Natural Bridges National Monument
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Natural Bridges National Monument clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-06-10.

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	4 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 7% 58%	123331
	Night	4 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 59%	123857
Transparency	Day	23% 4 9% 19% 27% 18%	123098
	Night	24% 4 8% 19% 27% 18%	123677
Seeing	Day	8% 10% 27% 32% 18% 5%	15370
	Night	7% 5% 18% 37% 27% 5%	25955

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	2 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 55%	4098
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 2 4 4 3 3 3 4 5% 64%	4100
	21st to end	Day	4 9% 3 5% 4 4 4 2 3 3 59%	4510
February	1st to 10th	Day	3 10% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 4 8% 54%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 9% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 53%	1769
	21st to end	Day	5% 10% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 4 53%	1728
March	1st to 10th	Day	4 10% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 57%	4954
	11th to 20th	Day	4 11% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 45%	5000
	21st to end	Day	5% 10% 3 7% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 45%	5486
April	1st to 10th	Day	5% 6% 3 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 58%	2281
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 56%	2371
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 6% 59%	2522
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 54%	5880
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 61%	5841
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 4 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 65%	6423
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 8% 65%	2589
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 3 2 3 2 2 4 5% 73%	2470
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 7% 68%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 3 2 3 4 4 73%	4110
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 4 4 5% 8% 7% 9% 11% 45%	4110
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 5% 4 4 6% 4 7% 9% 52%	4454
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 2 7% 5% 6% 8% 7% 10% 10% 39%	4092
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 8% 53%	4028
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 7% 53%	4250
September	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 1 4 4 3 5% 4 6% 6% 59%	2254
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 4 3 3 4 2 5% 5% 64%	2090
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5% 70%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 75%	3208
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 59%	3150
	21st to end	Day	4 4 1 3 3 3 2 2 3 4 71%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	4 5% 1 3 3 2 3 2 5% 5% 67%	1959
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 5% 70%	1830
	21st to end	Day	5% 7% 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 5% 64%	1685
December	1st to 10th	Day	4 5% 2 4 2 2 3 4 6% 6% 63%	2620
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 6% 3 6% 3 4 3 4 5% 10% 51%	3161
	21st to end	Day	5% 9% 3 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 5% 53%	4510
January	1st to 10th	Night	2 7% 4 7% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 56%	5867
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 66%	5880
	21st to end	Night	4 8% 3 6% 3 4 4 3 6% 6% 54%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Night	3 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 6% 6% 58%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 57%	2515
	21st to end	Night	4 8% 3 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 54%	1900
March	1st to 10th	Night	4 10% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 56%	4940
	11th to 20th	Night	4 9% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 3 6% 7% 45%	5000
	21st to end	Night	4 7% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 7% 50%	5489
April	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 2 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 5% 57%	2117
	11th to 20th	Night	3 6% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 5% 56%	1977
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 1 4 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 59%	1874
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 2 5% 4 5% 4 3 6% 7% 57%	4100
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 4 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 61%	4074
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 69%	4474
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 7% 67%	1795
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 4 3 2 3 2 4 5% 70%	1710
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 5% 69%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 69%	2860
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 2 6% 6% 7% 7% 5% 8% 11% 43%	2860
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 8% 48%	3109
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 2 8% 6% 7% 9% 8% 8% 8% 35%	2847
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 1 6% 4 5% 5% 4 8% 7% 53%	2811
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 5% 3 4 4 4 7% 9% 55%	3415
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 1 4 3 3 5% 4 5% 6% 60%	1923
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 2 3 2 2 4 4 4 7% 65%	2090
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 72%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 75%	3761
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 56%	3778
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 3 3 2 3 2 4 5% 69%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	3 5% 1 4 3 3 2 3 4 5% 66%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 4 2 2 3 2 4 6% 69%	2565
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 5% 63%	2688
December	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 1 2 2 3 3 2 5% 7% 66%	4570
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 7% 3 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 56%	5072
	21st to end	Night	6% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 7% 57%	6468

