Huntington Beach State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Huntington Beach State Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-12-18.

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% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 43%	126994
	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 44%	124076
Transparency	Day	37% 8% 15% 19% 16% 5%	130597
	Night	36% 7% 13% 19% 18% 7%	128542
Seeing	Day	12% 3 15% 28% 29% 13%	17187
	Night	13% 4 19% 31% 26% 7%	27290

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	11% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 4 5% 6% 54%	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 51%	4060
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 44%	4466
February	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 2 8% 4 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 41%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 45%	1859
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 2 7% 4 4 3 4 5% 7% 44%	1815
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 9% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 40%	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 1 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 53%	4980
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 3 4 4 4 5% 6% 50%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 4 3 4 4 4 6% 7% 52%	2290
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 1 3 4 4 5% 3 6% 6% 55%	2374
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 1 4 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 55%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 41%	5623
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 36%	5861
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 45%	6433
June	1st to 10th	Day	8% 7% 2 7% 6% 5% 6% 5% 9% 11% 33%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 1 4 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 43%	2600
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 6% 11% 11% 38%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 2 8% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 11% 31%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 9% 13% 36%	5900
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 2 7% 5% 6% 7% 5% 9% 12% 33%	6424
August	1st to 10th	Day	19% 8% 3 9% 6% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 23%	4234
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 6% 8% 11% 38%	3959
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 42%	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 8% 11% 41%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 37%	2215
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 8% 39%	2175
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 3 5% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 46%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 59%	2000
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 56%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 1 4 3 3 4 3 4 6% 54%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 3 6% 5% 4 3 2 5% 5% 50%	2100
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 51%	1979
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 3 4 5% 4 5% 6% 52%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 2 8% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 46%	3436
	21st to end	Day	15% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 42%	4466
January	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 5% 55%	5889
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 43%	5900
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 45%	6490
February	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 44%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 2 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 41%	2422
	21st to end	Night	13% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 43%	1815
March	1st to 10th	Night	16% 10% 3 7% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 40%	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 6% 9% 50%	4980
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 52%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 4 3 6% 8% 48%	2109
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 51%	1975
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 6% 8% 52%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 10% 46%	4314
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 6% 10% 36%	4032
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 8% 9% 42%	4421
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 3 7% 4 5% 4 5% 8% 12% 37%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 1 6% 5% 5% 6% 4 7% 11% 43%	1800
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 9% 15% 37%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 6% 6% 6% 7% 6% 9% 12% 31%	4058
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 15% 34%	4057
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 7% 6% 5% 7% 5% 10% 13% 32%	4427
August	1st to 10th	Night	17% 8% 3 7% 5% 6% 5% 5% 8% 12% 25%	2915
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 5% 6% 6% 5% 9% 13% 39%	3056
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 8% 9% 45%	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 7% 6% 5% 6% 5% 6% 9% 40%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 8% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 35%	2179
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 3 7% 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 39%	2225
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 46%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 2 5% 4 4 3 2 5% 6% 55%	2400
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 57%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 4 4 4 3 3 4 6% 55%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 49%	2520
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 7% 8% 48%	2636
December	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 53%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 2 7% 6% 3 3 3 4 5% 43%	4914
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 43%	6490

