Dinosaur Valley State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Dinosaur Valley State Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-05-17.

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	10% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 54%	132211
	Night	10% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 57%	130934
Transparency	Day	30% 3 9% 24% 24% 10%	135954
	Night	28% 3 8% 23% 25% 13%	135255
Seeing	Day	12% 6% 23% 30% 22% 7%	17057
	Night	12% 6% 28% 37% 16% 1	27034

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	9% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 58%	5289
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 5% 65%	5310
	21st to end	Day	20% 8% 2 5% 4 3 2 2 3 5% 46%	5890
February	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 51%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 9% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 5% 50%	2049
	21st to end	Day	18% 5% 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 57%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 52%	4991
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 58%	5090
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 52%	5583
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 7% 49%	2310
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 3 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 49%	2342
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 50%	2730
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 45%	5992
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 48%	5941
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 42%	6434
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 4 4 5% 5% 3 6% 7% 55%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 5% 3 4 5% 3 6% 9% 57%	2600
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 1 4 3 4 4 4 5% 9% 58%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 7% 5% 6% 5% 4 5% 7% 44%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 10% 62%	5900
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 7% 10% 56%	6422
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 72%	4234
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 5% 8% 65%	4058
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 9% 60%	4155
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 54%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 5% 7% 49%	2200
	21st to end	Day	7% 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 4 6% 61%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 67%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 1 3 2 2 3 3 3 5% 64%	2015
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 64%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 4 2 4 2 3 3 2 3 5% 59%	2058
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 1 4 3 4 3 3 4 6% 63%	1900
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 1 6% 4 3 2 2 4 5% 53%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 1 5% 2 3 4 3 4 5% 50%	3030
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 2 7% 5% 4 4 3 4 3 49%	3481
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 3 2 2 2 3 4 56%	4587
January	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 4 2 3 2 2 4 5% 60%	7634
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 71%	7680
	21st to end	Night	22% 8% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 44%	8365
February	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 3 3 2 2 4 5% 55%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 53%	2458
	21st to end	Night	16% 4 1 4 2 3 3 2 4 5% 56%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	11% 8% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 51%	5085
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 1 4 3 3 3 2 5% 7% 56%	5090
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 55%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 54%	2310
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 1 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 6% 52%	2219
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 4 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 54%	1890
May	1st to 10th	Night	16% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 46%	4143
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 49%	4107
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 4 3 4 4 3 6% 9% 49%	4443
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 10% 60%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 4 3 3 6% 9% 65%	1800
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 3 4 4 3 4 6% 8% 63%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 6% 10% 48%	4078
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 11% 66%	4077
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 4 3 4 5% 3 7% 8% 61%	4449
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 8% 80%	2926
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 5% 11% 66%	2983
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 6% 10% 63%	3747
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 2 6% 8% 56%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 6% 6% 54%	2200
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 4 3 3 2 3 5% 9% 61%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 5% 6% 68%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 1 3 2 3 2 2 4 5% 66%	2363
	21st to end	Night	13% 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 5% 63%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 2 5% 3 3 2 3 3 4 63%	2460
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 1 4 3 3 3 2 5% 7% 63%	2714
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 2 4 2 2 3 3 4 6% 55%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 54%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 52%	4946
	21st to end	Night	13% 7% 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 58%	6633

