Mount Diablo
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Mount Diablo clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-09-04.

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 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 64%	134647
	Night	6% 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 56%	131532
Transparency	Day	21% 2 7% 19% 26% 25%	129579
	Night	24% 2 9% 18% 23% 23%	127588
Seeing	Day	9% 12% 28% 31% 17% 4	16435
	Night	9% 6% 19% 36% 25% 5%	25736

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	11% 6% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 44%	3800
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 8% 3 8% 4 4 3 2 3 4 53%	4100
	21st to end	Day	15% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 40%	4510
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 43%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 9% 42%	1855
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 6% 47%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	9% 7% 3 9% 7% 7% 5% 5% 6% 8% 35%	4820
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 6% 8% 49%	5000
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 9% 38%	5606
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 46%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 1 4 3 4 4 4 5% 7% 56%	2369
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 10% 61%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 5% 78%	5588
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 6% 78%	6053
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 5% 7% 77%	6902
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 6% 8% 66%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 2 3 5% 7% 78%	2800
	21st to end	Day	2 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 6% 81%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 3 5% 88%	6319
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 6% 85%	6014
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 2 2 6% 8% 78%	6402
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 7% 80%	5777
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 4 7% 85%	5495
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 8% 80%	5981
September	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 5% 84%	2317
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 3 2 3 3 5% 8% 71%	2280
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 6% 78%	2024
October	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 3 2 2 2 3 4 7% 74%	3180
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 7% 71%	3161
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 4 2 3 4 4 6% 8% 63%	3448
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 9% 56%	1894
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 49%	1800
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 3 3 3 4 5% 6% 53%	1650
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 4 6% 11% 53%	2620
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 11% 3 8% 4 4 5% 4 7% 8% 28%	3028
	21st to end	Day	14% 10% 4 10% 6% 6% 5% 4 6% 7% 28%	4004
January	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 49%	6147
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 8% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 5% 49%	5880
	21st to end	Night	12% 7% 3 7% 4 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 43%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 2 5% 4 49%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 8% 46%	2429
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 7% 53%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	10% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 7% 37%	5069
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 49%	5000
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 2 8% 6% 5% 5% 3 6% 9% 40%	5368
April	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 2 5% 6% 4 3 4 7% 9% 49%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 3 4 3 5% 3 6% 7% 56%	1979
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 3 3 2 3 4 8% 9% 60%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 7% 73%	4388
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 2 2 3 3 4 6% 11% 66%	3849
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 2 3 3 7% 14% 68%	3972
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 4 3 4 3 4 6% 9% 63%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 7% 78%	1600
	21st to end	Night	1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 10% 74%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 5% 9% 82%	3640
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 9% 13% 71%	3954
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 3 5% 15% 21% 51%	4472
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 1 1 2 4 9% 12% 67%	4035
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 3 7% 15% 72%	4368
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 2 3 3 6% 9% 72%	5015
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 3 3 5% 8% 77%	1930
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 2 4 5% 6% 11% 63%	1900
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 74%	2150
October	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 5% 6% 75%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 6% 6% 8% 7% 59%	3777
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 4 3 3 4 3 6% 7% 63%	4121
November	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 1 4 3 4 4 3 6% 8% 58%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 52%	2600
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 1 4 3 4 4 3 6% 8% 55%	2748
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 1 5% 3 4 4 4 4 6% 59%	4560
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 9% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 4 8% 8% 29%	5176
	21st to end	Night	17% 9% 4 9% 5% 5% 6% 4 5% 6% 31%	6952

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	36% 5% 17% 23% 15% 4	3800
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 2 8% 15% 25% 13%	4100
	21st to end	Day	44% 2 9% 14% 17% 14%	4510
February	1st to 10th	Day	41% 3 7% 22% 20% 8%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 4 10% 19% 23% 6%	1864
	21st to end	Day	36% 4 9% 24% 20% 7%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	45% 2 11% 17% 22% 3	4820
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 4 13% 29% 14% 8%	5000
	21st to end	Day	37% 4 16% 30% 11% 2	5606
April	1st to 10th	Day	36% 3 12% 22% 21% 5%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 3 13% 26% 25% 7%	2372
	21st to end	Day	20% 2 13% 31% 29% 6%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	11% 1 6% 26% 35% 21%	5588
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 1 5% 29% 43% 14%	6056
	21st to end	Day	8% 1 7% 28% 46% 10%	6904
June	1st to 10th	Day	16% 2 10% 25% 33% 14%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 1 7% 21% 37% 28%	2800
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 3 12% 33% 45%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 3 21% 71%	6251
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 2 5% 9% 78%	5941
	21st to end	Day	4 2 2 13% 28% 50%	6217
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 1 2 8% 25% 56%	4206
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 1 8% 36% 51%	3977
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 3 9% 36% 45%	4311
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 1 8% 32% 52%	2317
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 1 4 22% 39% 21%	2280
	21st to end	Day	10% 1 3 20% 37% 28%	2024
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 1 4 11% 27% 44%	3180
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 1 7% 24% 35% 19%	3161
	21st to end	Day	19% 1 8% 21% 36% 16%	3448
November	1st to 10th	Day	27% 3 8% 27% 23% 12%	1894
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 3 10% 26% 22% 6%	1800
	21st to end	Day	33% 2 9% 20% 28% 8%	1650
December	1st to 10th	Day	26% 2 8% 30% 28% 5%	2620
	11th to 20th	Day	52% 5% 8% 17% 16% 2	3028
	21st to end	Day	53% 4 14% 18% 10% 2	4004
January	1st to 10th	Night	31% 4 21% 24% 16% 3	6147
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 1 11% 13% 26% 11%	5880
	21st to end	Night	41% 2 12% 12% 20% 14%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Night	38% 2 8% 20% 21% 11%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 2 10% 23% 22% 9%	2431
	21st to end	Night	30% 3 10% 29% 21% 7%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	41% 2 14% 18% 20% 4	5069
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 3 11% 28% 16% 9%	5000
	21st to end	Night	38% 4 15% 26% 14% 3	5368
April	1st to 10th	Night	31% 3 16% 22% 22% 7%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 4 13% 28% 21% 11%	1979
	21st to end	Night	17% 3 13% 31% 29% 8%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	12% 1 9% 25% 32% 22%	4385
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 1 9% 22% 39% 19%	3849
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 9% 25% 45% 15%	3972
June	1st to 10th	Night	15% 3 10% 25% 32% 16%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 7% 16% 34% 34%	1600
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 2 12% 30% 48%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 3 16% 78%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 2 5% 9% 80%	3904
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 2 12% 26% 53%	4345
August	1st to 10th	Night	10% 1 1 8% 20% 60%	2929
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 1 7% 27% 60%	3155
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 4 8% 30% 50%	3608
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 2 8% 27% 57%	1930
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 1 5% 20% 35% 26%	1900
	21st to end	Night	9% 1 4 19% 32% 35%	2150
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 1 5% 11% 18% 54%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 2 12% 21% 25% 27%	3777
	21st to end	Night	19% 1 6% 20% 30% 24%	4121
November	1st to 10th	Night	23% 3 10% 27% 21% 16%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 3 10% 28% 24% 8%	2600
	21st to end	Night	29% 2 9% 21% 26% 12%	2748
December	1st to 10th	Night	27% 2 7% 25% 27% 11%	4560
	11th to 20th	Night	49% 5% 10% 16% 18% 3	5176
	21st to end	Night	52% 3 15% 18% 9% 3	6952

