Sugarite Canyon State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Sugarite Canyon State Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-02-01.

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	3 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 54%	135850
	Night	3 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 57%	133603
Transparency	Day	24% 7% 9% 21% 25% 13%	130897
	Night	24% 6% 9% 22% 26% 13%	129560
Seeing	Day	12% 21% 31% 24% 11% 2	17001
	Night	8% 17% 33% 29% 11% 1	27132

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	1 5% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 58%	3718
	11th to 20th	Day	1 3 2 6% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 66%	4026
	21st to end	Day	1 6% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 60%	4609
February	1st to 10th	Day	1 5% 3 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 9% 60%	1918
	11th to 20th	Day	1 5% 2 6% 4 4 3 4 6% 8% 58%	1949
	21st to end	Day	1 4 2 5% 4 4 3 3 6% 6% 61%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	1 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 63%	4500
	11th to 20th	Day	4 9% 4 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 48%	4856
	21st to end	Day	2 6% 2 5% 3 4 5% 4 7% 7% 56%	5879
April	1st to 10th	Day	3 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 58%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 6% 2 6% 4 4 3 4 4 8% 53%	2371
	21st to end	Day	4 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 8% 50%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 50%	5615
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 6% 55%	5862
	21st to end	Day	3 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 53%	6881
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 5% 4 5% 6% 6% 9% 10% 47%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 4 4 4 6% 5% 7% 8% 55%	2800
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 8% 45%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 2 4 5% 5% 7% 6% 9% 10% 45%	6339
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 5% 5% 6% 8% 7% 10% 11% 41%	6340
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 2 7% 7% 7% 8% 6% 9% 9% 36%	6552
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 1 6% 5% 7% 8% 7% 10% 11% 37%	5445
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 5% 5% 6% 7% 6% 9% 12% 43%	5366
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 7% 6% 7% 7% 5% 8% 11% 39%	5984
September	1st to 10th	Day	4 5% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 7% 8% 51%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 4 3 3 5% 4 7% 7% 58%	2335
	21st to end	Day	4 3 2 6% 3 4 4 3 4 6% 62%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 5% 70%	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 57%	3250
	21st to end	Day	3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 73%	3464
November	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 71%	1853
	11th to 20th	Day	1 3 2 5% 3 3 2 2 4 6% 67%	1890
	21st to end	Day	3 4 2 6% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 62%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	1 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 7% 74%	2875
	11th to 20th	Day	1 4 2 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 64%	3106
	21st to end	Day	1 3 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 66%	4092
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 9% 5% 4 3 3 5% 7% 54%	6467
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 2 7% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 63%	6216
	21st to end	Night	1 5% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 6% 7% 60%	6611
February	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 3 6% 3 3 3 4 4 6% 61%	2480
	11th to 20th	Night	2 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 56%	2338
	21st to end	Night	1 4 2 5% 3 3 4 2 5% 6% 66%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	2 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 64%	5374
	11th to 20th	Night	4 7% 3 8% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 55%	5135
	21st to end	Night	2 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 64%	5076
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 2 3 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 62%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	4 6% 2 7% 5% 4 3 3 5% 6% 55%	1977
	21st to end	Night	5% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 54%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 2 4 6% 55%	4361
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 57%	4053
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 6% 7% 53%	4000
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 52%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 2 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 8% 58%	1600
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 6% 5% 6% 10% 44%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 9% 2 7% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 41%	3640
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 2 7% 5% 6% 7% 6% 8% 10% 39%	3640
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 6% 9% 10% 37%	4303
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 5% 6% 7% 6% 8% 9% 42%	4363
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 1 6% 4 4 6% 6% 12% 14% 41%	4483
	21st to end	Night	8% 7% 2 8% 6% 5% 6% 5% 9% 10% 33%	4993
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 1 5% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 53%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 9% 58%	2065
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 60%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 1 4 3 3 2 2 4 5% 68%	3746
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 3 2 3 2 3 5% 61%	3898
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 4 72%	4301
November	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 5% 70%	2665
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 71%	2730
	21st to end	Night	3 4 1 4 4 3 3 4 5% 7% 62%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	1 4 2 5% 3 2 3 2 4 6% 69%	4529
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 1 5% 3 3 3 3 6% 7% 66%	5321
	21st to end	Night	1 4 2 6% 5% 4 3 3 5% 7% 60%	7128

