Tehachapi Mountain Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Tehachapi Mountain Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-10-04.

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 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 6% 70%	134661
	Night	2 3 1 4 4 4 3 3 4 6% 66%	132218
Transparency	Day	14% 5% 6% 15% 28% 32%	129743
	Night	16% 6% 7% 16% 28% 27%	128109
Seeing	Day	8% 17% 35% 28% 10% 2	16692
	Night	5% 12% 26% 34% 19% 3	26388

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 1 5% 4 5% 3 6% 5% 8% 57%	3639
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 4 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 61%	3939
	21st to end	Day	4 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 49%	4758
February	1st to 10th	Day	4 6% 2 7% 6% 4 4 4 5% 5% 54%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	4 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 4 7% 7% 51%	1950
	21st to end	Day	4 6% 3 7% 6% 5% 4 3 5% 7% 51%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	4 7% 2 8% 8% 10% 5% 4 5% 7% 41%	4518
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 3 7% 5% 4 6% 5% 6% 9% 47%	4723
	21st to end	Day	2 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 47%	5969
April	1st to 10th	Day	4 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 3 3 5% 7% 56%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 1 4 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 62%	2369
	21st to end	Day	1 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 9% 64%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 4 5% 72%	5611
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 6% 76%	5841
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 4 83%	6423
June	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 7% 73%	2763
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 88%	2800
	21st to end	Day	1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 87%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 93%	6319
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 4 85%	6320
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 87%	6222
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 4 83%	5346
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 93%	5364
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 3 5% 83%	5984
September	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 5% 82%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 86%	2277
	21st to end	Day	1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 82%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 79%	3524
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 6% 79%	3176
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 4 3 5% 4 4 4 6% 67%	3369
November	1st to 10th	Day	1 5% 1 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 64%	1764
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 7% 65%	1800
	21st to end	Day	2 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 6% 57%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 4 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 62%	2950
	11th to 20th	Day	4 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 51%	3289
	21st to end	Day	3 6% 3 9% 5% 6% 5% 4 7% 7% 44%	4004
January	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 3 5% 5% 6% 4 4 6% 7% 53%	6306
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 2 5% 5% 4 4 3 5% 8% 59%	6029
	21st to end	Night	5% 7% 3 6% 6% 5% 4 3 6% 8% 47%	6227
February	1st to 10th	Night	4 8% 3 7% 6% 6% 4 4 5% 6% 48%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 2 6% 7% 5% 4 3 6% 7% 51%	2338
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 3 7% 5% 7% 4 4 5% 6% 50%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	2 6% 2 9% 11% 9% 5% 4 5% 7% 39%	5376
	11th to 20th	Night	2 6% 3 10% 8% 7% 5% 4 5% 7% 45%	5259
	21st to end	Night	2 5% 2 7% 8% 8% 5% 4 5% 7% 46%	5006
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 8% 53%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 4 5% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 61%	1979
	21st to end	Night	1 4 2 5% 4 4 3 3 4 6% 64%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 1 4 3 3 2 2 3 5% 72%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 4 5% 80%	4074
	21st to end	Night	1 2 2 1 1 1 2 4 86%	4474
June	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 6% 74%	1631
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 2 1 2 3 87%	1600
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 88%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 2 2 93%	3640
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 89%	3640
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 88%	4639
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 5% 85%	4486
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 2 94%	4506
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 87%	5015
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 87%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 83%	2121
	21st to end	Night	1 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 83%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 83%	3523
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 4 5% 77%	3746
	21st to end	Night	1 3 1 4 3 3 3 2 3 4 73%	4195
November	1st to 10th	Night	1 4 1 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 61%	2535
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 2 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 62%	2600
	21st to end	Night	3 4 3 7% 5% 6% 4 4 6% 7% 52%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 2 4 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 62%	4240
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 5% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 10% 46%	4921
	21st to end	Night	3 7% 3 9% 6% 8% 7% 5% 8% 10% 33%	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	16% 8% 9% 29% 24% 13%	3639
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 11% 15% 20% 30%	3939
	21st to end	Day	27% 7% 8% 17% 20% 21%	4758
February	1st to 10th	Day	27% 7% 7% 18% 23% 18%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 7% 8% 21% 25% 14%	1960
	21st to end	Day	27% 7% 9% 20% 27% 9%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	26% 15% 10% 16% 19% 14%	4518
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 11% 14% 29% 16% 8%	4723
	21st to end	Day	20% 12% 16% 28% 17% 7%	5969
April	1st to 10th	Day	23% 6% 11% 24% 26% 11%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 5% 10% 27% 27% 13%	2372
	21st to end	Day	15% 4 13% 26% 33% 9%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 8% 21% 37% 18%	5611
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 5% 20% 46% 17%	5844
	21st to end	Day	8% 1 3 14% 51% 23%	6424
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 4 6% 19% 34% 26%	2763
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 5% 13% 31% 47%	2800
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 3 5% 26% 59%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 4 14% 78%	6251
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 2 6% 25% 59%	6245
	21st to end	Day	4 1 2 10% 35% 47%	6044
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 2 7% 31% 51%	3890
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 2 4 23% 67%	3880
	21st to end	Day	4 1 2 6% 27% 60%	4311
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 3 7% 27% 54%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 3 10% 35% 45%	2277
