Caprock Canyons State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Caprock Canyons State Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-01-12.

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	7% 4 2 3 3 2 4 4 5% 7% 60%	74845
	Night	6% 3 1 3 3 2 4 4 5% 7% 62%	74896
Transparency	Day	25% 4 8% 23% 26% 14%	74573
	Night	23% 4 8% 22% 27% 16%	74691
Seeing	Day	9% 7% 26% 32% 20% 5%	14093
	Night	8% 8% 32% 37% 14% 1	24168

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	4 4 2 4 3 2 3 4 4 5% 64%	1707
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 6% 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 5% 64%	1634
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 3 4 3 4 3 4 7% 63%	1966
February	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 2 4 3 2 2 3 3 5% 64%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 2 5% 4 2 3 3 4 6% 60%	1749
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 2 4 4 2 3 3 4 5% 61%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 3 2 3 3 5% 7% 56%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 60%	1931
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 1 4 3 2 3 4 5% 6% 61%	2207
April	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 6% 66%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 2 3 4 2 3 4 4 5% 58%	2131
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 1 3 3 2 4 4 5% 6% 61%	2197
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 4 3 2 4 3 4 6% 59%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 2 4 3 3 3 4 5% 6% 55%	2302
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 3 4 2 5% 5% 6% 7% 54%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 2 3 4 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 55%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 3 3 2 3 4 5% 9% 62%	2340
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 3 4 2 4 4 5% 9% 63%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 1 3 4 3 5% 6% 7% 9% 52%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 1 3 4 2 4 4 6% 9% 62%	2340
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 4 3 5% 5% 6% 10% 59%	2546
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 2 5% 6% 7% 9% 57%	2207
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 2 4 4 3 6% 5% 6% 8% 53%	2123
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 1 3 4 3 5% 5% 6% 9% 55%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 1 3 4 2 4 4 6% 8% 57%	2103
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 2 4 5% 2 5% 4 5% 8% 51%	1980
	21st to end	Day	7% 3 1 3 3 2 3 4 4 6% 64%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 4 4 2 2 3 4 5% 62%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 1 3 3 1 2 3 3 4 68%	1980
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 67%	1836
November	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 1 3 2 1 3 3 5% 6% 68%	1673
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 2 2 1 3 4 4 5% 72%	1710
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 5% 63%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 2 3 4 2 4 3 3 6% 62%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 1 4 4 3 3 5% 4 6% 60%	2161
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 2 4 4 2 3 3 3 5% 61%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 2 3 3 2 3 4 5% 6% 64%	2458
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 2 3 3 2 4 3 5% 5% 64%	2366
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 66%	2403
February	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 2 4 3 2 3 3 3 5% 62%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 4 2 3 3 4 7% 58%	2098
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 3 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 62%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 2 5% 4 2 4 3 5% 7% 56%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 2 4 3 2 3 4 4 6% 60%	2027
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 2 3 4 2 4 4 5% 6% 61%	2144
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 2 2 3 2 4 3 5% 7% 65%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 1 5% 4 2 3 4 5% 6% 59%	1777
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 1 2 3 2 3 3 4 7% 64%	1760
May	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 1 3 3 2 3 4 6% 7% 59%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 1 2 3 2 4 5% 6% 8% 56%	1593
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 2 3 4 2 4 4 5% 8% 58%	1745
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 3 4 3 4 4 7% 10% 56%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 2 4 4 7% 12% 58%	1620
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 3 3 1 4 5% 5% 10% 62%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 3 4 3 5% 5% 7% 10% 54%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 3 3 2 4 5% 6% 9% 60%	1620
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 3 3 2 4 5% 6% 10% 63%	1772
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 10% 58%	1727
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 2 4 5% 3 6% 5% 6% 9% 48%	1778
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 3 3 3 4 5% 6% 9% 60%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 1 4 4 3 5% 4 6% 6% 56%	1854
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 3 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 51%	1980
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 2 3 2 3 4 5% 6% 67%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 1 3 3 2 2 3 4 6% 64%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 72%	1980
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 5% 71%	2495
November	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 2 2 1 3 3 4 6% 71%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 2 1 3 3 3 5% 73%	2470
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 2 3 3 1 4 4 4 5% 63%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 5% 65%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 4 3 2 4 4 5% 7% 59%	3036
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 4 3 3 3 4 5% 6% 61%	4532

