029
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 54%	5090
	21st to end	Night	14% 9% 4 9% 5% 5% 5% 3 6% 7% 34%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 4 7% 48%	2147
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 45%	2075
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 41%	1990
May	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 44%	5266
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 48%	5265
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 42%	5142
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 8% 10% 53%	1680
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 6% 11% 50%	1680
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 1 3 2 4 3 3 5% 11% 58%	1680
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 1 5% 3 4 4 3 7% 9% 51%	4801
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 55%	5307
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 11% 43%	5770
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 57%	4156
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 50%	4118
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 60%	4980
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 58%	2100
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 1 4 3 4 4 4 7% 8% 53%	2137
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 58%	2231
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 57%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 6% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 55%	2400
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 2 5% 3 3 2 2 4 5% 50%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 1 4 2 3 3 2 5% 6% 59%	2460
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 4 4 3 3 3 4 5% 53%	2893
	21st to end	Night	15% 9% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 47%	2940
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 52%	4720
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 8% 3 8% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 44%	5339
	21st to end	Night	20% 15% 5% 10% 4 3 3 3 4 4 28%	7150

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	47% 4 12% 24% 11% 2	5172
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 4 11% 22% 14% 5%	5310
	21st to end	Day	53% 3 11% 17% 14% 1	5812
February	1st to 10th	Day	48% 5% 14% 22% 9% 2	1890
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 5% 11% 23% 14% 2	1853
	21st to end	Day	39% 5% 11% 23% 19% 3	1751
March	1st to 10th	Day	40% 3 8% 23% 22% 4	5046
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 4 8% 24% 25% 5%	5090
	21st to end	Day	50% 6% 16% 22% 5% 1	5585
April	1st to 10th	Day	43% 5% 11% 24% 14% 2	2472
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 5% 12% 23% 15% 1	2494
	21st to end	Day	49% 6% 11% 23% 10% 1	2626
May	1st to 10th	Day	41% 5% 11% 27% 15% 1	7655
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 5% 13% 26% 18% 2	7631
	21st to end	Day	46% 5% 9% 24% 15% 1	9057
June	1st to 10th	Day	32% 8% 15% 30% 13% 2	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 7% 14% 27% 18% 1	2940
	21st to end	Day	32% 7% 16% 28% 14% 3	2940
July	1st to 10th	Day	35% 5% 14% 29% 15% 2	8100
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 5% 15% 27% 18% 5%	7611
	21st to end	Day	38% 6% 17% 30% 8% 1	8155
August	1st to 10th	Day	32% 6% 14% 29% 19% 1	6000
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 5% 16% 29% 11% 1	5987
	21st to end	Day	26% 5% 16% 36% 12% 4	6148
September	1st to 10th	Day	30% 6% 12% 27% 20% 5%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 6% 12% 26% 21% 2	2326
	21st to end	Day	31% 5% 8% 31% 22% 3	2147
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 3 6% 22% 43% 5%	3260
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 2 5% 23% 38% 9%	3240
	21st to end	Day	35% 3 11% 25% 24% 3	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	32% 4 14% 28% 19% 4	2058
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 4 10% 28% 19% 2	1723
	21st to end	Day	45% 3 9% 28% 16%	1680
December	1st to 10th	Day	32% 4 17% 30% 17%	2690
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 4 14% 29% 11% 1	3085
	21st to end	Day	66% 3 13% 12% 5% 1	4070
January	1st to 10th	Night	51% 4 12% 21% 10% 1	7735
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 4 9% 25% 19% 4	7680
	21st to end	Night	51% 3 11% 17% 14% 3	8402
February	1st to 10th	Night	46% 5% 11% 21% 13% 3	2730
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 5% 11% 22% 16% 3	2664
	21st to end	Night	38% 4 9% 23% 21% 5%	2071
March	1st to 10th	Night	41% 3 7% 22% 23% 4	5029
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 4 6% 27% 26% 7%	5090
	21st to end	Night	47% 6% 14% 23% 8% 2	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	38% 4 10% 26% 19% 4	2147
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 5% 10% 26% 16% 3	2075
	21st to end	Night	44% 5% 10% 24% 16% 1	1990
May	1st to 10th	Night	39% 6% 10% 27% 17% 1	5293
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 5% 11% 25% 19% 5%	5266
	21st to end	Night	42% 6% 10% 23% 18% 1	5152
June	1st to 10th	Night	24% 8% 17% 32% 16% 3	1680
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 7% 14% 29% 20% 3	1680
	21st to end	Night	22% 6% 15% 34% 19% 4	1680
July	1st to 10th	Night	29% 5% 16% 26% 23% 2	4762
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 6% 16% 28% 20% 5%	5256
	21st to end	Night	34% 5% 20% 33% 8% 1	5641
August	1st to 10th	Night	22% 5% 17% 29% 26% 1	4146
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 4 15% 31% 16% 1	4145
	21st to end	Night	23% 4 15% 39% 16% 3	4980
September	1st to 10th	Night	28% 4 9% 27% 24% 7%	2100
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 5% 12% 30% 23% 4	2137
	21st to end	Night	27% 5% 8% 29% 27% 4	2231
October	1st to 10th	Night	18% 3 6% 19% 48% 6%	3920
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 2 7% 24% 33% 12%	3899
	21st to end	Night	36% 3 7% 27% 25% 2	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	27% 4 14% 27% 22% 5%	2460
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 4 9% 29% 21% 4	2893
	21st to end	Night	41% 3 10% 27% 17% 3	2940
December	1st to 10th	Night	33% 3 13% 36% 14% 1	4720
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 4 14% 27% 14% 1	5341
	21st to end	Night	61% 3 11% 18% 6% 1	7150

