Goblin Valley State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Goblin Valley State Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-10-29.

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	2 4 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 60%	157723
	Night	3 4 2 5% 3 4 4 3 6% 7% 59%	152004
Transparency	Day	21% 5% 9% 21% 24% 20%	152520
	Night	22% 5% 9% 22% 23% 18%	148214
Seeing	Day	5% 8% 19% 31% 26% 11%	17293
	Night	5% 3 19% 42% 27% 4	27799

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	1 7% 3 8% 4 5% 4 4 6% 8% 50%	5318
	11th to 20th	Day	1 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 66%	5340
	21st to end	Day	3 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 58%	5844
February	1st to 10th	Day	1 5% 2 6% 5% 4 3 5% 8% 10% 51%	1890
	11th to 20th	Day	3 7% 3 6% 6% 4 4 3 6% 9% 50%	1892
	21st to end	Day	3 7% 1 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 55%	1754
March	1st to 10th	Day	1 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 58%	5064
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 10% 3 8% 4 5% 4 3 5% 6% 47%	5110
	21st to end	Day	3 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 3 6% 7% 46%	5607
April	1st to 10th	Day	2 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 60%	2364
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 58%	2506
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 60%	2730
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 4 3 4 4 3 6% 7% 62%	7626
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 5% 4 5% 4 4 5% 7% 58%	7596
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 4 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 63%	8370
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 3 2 3 4 3 6% 8% 66%	2730
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 5% 71%	2730
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 72%	2730
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 5% 73%	7649
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 4 4 4 6% 5% 9% 10% 54%	7650
	21st to end	Day	2 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 7% 10% 64%	8304
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 3 3 4 4 4 7% 9% 64%	7549
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 4 4 4 5% 4 7% 8% 58%	7565
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 4 4 5% 6% 6% 8% 10% 50%	8039
September	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 4 3 3 5% 7% 66%	2434
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 4 3 3 3 3 6% 6% 65%	2310
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 6% 71%	2310
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 4 78%	3472
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 59%	3350
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 4 2 3 3 2 5% 5% 67%	3628
November	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 6% 71%	1996
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 1 4 2 2 2 2 3 7% 70%	1890
	21st to end	Day	3 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 63%	1798
December	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 1 4 2 3 5% 3 6% 7% 62%	2700
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 2 7% 5% 4 4 3 6% 11% 51%	3269
	21st to end	Day	3 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 9% 47%	4609
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 7% 4 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 51%	7605
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 4 2 3 3 2 4 7% 70%	7650
	21st to end	Night	4 7% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 54%	8370
February	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 2 5% 4 5% 4 3 5% 10% 55%	2730
	11th to 20th	Night	3 6% 3 7% 4 4 5% 3 5% 7% 51%	2609
	21st to end	Night	2 6% 2 6% 4 4 3 4 6% 9% 54%	2050
March	1st to 10th	Night	5% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 53%	5050
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 50%	5110
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 6% 7% 54%	5610
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 6% 59%	2254
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 57%	2058
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 5% 3 4 4 4 7% 8% 59%	1890
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 57%	5321
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 61%	5296
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 62%	5837
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 61%	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 1 3 2 3 4 3 4 7% 68%	1890
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 6% 70%	1890
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 68%	5340
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 2 6% 4 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 49%	5340
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 4 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 9% 54%	5805
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 4 4 4 5% 5% 7% 8% 59%	5273