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	23% 3 6% 24% 28% 16%	1708
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 3 4 22% 31% 17%	1634
	21st to end	Day	24% 3 6% 21% 32% 14%	1966
February	1st to 10th	Day	25% 3 6% 24% 27% 16%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 2 6% 24% 23% 17%	1759
	21st to end	Day	28% 2 3 16% 30% 20%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	30% 2 5% 19% 28% 17%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 2 6% 24% 26% 14%	1931
	21st to end	Day	25% 3 6% 25% 25% 16%	2207
April	1st to 10th	Day	23% 3 6% 19% 26% 23%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 4 7% 18% 24% 20%	2134
	21st to end	Day	23% 4 8% 24% 27% 13%	2197
May	1st to 10th	Day	28% 3 7% 18% 24% 20%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 5% 8% 24% 23% 10%	2306
	21st to end	Day	28% 5% 12% 23% 17% 14%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	25% 6% 13% 29% 16% 10%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 4 11% 23% 26% 16%	2340
	21st to end	Day	20% 5% 11% 29% 22% 12%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	26% 6% 12% 31% 20% 5%	2276
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 4 9% 29% 31% 8%	2271
	21st to end	Day	19% 5% 15% 34% 25% 3	2405
August	1st to 10th	Day	20% 6% 12% 31% 23% 8%	2193
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 5% 14% 28% 20% 6%	2123
	21st to end	Day	26% 6% 12% 26% 22% 9%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	26% 5% 10% 24% 22% 13%	2103
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 5% 10% 21% 27% 6%	1980
	21st to end	Day	22% 3 6% 23% 33% 13%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	26% 4 8% 24% 24% 13%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 3 4 15% 30% 26%	1980
	21st to end	Day	24% 2 4 23% 31% 16%	1836
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 3 6% 18% 34% 21%	1673
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 3 5% 26% 34% 17%	1710
	21st to end	Day	26% 2 4 15% 32% 21%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	27% 2 6% 25% 29% 12%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 2 8% 20% 27% 16%	2159
	21st to end	Day	28% 2 5% 19% 32% 14%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	22% 2 7% 24% 29% 16%	2458
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 3 5% 19% 31% 20%	2366
	21st to end	Night	21% 2 5% 20% 35% 18%	2403
February	1st to 10th	Night	27% 3 6% 17% 31% 16%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 2 6% 22% 23% 18%	2098
	21st to end	Night	24% 2 5% 17% 27% 24%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	28% 3 7% 17% 25% 21%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 2 5% 23% 24% 18%	2027
	21st to end	Night	23% 4 8% 26% 24% 15%	2144
April	1st to 10th	Night	20% 3 8% 20% 25% 24%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 4 9% 19% 26% 17%	1777
	21st to end	Night	22% 4 10% 24% 26% 15%	1760
May	1st to 10th	Night	24% 5% 9% 18% 21% 23%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 6% 12% 21% 22% 14%	1594
	21st to end	Night	25% 5% 14% 22% 19% 15%	1746
June	1st to 10th	Night	23% 5% 17% 30% 17% 8%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 6% 13% 24% 24% 14%	1620
	21st to end	Night	18% 5% 11% 28% 22% 16%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	24% 5% 15% 32% 18% 6%	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 5% 9% 22% 31% 14%	1566
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 13% 32% 28% 6%	1673
August	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 10% 30% 26% 9%	1717
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 6% 12% 23% 22% 6%	1778
	21st to end	Night	20% 5% 14% 28% 22% 10%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	27% 6% 9% 22% 23% 13%	1854
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 5% 12% 16% 27% 9%	1980
	21st to end	Night	19% 4 8% 21% 31% 18%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	23% 3 10% 21% 25% 17%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 3 6% 16% 30% 27%	1980
	21st to end	Night	19% 2 4 21% 33% 20%	2495
November	1st to 10th	Night	16% 2 6% 23% 30% 22%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 3 4 22% 35% 20%	2470
	21st to end	Night	24% 3 3 18% 30% 22%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	24% 2 6% 24% 28% 16%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 3 5% 20% 31% 16%	3037
	21st to end	Night	25% 3 5% 22% 30% 16%	4532

