Inks Lake State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Inks Lake State Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-01-22.

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 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 50%	105267
	Night	11% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 7% 54%	104219
Transparency	Day	31% 6% 10% 21% 21% 10%	109085
	Night	29% 6% 11% 21% 21% 13%	108528
Seeing	Day	11% 6% 21% 29% 24% 8%	15136
	Night	12% 6% 26% 38% 16% 1	25175

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	12% 10% 2 4 2 2 3 3 4 6% 53%	2937
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 2 3 2 2 3 3 5% 5% 56%	2940
	21st to end	Day	17% 8% 3 6% 4 2 2 2 3 6% 48%	3350
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 8% 2 6% 3 3 2 2 3 5% 50%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 48%	1849
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 1 4 3 3 2 2 4 4 52%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 9% 2 7% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 45%	3364
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 8% 3 7% 4 5% 4 4 5% 5% 36%	3480
	21st to end	Day	11% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 46%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 8% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 46%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 46%	2109
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 6% 50%	2422
May	1st to 10th	Day	19% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 35%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 46%	4082
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 9% 37%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 2 4 5% 4 4 4 6% 9% 53%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 1 4 4 4 5% 4 7% 8% 54%	2470
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 1 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 8% 47%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 5% 5% 5% 6% 4 6% 9% 51%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 4 4 4 7% 10% 58%	4120
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 7% 12% 46%	4465
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 5% 8% 72%	4090
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 9% 63%	3726
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 11% 53%	4052
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 50%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 2 7% 4 6% 5% 3 6% 6% 47%	2090
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 1 4 3 4 5% 4 6% 7% 55%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 1 5% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 60%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 57%	1971
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 2 4 2 3 2 2 3 3 62%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 3 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 51%	1958
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 3 4 6% 55%	1820
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 4 5% 50%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 3 5% 44%	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 8% 2 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 5% 45%	3391
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 2 4 2 2 3 2 3 4 59%	4488
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 1 4 2 2 3 2 3 4 55%	4238
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 65%	4250
	21st to end	Night	18% 8% 3 6% 4 3 4 2 3 5% 45%	4354
February	1st to 10th	Night	14% 8% 3 5% 3 2 3 2 4 5% 51%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 3 2 3 2 4 5% 51%	2218
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 1 5% 3 2 3 3 4 5% 52%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 4 7% 47%	3489
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 38%	3480
	21st to end	Night	12% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 48%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 7% 52%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 48%	2016
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 4 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 52%	1756
May	1st to 10th	Night	23% 7% 2 4 3 3 2 2 4 7% 42%	2823
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 52%	2823
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 1 5% 4 4 5% 5% 6% 9% 45%	3090
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 1 3 3 3 4 5% 6% 9% 60%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 5% 9% 62%	1710
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 1 3 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 58%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 1 4 4 3 4 4 5% 9% 59%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 5% 10% 64%	2850
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 11% 49%	3098
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 7% 78%	2836
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 2 3 4 3 6% 10% 63%	3108
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 7% 10% 59%	3610
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 4 3 4 5% 3 5% 7% 54%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 6% 8% 48%	2090
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 5% 4 3 3 4 6% 7% 57%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 2 2 3 5% 6% 66%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 58%	2190
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 1 4 2 2 2 2 4 4 61%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 56%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 60%	2575
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 4 3 6% 50%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 2 5% 2 3 4 3 5% 6% 44%	4250
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 9% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 4 49%	4816
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 2 4 2 2 3 2 3 4 57%	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	32% 4 5% 18% 25% 15%	2938
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 4 6% 15% 30% 15%	2940
	21st to end	Day	40% 4 6% 11% 28% 12%	3350
February	1st to 10th	Day	38% 4 7% 14% 21% 17%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 4 7% 18% 19% 15%	1859
	21st to end	Day	36% 4 5% 16% 22% 17%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	40% 5% 7% 13% 20% 15%	3364
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 9% 8% 10% 16% 10%	3480
	21st to end	Day	34% 8% 11% 14% 22% 10%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	38% 5% 9% 17% 16% 15%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 6% 8% 15% 20% 11%	2109
	21st to end	Day	36% 6% 6% 21% 22% 10%	2422
May	1st to 10th	Day	45% 9% 11% 15% 15% 6%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 7% 9% 16% 24% 7%	4086
	21st to end	Day	37% 11% 14% 22% 12% 4	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	26% 8% 14% 27% 21% 4	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 6% 14% 27% 20% 7%	2470
	21st to end	Day	31% 10% 12% 23% 20% 4	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	27% 8% 18% 37% 9% 1	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 8% 15% 37% 18% 4	4051
	21st to end	Day	27% 9% 20% 31% 12% 1	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	11% 4 14% 36% 34% 1	4076
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 20% 39% 15% 3	3762
	21st to end	Day	23% 11% 19% 26% 19% 3	4051
September	1st to 10th	Day	33% 7% 12% 20% 18% 10%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 8% 12% 18% 20% 6%	2090
