Hobbs
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Hobbs clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-02.

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	5% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 63%	101230
	Night	4 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 63%	97933
Transparency	Day	21% 4 7% 19% 28% 21%	101001
	Night	20% 4 8% 19% 27% 22%	97752
Seeing	Day	6% 7% 22% 33% 25% 7%	14979
	Night	6% 6% 31% 40% 16% 1	24969

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	6% 5% 2 4 3 3 2 2 4 5% 63%	2918
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 3 2 1 2 2 4 6% 74%	3170
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 57%	3487
February	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 1 4 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 63%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 3 4 3 2 4 6% 61%	1849
	21st to end	Day	4 6% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 63%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 62%	3130
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 7% 3 5% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 51%	3269
	21st to end	Day	3 4 1 5% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 57%	4165
April	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 67%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 3 6% 66%	2251
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 3 2 2 2 4 6% 72%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 6% 71%	3800
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 1 4 2 3 3 3 4 5% 63%	4082
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 2 2 3 3 4 5% 6% 67%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 63%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 2 2 2 3 5% 7% 69%	2470
	21st to end	Day	4 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 6% 7% 61%	2658
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 2 4 4 4 5% 4 8% 10% 49%	4409
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 4 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 64%	4005
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 56%	4118
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 5% 8% 70%	3784
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 2 3 4 4 6% 8% 64%	3726
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 57%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 51%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 6% 6% 50%	2133
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 1 4 2 2 3 3 3 6% 64%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 6% 65%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 71%	2000
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 1 3 2 1 2 2 4 3 73%	2069
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 1 3 1 3 2 2 4 5% 69%	1682
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 2 4 3 2 2 2 4 6% 69%	1710
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 5% 7% 62%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 5% 60%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 4 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 57%	2161
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 70%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 7% 65%	4065
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 2 2 2 2 3 5% 6% 72%	3800
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 58%	4180
February	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 1 3 2 3 2 2 5% 6% 66%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 60%	2218
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 1 4 4 4 4 2 4 5% 63%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 2 3 2 3 3 2 4 5% 68%	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 7% 50%	3694
	21st to end	Night	2 4 1 4 3 3 4 4 5% 8% 61%	3477
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 1 3 3 3 4 2 4 7% 66%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 3 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 62%	1877
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 6% 73%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 72%	3153
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 1 2 2 2 3 2 5% 6% 66%	2823
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 6% 71%	3098
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 4 3 3 4 5% 7% 9% 61%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 3 2 3 3 4 7% 8% 66%	1700
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 7% 8% 65%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 2 4 3 5% 4 4 8% 11% 53%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 7% 12% 59%	2960
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 7% 12% 56%	3445
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 3 2 3 4 4 5% 9% 66%	3155
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 7% 10% 61%	3113
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 4 3 3 3 4 7% 11% 57%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 1 5% 3 2 4 4 6% 8% 54%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 1 4 4 3 4 4 7% 9% 54%	2047
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 6% 63%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 65%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 73%	2176
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 72%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 6% 71%	2431
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 4 6% 67%	2470
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 2 4 2 3 3 3 4 6% 63%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 7% 61%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 1 4 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 61%	3036
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 66%	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	24% 3 3 15% 34% 22%	2919
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 2 7% 19% 40% 18%	3170
	21st to end	Day	26% 4 5% 22% 29% 14%	3487
February	1st to 10th	Day	21% 3 7% 15% 28% 26%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 3 5% 18% 24% 24%	1859
	21st to end	Day	24% 3 3 9% 29% 32%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 2 3 10% 30% 33%	3130
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 4 4 13% 29% 15%	3269
	21st to end	Day	24% 4 4 12% 27% 28%	4165
April	1st to 10th	Day	18% 3 5% 13% 31% 31%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 3 5% 13% 25% 33%	2254
	21st to end	Day	15% 3 4 18% 28% 32%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 3 6% 12% 16% 47%	3800
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 5% 6% 14% 22% 30%	4086
	21st to end	Day	17% 5% 7% 14% 17% 41%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	19% 5% 11% 25% 25% 16%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 3 8% 18% 29% 27%	2470
	21st to end	Day	22% 5% 9% 20% 25% 19%	2658
July	1st to 10th	Day	26% 7% 13% 27% 19% 8%	4340
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 5% 10% 28% 31% 7%	3936
	21st to end	Day	23% 6% 10% 27% 29% 5%	3988
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 8% 31% 34% 10%	3772
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 5% 10% 25% 32% 10%	3762
	21st to end	Day	26% 6% 13% 24% 26% 5%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	30% 6% 11% 17% 21% 14%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 5% 9% 19% 25% 9%	2133
