Living Desert State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Living Desert State Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-03.

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% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 64%	100787
	Night	5% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 64%	98404
Transparency	Day	19% 4 8% 17% 27% 25%	100559
	Night	19% 4 8% 17% 26% 26%	98222
Seeing	Day	7% 7% 20% 31% 26% 9%	14863
	Night	6% 5% 25% 44% 19% 1	24918

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	4 5% 2 4 2 2 3 2 4 6% 65%	2825
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 2 2 2 3 2 4 6% 74%	2860
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 8% 58%	3455
February	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 3 3 2 2 3 5% 5% 69%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 61%	1849
	21st to end	Day	3 5% 2 3 3 2 2 2 5% 6% 67%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 7% 65%	3130
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 52%	3420
	21st to end	Day	4 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 60%	4099
April	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 1 3 3 2 3 4 4 6% 69%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 70%	2251
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 4 6% 74%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 75%	3800
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 1 3 2 2 2 3 4 5% 68%	3855
	21st to end	Day	4 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 5% 72%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 8% 67%	2492
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 69%	2660
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 3 4 2 3 4 6% 9% 61%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 5% 4 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 48%	4343
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 63%	4096
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 7% 10% 53%	4118
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 5% 9% 69%	3784
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 2 3 4 3 6% 8% 65%	3726
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 1 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 11% 54%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 1 4 3 3 5% 3 7% 9% 53%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 1 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 54%	2195
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 1 3 2 3 2 2 4 6% 67%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 1 3 2 3 3 2 4 6% 66%	2076
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 73%	1900
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 5% 76%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 6% 71%	1777
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 69%	1710
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 1 3 2 3 2 3 5% 7% 64%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 2 2 3 3 4 6% 61%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 1 4 3 3 5% 4 6% 7% 61%	2161
	21st to end	Day	4 4 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 6% 70%	2966
January	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 5% 67%	4159
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 7% 71%	4110
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 59%	4207
February	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 1 3 2 2 4 4 4 6% 67%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 5% 5% 63%	2218
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 65%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 68%	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 4 2 3 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 52%	3553
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 1 4 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 62%	3542
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 67%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 1 2 2 2 3 4 5% 6% 68%	1877
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 5% 75%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 77%	3170
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 1 3 2 3 2 3 4 6% 65%	3047
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 77%	3098
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 3 4 3 6% 4 7% 11% 57%	1682
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 3 2 3 3 3 5% 7% 70%	1520
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 3 3 3 5% 3 6% 10% 60%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 1 4 4 5% 4 5% 9% 11% 50%	2621
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 3 3 3 4 5% 8% 11% 60%	2860
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 1 5% 4 4 4 4 8% 16% 45%	3442
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 3 5% 4 6% 12% 61%	3155
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 7% 10% 62%	3113
	21st to end	Night	4 3 2 4 4 5% 5% 6% 7% 11% 49%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 1 4 2 3 5% 4 7% 8% 54%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 9% 54%	1982
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 1 3 2 2 3 4 5% 7% 64%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 6% 68%	2099
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 5% 72%	2280
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 75%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 5% 72%	2324
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 6% 71%	2470
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 3 3 2 3 2 4 6% 65%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 2 4 2 2 3 3 4 7% 61%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 62%	3036
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 3 2 3 2 2 4 5% 71%	4696