	21st to end	Day	26% 7% 11% 20% 21% 14%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 4 7% 12% 26% 36%	3480
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 4 7% 19% 29% 21%	3250
	21st to end	Day	24% 4 4 18% 36% 13%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	36% 5% 7% 19% 21% 11%	1958
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 5% 9% 17% 22% 18%	1820
	21st to end	Day	37% 4 5% 17% 21% 15%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	44% 4 6% 16% 20% 9%	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 5% 7% 11% 24% 13%	3389
	21st to end	Day	29% 3 4 17% 27% 19%	4488
January	1st to 10th	Night	32% 4 4 17% 26% 17%	4238
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 3 5% 17% 28% 23%	4250
	21st to end	Night	41% 5% 5% 12% 24% 12%	4354
February	1st to 10th	Night	37% 4 7% 13% 21% 18%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 4 7% 16% 21% 16%	2218
	21st to end	Night	37% 3 6% 14% 21% 19%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	34% 8% 8% 15% 23% 12%	3489
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 9% 10% 12% 15% 10%	3480
	21st to end	Night	35% 7% 10% 18% 21% 10%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	32% 5% 10% 18% 18% 16%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 7% 10% 14% 18% 15%	2016
	21st to end	Night	34% 6% 10% 19% 21% 10%	1756
May	1st to 10th	Night	42% 8% 9% 19% 14% 8%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 9% 11% 24% 18% 9%	2824
	21st to end	Night	32% 10% 15% 28% 10% 5%	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 17% 31% 22% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 16% 30% 22% 7%	1710
	21st to end	Night	23% 8% 15% 29% 21% 5%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	21% 8% 23% 40% 8% 1	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 8% 21% 36% 18% 2	2796
	21st to end	Night	27% 9% 21% 32% 10%	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 13% 39% 34% 2	2826
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 27% 35% 13% 2	3138
	21st to end	Night	19% 12% 21% 27% 19% 3	3610
September	1st to 10th	Night	29% 8% 13% 22% 18% 10%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 8% 15% 23% 15% 6%	2090
	21st to end	Night	24% 7% 12% 23% 19% 14%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 8% 14% 22% 41%	3480
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 4 9% 16% 31% 21%	3637
	21st to end	Night	23% 4 5% 18% 35% 16%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	30% 6% 8% 19% 23% 14%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 4 9% 20% 22% 19%	2575
	21st to end	Night	36% 4 9% 16% 20% 15%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	40% 5% 8% 17% 20% 11%	4250
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 4 6% 9% 24% 17%	4817
	21st to end	Night	32% 3 4 17% 27% 17%	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	17% 12% 38% 24% 9%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 13% 27% 30% 10% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	14% 16% 37% 23% 9%	300
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 16% 33% 23% 9%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 14% 35% 24% 4 1	270
	21st to end	Day	23% 14% 36% 24% 3	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 12% 37% 24% 8%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 15% 38% 24% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	14% 14% 42% 22% 7%	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	14% 15% 41% 27% 3 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 15% 38% 25% 7% 1	307
	21st to end	Day	16% 11% 39% 25% 9%	602
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 10% 36% 30% 10%	653
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 29% 34% 13% 2	675
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 27% 35% 16% 2	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 13% 39% 30% 8%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 15% 47% 26% 5%	680
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 10% 36% 35% 12%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 8% 32% 37% 15%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 28% 52% 13%	668
	21st to end	Day	3 1 4 28% 47% 17%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 3 24% 53% 17%	675
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 4 27% 44% 19%	477
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 5% 22% 39% 28%	463
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 1 5% 18% 35% 31%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 4 25% 36% 27%	300
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 5% 29% 33% 21%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 10% 30% 42% 13%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 2 19% 36% 27% 5%	300
	21st to end	Day	19% 9% 23% 22% 23% 3	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	20% 5% 25% 33% 13% 4	300
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 10% 27% 30% 13% 6%	300
	21st to end	Day	19% 13% 32% 22% 12% 2	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 32% 27% 14% 4	300
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 14% 32% 28% 9% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	20% 8% 33% 25% 13% 2	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 8% 33% 34% 8%	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 9% 32% 36% 7%	1000
	21st to end	Night	19% 9% 34% 32% 6%	937
February	1st to 10th	Night	20% 10% 35% 30% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 10% 37% 30% 4	744
	21st to end	Night	20% 10% 46% 23% 2	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	17% 11% 36% 32% 3	618
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 9% 37% 33% 6%	570
	21st to end	Night	13% 11% 43% 29% 4	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 9% 48% 29% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 10% 45% 27% 2	563
	21st to end	Night	13% 9% 45% 25% 7%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	13% 9% 43% 30% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 35% 37% 12% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 34% 38% 12% 1	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 19% 48% 26% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 25% 55% 15% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	4 2 15% 50% 26% 3	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 8% 48% 33% 3	555
	11th to 20th	Night	4 7% 52% 35% 2	552
	21st to end	Night	2 1 7% 50% 36% 4	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 49% 43% 3	567
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 4 49% 38% 4	564
	21st to end	Night	4 2 4 42% 44% 5%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 7% 41% 37% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 1 9% 38% 38% 3	570
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 10% 41% 38% 2	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 12% 49% 29% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 22% 42% 19% 2	670
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 25% 33% 19% 1	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 4 22% 43% 16% 1	780
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 28% 40% 15% 1	975
	21st to end	Night	18% 8% 29% 32% 13% 1	1000
December	1st to 10th	Night	14% 8% 28% 40% 10%	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 9% 28% 36% 7%	1000
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 29% 37% 8%	1100

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