Panamint Springs
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Panamint Springs clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-02-16.

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	1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 5% 80%	139464
	Night	1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 6% 79%	138843
Transparency	Day	8% 3 5% 14% 26% 44%	134525
	Night	9% 3 6% 17% 28% 36%	134756
Seeing	Day	4 12% 30% 31% 17% 6%	16913
	Night	2 5% 20% 40% 29% 4	26695

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	3 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 8% 73%	4722
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 5% 82%	4740
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 69%	6296
February	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 8% 72%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 5% 8% 70%	2001
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 1 2 3 3 5% 6% 73%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 70%	4518
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 5% 9% 69%	4708
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 2 1 2 3 3 5% 8% 72%	5894
April	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 5% 7% 75%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 80%	2369
	21st to end	Day	1 1 2 2 3 2 4 6% 80%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 81%	5877
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 85%	5841
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 86%	6423
June	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 2 1 1 3 2 3 6% 80%	2732
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 2 4 87%	2800
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 87%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 91%	6319
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 85%	6320
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 86%	6498
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 85%	5373
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 93%	5364
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 85%	5984
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 3 83%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 3 90%	2230
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 3 89%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 3 4 87%	3600
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 86%	3398
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 3 6% 84%	3312
November	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 83%	1854
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 4 6% 79%	1890
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 6% 75%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 74%	3040
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 6% 9% 68%	3429
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 4 2 2 4 3 6% 9% 63%	4092
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 3 7% 74%	8172
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 5% 82%	8220
	21st to end	Night	3 4 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 66%	7921
February	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 7% 69%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 5% 7% 73%	2398
	21st to end	Night	1 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 7% 73%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 7% 71%	5376
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 6% 9% 69%	5291
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 2 3 4 3 5% 7% 72%	5077
April	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 4 7% 76%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 3 2 4 6% 78%	1979
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 4 5% 81%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 82%	4100
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 86%	4074
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 86%	4474
June	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 2 1 2 6% 84%	1662
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 86%	1600
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 1 1 2 3 88%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 93%	3640
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 86%	3640
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 87%	4353
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 87%	4440
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 2 94%	4506
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 84%	5015
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 85%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 87%	2170
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 3 3 89%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 90%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 88%	3757
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 5% 85%	4491
November	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 2 2 3 6% 82%	2665
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 6% 77%	2730
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 6% 76%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 1 2 3 3 5% 7% 75%	4370
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 1 2 1 1 2 3 5% 10% 70%	4986
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 3 2 3 4 4 7% 10% 61%	7106

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	11% 5% 12% 29% 29% 14%	4723
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 10% 16% 24% 39%	4740
	21st to end	Day	14% 4 8% 22% 30% 21%	6296
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 4 7% 23% 31% 21%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 3 8% 24% 32% 20%	2011
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 8% 24% 32% 18%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 4 6% 20% 29% 27%	4518
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 9% 28% 29% 17%	4708
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 10% 23% 33% 21%	5894
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 4 7% 21% 31% 26%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 5% 17% 35% 31%	2372
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 6% 18% 41% 25%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 5% 14% 31% 38%	5877
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 3 10% 34% 45%	5844
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 3 8% 30% 53%	6424
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 5% 12% 26% 47%	2732
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 4 7% 19% 65%	2800
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 2 4 14% 73%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 2 2 7% 84%	6251
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 3 5% 10% 75%	6245
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 3 6% 17% 67%	6311
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 2 4 19% 65%	3904
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 1 3 12% 80%	3880
	21st to end	Day	4 1 1 5% 13% 76%	4311
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 3 6% 16% 65%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 3 7% 27% 58%	2230
	21st to end	Day	4 1 2 9% 31% 53%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 3 8% 20% 63%	3600
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 2 7% 30% 54%	3398
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 3 9% 39% 42%	3312
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 5% 16% 42% 28%	1854
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 7% 22% 34% 25%	1890
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 8% 22% 31% 25%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 9% 20% 31% 26%	3040
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 9% 23% 37% 12%	3428
	21st to end	Day	17% 5% 14% 30% 24% 9%	4092
January	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 9% 30% 30% 12%	8172
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 9% 19% 30% 31%	8220
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 9% 23% 28% 18%	7921
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 11% 21% 28% 19%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 8% 24% 32% 21%	2399
	21st to end	Night	13% 3 9% 21% 37% 17%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 5% 22% 30% 24%	5376
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 11% 27% 31% 14%	5291
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 9% 29% 36% 13%	5077
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 8% 22% 34% 23%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 8% 19% 33% 28%	1979
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 6% 17% 43% 22%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 4 16% 36% 33%	4097
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 3 15% 34% 41%	4075
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 3 10% 33% 47%	4474
June	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 3 13% 28% 47%	1662
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 2 3 8% 20% 60%	1600
	21st to end	Night	4 2 2 5% 15% 73%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 1 2 7% 87%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 2 5% 12% 73%	3592
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 2 6% 18% 67%	4228
August	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 3 7% 21% 61%	3224
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 2 3 12% 80%	3256
	21st to end	Night	4 1 2 4 14% 76%	3608
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 2 6% 18% 64%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 2 7% 26% 58%	2170
	21st to end	Night	4 1 2 8% 27% 57%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 3 8% 19% 66%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 2 7% 25% 60%	3757
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 3 9% 38% 43%	4491
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 5% 16% 40% 29%	2665
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 8% 18% 32% 28%	2730
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 5% 20% 33% 26%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 7% 21% 35% 23%	4370
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 10% 29% 34% 11%	4986
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 17% 32% 20% 7%	7106