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	21% 13% 39% 21% 6%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 17% 43% 16% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	14% 16% 46% 22% 3	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 21% 40% 17% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 16% 43% 14% 7%	330
	21st to end	Day	14% 22% 41% 20% 3	273
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 16% 46% 15% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 15% 33% 21% 5%	330
	21st to end	Day	35% 16% 33% 14% 2	363
April	1st to 10th	Day	22% 17% 36% 18% 6%	492
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 17% 36% 21% 5% 1	532
	21st to end	Day	23% 16% 34% 18% 8% 1	646
May	1st to 10th	Day	17% 14% 36% 24% 8% 1	753
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 12% 29% 26% 12% 2	775
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 30% 26% 17% 3	844
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 22% 35% 23% 7%	780
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 25% 35% 20% 4	780
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 35% 32% 16% 2	780
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 17% 31% 29% 11%	771
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 21% 35% 26% 9%	768
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 17% 39% 28% 7%	849
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 21% 37% 26% 6%	776
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 17% 34% 30% 7%	765
	21st to end	Day	9% 2 14% 34% 30% 11%	659
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 15% 36% 28% 7%	570
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 16% 37% 28% 7%	432
	21st to end	Day	12% 7% 25% 28% 21% 7%	330
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 27% 30% 16% 6%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 23% 35% 23% 8% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	23% 17% 34% 21% 6%	363
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 9% 44% 23% 6% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 17% 34% 24% 6% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	23% 17% 28% 24% 7%	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	11% 19% 38% 24% 6% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 17% 37% 20% 5% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	21% 21% 37% 18% 2	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 13% 40% 26% 6%	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 16% 41% 21% 6% 1	1050
	21st to end	Night	16% 13% 40% 28% 3	1155
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 11% 44% 24% 4	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 14% 38% 27% 3	1029
	21st to end	Night	18% 15% 44% 18% 4 1	687
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 12% 39% 26% 5%	630
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 11% 37% 26% 6%	630
	21st to end	Night	25% 12% 37% 21% 4	693
April	1st to 10th	Night	15% 13% 42% 26% 4	630
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 15% 36% 25% 6%	623
	21st to end	Night	19% 11% 36% 27% 5%	630
May	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 37% 30% 7% 1	630
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 27% 34% 14% 1	621
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 26% 38% 15% 2	683
June	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 23% 44% 21% 2	630
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 25% 47% 17% 2	630
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 29% 46% 16%	630
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 13% 43% 32% 4	615
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 16% 46% 31% 2	612
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 13% 43% 33% 2	690
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 16% 47% 29% 2	627
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 2 13% 43% 32% 3	624
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 13% 44% 33% 3	693
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 17% 40% 26% 4	630
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 1 18% 40% 26% 4	609
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 22% 39% 23% 3	631
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 28% 36% 17% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 9% 35% 30% 11%	800
	21st to end	Night	21% 11% 33% 27% 7%	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 10% 36% 34% 9% 1	820
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 13% 38% 26% 8%	1019
	21st to end	Night	19% 12% 36% 26% 7%	1050
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 13% 37% 27% 6%	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 10% 40% 26% 6%	1050
	21st to end	Night	21% 15% 34% 27% 3	1155

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