	21st to end	Day	8% 1 3 11% 35% 42%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 4 9% 19% 56%	3524
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 3 16% 38% 32%	3176
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 5% 9% 32% 34%	3369
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 5% 7% 14% 33% 23%	1764
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 5% 7% 18% 26% 27%	1800
	21st to end	Day	24% 6% 8% 14% 25% 24%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 5% 5% 14% 29% 26%	2950
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 8% 8% 19% 27% 12%	3288
	21st to end	Day	30% 11% 9% 22% 21% 7%	4004
January	1st to 10th	Night	18% 11% 7% 24% 25% 15%	6306
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 9% 9% 16% 24% 25%	6029
	21st to end	Night	26% 7% 9% 14% 21% 23%	6227
February	1st to 10th	Night	31% 7% 6% 14% 23% 20%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 6% 6% 18% 25% 17%	2339
	21st to end	Night	27% 8% 9% 20% 25% 12%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 19% 8% 19% 19% 12%	5376
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 11% 11% 29% 14% 7%	5259
	21st to end	Night	22% 13% 19% 25% 17% 5%	5006
April	1st to 10th	Night	25% 7% 11% 26% 22% 9%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 5% 11% 24% 30% 12%	1979
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 10% 31% 31% 7%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 7% 23% 39% 12%	4377
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 4 27% 46% 12%	4075
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 4 19% 56% 14%	4474
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 9% 19% 37% 21%	1631
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 5% 14% 35% 40%	1600
	21st to end	Night	4 2 2 7% 30% 55%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 1 6% 15% 75%	3600
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 2 7% 23% 62%	3592
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 2 14% 41% 38%	4506
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 3 8% 35% 46%	3256
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 1 5% 28% 61%	3256
	21st to end	Night	4 1 1 7% 31% 55%	3608
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 3 9% 28% 52%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 4 10% 39% 39%	2121
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 3 13% 37% 39%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 3 10% 19% 58%	3523
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 3 14% 43% 28%	3746
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 3 10% 33% 36%	4195
November	1st to 10th	Night	18% 6% 6% 16% 30% 25%	2535
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 5% 7% 15% 26% 29%	2600
	21st to end	Night	26% 6% 7% 14% 22% 25%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 4 5% 11% 35% 26%	4240
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 11% 9% 18% 22% 15%	4921
	21st to end	Night	32% 13% 12% 20% 18% 6%	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	19% 22% 34% 21% 5%	200
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 25% 32% 20% 6%	330
	21st to end	Day	12% 26% 37% 18% 6% 1	493
February	1st to 10th	Day	13% 27% 35% 19% 5% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 29% 30% 19% 5% 1	495
	21st to end	Day	14% 28% 37% 17% 4	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	18% 31% 30% 16% 4	500
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 28% 30% 19% 6% 1	500
	21st to end	Day	17% 32% 31% 15% 4	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	14% 25% 34% 17% 10% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 26% 35% 18% 6% 1	492
	21st to end	Day	10% 23% 34% 19% 12% 2	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 24% 36% 23% 7% 1	503
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 21% 35% 26% 9% 2	528
	21st to end	Day	7% 21% 33% 28% 9% 1	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 13% 39% 30% 12% 3	530
	11th to 20th	Day	2 15% 39% 30% 12% 2	530
	21st to end	Day	2 10% 42% 28% 14% 3	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 38% 38% 14% 4	526
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 26% 46% 19% 6%	524
	21st to end	Day	1 2 33% 41% 16% 7%	575
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 7% 39% 36% 12% 4	527
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 33% 41% 17% 4	517
	21st to end	Day	1 5% 33% 39% 16% 5%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	1 6% 37% 35% 17% 4	530
	11th to 20th	Day	3 14% 37% 33% 10% 3	530
	21st to end	Day	4 12% 35% 34% 14% 2	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 14% 34% 32% 15% 1	503
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 15% 35% 34% 10% 1	490
	21st to end	Day	6% 16% 34% 30% 12% 2	496
November	1st to 10th	Day	10% 15% 31% 30% 13% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 13% 38% 30% 8% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	7% 23% 36% 23% 9% 1	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 20% 38% 30% 6%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 18% 36% 25% 10% 1	273
	21st to end	Day	18% 29% 27% 20% 6%	220
January	1st to 10th	Night	11% 12% 31% 29% 11% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 15% 32% 33% 12% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	10% 18% 29% 30% 11% 3	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	8% 16% 33% 24% 14% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 16% 31% 26% 15% 4	784
	21st to end	Night	9% 18% 29% 31% 10% 2	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	10% 20% 31% 29% 9% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 17% 28% 27% 14% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	10% 23% 28% 27% 12% 1	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	8% 23% 32% 24% 12% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 20% 31% 29% 11% 2	791
	21st to end	Night	5% 23% 30% 26% 14% 3	800
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 19% 35% 28% 12% 1	724
	11th to 20th	Night	4 20% 29% 35% 11% 1	591
	21st to end	Night	5% 20% 35% 29% 11%	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 11% 35% 42% 10% 1	431
	11th to 20th	Night	1 11% 32% 42% 15% 1	400
	21st to end	Night	1 5% 32% 43% 20%	400
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 18% 50% 29% 1	390
	11th to 20th	Night	2 7% 55% 35% 1	388
	21st to end	Night	2 1 14% 43% 35% 4	723
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 21% 45% 28% 3	796
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 19% 43% 31% 6%	792
	21st to end	Night	1 1 11% 43% 35% 8%	880
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 11% 42% 36% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	1 4 19% 41% 29% 5%	800
	21st to end	Night	1 7% 19% 40% 28% 7%	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	3 8% 21% 44% 23% 2	772
	11th to 20th	Night	4 8% 22% 37% 23% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	3 10% 23% 34% 21% 9%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	5% 11% 24% 33% 21% 6%	780
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 7% 27% 36% 19% 5%	800
	21st to end	Night	6% 14% 29% 32% 17% 4	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 12% 31% 31% 16% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 14% 30% 32% 12% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	11% 15% 30% 30% 12% 2	880

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