Monahans Sandhills State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Monahans Sandhills State Park 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% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 65%	100720
	Night	5% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 64%	98458
Transparency	Day	20% 4 8% 19% 27% 22%	100497
	Night	19% 4 9% 20% 26% 22%	98272
Seeing	Day	6% 5% 20% 36% 26% 8%	14866
	Night	6% 5% 31% 43% 14% 1	24863

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	5% 5% 1 4 3 3 2 2 3 6% 67%	2973
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 4 6% 75%	3170
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 61%	3487
February	1st to 10th	Day	4 5% 1 4 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 64%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 59%	1849
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 1 4 2 3 2 3 5% 5% 63%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 59%	3130
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 50%	3250
	21st to end	Day	3 4 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 62%	4155
April	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 7% 66%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 4 6% 68%	2251
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5% 72%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 1 4 2 2 2 2 3 5% 70%	3800
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 5% 5% 68%	4050
	21st to end	Day	4 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 6% 72%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 6% 8% 68%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 3 4 3 5% 7% 69%	2470
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 64%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 6% 10% 60%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 7% 69%	3942
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 5% 8% 61%	4118
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 7% 75%	3784
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 9% 64%	3726
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 4 3 4 4 4 7% 10% 56%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 53%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 50%	2109
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 60%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 67%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 4 69%	2054
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 3 2 1 2 2 3 4 74%	2075
November	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 6% 70%	1682
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 4 3 2 3 3 5% 5% 66%	1710
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 6% 63%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 7% 2 4 3 2 3 3 5% 7% 57%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 4 4 3 5% 4 6% 7% 58%	2161
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 1 3 3 2 3 2 3 5% 68%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 2 3 2 5% 7% 69%	4011
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 7% 69%	3800
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 1 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 59%	4180
February	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 7% 64%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 4 6% 6% 58%	2218
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 5% 66%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 1 4 2 3 3 3 4 6% 63%	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 1 4 4 3 4 4 6% 7% 53%	3715
	21st to end	Night	2 4 1 3 2 3 5% 4 6% 8% 63%	3481
April	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 62%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 2 3 2 3 4 3 6% 6% 63%	1877
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 5% 73%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 6% 70%	3170
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 1 3 2 3 2 2 4 5% 68%	2837
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 68%	3098
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 3 3 4 6% 11% 65%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 3 4 4 4 7% 9% 62%	1710
	21st to end	Night	3 1 1 3 3 3 2 4 5% 11% 64%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 2 4 4 7% 11% 60%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 5% 11% 69%	3009
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 6% 11% 61%	3445
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 9% 72%	3155
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 7% 10% 64%	3113
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 6% 13% 60%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 9% 53%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 1 4 3 3 5% 4 6% 9% 54%	2071
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 7% 9% 56%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 1 3 3 4 3 2 4 7% 64%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 70%	2121
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 5% 72%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 5% 71%	2426
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 66%	2470
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 2 3 3 3 3 2 4 6% 64%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 61%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 5% 4 3 4 3 3 7% 60%	3036
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 4 2 3 3 3 4 5% 68%	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	20% 3 4 16% 33% 24%	2974
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 2 6% 19% 37% 22%	3170
	21st to end	Day	23% 5% 7% 20% 30% 14%	3487
February	1st to 10th	Day	20% 3 8% 15% 24% 30%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 3 7% 16% 23% 25%	1859
	21st to end	Day	22% 3 4 11% 27% 33%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	23% 5% 5% 11% 26% 31%	3130
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 4 6% 10% 24% 19%	3250
	21st to end	Day	18% 5% 6% 13% 25% 33%	4155
April	1st to 10th	Day	18% 4 6% 12% 26% 34%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 3 6% 11% 27% 33%	2254
	21st to end	Day	15% 3 7% 15% 27% 34%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	18% 3 5% 12% 15% 46%	3800
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 4 7% 15% 24% 31%	4054
	21st to end	Day	13% 4 7% 18% 17% 40%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 11% 23% 29% 17%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 4 9% 18% 30% 25%	2470
	21st to end	Day	19% 6% 9% 21% 25% 19%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	20% 5% 14% 31% 23% 7%	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 4 11% 28% 33% 9%	3874
	21st to end	Day	20% 5% 11% 28% 27% 8%	3988
August	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 8% 31% 36% 11%	3772
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 5% 11% 27% 33% 7%	3762
	21st to end	Day	23% 7% 16% 24% 26% 6%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	27% 7% 13% 18% 22% 13%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 7% 11% 20% 23% 9%	2109
	21st to end	Day	25% 5% 7% 18% 28% 17%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 4 10% 20% 21% 24%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 3 6% 15% 27% 28%	2054
	21st to end	Day	17% 2 4 16% 35% 26%	2075
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 3 6% 20% 28% 25%	1682