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% 14% 25% 39% 10% 2	220
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 14% 29% 30% 20% 2	220
	21st to end	Day	7% 11% 27% 35% 18% 3	552
February	1st to 10th	Day	9% 16% 31% 28% 14% 2	540
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 19% 35% 27% 10% 1	516
	21st to end	Day	8% 18% 38% 27% 8% 1	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	10% 21% 32% 25% 11% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 23% 35% 25% 8% 2	500
	21st to end	Day	10% 24% 35% 22% 8% 2	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	7% 18% 34% 23% 14% 4	500
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 26% 32% 23% 10% 3	492
	21st to end	Day	4 17% 35% 27% 12% 5%	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	6% 19% 36% 25% 11% 4	503
	11th to 20th	Day	4 16% 30% 32% 12% 6%	528
	21st to end	Day	2 16% 28% 33% 16% 5%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 8% 32% 30% 20% 8%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	3 11% 35% 29% 17% 6%	530
	21st to end	Day	2 10% 27% 36% 18% 7%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 6% 30% 32% 23% 8%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	1 3 24% 37% 20% 15%	524
	21st to end	Day	1 3 28% 34% 20% 13%	575
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 9% 31% 28% 20% 10%	527
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 29% 30% 21% 15%	517
	21st to end	Day	1 7% 26% 34% 19% 13%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	1 7% 27% 33% 21% 10%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	2 12% 28% 30% 21% 6%	530
	21st to end	Day	2 10% 28% 35% 19% 6%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 12% 27% 32% 19% 5%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	3 9% 28% 35% 21% 4	530
	21st to end	Day	4 8% 21% 38% 25% 5%	438
November	1st to 10th	Day	3 8% 24% 29% 32% 5%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 10% 23% 37% 21% 5%	330
	21st to end	Day	3 7% 27% 37% 22% 4	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	4 6% 27% 39% 21% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	3 7% 27% 36% 24% 4	313
	21st to end	Day	10% 12% 32% 33% 12% 2	242
January	1st to 10th	Night	4 8% 22% 39% 23% 5%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 23% 46% 21% 4	840
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 23% 42% 21% 2	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	4 7% 23% 39% 23% 3	840
	11th to 20th	Night	3 7% 30% 35% 23% 3	804
	21st to end	Night	4 6% 28% 45% 16% 1	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	4 9% 27% 42% 17% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	4 9% 27% 35% 22% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	3 10% 29% 39% 17% 2	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 8% 24% 41% 22% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	2 10% 28% 35% 23% 2	791
	21st to end	Night	1 7% 25% 38% 26% 4	800
May	1st to 10th	Night	2 6% 29% 43% 19% 1	600
	11th to 20th	Night	1 6% 21% 39% 30% 2	591
	21st to end	Night	2 5% 24% 42% 25% 2	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	1 4 16% 41% 35% 3	462
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 16% 46% 32% 3	400
	21st to end	Night	1 12% 45% 38% 4	400
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 8% 42% 44% 5%	390
	11th to 20th	Night	1 4 41% 51% 3	388
	21st to end	Night	1 1 11% 44% 42% 2	603
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 15% 43% 37% 3	776
	11th to 20th	Night	1 11% 39% 45% 5%	792
	21st to end	Night	1 1 10% 37% 46% 5%	880
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 12% 34% 46% 7%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 15% 40% 36% 6%	800
	21st to end	Night	2 14% 39% 39% 6%	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 18% 40% 33% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 15% 39% 33% 7%	800
	21st to end	Night	1 4 16% 39% 33% 7%	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 17% 36% 33% 7%	820
	11th to 20th	Night	2 5% 15% 43% 29% 6%	840
	21st to end	Night	3 4 20% 40% 28% 5%	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 22% 43% 25% 3	840
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 23% 43% 24% 3	840
	21st to end	Night	4 8% 26% 38% 21% 3	924

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