	21st to end	Day	23% 4 5% 17% 34% 17%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 5% 10% 20% 23% 23%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 2 4 14% 29% 30%	2000
	21st to end	Day	17% 3 3 17% 34% 26%	2069
November	1st to 10th	Day	19% 3 5% 18% 29% 25%	1682
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 3 6% 18% 34% 21%	1710
	21st to end	Day	22% 3 5% 16% 30% 23%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	26% 3 6% 20% 30% 15%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 4 7% 20% 27% 18%	2159
	21st to end	Day	18% 3 3 20% 33% 22%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 3 5% 15% 40% 18%	4065
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 3 7% 20% 33% 22%	3800
	21st to end	Night	24% 4 5% 21% 30% 16%	4180
February	1st to 10th	Night	20% 2 6% 16% 26% 30%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 3 5% 15% 25% 26%	2218
	21st to end	Night	24% 3 4 9% 23% 37%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 3 3 9% 26% 39%	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 4 6% 16% 22% 20%	3694
	21st to end	Night	20% 4 5% 15% 29% 27%	3477
April	1st to 10th	Night	20% 3 6% 13% 23% 35%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 3 7% 15% 22% 31%	1877
	21st to end	Night	13% 3 7% 20% 27% 30%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	17% 3 6% 15% 18% 41%	3153
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 5% 10% 17% 19% 30%	2824
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 8% 16% 15% 42%	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 13% 26% 23% 14%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 10% 20% 27% 24%	1700
	21st to end	Night	17% 4 14% 23% 25% 16%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	22% 7% 18% 34% 16% 3	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 14% 28% 29% 6%	2906
	21st to end	Night	21% 5% 12% 30% 27% 5%	3336
August	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 9% 26% 35% 11%	3144
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 12% 27% 30% 8%	3143
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 15% 29% 26% 5%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	25% 8% 13% 19% 23% 12%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 8% 13% 23% 21% 11%	2047
	21st to end	Night	21% 5% 7% 20% 28% 19%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	21% 5% 9% 18% 23% 24%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 3 5% 15% 27% 32%	2176
	21st to end	Night	18% 3 3 14% 33% 28%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	16% 2 6% 20% 29% 26%	2431
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 3 5% 15% 33% 25%	2470
	21st to end	Night	23% 3 5% 15% 30% 24%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	24% 3 5% 19% 29% 21%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 3 5% 18% 29% 21%	3037
	21st to end	Night	22% 3 4 15% 35% 22%	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	11% 6% 39% 31% 12% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 11% 36% 29% 15% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	3 12% 35% 35% 11% 3	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	6% 11% 37% 33% 11% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 13% 38% 31% 9% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	10% 15% 42% 26% 7% 1	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	10% 7% 41% 33% 10%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 12% 29% 32% 12% 3	294
	21st to end	Day	6% 20% 36% 27% 9% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	7% 12% 41% 29% 10% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 16% 43% 24% 8% 1	452
	21st to end	Day	3 14% 36% 36% 10% 1	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	3 11% 40% 32% 12% 1	463
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 29% 37% 18% 2	675
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 30% 42% 16% 1	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 19% 44% 26% 4	680
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 18% 48% 26% 4	680
	21st to end	Day	4 1 11% 41% 35% 7%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 6% 30% 43% 14%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 33% 46% 14%	605
	21st to end	Day	3 1 3 29% 45% 20%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 3 25% 52% 16%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 5% 31% 42% 16%	477
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 5% 29% 41% 18%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 8% 26% 44% 13%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 5% 35% 38% 17%	343
	21st to end	Day	11% 2 11% 18% 47% 12%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 12% 35% 33% 8%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 19% 35% 21% 9%	300
	21st to end	Day	9% 9% 21% 30% 22% 8%	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	10% 7% 23% 34% 22% 3	273
	11th to 20th	Day	4 14% 21% 30% 24% 7%	270
	21st to end	Day	10% 14% 33% 26% 14% 3	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 30% 30% 17% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	4 13% 33% 38% 10% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	8% 12% 37% 31% 11% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 35% 39% 11% 1	920
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 8% 34% 37% 12% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	6% 9% 37% 38% 10%	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	7% 9% 39% 34% 10% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 8% 44% 32% 8%	744
	21st to end	Night	7% 11% 50% 28% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	8% 11% 42% 33% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 11% 36% 34% 9%	732
	21st to end	Night	4 12% 50% 28% 5%	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 9% 49% 32% 6%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 10% 52% 29% 2	563
	21st to end	Night	3 10% 51% 33% 4	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 7% 46% 36% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 37% 42% 9% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 42% 42% 7%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 34% 50% 11%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 37% 50% 9%	570
	21st to end	Night	2 2 25% 52% 18% 1	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 13% 50% 29% 1	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 9% 55% 32% 1	552
	21st to end	Night	3 1 8% 50% 37% 2	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 6% 48% 42% 1	567
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 7% 44% 41% 3	564
	21st to end	Night	3 1 7% 44% 44% 2	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 8% 46% 36% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 14% 50% 27% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 17% 47% 26% 1	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 23% 45% 21%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 27% 43% 16% 1	656
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 26% 36% 21% 3	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 26% 43% 20% 1	935
	11th to 20th	Night	3 6% 27% 43% 18% 2	950
	21st to end	Night	9% 7% 30% 35% 17% 1	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 31% 39% 13% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 8% 37% 39% 9%	950
	21st to end	Night	8% 10% 35% 36% 11% 1	1045

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