Sierra Vista
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Sierra Vista 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	2 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 66%	134865
	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 67%	131369
Transparency	Day	18% 3 6% 12% 26% 34%	129772
	Night	17% 3 6% 13% 29% 31%	127469
Seeing	Day	4 7% 19% 29% 27% 14%	15942
	Night	4 2 17% 42% 31% 5%	25991

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 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 68%	4098
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 77%	4100
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 62%	4510
February	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 69%	1802
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 66%	1955
	21st to end	Day	3 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 5% 69%	1815
March	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 3 2 3 4 3 4 6% 70%	4954
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 72%	5000
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 4 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 65%	5486
April	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 73%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 81%	2365
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 82%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 85%	5660
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 80%	5841
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 85%	6423
June	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 4 5% 73%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 5% 77%	2600
	21st to end	Day	3 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 7% 55%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 4 5% 5% 6% 6% 7% 9% 53%	5879
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 2 6% 5% 6% 7% 6% 8% 10% 44%	5880
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 6% 5% 7% 8% 6% 10% 12% 37%	6401
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 5% 5% 6% 7% 6% 8% 11% 46%	5779
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 4 5% 6% 7% 6% 10% 12% 44%	5627
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 4 5% 6% 7% 5% 8% 9% 49%	5981
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 7% 5% 6% 5% 4 6% 7% 47%	2154
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 7% 62%	2090
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 68%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 81%	3279
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 83%	3150
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 4 85%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 1 2 3 3 4 6% 76%	1959
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 2 4 5% 74%	2000
	21st to end	Day	3 4 2 4 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 65%	1880
December	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 5% 76%	2950
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 2 4 3 2 2 2 4 7% 68%	3409
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 4 6% 73%	4510
January	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 68%	5867
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 5% 81%	5880
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 7% 59%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 69%	2595
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 4 3 4 2 3 4 5% 67%	2333
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 4 4 4 3 3 4 6% 67%	1815
March	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 6% 72%	4940
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 5% 76%	5000
	21st to end	Night	2 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 67%	5489
April	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 5% 76%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 78%	1982
	21st to end	Night	1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 5% 81%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 88%	4303
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 2 2 3 6% 82%	4074
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 87%	4474
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 5% 75%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 4 80%	1800
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 4 3 4 5% 5% 7% 7% 60%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 5% 4 5% 7% 5% 9% 10% 49%	4100
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 2 8% 6% 7% 8% 8% 9% 10% 35%	4100
	21st to end	Night	2 4 2 7% 6% 6% 7% 7% 10% 15% 32%	4472
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 5% 5% 6% 8% 7% 11% 14% 37%	4033
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 2 6% 6% 7% 8% 6% 10% 15% 34%	4218
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 6% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 12% 46%	4993
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 6% 8% 49%	2088
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 4 3 2 4 3 4 7% 68%	2090
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 3 2 2 3 4 5% 6% 71%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 5% 79%	3693
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 80%	3778
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 87%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 5% 80%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 1 2 3 2 4 6% 74%	2400
	21st to end	Night	3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 7% 65%	2515
December	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 77%	4240
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 4 4 3 4 3 4 5% 69%	4811
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 5% 71%	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	18% 3 3 9% 35% 32%	4099
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 2 2 9% 37% 38%	4100
	21st to end	Day	20% 5% 3 13% 27% 31%	4510
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 2 3 12% 28% 36%	1802
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 3 3 13% 31% 29%	1965
	21st to end	Day	19% 2 2 9% 29% 38%	1815
March	1st to 10th	Day	15% 3 3 5% 32% 42%	4954
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 3 3 11% 36% 33%	5000
	21st to end	Day	17% 3 3 9% 36% 31%	5486
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 2 2 7% 37% 39%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 1 1 6% 29% 53%	2368
	21st to end	Day	9% 1 2 5% 33% 49%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 1 4 25% 61%	5660
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 3 9% 24% 54%	5844
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 1 3 14% 74%	6424
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 2 8% 27% 48%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 2 2 4 18% 62%	2600
	21st to end	Day	25% 5% 7% 11% 22% 31%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	23% 6% 11% 21% 21% 18%	5816
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 6% 16% 25% 17% 5%	5811
	21st to end	Day	34% 6% 21% 19% 13% 7%	6217
August	1st to 10th	Day	35% 7% 20% 20% 13% 5%	4208
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 7% 15% 24% 19% 4	4074
	21st to end	Day	28% 7% 17% 20% 19% 10%	4311
September	1st to 10th	Day	34% 7% 9% 15% 20% 16%	2154
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 4 6% 17% 28% 24%	2090
	21st to end	Day	18% 3 4 17% 33% 25%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 3 10% 20% 56%	3279