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	31% 2 6% 25% 29% 8%	5290
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 1 5% 25% 34% 11%	5310
	21st to end	Day	44% 2 3 17% 22% 12%	5890
February	1st to 10th	Day	36% 2 5% 19% 24% 14%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 2 7% 20% 21% 11%	2059
	21st to end	Day	34% 2 4 16% 27% 18%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	33% 2 6% 14% 24% 20%	4991
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 3 9% 14% 18% 26%	5090
	21st to end	Day	31% 3 10% 24% 21% 10%	5585
April	1st to 10th	Day	35% 3 10% 19% 20% 13%	2310
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 3 8% 20% 21% 11%	2342
	21st to end	Day	35% 3 8% 20% 25% 8%	2730
May	1st to 10th	Day	40% 4 9% 22% 20% 5%	6030
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 3 8% 18% 27% 6%	5945
	21st to end	Day	40% 5% 11% 25% 15% 5%	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	28% 5% 13% 31% 20% 4	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 4 12% 31% 22% 6%	2600
	21st to end	Day	24% 4 14% 26% 26% 7%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	39% 4 14% 31% 10% 1	5836
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 3 17% 36% 22% 3	5831
	21st to end	Day	21% 5% 15% 33% 25% 1	6240
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 9% 33% 37% 6%	4220
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 3 13% 38% 26% 2	4097
	21st to end	Day	21% 4 18% 34% 21% 2	4154
September	1st to 10th	Day	32% 4 8% 21% 24% 11%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 5% 9% 23% 21% 8%	2200
	21st to end	Day	25% 3 8% 22% 28% 15%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 6% 15% 35% 30%	3590
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 2 5% 21% 35% 20%	3255
	21st to end	Day	22% 2 4 24% 35% 14%	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	30% 2 6% 21% 28% 12%	2058
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 2 8% 22% 28% 16%	1900
	21st to end	Day	35% 2 4 21% 24% 13%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	38% 2 5% 23% 25% 7%	3030
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 2 5% 12% 28% 12%	3479
	21st to end	Day	35% 2 4 22% 24% 13%	4587
January	1st to 10th	Night	29% 2 6% 21% 33% 10%	7635
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 1 4 21% 36% 20%	7680
	21st to end	Night	45% 2 4 14% 22% 13%	8365
February	1st to 10th	Night	34% 2 7% 16% 25% 17%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 2 7% 17% 27% 11%	2458
	21st to end	Night	33% 2 5% 16% 24% 20%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	36% 3 5% 15% 22% 19%	5085
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 2 9% 17% 16% 26%	5090
	21st to end	Night	31% 3 7% 20% 28% 10%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	30% 3 9% 23% 20% 15%	2310
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 3 10% 18% 21% 14%	2219
	21st to end	Night	31% 3 11% 20% 28% 7%	1890
May	1st to 10th	Night	40% 4 8% 26% 15% 7%	4170
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 4 11% 19% 22% 9%	4108
	21st to end	Night	32% 4 14% 29% 13% 8%	4452
June	1st to 10th	Night	21% 4 16% 34% 20% 6%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 4 15% 33% 24% 8%	1800
	21st to end	Night	20% 5% 13% 29% 27% 7%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	33% 4 14% 37% 11% 2	4035
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 3 16% 36% 27% 4	4026
	21st to end	Night	20% 5% 15% 33% 26% 1	4320
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 9% 36% 40% 7%	2916
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 2 15% 38% 25% 4	3010
	21st to end	Night	18% 5% 20% 34% 21% 3	3747
September	1st to 10th	Night	28% 4 9% 22% 25% 11%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 4 11% 21% 24% 10%	2200
	21st to end	Night	21% 3 7% 25% 26% 17%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 5% 16% 27% 37%	3590
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 2 6% 19% 32% 27%	3849
	21st to end	Night	21% 2 3 21% 37% 16%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	28% 1 6% 21% 28% 16%	2460
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 2 7% 23% 27% 17%	2714
	21st to end	Night	34% 2 6% 18% 27% 13%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	35% 2 5% 21% 25% 12%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 2 6% 13% 28% 15%	4947
	21st to end	Night	32% 2 5% 19% 26% 16%	6633

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	17% 13% 38% 26% 5% 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 15% 32% 29% 6% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	20% 13% 37% 20% 10%	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	18% 13% 37% 24% 8%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 15% 38% 19% 4	330
	21st to end	Day	24% 12% 37% 21% 5%	273
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 16% 36% 23% 5% 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 19% 34% 25% 3 2	330
	21st to end	Day	11% 14% 43% 24% 7% 1	363
April	1st to 10th	Day	21% 14% 35% 22% 7% 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 14% 39% 24% 5%	380
	21st to end	Day	17% 12% 39% 23% 7% 1	750
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 9% 38% 30% 7% 1	753
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 4 32% 31% 14% 3	756
	21st to end	Day	13% 3 31% 33% 17% 3	789
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 1 18% 39% 28% 7%	730
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 19% 45% 26% 5%	730
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 10% 36% 36% 11%	730
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 1 6% 33% 38% 13%	721
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 35% 42% 14%	718
	21st to end	Day	2 1 4 32% 44% 17%	794
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 4 32% 46% 16%	726
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 31% 42% 14%	654
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 4 30% 35% 25%	491
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 1 5% 25% 39% 20%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 6% 24% 44% 22%	330
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 6% 31% 35% 16%	330
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 16% 32% 35% 13%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 28% 28% 25% 6%	330
	21st to end	Day	23% 8% 24% 26% 17% 2	363
November	1st to 10th	Day	21% 7% 28% 27% 15% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 8% 29% 33% 15% 4	330
	21st to end	Day	19% 12% 33% 23% 10% 2	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	18% 9% 32% 30% 8% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 9% 34% 29% 10% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	18% 10% 34% 26% 10% 1	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 8% 36% 34% 8%	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 12% 31% 34% 6%	1050
	21st to end	Night	17% 11% 32% 34% 6%	1144
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 9% 39% 31% 7%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 11% 38% 28% 4	824
	21st to end	Night	21% 10% 41% 25% 3	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 12% 36% 28% 6%	662
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 9% 39% 29% 5%	630
	21st to end	Night	12% 12% 39% 33% 4	693
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 12% 44% 28% 4	630
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 12% 41% 27% 5%	623
	21st to end	Night	12% 10% 42% 27% 8%	630
May	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 41% 35% 5%	630
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 38% 33% 14% 1	609
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 33% 37% 17% 1	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 21% 47% 23% 3	600
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 23% 55% 17%	600
	21st to end	Night	3 16% 48% 30% 3	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 10% 45% 34% 4	585
	11th to 20th	Night	3 11% 48% 35% 3	582
	21st to end	Night	2 5% 52% 38% 3	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 6% 46% 42% 4	597
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 6% 44% 39% 4	594
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 4 41% 44% 5%	660
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 1 7% 42% 36% 4	600
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 39% 38% 3	600
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 13% 44% 33% 2	600
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 16% 46% 29% 3	600
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 24% 40% 18% 2	763
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 28% 32% 16% 1	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 27% 41% 18%	820
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 34% 38% 13% 1	1034
	21st to end	Night	18% 8% 32% 31% 11% 1	1050
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 32% 38% 7% 1	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 6% 31% 35% 8%	1050
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 33% 34% 9%	1155

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