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	30% 4 7% 17% 36% 6%	4057
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 4 5% 16% 33% 8%	4060
	21st to end	Day	41% 4 8% 18% 20% 9%	4466
February	1st to 10th	Day	42% 6% 9% 21% 18% 4	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 5% 7% 17% 22% 7%	1868
	21st to end	Day	39% 5% 9% 19% 19% 9%	1815
March	1st to 10th	Day	46% 5% 9% 13% 20% 7%	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 6% 9% 15% 27% 15%	4980
	21st to end	Day	34% 6% 11% 20% 19% 10%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	29% 6% 13% 21% 24% 6%	2290
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 5% 12% 26% 19% 10%	2374
	21st to end	Day	27% 7% 15% 26% 22% 4	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	35% 10% 20% 26% 8% 1	5655
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 7% 20% 22% 8%	5865
	21st to end	Day	32% 9% 18% 23% 17% 1	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	40% 12% 18% 21% 10%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 12% 24% 23% 10%	2600
	21st to end	Day	34% 13% 24% 22% 6% 1	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	43% 13% 27% 15% 3	5835
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 14% 37% 9% 2	5831
	21st to end	Day	41% 13% 22% 19% 5%	6240
August	1st to 10th	Day	54% 10% 23% 11% 2	4221
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 12% 22% 20% 9%	3998
	21st to end	Day	36% 9% 17% 32% 5%	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	34% 12% 20% 18% 14% 3	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 10% 14% 18% 13% 3	2215
	21st to end	Day	43% 7% 14% 19% 14% 3	2175
October	1st to 10th	Day	40% 4 9% 17% 24% 5%	3260
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 3 5% 16% 30% 26%	3240
	21st to end	Day	28% 5% 7% 19% 34% 8%	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	31% 5% 10% 18% 27% 9%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 4 8% 18% 24% 9%	2100
	21st to end	Day	34% 4 10% 20% 24% 8%	1979
December	1st to 10th	Day	33% 5% 9% 16% 22% 15%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 4 8% 21% 21% 5%	3433
	21st to end	Day	42% 5% 10% 22% 18% 3	4466
January	1st to 10th	Night	30% 4 6% 17% 35% 8%	5889
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 5% 6% 16% 30% 6%	5900
	21st to end	Night	41% 4 6% 13% 28% 8%	6490
February	1st to 10th	Night	40% 4 10% 20% 19% 7%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 5% 8% 16% 19% 8%	2424
	21st to end	Night	40% 6% 9% 17% 18% 10%	1815
March	1st to 10th	Night	47% 4 8% 12% 22% 7%	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 5% 9% 15% 25% 16%	4980
	21st to end	Night	34% 5% 10% 23% 19% 10%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	35% 5% 12% 20% 20% 8%	2109
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 5% 10% 22% 20% 10%	1975
	21st to end	Night	29% 7% 15% 25% 20% 5%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	32% 8% 21% 28% 10% 2	4344
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 9% 21% 20% 10%	4033
	21st to end	Night	36% 9% 16% 22% 17% 1	4429
June	1st to 10th	Night	37% 12% 19% 22% 9% 1	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 10% 22% 24% 9%	1800
	21st to end	Night	33% 13% 24% 23% 7%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	42% 13% 26% 15% 3	4015
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 13% 38% 8% 2	4006
	21st to end	Night	40% 14% 20% 24% 2	4297
August	1st to 10th	Night	51% 11% 23% 13% 2	2904
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 12% 24% 25% 6%	3083
	21st to end	Night	32% 10% 18% 35% 5%	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	39% 11% 16% 18% 13% 3	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 11% 14% 17% 14% 2	2179
	21st to end	Night	43% 7% 13% 21% 13% 3	2225
October	1st to 10th	Night	36% 6% 9% 19% 24% 5%	3920
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 3 5% 14% 25% 34%	3899
	21st to end	Night	25% 4 6% 22% 28% 14%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	31% 5% 9% 18% 25% 12%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 4 9% 15% 25% 11%	2520
	21st to end	Night	33% 5% 11% 21% 22% 8%	2636
December	1st to 10th	Night	33% 5% 8% 13% 27% 13%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 4 10% 18% 18% 7%	4916
	21st to end	Night	39% 5% 10% 25% 18% 3	6490

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% 8% 28% 42% 11%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 26% 46% 14% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	20% 4 28% 38% 10% 1	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 4 25% 42% 14% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 4 28% 32% 12%	347
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 27% 40% 12% 1	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 27% 33% 18% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 25% 38% 16% 2	500
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 25% 39% 18% 2	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 22% 39% 20% 3	500
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 20% 31% 32% 7%	492
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 15% 31% 32% 11%	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 19% 39% 24% 10%	503
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 2 13% 29% 34% 11%	527
	21st to end	Day	13% 1 9% 25% 33% 19%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	8% 1 9% 25% 43% 14%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 1 7% 22% 38% 22%	530
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 3 20% 49% 20%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 7% 12% 43% 27%	525
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 2 10% 44% 34%	524
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 3 17% 45% 26%	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	16% 2 6% 15% 39% 22%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 1 3 15% 38% 32%	519
	21st to end	Day	15% 2 7% 16% 35% 26%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 4 21% 39% 23%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 2 9% 21% 36% 15%	530
	21st to end	Day	17% 2 8% 20% 36% 16%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	17% 2 12% 29% 27% 14%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 2 16% 28% 30% 14%	530
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 17% 30% 30% 11%	583
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 16% 27% 27% 10%	535
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 21% 38% 18% 4	540
	21st to end	Day	11% 4 22% 36% 23% 4	419
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 2 19% 38% 19% 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 23% 34% 19% 3	321
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 23% 35% 16% 4	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 11% 32% 33% 9% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 8% 30% 34% 14% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	16% 8% 36% 35% 5%	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 29% 38% 11%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 8% 31% 35% 5%	783
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 29% 36% 13%	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 30% 36% 13%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 26% 40% 13% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	14% 4 28% 36% 16% 1	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 25% 37% 19% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 23% 32% 26% 5%	791
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 20% 37% 28% 5%	800
May	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 20% 38% 27% 5%	728
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 2 15% 35% 29% 5%	591
	21st to end	Night	9% 1 9% 26% 39% 17%	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 9% 32% 38% 9%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 1 6% 24% 45% 16%	600
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 6% 26% 44% 15%	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 6% 18% 49% 16%	585
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 3 17% 52% 17%	582
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 5% 25% 49% 15%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	10% 1 4 21% 47% 16%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 4 20% 45% 19%	697
	21st to end	Night	12% 2 6% 18% 43% 20%	880
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 1 6% 23% 47% 12%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 3 8% 27% 37% 11%	800
	21st to end	Night	20% 2 9% 23% 35% 11%	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	16% 3 13% 30% 29% 9%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 19% 31% 29% 6%	800
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 19% 28% 30% 7%	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 21% 33% 25% 5%	820
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 24% 35% 18% 3	840
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 25% 35% 19% 4	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 6% 24% 37% 14% 2	840
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 6% 25% 32% 17% 2	829
	21st to end	Night	19% 6% 26% 34% 14% 1	880

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