Hobbs State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Hobbs State Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-10-24.

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% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 45%	100560
	Night	12% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 49%	98278
Transparency	Day	38% 6% 12% 25% 17% 3	100372
	Night	35% 5% 11% 25% 19% 4	98137
Seeing	Day	16% 11% 27% 25% 16% 4	15437
	Night	16% 12% 29% 29% 13% 1	25224

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	14% 13% 3 5% 3 3 2 3 4 5% 44%	2847
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 8% 4 8% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 47%	2850
	21st to end	Day	22% 10% 3 5% 2 3 3 2 3 4 43%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 12% 3 6% 5% 4 4 2 3 6% 39%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 10% 3 7% 4 3 3 3 3 6% 42%	1664
	21st to end	Day	16% 11% 4 6% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 40%	1708
March	1st to 10th	Day	15% 8% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 46%	3436
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 3 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 49%	3480
	21st to end	Day	16% 10% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 3 4 5% 36%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 44%	2209
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 3 4 6% 40%	2254
	21st to end	Day	18% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 39%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	18% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 34%	4049
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 6% 41%	4082
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 38%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 5% 4 6% 5% 7% 10% 44%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 5% 6% 5% 5% 7% 9% 47%	2470
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 4 4 5% 6% 4 6% 10% 53%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 41%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 4 4 4 5% 4 7% 11% 49%	4120
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 42%	4465
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 1 4 3 4 4 3 6% 8% 58%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 47%	3959
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 54%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 53%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 3 6% 4 4 5% 3 5% 8% 46%	2147
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 8% 54%	2049
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 2 5% 4 2 4 3 5% 7% 55%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 4 3 2 2 2 4 5% 58%	1900
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 3 5% 3 3 3 2 3 5% 49%	2010
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 4 2 4 3 2 3 6% 56%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 4 4 5% 50%	1867
	21st to end	Day	17% 9% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 47%	1559
December	1st to 10th	Day	14% 8% 3 6% 3 3 4 4 4 5% 46%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 12% 3 7% 6% 4 4 2 4 4 42%	1982
	21st to end	Day	15% 18% 6% 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 30%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	12% 10% 5% 8% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 40%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 2 8% 4 5% 7% 2 3 5% 45%	4120
	21st to end	Night	21% 11% 4 5% 3 2 2 2 3 5% 42%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 10% 3 7% 3 4 3 3 4 7% 40%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 9% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 3 5% 46%	2403
	21st to end	Night	14% 9% 3 6% 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 45%	1761
March	1st to 10th	Night	17% 9% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 45%	3419
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 8% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 49%	3480
	21st to end	Night	14% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 40%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 50%	1971
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 4 3 3 5% 3 5% 7% 47%	1875
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 2 6% 3 4 4 4 5% 5% 43%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 44%	2839
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 3 6% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 7% 42%	2823
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 9% 42%	3090
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 9% 55%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 2 3 3 3 5% 4 7% 11% 55%	1710
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 62%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 9% 49%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 63%	2850
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 6% 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 50%	3098
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 4 4 4 4 7% 10% 58%	2836
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 1 6% 3 4 5% 4 6% 8% 52%	2874
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 3 4 3 4 7% 8% 61%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 58%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 53%	2028
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 1 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 56%	2110
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 6% 8% 61%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 6% 57%	2280
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 2 5% 2 3 3 2 3 4 52%	2413
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 1 4 3 2 3 2 3 6% 59%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 1 4 2 3 4 3 4 5% 55%	2308
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 2 5% 4 2 3 3 3 6% 49%	2614
December	1st to 10th	Night	14% 9% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 47%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 10% 4 7% 4 4 3 2 3 4 44%	3211
	21st to end	Night	17% 15% 6% 8% 4 3 3 2 3 4 34%	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	43% 3 6% 26% 20% 2	2848
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 4 13% 25% 17% 4	2850
	21st to end	Day	47% 2 7% 21% 18% 5%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	49% 4 9% 21% 14% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 3 9% 23% 17% 3	1673
	21st to end	Day	47% 3 7% 19% 16% 8%	1708
March	1st to 10th	Day	40% 5% 6% 19% 19% 10%	3436
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 4 11% 24% 20% 4	3480
	21st to end	Day	50% 5% 9% 23% 12% 1	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	39% 4 12% 24% 18% 4	2209
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 5% 11% 18% 17% 3	2254
	21st to end	Day	49% 5% 8% 22% 14% 2	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	47% 7% 10% 20% 14% 1	4087
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 8% 12% 24% 14%	4086
	21st to end	Day	41% 9% 14% 21% 14% 1	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	33% 7% 17% 28% 13% 1	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 6% 14% 29% 16% 2	2470
	21st to end	Day	25% 7% 16% 30% 18% 4	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	35% 8% 18% 24% 14% 2	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 7% 14% 34% 18% 1	4051
	21st to end	Day	31% 10% 21% 28% 9%	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	24% 6% 16% 29% 21% 4	4090
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 7% 15% 28% 14% 1	3998