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 4 8% 17% 29% 22%	1710
	21st to end	Day	25% 2 6% 17% 29% 21%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	27% 3 8% 18% 28% 15%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 5% 7% 21% 25% 19%	2159
	21st to end	Day	20% 4 4 16% 33% 23%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 3 5% 15% 39% 23%	4011
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 3 7% 17% 32% 26%	3800
	21st to end	Night	25% 4 6% 20% 28% 17%	4180
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 3 8% 13% 27% 29%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 5% 7% 14% 23% 26%	2218
	21st to end	Night	22% 3 5% 8% 25% 37%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	22% 4 5% 10% 23% 36%	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 5% 9% 15% 19% 22%	3715
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 8% 16% 23% 31%	3481
April	1st to 10th	Night	22% 4 8% 14% 20% 33%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 5% 8% 16% 21% 31%	1877
	21st to end	Night	15% 4 8% 20% 24% 28%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	17% 4 9% 15% 20% 35%	3170
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 6% 9% 20% 17% 30%	2838
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 9% 20% 18% 32%	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 15% 27% 27% 11%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 11% 20% 29% 18%	1710
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 13% 23% 25% 18%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	18% 5% 16% 38% 18% 5%	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 12% 36% 29% 8%	2955
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 13% 30% 29% 6%	3336
August	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 7% 29% 40% 11%	3144
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 13% 33% 29% 6%	3143
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 17% 29% 26% 6%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	26% 7% 13% 21% 20% 14%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 8% 14% 23% 22% 9%	2071
	21st to end	Night	23% 5% 10% 21% 22% 19%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 12% 20% 20% 23%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 2 7% 15% 26% 30%	2121
	21st to end	Night	17% 3 5% 13% 32% 29%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	18% 3 5% 20% 29% 25%	2426
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 4 7% 18% 26% 26%	2470
	21st to end	Night	23% 3 6% 15% 27% 26%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	24% 3 6% 19% 27% 21%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 4 5% 19% 27% 21%	3037
	21st to end	Night	19% 3 5% 15% 33% 25%	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	9% 5% 31% 37% 17% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 27% 38% 16% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	7% 9% 31% 36% 13% 3	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	9% 7% 26% 40% 17% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 36% 29% 14% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	12% 11% 32% 36% 9%	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 34% 39% 12%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 30% 36% 12% 5%	270
	21st to end	Day	5% 12% 32% 39% 10% 1	496
April	1st to 10th	Day	5% 10% 35% 37% 12% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 12% 43% 27% 10%	452
	21st to end	Day	4 11% 34% 36% 14% 1	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	3 9% 36% 35% 14% 2	463
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 27% 38% 20% 3	656
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 30% 43% 15% 2	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 16% 46% 28% 5%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 17% 48% 26% 6%	680
	21st to end	Day	4 1 9% 41% 36% 8%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 6% 32% 41% 16%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 38% 43% 14%	569
	21st to end	Day	2 3 35% 43% 17%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 27% 48% 20%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 5% 26% 39% 23%	477
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 4 27% 42% 22%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 1 6% 27% 39% 19%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	4 6% 28% 46% 15%	319
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 9% 21% 40% 18%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 9% 30% 40% 13%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 3 15% 30% 31% 11%	300
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 17% 31% 25% 13%	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 2 19% 34% 26% 6%	273
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 7% 17% 33% 24% 9%	270
	21st to end	Day	11% 8% 29% 32% 15% 5%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	10% 8% 20% 37% 22% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 6% 28% 44% 14% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	6% 7% 31% 42% 12% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 35% 43% 10%	892
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 29% 44% 11% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	7% 7% 36% 40% 10%	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	7% 7% 38% 37% 10% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 42% 37% 6%	744
	21st to end	Night	7% 11% 46% 33% 4	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	9% 9% 43% 35% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 11% 40% 35% 6%	714
	21st to end	Night	5% 10% 53% 28% 4	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 9% 51% 30% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 12% 53% 26% 3	563
	21st to end	Night	4 9% 51% 32% 4	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 7% 46% 38% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 6% 39% 40% 9%	561
	21st to end	Night	4 4 48% 39% 5%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 38% 49% 8%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 38% 49% 8%	570
	21st to end	Night	3 1 26% 54% 15% 1	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 12% 56% 27% 2	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 9% 65% 22% 1	552
	21st to end	Night	1 1 9% 60% 29% 1	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 7% 56% 34% 1	567
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 8% 45% 40% 3	564
	21st to end	Night	3 7% 49% 39% 1	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 1 8% 50% 31% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 15% 50% 27% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 17% 51% 23%	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 25% 51% 16% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 28% 46% 12%	601
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 25% 44% 18% 2	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 28% 42% 20% 1	930
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 25% 49% 17% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 31% 39% 17% 1	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 27% 45% 14%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 7% 34% 43% 10%	950
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 30% 43% 12% 1	1045

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