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	12% 11% 39% 26% 11% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 18% 33% 23% 11%	245
	21st to end	Day	8% 11% 42% 29% 10%	264
February	1st to 10th	Day	8% 14% 38% 32% 8%	240
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 15% 42% 23% 9% 1	240
	21st to end	Day	16% 16% 40% 23% 5%	198
March	1st to 10th	Day	10% 10% 48% 24% 8%	240
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 13% 35% 24% 8% 3	240
	21st to end	Day	13% 14% 41% 22% 10%	293
April	1st to 10th	Day	7% 18% 46% 22% 7%	420
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 16% 43% 21% 4 1	412
	21st to end	Day	12% 13% 40% 27% 7% 2	457
May	1st to 10th	Day	10% 9% 40% 30% 10%	603
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 30% 32% 16% 2	625
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 34% 31% 17% 2	679
June	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 23% 38% 23% 3	630
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 25% 43% 19% 3	630
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 19% 40% 30% 5%	630
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 8% 39% 32% 14%	621
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 8% 40% 38% 10%	618
	21st to end	Day	3 2 5% 38% 39% 14%	684
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 9% 40% 37% 9%	505
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 10% 39% 32% 13%	437
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 10% 34% 38% 11%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 9% 38% 34% 13%	393
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 14% 36% 34% 8%	270
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 16% 36% 26% 9%	270
October	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 26% 34% 21% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 7% 26% 35% 21% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	21% 6% 29% 26% 15% 3	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 8% 34% 30% 13% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 11% 31% 32% 14% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	17% 13% 37% 18% 13% 3	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 10% 40% 28% 12% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 10% 37% 34% 9% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	14% 17% 39% 22% 7%	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	7% 11% 36% 37% 10%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 10% 38% 35% 8%	910
	21st to end	Night	7% 9% 39% 37% 7% 1	819
February	1st to 10th	Night	10% 11% 38% 33% 7% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 13% 39% 32% 5%	704
	21st to end	Night	12% 14% 40% 31% 4	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	10% 14% 41% 31% 4	720
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 12% 39% 28% 7% 1	587
	21st to end	Night	7% 15% 44% 30% 4	594
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 13% 48% 30% 3	540
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 13% 48% 27% 2	533
	21st to end	Night	10% 11% 44% 31% 4 1	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 46% 31% 6%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 33% 36% 12% 1	531
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 39% 35% 12% 1	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 29% 44% 17% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 40% 44% 9%	540
	21st to end	Night	4 2 23% 49% 22% 1	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 12% 49% 30% 3	525
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 11% 49% 32% 2	522
	21st to end	Night	2 1 6% 48% 40% 2	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 8% 49% 37% 1	537
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 8% 44% 35% 2	534
	21st to end	Night	5% 9% 44% 39% 3	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 12% 44% 33% 2	540
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 2 14% 47% 24% 1	540
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 22% 41% 26% 2	540
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 25% 43% 15% 2	540
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 34% 41% 10%	540
	21st to end	Night	8% 10% 32% 33% 17% 1	911
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 7% 32% 41% 13% 1	925
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 10% 36% 38% 10%	950
	21st to end	Night	9% 10% 37% 33% 10% 1	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	10% 8% 36% 36% 9%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 10% 40% 32% 7%	950
	21st to end	Night	10% 11% 35% 36% 7%	1045

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