	21st to end	Day	26% 6% 15% 36% 14% 3	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	32% 5% 11% 26% 18% 9%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 5% 11% 22% 24% 3	2147
	21st to end	Day	30% 5% 9% 26% 27% 4	2049
October	1st to 10th	Day	29% 5% 10% 24% 24% 7%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 3 6% 23% 29% 8%	1900
	21st to end	Day	40% 3 6% 26% 18% 7%	2010
November	1st to 10th	Day	30% 4 8% 28% 23% 8%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 3 7% 23% 22% 9%	1867
	21st to end	Day	40% 3 9% 19% 25% 4	1559
December	1st to 10th	Day	41% 3 9% 26% 18% 3	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 4 5% 18% 24% 3	1979
	21st to end	Day	54% 5% 8% 17% 13% 2	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	45% 4 8% 22% 19% 3	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 4 14% 22% 20% 2	4120
	21st to end	Night	48% 2 9% 19% 19% 3	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	45% 3 10% 22% 15% 4	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 3 8% 26% 18% 4	2404
	21st to end	Night	42% 3 8% 19% 21% 7%	1761
March	1st to 10th	Night	42% 5% 7% 19% 18% 9%	3419
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 5% 10% 26% 19% 4	3480
	21st to end	Night	43% 6% 10% 26% 13% 1	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	35% 4 11% 25% 20% 6%	1971
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 5% 10% 24% 22% 5%	1875
	21st to end	Night	42% 6% 10% 25% 16% 2	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	37% 7% 13% 24% 16% 4	2866
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 8% 15% 24% 14% 1	2824
	21st to end	Night	37% 8% 15% 27% 13% 1	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	23% 7% 16% 32% 17% 3	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 7% 15% 33% 21% 3	1710
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 15% 32% 23% 6%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	30% 7% 20% 24% 15% 4	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 6% 12% 39% 23% 2	2796
	21st to end	Night	27% 8% 18% 33% 13%	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 16% 35% 23% 1	2826
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 7% 18% 27% 17% 2	2901
	21st to end	Night	19% 6% 14% 37% 22% 3	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	25% 5% 11% 30% 20% 9%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 5% 10% 22% 26% 5%	2028
	21st to end	Night	28% 4 8% 24% 30% 5%	2110
October	1st to 10th	Night	21% 4 13% 25% 27% 10%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 4 6% 22% 28% 11%	2280
	21st to end	Night	37% 3 7% 22% 22% 8%	2413
November	1st to 10th	Night	29% 3 8% 26% 26% 9%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 4 8% 23% 26% 8%	2308
	21st to end	Night	39% 3 8% 21% 25% 5%	2614
December	1st to 10th	Night	40% 4 10% 22% 20% 3	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 3 6% 21% 21% 4	3213
	21st to end	Night	53% 5% 9% 18% 12% 3	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	28% 19% 36% 14% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 24% 37% 11% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	26% 20% 38% 12% 4	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	31% 24% 33% 10% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 29% 30% 13% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	36% 24% 31% 7% 1	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	24% 24% 34% 14% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 20% 35% 12% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	33% 21% 36% 7% 2	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	25% 25% 31% 12% 6% 1	389
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 17% 35% 15% 5%	452
	21st to end	Day	28% 18% 28% 20% 5%	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	20% 15% 39% 19% 6%	633
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 10% 34% 25% 13% 1	675
	21st to end	Day	12% 11% 36% 22% 14% 4	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 3 22% 35% 23% 6%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 26% 37% 21% 6%	680
	21st to end	Day	3 4 32% 35% 22% 4	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 17% 33% 28% 9%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 17% 38% 30% 8%	668
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 12% 34% 33% 10%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 3 14% 40% 29% 4	676
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 2 11% 34% 31% 8%	622
	21st to end	Day	9% 2 11% 34% 31% 13%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 2 13% 34% 30% 8%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 20% 41% 22% 7%	357
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 26% 30% 22% 5%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 8% 28% 30% 17% 6%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 11% 44% 19% 10% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	30% 15% 33% 17% 5%	306
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 15% 41% 16% 9% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 18% 40% 14% 10% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	28% 17% 30% 21% 3 1	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	21% 20% 34% 16% 7% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 21% 34% 15% 6% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	25% 25% 36% 12% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	20% 19% 35% 23% 4	950
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 23% 35% 18% 3	950
	21st to end	Night	19% 21% 34% 21% 4	1045
February	1st to 10th	Night	22% 18% 37% 19% 3	950
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 21% 39% 17% 2	929
	21st to end	Night	23% 21% 36% 18% 1	505
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 14% 36% 24% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 16% 34% 23% 4	570
	21st to end	Night	21% 15% 40% 18% 6%	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	17% 19% 36% 24% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 15% 37% 23% 7%	563
	21st to end	Night	20% 15% 37% 19% 8%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 39% 30% 8%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 8% 28% 34% 13% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 29% 31% 16% 4	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 17% 40% 30% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 27% 42% 22% 2	570
	21st to end	Night	3 2 22% 46% 25% 3	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 13% 38% 37% 4	555
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 11% 46% 32% 5%	552
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 8% 43% 35% 6%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 12% 42% 37% 4	567
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 13% 42% 32% 4	564
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 13% 40% 34% 6%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 13% 42% 31% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 2 15% 40% 28% 4	570
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 20% 38% 25% 4	590
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 26% 35% 23% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 9% 35% 30% 12%	760
	21st to end	Night	21% 11% 32% 24% 11%	805
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 11% 36% 27% 11% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 14% 34% 29% 7%	788
	21st to end	Night	22% 15% 33% 23% 7%	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 14% 38% 22% 5%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 15% 31% 25% 4	950
	21st to end	Night	22% 19% 35% 20% 4	1045

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