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	22% 7% 5% 25% 30% 11%	3719
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 5% 6% 21% 33% 17%	4026
	21st to end	Day	22% 6% 6% 21% 33% 12%	4609
February	1st to 10th	Day	22% 4 9% 26% 24% 16%	1918
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 5% 6% 26% 27% 14%	1959
	21st to end	Day	20% 5% 4 17% 31% 22%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 5% 4 10% 35% 25%	4500
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 6% 6% 15% 31% 12%	4856
	21st to end	Day	23% 5% 7% 37% 22% 6%	5879
April	1st to 10th	Day	24% 6% 6% 24% 24% 16%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 5% 7% 24% 22% 15%	2374
	21st to end	Day	27% 8% 10% 22% 26% 8%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	29% 9% 9% 18% 21% 14%	5615
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 6% 8% 16% 26% 20%	5866
	21st to end	Day	22% 9% 11% 18% 19% 21%	6882
June	1st to 10th	Day	25% 9% 15% 21% 19% 11%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 7% 10% 16% 24% 22%	2800
	21st to end	Day	31% 6% 11% 20% 17% 14%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	26% 10% 14% 18% 20% 11%	6271
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 12% 19% 27% 13% 3	6265
	21st to end	Day	35% 11% 16% 18% 15% 5%	6364
August	1st to 10th	Day	36% 12% 18% 21% 10% 4	3963
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 10% 16% 22% 17% 10%	3882
	21st to end	Day	30% 10% 15% 24% 16% 4	4311
September	1st to 10th	Day	27% 6% 11% 24% 22% 10%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 6% 9% 18% 27% 17%	2335
	21st to end	Day	21% 6% 6% 21% 32% 14%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	16% 4 6% 17% 43% 14%	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 5% 7% 19% 29% 13%	3250
	21st to end	Day	15% 3 4 18% 41% 20%	3464
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 3 5% 23% 35% 20%	1853
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 3 4 26% 34% 15%	1890
	21st to end	Day	22% 4 6% 17% 32% 19%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 7% 27% 39% 12%	2875
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 3 6% 20% 36% 15%	3104
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 6% 26% 31% 15%	4092
January	1st to 10th	Night	27% 5% 6% 24% 29% 9%	6467
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 6% 6% 23% 30% 15%	6216
	21st to end	Night	21% 6% 7% 22% 31% 14%	6611
February	1st to 10th	Night	24% 4 8% 25% 25% 14%	2480
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 5% 8% 25% 24% 11%	2338
	21st to end	Night	17% 4 4 20% 35% 19%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 4 4 10% 36% 25%	5374
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 6% 7% 16% 27% 16%	5135
	21st to end	Night	19% 5% 6% 37% 25% 7%	5076
April	1st to 10th	Night	21% 5% 8% 26% 27% 13%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 6% 9% 22% 22% 13%	1977
	21st to end	Night	27% 8% 12% 22% 22% 9%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	26% 9% 8% 25% 16% 15%	4358
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 7% 7% 19% 25% 18%	4054
	21st to end	Night	25% 9% 13% 16% 16% 22%	4000
June	1st to 10th	Night	26% 9% 15% 23% 15% 13%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 11% 21% 20% 22%	1600
	21st to end	Night	32% 8% 13% 18% 19% 11%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	36% 10% 13% 18% 14% 10%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 10% 19% 26% 10% 2	3592
	21st to end	Night	36% 10% 18% 21% 11% 4	4179
August	1st to 10th	Night	38% 12% 20% 18% 8% 3	3169
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 11% 20% 25% 14% 3	3243
	21st to end	Night	34% 11% 19% 23% 10% 3	3597
September	1st to 10th	Night	26% 6% 13% 27% 21% 7%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 4 10% 20% 26% 14%	2065
	21st to end	Night	23% 6% 8% 21% 31% 12%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	18% 3 6% 20% 38% 15%	3746
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 5% 7% 18% 31% 13%	3898
	21st to end	Night	18% 2 4 19% 41% 16%	4301
November	1st to 10th	Night	16% 3 7% 23% 34% 17%	2665
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 5% 26% 36% 15%	2730
	21st to end	Night	21% 5% 5% 22% 29% 18%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	17% 4 6% 28% 34% 11%	4529
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 3 5% 20% 40% 14%	5322
	21st to end	Night	21% 6% 8% 22% 29% 13%	7128