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	28% 4 14% 29% 19% 6%	4099
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 4 13% 24% 21% 17%	4100
	21st to end	Day	31% 3 7% 22% 29% 8%	4510
February	1st to 10th	Day	28% 4 16% 22% 24% 8%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 4 9% 24% 25% 8%	1778
	21st to end	Day	32% 5% 6% 17% 30% 11%	1728
March	1st to 10th	Day	25% 3 7% 19% 34% 11%	4954
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 7% 8% 22% 23% 7%	5000
	21st to end	Day	33% 6% 9% 26% 23% 4	5486
April	1st to 10th	Day	25% 3 6% 18% 32% 16%	2281
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 4 7% 20% 29% 17%	2374
	21st to end	Day	21% 4 7% 18% 36% 15%	2522
May	1st to 10th	Day	24% 5% 9% 17% 29% 16%	5880
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 4 7% 18% 34% 20%	5844
	21st to end	Day	14% 3 7% 12% 40% 23%	6424
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 5% 14% 31% 32%	2589
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 2 4 8% 23% 50%	2470
	21st to end	Day	14% 3 5% 9% 25% 44%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	13% 3 5% 8% 12% 59%	4046
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 6% 12% 19% 24% 16%	4041
	21st to end	Day	22% 7% 13% 19% 13% 25%	4314
August	1st to 10th	Day	30% 9% 20% 15% 12% 14%	4078
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 7% 11% 15% 20% 22%	4067
	21st to end	Day	25% 5% 10% 19% 24% 17%	4249
September	1st to 10th	Day	22% 5% 7% 14% 24% 28%	2254
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 5% 8% 14% 22% 31%	2090
	21st to end	Day	18% 2 4 11% 36% 29%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 4 10% 32% 37%	3208
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 3 4 20% 35% 15%	3150
	21st to end	Day	17% 2 8% 21% 42% 10%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 3 7% 23% 38% 12%	1959
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 3 6% 27% 38% 8%	1830
	21st to end	Day	23% 3 8% 25% 32% 10%	1685
December	1st to 10th	Day	21% 3 8% 30% 28% 10%	2620
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 5% 11% 33% 21% 2	3160
	21st to end	Day	31% 5% 12% 23% 20% 9%	4510
January	1st to 10th	Night	29% 3 10% 31% 18% 8%	5867
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 4 12% 24% 24% 16%	5880
	21st to end	Night	30% 4 7% 20% 27% 11%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Night	25% 4 12% 26% 22% 11%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 5% 8% 22% 28% 10%	2516
	21st to end	Night	28% 4 7% 19% 30% 12%	1900
March	1st to 10th	Night	26% 4 7% 16% 28% 19%	4940
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 5% 8% 22% 23% 9%	5000
	21st to end	Night	27% 6% 9% 26% 28% 3	5489
April	1st to 10th	Night	25% 5% 5% 18% 29% 17%	2117
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 4 6% 15% 30% 18%	1977
	21st to end	Night	21% 4 6% 19% 37% 14%	1874
May	1st to 10th	Night	23% 6% 6% 16% 35% 14%	4097
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 4 7% 13% 37% 19%	4075
	21st to end	Night	12% 3 6% 12% 43% 25%	4474
June	1st to 10th	Night	17% 3 5% 11% 32% 33%	1795
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 3 5% 9% 17% 50%	1710
	21st to end	Night	16% 3 5% 9% 21% 46%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	17% 4 6% 7% 9% 57%	2815
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 6% 9% 14% 20% 21%	2806
	21st to end	Night	28% 6% 13% 16% 10% 26%	3011
August	1st to 10th	Night	38% 9% 13% 12% 11% 17%	2838
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 6% 13% 15% 17% 23%	2838
	21st to end	Night	24% 5% 9% 17% 22% 23%	3415
September	1st to 10th	Night	23% 5% 7% 13% 20% 33%	1923
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 4 7% 16% 23% 31%	2090
	21st to end	Night	18% 2 3 13% 30% 35%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 3 5% 10% 21% 48%	3761
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 3 5% 12% 32% 18%	3778
	21st to end	Night	18% 2 4 18% 44% 13%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	19% 3 6% 20% 36% 16%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 3 6% 23% 40% 12%	2565
	21st to end	Night	24% 3 5% 19% 34% 14%	2688
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 3 6% 30% 29% 15%	4570
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 4 8% 31% 29% 2	5072
	21st to end	Night	26% 4 11% 25% 24% 10%	6468

