Caprock Canyons Trailway
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Caprock Canyons Trailway clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-04.

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	7% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 61%	104970
	Night	6% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 62%	102722
Transparency	Day	24% 4 8% 22% 27% 15%	104734
	Night	22% 4 8% 21% 27% 17%	102548
Seeing	Day	8% 7% 24% 33% 22% 6%	15245
	Night	8% 7% 30% 40% 15% 1	25149

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	7% 7% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 4 4 58%	2847
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 6% 67%	2850
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 4 3 4 3 3 4 6% 55%	3432
February	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 1 4 3 3 3 2 3 6% 62%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 3 2 3 2 4 7% 60%	1849
	21st to end	Day	6% 8% 2 5% 3 2 3 3 4 5% 60%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 1 4 3 2 2 2 4 7% 62%	3130
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 4 3 3 2 2 4 6% 59%	3417
	21st to end	Day	6% 7% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 53%	3837
April	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 1 4 3 2 3 2 4 6% 65%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 58%	2251
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 62%	2333
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 6% 58%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 57%	4082
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 58%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 56%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 61%	2470
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 63%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 6% 9% 50%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 62%	4120
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 9% 62%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 64%	3918
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 65%	3726
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 1 4 2 3 4 3 5% 8% 61%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 57%	2209
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 1 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 8% 53%	2090
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 6% 64%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 1 3 2 2 2 1 2 3 77%	3480
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 5% 64%	3434
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 5% 74%	3214
November	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 67%	1700
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5% 71%	1710
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 6% 62%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 61%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 1 5% 3 4 3 4 4 6% 60%	2161
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 5% 60%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 2 5% 3 2 3 3 4 6% 60%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 2 4 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 66%	4120
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 3 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 56%	4262
February	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 1 5% 3 3 2 3 4 6% 60%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 4 4 3 3 2 4 6% 59%	2218
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 60%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 2 4 4 2 2 2 3 5% 64%	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 62%	3544
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 4 6% 55%	3791
April	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 64%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 1 4 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 58%	1877
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 5% 6% 64%	1843
May	1st to 10th	Night	13% 4 1 3 3 2 3 2 3 6% 59%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 2 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 6% 56%	2823
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 1 3 3 2 2 2 4 5% 64%	3098
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 1 4 4 3 4 4 8% 11% 54%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 2 3 4 4 4 8% 10% 58%	1710
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 62%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 6% 4 5% 4 4 7% 8% 52%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 8% 11% 55%	2850
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 63%	3097
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 6% 11% 64%	3017
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 3 3 4 6% 4 6% 9% 56%	3113
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 4 2 2 4 4 4 9% 65%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 1 4 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 57%	1970
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 7% 52%	2090
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 5% 66%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 4 79%	3480
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 2 4 3 2 3 2 4 6% 63%	3460
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 6% 77%	4327
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 6% 70%	2451
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 6% 72%	2470
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 63%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 5% 64%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 59%	3036
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 60%	4532

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	29% 4 5% 21% 26% 15%	2848
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 3 7% 26% 30% 14%	2850
	21st to end	Day	31% 4 7% 21% 30% 8%	3432
February	1st to 10th	Day	25% 3 7% 24% 26% 15%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 3 6% 24% 24% 16%	1859
	21st to end	Day	28% 3 4 15% 31% 19%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	23% 4 5% 13% 26% 29%	3130
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 3 7% 25% 27% 11%	3417
	21st to end	Day	29% 6% 6% 22% 25% 11%	3837
April	1st to 10th	Day	23% 4 6% 18% 27% 23%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 4 6% 18% 23% 20%	2254
	21st to end	Day	23% 4 8% 23% 28% 13%	2333
May	1st to 10th	Day	29% 4 7% 18% 21% 21%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 4 8% 23% 20% 15%	4086
	21st to end	Day	27% 5% 8% 17% 20% 23%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	24% 6% 15% 28% 18% 9%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 6% 10% 23% 26% 15%	2470
	21st to end	Day	20% 5% 12% 28% 23% 12%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	30% 6% 11% 27% 21% 5%	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 4 10% 31% 30% 7%	4051
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 11% 28% 30% 8%	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	17% 5% 12% 24% 28% 15%	3905
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 4 10% 24% 30% 13%	3762
	21st to end	Day	22% 5% 10% 25% 30% 9%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	27% 6% 9% 23% 22% 13%	2209
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 6% 10% 21% 28% 6%	2090
	21st to end	Day	21% 5% 7% 21% 33% 14%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	16% 3 5% 13% 34% 29%	3480
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 3 5% 22% 24% 21%	3434
	21st to end	Day	16% 2 3 25% 41% 13%	3214
November	1st to 10th	Day	20% 3 7% 18% 32% 20%	1700
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 4 5% 25% 34% 16%	1710
	21st to end	Day	25% 3 4 16% 32% 20%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	27% 3 6% 24% 28% 12%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 4 8% 19% 28% 14%	2159
	21st to end	Day	28% 4 6% 19% 32% 13%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	26% 3 7% 27% 27% 9%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 3 12% 20% 33% 13%	4120
	21st to end	Night	30% 5% 6% 19% 29% 11%	4262
February	1st to 10th	Night	28% 3 7% 17% 29% 16%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 3 6% 21% 24% 18%	2218
	21st to end	Night	24% 3 5% 17% 27% 24%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	24% 3 4 13% 24% 31%	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 3 8% 25% 21% 18%	3544
	21st to end	Night	28% 5% 7% 25% 20% 15%	3791
April	1st to 10th	Night	20% 4 8% 18% 25% 25%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 5% 8% 17% 26% 19%	1877
	21st to end	Night	20% 4 10% 23% 27% 15%	1843
May	1st to 10th	Night	27% 5% 7% 20% 17% 24%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 7% 10% 19% 23% 14%	2824
	21st to end	Night	23% 5% 10% 16% 18% 29%	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	22% 6% 18% 29% 17% 8%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 6% 12% 24% 26% 13%	1710
	21st to end	Night	20% 4 12% 28% 21% 15%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	27% 6% 12% 32% 20% 4	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 5% 11% 23% 32% 9%	2796
	21st to end	Night	18% 4 10% 24% 35% 10%	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	15% 4 9% 26% 28% 19%	3007
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 5% 12% 20% 29% 11%	3143
	21st to end	Night	18% 5% 13% 26% 29% 10%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	26% 6% 10% 22% 23% 14%	1970
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 6% 11% 15% 28% 9%	2090
	21st to end	Night	19% 5% 7% 21% 30% 19%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 2 6% 13% 31% 35%	3480
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 3 6% 17% 28% 22%	3460
	21st to end	Night	12% 2 4 22% 40% 20%	4327
November	1st to 10th	Night	17% 3 7% 22% 30% 21%	2451
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 2 5% 22% 35% 19%	2470
	21st to end	Night	23% 4 4 18% 30% 21%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	25% 2 7% 23% 28% 16%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 4 5% 20% 31% 15%	3037
	21st to end	Night	23% 5% 6% 22% 30% 14%	4532