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 2 9% 32% 47%	3150
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 1 8% 30% 54%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 3 14% 37% 34%	1959
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 2 3 14% 34% 33%	2000
	21st to end	Day	21% 2 3 16% 29% 28%	1880
December	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 3 11% 39% 33%	2950
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 2 3 11% 27% 37%	3408
	21st to end	Day	15% 2 3 14% 40% 26%	4510
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 3 3 11% 44% 23%	5867
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 2 15% 36% 37%	5880
	21st to end	Night	24% 6% 4 14% 28% 25%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 2 4 14% 24% 38%	2595
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 2 4 15% 31% 27%	2334
	21st to end	Night	18% 3 4 10% 27% 38%	1815
March	1st to 10th	Night	15% 3 3 8% 31% 41%	4940
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 3 15% 40% 28%	5000
	21st to end	Night	19% 2 3 12% 36% 26%	5489
April	1st to 10th	Night	14% 2 2 10% 39% 34%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 1 2 9% 29% 47%	1982
	21st to end	Night	10% 1 2 8% 32% 47%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 1 5% 33% 53%	4300
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 3 11% 24% 55%	4075
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 4 19% 70%	4474
June	1st to 10th	Night	13% 2 2 6% 32% 46%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 2 4 24% 59%	1800
	21st to end	Night	21% 5% 6% 12% 22% 34%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	28% 5% 15% 22% 15% 14%	4055
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 6% 20% 18% 13% 6%	4046
	21st to end	Night	35% 7% 27% 16% 12% 4	4344
August	1st to 10th	Night	34% 9% 22% 19% 12% 5%	2928
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 6% 20% 23% 16% 3	3047
	21st to end	Night	30% 7% 21% 19% 16% 7%	3597
September	1st to 10th	Night	30% 8% 13% 17% 19% 13%	2088
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 4 7% 20% 29% 23%	2090
	21st to end	Night	15% 4 7% 17% 33% 24%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 4 10% 21% 53%	3693
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 2 3 15% 26% 44%	3778
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 2 9% 30% 52%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	9% 1 4 16% 38% 31%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 1 3 16% 34% 32%	2400
	21st to end	Night	21% 3 4 16% 32% 25%	2515
December	1st to 10th	Night	13% 2 3 14% 37% 31%	4240
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 2 3 12% 31% 33%	4811
	21st to end	Night	17% 2 4 16% 38% 24%	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	6% 6% 25% 36% 22% 4	300
	11th to 20th	Day	4 6% 20% 43% 21% 6%	300
	21st to end	Day	4 8% 26% 35% 22% 5%	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	4 9% 23% 32% 25% 8%	302
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 17% 31% 28% 14% 2	495
	21st to end	Day	7% 19% 33% 29% 10% 2	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	5% 17% 35% 29% 12% 3	500
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 14% 30% 25% 17% 7%	500
	21st to end	Day	4 18% 32% 29% 13% 4	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	2 11% 30% 29% 20% 8%	500
	11th to 20th	Day	3 12% 34% 28% 16% 7%	492
	21st to end	Day	1 12% 31% 31% 18% 7%	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	2 13% 27% 31% 20% 8%	503
	11th to 20th	Day	2 8% 27% 32% 22% 9%	528
	21st to end	Day	2 6% 25% 37% 23% 6%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 19% 35% 26% 13%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 16% 37% 30% 13%	530
	21st to end	Day	4 2 8% 35% 36% 15%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 1 5% 25% 37% 27%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 2 20% 39% 31%	524
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 4 16% 39% 32%	575
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 1 1 16% 36% 38%	527
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 4 20% 38% 31%	517
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 2 17% 40% 34%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 1 7% 30% 36% 18%	503
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 8% 29% 38% 17%	490
	21st to end	Day	4 3 14% 25% 37% 16%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	1 4 15% 28% 30% 21%	370
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 15% 30% 30% 20%	300
	21st to end	Day	2 2 17% 31% 30% 18%	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	2 7% 18% 33% 31% 8%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	2 5% 16% 34% 35% 9%	300
	21st to end	Day	4 7% 28% 33% 21% 6%	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 23% 34% 25% 9%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	4 6% 24% 35% 25% 6%	300
	21st to end	Day	9% 9% 23% 32% 22% 5%	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 19% 50% 22% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 21% 47% 24% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 27% 44% 19% 2	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 24% 42% 23% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 29% 44% 16% 2	784
	21st to end	Night	3 6% 34% 42% 14% 1	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 33% 45% 13% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 27% 40% 22% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 26% 46% 19% 2	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 23% 51% 20% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 32% 44% 16% 1	598
	21st to end	Night	2 3 28% 51% 15% 1	600
May	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 23% 50% 21% 1	600
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 18% 53% 25% 2	591
	21st to end	Night	1 2 19% 52% 24% 1	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 9% 54% 32% 1	600
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 10% 54% 33% 1	600
	21st to end	Night	3 2 5% 40% 46% 4	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 2 32% 54% 6%	585
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 3 23% 55% 12%	582
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 2 22% 54% 12%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 2 16% 61% 15%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 2 22% 56% 14%	594
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 1 21% 58% 12%	660
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 3 26% 52% 9%	737
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 3 34% 51% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	3 1 8% 41% 40% 6%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 12% 44% 36% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 14% 44% 33% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	1 1 12% 43% 35% 7%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 14% 46% 31% 5%	780
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 16% 46% 31% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 24% 44% 20% 4	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 18% 48% 22% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 23% 48% 20% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 25% 44% 18% 4	880

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