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	15% 10% 27% 28% 15% 6%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 27% 33% 16% 4	300
	21st to end	Day	7% 8% 29% 34% 18% 4	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	9% 14% 33% 26% 15% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 10% 36% 31% 9%	314
	21st to end	Day	10% 17% 33% 29% 10% 1	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	12% 15% 32% 27% 13% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 14% 35% 25% 13% 1	500
	21st to end	Day	16% 22% 34% 20% 7% 1	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	10% 20% 32% 24% 10% 4	500
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 22% 36% 21% 7% 2	492
	21st to end	Day	10% 20% 35% 22% 11% 2	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 16% 36% 30% 8% 2	503
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 13% 31% 28% 17% 4	528
	21st to end	Day	8% 12% 32% 28% 16% 4	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 7% 23% 43% 19% 4	527
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 12% 28% 36% 16% 4	490
	21st to end	Day	4 6% 29% 44% 14% 3	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 18% 43% 28% 4	486
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 12% 34% 38% 12%	484
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 7% 38% 35% 12%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 14% 43% 29% 8%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 17% 41% 27% 7%	477
	21st to end	Day	3 2 18% 39% 30% 8%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 16% 38% 31% 9%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 7% 26% 36% 20% 6%	490
	21st to end	Day	6% 9% 26% 34% 21% 5%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	9% 9% 25% 28% 19% 10%	325
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 9% 28% 28% 19% 8%	300
	21st to end	Day	8% 13% 26% 31% 20% 2	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 13% 31% 27% 21% 2	300
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 11% 31% 33% 18% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	9% 11% 29% 31% 16% 4	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 8% 29% 30% 22% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 10% 31% 29% 17% 5%	300
	21st to end	Day	18% 11% 26% 30% 12% 2	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 20% 38% 22% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 19% 39% 26% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 21% 38% 22% 5%	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 27% 37% 20% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 7% 24% 42% 15% 3	784
	21st to end	Night	9% 8% 26% 40% 15% 2	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 24% 40% 18% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 7% 22% 34% 25% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	7% 11% 24% 38% 17% 3	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 14% 25% 38% 16% 1	717
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 13% 27% 36% 13% 3	593
	21st to end	Night	6% 10% 28% 32% 19% 4	600
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 7% 28% 39% 17% 3	600
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 22% 41% 23% 5%	591
	21st to end	Night	5% 8% 22% 37% 25% 4	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 16% 40% 31% 4	599
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 21% 38% 28% 4	570
	21st to end	Night	3 3 14% 39% 36% 5%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 9% 34% 43% 8%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 5% 33% 48% 9%	552
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 4 28% 51% 10%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 5% 34% 45% 10%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 7% 36% 40% 10%	564
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 5% 36% 42% 11%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 8% 35% 42% 7%	593
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 13% 37% 34% 9%	760
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 13% 35% 31% 12%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 16% 37% 29% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 17% 40% 26% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 17% 34% 26% 9%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 18% 40% 26% 7%	780
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 20% 39% 25% 7%	800
	21st to end	Night	9% 9% 17% 33% 26% 7%	888
December	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 18% 42% 23% 4	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 20% 38% 23% 3	955
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 20% 39% 19% 3	880

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