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	26% 13% 28% 19% 13% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 11% 22% 32% 14% 3	400
	21st to end	Day	16% 10% 24% 29% 18% 3	440
February	1st to 10th	Day	22% 14% 21% 26% 16% 2	400
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 19% 26% 21% 14% 1	446
	21st to end	Day	15% 15% 29% 29% 10% 2	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 18% 29% 21% 9% 2	500
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 18% 24% 21% 14% 3	500
	21st to end	Day	15% 22% 30% 23% 10% 1	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	16% 18% 29% 21% 12% 3	500
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 18% 32% 23% 10% 3	492
	21st to end	Day	7% 22% 27% 27% 12% 5%	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 17% 37% 24% 12% 1	503
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 15% 34% 27% 14% 2	528
	21st to end	Day	5% 15% 31% 35% 12% 2	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 13% 36% 29% 14% 3	530
	11th to 20th	Day	3 14% 34% 38% 11% 1	530
	21st to end	Day	2 7% 33% 39% 17% 2	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 4 33% 45% 15% 2	526
	11th to 20th	Day	2 29% 46% 20% 4	524
	21st to end	Day	1 2 32% 41% 18% 6%	575
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 6% 31% 40% 17% 4	527
	11th to 20th	Day	1 5% 31% 39% 16% 9%	517
	21st to end	Day	1 3 23% 43% 23% 6%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 23% 40% 24% 7%	503
	11th to 20th	Day	4 12% 27% 34% 17% 6%	490
	21st to end	Day	3 8% 24% 34% 23% 7%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 10% 28% 29% 25% 6%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 10% 22% 27% 28% 7%	490
	21st to end	Day	8% 10% 22% 30% 25% 5%	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 14% 22% 23% 28% 5%	430
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 12% 17% 32% 23% 7%	300
	21st to end	Day	13% 10% 27% 28% 22%	225
December	1st to 10th	Day	15% 14% 22% 25% 20% 6%	200
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 14% 22% 24% 20% 4	200
	21st to end	Day	23% 13% 29% 22% 12% 2	220
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 5% 17% 32% 21% 7%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 16% 35% 23% 6%	800
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 13% 36% 25% 4	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 15% 34% 21% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 9% 19% 34% 19% 5%	784
	21st to end	Night	12% 11% 20% 36% 19% 2	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 11% 17% 29% 21% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 12% 18% 30% 21% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	14% 11% 24% 33% 17% 2	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 10% 24% 35% 19% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 13% 28% 29% 18% 3	791
	21st to end	Night	6% 9% 29% 33% 20% 3	800
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 8% 27% 38% 20% 3	732
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 24% 41% 24% 2	497
	21st to end	Night	3 10% 30% 36% 20% 1	433
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 6% 27% 46% 17% 2	400
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 26% 50% 17% 1	400
	21st to end	Night	1 5% 21% 46% 25% 2	400
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 22% 45% 28% 1	390
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 16% 47% 30% 5%	518
	21st to end	Night	2 1 19% 39% 34% 5%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 22% 36% 30% 6%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	2 22% 43% 29% 4	729
	21st to end	Night	1 2 15% 44% 33% 6%	880
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 15% 37% 37% 8%	772
	11th to 20th	Night	3 6% 17% 38% 31% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	2 4 14% 38% 34% 9%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 16% 37% 32% 8%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 15% 35% 32% 8%	760
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 14% 33% 29% 12%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 15% 32% 31% 9%	780
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 15% 36% 28% 7%	800
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 15% 33% 28% 7%	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 16% 34% 25% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 6% 13% 33% 23% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	19% 9% 20% 31% 19% 2	880

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