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 4 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 59%	5291
	21st to end	Night	3 3 2 5% 4 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 50%	6175
September	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 64%	2182
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 7% 69%	2310
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 4 3 2 3 3 4 5% 71%	2310
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 73%	3941
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 61%	4018
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 6% 68%	4348
November	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 6% 6% 68%	2518
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 5% 69%	2730
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 62%	2793
December	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 68%	4710
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 2 4 3 3 4 4 7% 10% 56%	5199
	21st to end	Night	4 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 6% 8% 51%	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	31% 6% 18% 29% 13% 3	5321
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 11% 30% 25% 10%	5340
	21st to end	Day	26% 7% 11% 29% 22% 4	5844
February	1st to 10th	Day	26% 9% 17% 26% 18% 5%	1890
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 6% 13% 26% 22% 3	1901
	21st to end	Day	25% 5% 8% 31% 24% 8%	1754
March	1st to 10th	Day	24% 5% 7% 24% 30% 11%	5064
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 5% 9% 21% 21% 9%	5110
	21st to end	Day	33% 5% 9% 26% 23% 4	5607
April	1st to 10th	Day	22% 5% 6% 23% 29% 15%	2364
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 3 8% 23% 28% 14%	2509
	21st to end	Day	21% 5% 6% 19% 34% 15%	2730
May	1st to 10th	Day	19% 5% 7% 17% 33% 20%	7626
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 4 7% 16% 28% 24%	7599
	21st to end	Day	16% 4 6% 15% 41% 17%	8371
June	1st to 10th	Day	15% 4 5% 14% 31% 31%	2730
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 2 5% 8% 21% 49%	2730
	21st to end	Day	12% 3 4 7% 21% 52%	2730
July	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 4 5% 12% 64%	7586
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 4 10% 15% 20% 32%	7581
	21st to end	Day	15% 4 8% 18% 20% 34%	8120
August	1st to 10th	Day	17% 5% 8% 19% 16% 34%	5978
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 7% 9% 21% 22% 19%	5964
	21st to end	Day	21% 7% 11% 23% 21% 18%	6306
September	1st to 10th	Day	17% 4 7% 13% 25% 34%	2434
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 4 7% 18% 22% 30%	2310
	21st to end	Day	17% 4 4 13% 35% 28%	2310
October	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 3 14% 31% 37%	3472
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 3 5% 20% 36% 12%	3350
	21st to end	Day	18% 4 9% 28% 33% 8%	3628
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 3 10% 32% 31% 9%	1996
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 3 10% 36% 32% 3	1890
	21st to end	Day	23% 4 11% 33% 23% 5%	1798
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 5% 18% 34% 19% 4	2700
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 9% 23% 32% 9% 1	3268
	21st to end	Day	33% 8% 16% 24% 17% 2	4609
January	1st to 10th	Night	31% 8% 15% 28% 13% 4	7605
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 12% 29% 32% 6%	7650
	21st to end	Night	29% 7% 11% 23% 24% 6%	8370
February	1st to 10th	Night	26% 6% 16% 29% 17% 6%	2730
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 7% 9% 25% 22% 5%	2610
	21st to end	Night	25% 6% 13% 25% 24% 7%	2050
March	1st to 10th	Night	29% 5% 8% 18% 25% 15%	5050
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 5% 7% 24% 23% 8%	5110
	21st to end	Night	27% 5% 8% 28% 27% 5%	5610
April	1st to 10th	Night	24% 4 7% 20% 28% 17%	2254
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 4 7% 19% 29% 16%	2058
	21st to end	Night	20% 5% 7% 19% 35% 13%	1890
May	1st to 10th	Night	25% 4 6% 13% 30% 21%	5319
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 4 5% 15% 31% 24%	5297
	21st to end	Night	18% 4 6% 17% 36% 19%	5838
June	1st to 10th	Night	19% 3 6% 13% 28% 32%	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 4 6% 9% 18% 48%	1890
	21st to end	Night	15% 3 6% 7% 18% 52%	1890
July	1st to 10th	Night	16% 3 5% 6% 10% 60%	5295
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 5% 9% 14% 19% 30%	5286
	21st to end	Night	20% 5% 10% 19% 15% 31%	5677
August	1st to 10th	Night	22% 6% 9% 18% 12% 34%	4168
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 6% 10% 19% 20% 21%	4168
	21st to end	Night	19% 6% 11% 24% 18% 22%	4839
September	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 7% 14% 19% 40%	2182
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 4 8% 18% 22% 33%	2310
	21st to end	Night	17% 3 5% 11% 29% 34%	2310
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 2 5% 12% 26% 41%	3941
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 2 6% 17% 37% 15%	4018