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	9% 11% 34% 32% 12% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 12% 28% 33% 12% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	7% 10% 37% 32% 12% 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	11% 13% 33% 33% 10%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 10% 44% 24% 12% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	16% 16% 35% 28% 4	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	9% 7% 44% 30% 10%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 13% 36% 26% 8% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	13% 14% 34% 30% 9%	308
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 17% 44% 22% 8%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 16% 44% 22% 5%	452
	21st to end	Day	12% 17% 33% 28% 9% 2	513
May	1st to 10th	Day	11% 9% 38% 32% 11%	653
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 27% 34% 16% 3	675
	21st to end	Day	9% 8% 32% 32% 17% 3	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 20% 39% 26% 4	680
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 25% 41% 21% 4	680
	21st to end	Day	4 2 15% 39% 33% 7%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 7% 37% 34% 14%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 9% 34% 41% 13%	668
	21st to end	Day	2 4 34% 43% 16%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 8% 37% 41% 9%	569
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 9% 39% 31% 16%	477
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 8% 34% 37% 14%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 8% 35% 33% 14%	419
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 13% 38% 34% 10%	300
	21st to end	Day	11% 3 12% 28% 35% 11%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 24% 33% 26% 8%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 24% 34% 26% 4	300
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 27% 26% 22% 4	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 29% 29% 18% 5%	279
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 9% 28% 34% 17% 5%	270
	21st to end	Day	17% 11% 30% 22% 16% 4	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 7% 40% 29% 16% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 10% 31% 39% 12% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	14% 14% 37% 27% 8%	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	7% 8% 34% 41% 11%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 9% 33% 40% 9%	950
	21st to end	Night	7% 8% 32% 44% 8% 1	879
February	1st to 10th	Night	11% 9% 35% 37% 7% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 10% 39% 36% 5%	744
	21st to end	Night	11% 11% 38% 35% 4	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	10% 12% 41% 33% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 12% 37% 31% 8%	608
	21st to end	Night	7% 15% 43% 31% 4	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 13% 44% 34% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 10% 51% 27% 2	563
	21st to end	Night	10% 9% 43% 34% 4	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 8% 44% 33% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 32% 39% 12% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 37% 37% 11% 1	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 29% 44% 17%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 39% 44% 9%	570
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 21% 48% 23% 1	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 12% 46% 32% 2	555
	11th to 20th	Night	4 12% 48% 34% 1	552
	21st to end	Night	3 1 5% 47% 43% 2	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 8% 49% 38% 1	567
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 2 9% 45% 36% 1	564
	21st to end	Night	4 1 8% 42% 42% 2	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 10% 46% 33% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 2 14% 43% 28% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 19% 44% 28% 2	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 24% 42% 19% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 31% 43% 12%	570
	21st to end	Night	8% 8% 30% 36% 18% 1	955
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 28% 44% 14% 1	943
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 8% 32% 41% 13% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	9% 8% 33% 38% 12% 1	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 31% 43% 9%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 8% 35% 39% 7%	950
	21st to end	Night	11% 8% 35% 39% 7%	1045

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