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	18% 3 7% 14% 34% 25%	2826
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 5% 17% 40% 22%	2860
	21st to end	Day	23% 5% 7% 21% 28% 16%	3455
February	1st to 10th	Day	18% 3 7% 15% 25% 32%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 3 5% 15% 23% 28%	1859
	21st to end	Day	19% 2 3 11% 26% 38%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 2 5% 8% 29% 35%	3130
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 4 6% 13% 25% 21%	3420
	21st to end	Day	21% 4 6% 10% 26% 33%	4099
April	1st to 10th	Day	17% 3 4 11% 28% 37%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 3 5% 11% 24% 42%	2254
	21st to end	Day	13% 3 4 12% 28% 40%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 4 11% 14% 55%	3800
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 7% 14% 23% 36%	3858
	21st to end	Day	14% 3 7% 12% 14% 50%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 10% 22% 24% 25%	2492
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 6% 14% 24% 39%	2660
	21st to end	Day	19% 4 10% 19% 25% 22%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	27% 7% 13% 25% 20% 9%	4276
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 5% 11% 22% 31% 13%	4027
	21st to end	Day	23% 6% 10% 27% 29% 5%	3988
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 8% 25% 37% 13%	3772
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 11% 21% 31% 16%	3762
	21st to end	Day	22% 7% 15% 26% 23% 7%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	27% 6% 12% 18% 21% 16%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 7% 8% 19% 25% 13%	2195
	21st to end	Day	19% 3 7% 18% 32% 21%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	19% 4 9% 17% 24% 27%	2076
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 2 6% 14% 28% 33%	1900
	21st to end	Day	15% 2 3 17% 34% 29%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 2 4 18% 29% 28%	1777
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 3 7% 16% 31% 26%	1710
	21st to end	Day	19% 4 6% 17% 29% 25%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	25% 3 6% 20% 28% 16%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 5% 8% 20% 25% 20%	2159
	21st to end	Day	17% 3 4 19% 33% 25%	2966
January	1st to 10th	Night	18% 3 5% 14% 39% 21%	4159
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 3 9% 16% 33% 25%	4110
	21st to end	Night	23% 5% 5% 21% 28% 17%	4207
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 3 7% 15% 24% 34%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 3 6% 12% 25% 31%	2218
	21st to end	Night	20% 3 4 9% 21% 42%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 3 4 9% 25% 40%	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 4 6% 12% 24% 21%	3553
	21st to end	Night	20% 4 6% 11% 26% 33%	3542
April	1st to 10th	Night	19% 3 5% 11% 21% 41%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 4 7% 13% 20% 40%	1877
	21st to end	Night	13% 3 4 14% 26% 39%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 2 4 9% 14% 56%	3170
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 5% 9% 13% 21% 33%	3048
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 7% 11% 14% 53%	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	18% 7% 11% 20% 23% 22%	1682
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 8% 14% 24% 37%	1520
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 13% 21% 21% 21%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	25% 6% 18% 30% 17% 5%	2579
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 16% 23% 30% 10%	2806
	21st to end	Night	27% 5% 10% 28% 26% 4	3334
August	1st to 10th	Night	15% 4 8% 24% 36% 13%	3144
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 12% 24% 31% 12%	3143
	21st to end	Night	24% 8% 14% 27% 20% 7%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	26% 7% 12% 17% 19% 18%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 7% 12% 21% 23% 14%	1982
	21st to end	Night	19% 4 10% 17% 28% 22%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	20% 4 9% 14% 24% 29%	2099
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 2 6% 13% 27% 34%	2280
	21st to end	Night	16% 2 4 14% 30% 34%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 3 5% 15% 30% 32%	2324
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 3 5% 16% 30% 30%	2470
	21st to end	Night	21% 3 5% 16% 29% 27%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	24% 3 5% 19% 26% 23%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 3 6% 20% 29% 21%	3037
	21st to end	Night	17% 3 4 15% 36% 26%	4696

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	12% 9% 27% 37% 13% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 30% 37% 14% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	6% 8% 32% 35% 16% 3	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	8% 10% 30% 33% 16% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 32% 33% 10% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	10% 13% 37% 26% 13% 1	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	11% 8% 36% 30% 12% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 9% 30% 31% 11% 2	416
	21st to end	Day	10% 19% 36% 25% 11%	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 14% 38% 27% 11% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 19% 38% 26% 8% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	7% 18% 34% 27% 13% 1	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 13% 37% 29% 13% 2	463
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 7% 29% 35% 20% 4	539
	21st to end	Day	5% 6% 28% 40% 19% 2	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 17% 43% 27% 6%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 18% 40% 31% 6%	680
	21st to end	Day	4 1 12% 36% 38% 9%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 4 31% 43% 15%	625
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 2 27% 45% 23%	484
	21st to end	Day	3 1 5% 27% 41% 24%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 3 23% 45% 25%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 2 26% 39% 24%	477
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 6% 23% 40% 25%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 6% 26% 39% 17%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 5% 31% 42% 14%	405
	21st to end	Day	11% 1 10% 23% 39% 16%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 9% 32% 36% 11%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 19% 30% 27% 13%	300
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 18% 27% 27% 11%	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 8% 17% 33% 24% 7%	276
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 9% 20% 33% 24% 7%	270
	21st to end	Day	13% 12% 28% 29% 14% 4	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	15% 9% 20% 30% 21% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 11% 23% 41% 18% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	14% 10% 24% 37% 15%	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 29% 44% 12% 1	796
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 7% 27% 44% 13% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	6% 6% 31% 46% 10%	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	5% 8% 33% 42% 12%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 38% 41% 6% 1	744
	21st to end	Night	9% 7% 46% 35% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 37% 41% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 31% 40% 11%	760
	21st to end	Night	5% 7% 45% 38% 5%	666
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 8% 42% 40% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 9% 44% 38% 3	563
	21st to end	Night	4 9% 45% 36% 7%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 41% 45% 6%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 29% 47% 13%	561
	21st to end	Night	4 3 35% 49% 8%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 28% 51% 16%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 29% 55% 12%	570
	21st to end	Night	4 2 19% 51% 24%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 12% 49% 31% 3	555
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 7% 51% 38% 2	552
	21st to end	Night	4 2 6% 40% 43% 4	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 4 37% 54% 2	567
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 4 36% 53% 2	564
	21st to end	Night	4 1 4 37% 51% 3	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 5% 44% 38% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 6% 45% 37% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 11% 47% 32% 2	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 17% 52% 21% 1	579
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 19% 47% 21% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 19% 42% 26% 2	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 20% 45% 25% 1	828
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 22% 47% 20% 2	950
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 27% 40% 18% 1	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 26% 44% 15%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 7% 30% 46% 10% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	7% 9% 29% 43% 12%	1045

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