	21st to end	Night	19% 2 6% 28% 35% 9%	4348
November	1st to 10th	Night	17% 3 8% 25% 35% 12%	2518
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 4 9% 32% 33% 5%	2730
	21st to end	Night	22% 4 8% 29% 31% 6%	2793
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 13% 44% 17% 5%	4710
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 9% 21% 36% 11% 1	5199
	21st to end	Night	29% 8% 16% 30% 15% 2	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	10% 3 15% 42% 21% 8%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 16% 40% 24% 7%	330
	21st to end	Day	3 3 15% 40% 31% 7%	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 24% 42% 19% 6%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 7% 22% 42% 19% 3	377
	21st to end	Day	6% 14% 24% 34% 19% 4	446
March	1st to 10th	Day	6% 11% 23% 37% 18% 5%	540
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 12% 24% 33% 19% 5%	540
	21st to end	Day	8% 17% 26% 29% 16% 3	594
April	1st to 10th	Day	7% 13% 24% 28% 20% 8%	540
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 18% 25% 33% 11% 5%	532
	21st to end	Day	6% 16% 29% 24% 19% 6%	540
May	1st to 10th	Day	7% 13% 25% 33% 16% 5%	543
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 11% 24% 28% 22% 9%	568
	21st to end	Day	6% 11% 25% 28% 22% 8%	617
June	1st to 10th	Day	2 10% 21% 29% 28% 10%	570
	11th to 20th	Day	4 11% 28% 26% 25% 7%	570
	21st to end	Day	3 8% 23% 33% 24% 9%	570
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 16% 27% 39% 12%	566
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 10% 25% 37% 23%	564
	21st to end	Day	3 1 11% 23% 41% 22%	619
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 14% 31% 31% 19%	567
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 12% 30% 31% 19%	557
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 10% 28% 37% 18%	627
September	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 14% 25% 31% 21%	570
	11th to 20th	Day	4 8% 22% 26% 27% 13%	570
	21st to end	Day	4 8% 15% 28% 29% 14%	570
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 6% 16% 22% 32% 18%	423
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 8% 14% 27% 26% 16%	360
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 18% 29% 32% 9%	387
November	1st to 10th	Day	4 7% 19% 28% 28% 14%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 16% 40% 26% 12%	330
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 15% 33% 32% 10%	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 17% 42% 24% 12%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 12% 44% 27% 10%	330
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 21% 39% 20% 6%	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 17% 45% 23% 5%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 17% 44% 29% 4	840
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 18% 49% 21% 4	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 22% 49% 18% 4	840
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 23% 48% 16% 3	824
	21st to end	Night	4 4 28% 48% 15% 1	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 25% 43% 20% 1	840
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 23% 42% 23% 2	840
	21st to end	Night	5% 7% 29% 40% 17% 1	924
April	1st to 10th	Night	7% 7% 27% 40% 17% 2	784
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 9% 30% 40% 14% 1	623
	21st to end	Night	4 7% 31% 36% 19% 3	630
May	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 29% 39% 17% 1	630
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 21% 43% 23% 4	621
	21st to end	Night	5% 7% 24% 38% 23% 3	683
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 19% 43% 27% 2	630
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 24% 45% 21% 3	630
	21st to end	Night	3 2 21% 44% 29% 2	630
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 12% 40% 40% 3	615
	11th to 20th	Night	2 8% 34% 49% 6%	612
	21st to end	Night	3 1 6% 31% 54% 5%	690
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 10% 37% 44% 4	627
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 10% 38% 46% 3	624
	21st to end	Night	3 1 8% 39% 42% 8%	693
September	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 11% 37% 41% 6%	712
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 15% 39% 36% 6%	840
	21st to end	Night	4 2 14% 36% 37% 6%	840
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 16% 39% 33% 5%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 21% 37% 30% 5%	840
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 18% 38% 29% 5%	912
November	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 17% 43% 31% 3	820
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 18% 46% 24% 5%	840
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 17% 41% 27% 5%	903
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 17% 51% 20% 4	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 17% 48% 24% 3	992
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 19% 47% 20% 2	924

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