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	14% 25% 34% 19% 7%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 24% 34% 19% 5% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	7% 29% 31% 21% 11%	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 32% 33% 16% 4 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 35% 31% 14% 4 1	300
	21st to end	Day	23% 33% 29% 12% 3	249
March	1st to 10th	Day	16% 31% 32% 15% 5%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 27% 28% 17% 5% 1	434
	21st to end	Day	25% 36% 26% 10% 3	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	19% 35% 32% 11% 3 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 34% 31% 10% 2	492
	21st to end	Day	20% 35% 30% 12% 2	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	17% 27% 35% 16% 5% 1	574
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 21% 33% 22% 9% 2	725
	21st to end	Day	11% 25% 34% 21% 8% 1	789
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 18% 29% 28% 16% 3	730
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 17% 35% 28% 13% 1	730
	21st to end	Day	10% 12% 32% 28% 15% 3	730
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 10% 28% 33% 20% 4	721
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 21% 41% 26% 5%	718
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 22% 36% 25% 7%	648
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 29% 35% 18% 6%	527
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 8% 32% 36% 15% 3	517
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 32% 37% 15% 3	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	5% 9% 34% 35% 15% 3	530
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 16% 32% 28% 13% 4	465
	21st to end	Day	8% 16% 28% 30% 15% 3	330
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 24% 25% 22% 14% 5%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 23% 28% 18% 10% 6%	330
	21st to end	Day	13% 23% 31% 20% 10% 2	363
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 27% 28% 23% 8% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 25% 31% 20% 11% 3	330
	21st to end	Day	14% 29% 30% 16% 8% 3	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	13% 26% 30% 24% 6% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 26% 39% 21% 5%	330
	21st to end	Day	17% 28% 31% 22% 3	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 17% 36% 30% 10% 1	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 19% 33% 28% 10% 1	929
	21st to end	Night	5% 17% 34% 32% 10% 1	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	7% 23% 37% 25% 7% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 30% 38% 19% 5% 1	784
	21st to end	Night	9% 27% 37% 24% 2	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	10% 24% 36% 24% 5% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 21% 33% 26% 8% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	9% 30% 33% 21% 6%	700
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 27% 41% 20% 2	600
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 28% 34% 22% 3	593
	21st to end	Night	12% 23% 36% 24% 6%	600
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 19% 32% 30% 9%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 16% 30% 28% 11% 1	591
	21st to end	Night	10% 20% 36% 26% 8% 1	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 15% 36% 30% 14% 1	600
	11th to 20th	Night	3 17% 39% 32% 9%	600
	21st to end	Night	7% 12% 31% 35% 14% 2	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 10% 31% 32% 20% 2	585
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 26% 37% 24% 3	582
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 24% 33% 26% 4	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 22% 32% 30% 5%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 27% 40% 21% 2	594
	21st to end	Night	5% 7% 30% 34% 20% 4	660
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 8% 30% 34% 19% 2	600
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 13% 32% 31% 15% 3	600
	21st to end	Night	7% 17% 29% 31% 15% 2	600
October	1st to 10th	Night	10% 16% 34% 25% 12% 2	691
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 12% 34% 32% 13% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	10% 15% 28% 32% 13% 3	905
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 17% 30% 31% 13% 2	1025
	11th to 20th	Night	3 19% 34% 31% 10% 2	1050
	21st to end	Night	9% 16% 30% 32% 12% 2	1050
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 16% 34% 32% 10% 1	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 18% 36% 30% 9% 1	1050
	21st to end	Night	10% 21% 33% 30% 6% 1	1155

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