Elk Grove
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Elk Grove clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-01-13.

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	8% 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 63%	74730
	Night	9% 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 61%	75008
Transparency	Day	23% 5% 9% 19% 24% 20%	74445
	Night	25% 5% 9% 19% 23% 18%	74814
Seeing	Day	8% 4 14% 27% 30% 16%	14101
	Night	10% 3 14% 41% 30% 3	23534

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	22% 9% 3 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 33%	1519
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 42%	1634
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 3 6% 5% 3 6% 5% 4 7% 39%	1782
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 5% 3 6% 5% 2 5% 3 4 5% 46%	1620
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 4 2 5% 4 2 5% 4 5% 7% 48%	1685
	21st to end	Day	15% 4 2 5% 4 3 3 4 4 7% 50%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 3 6% 6% 3 5% 6% 5% 7% 39%	1876
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 3 4 4 2 5% 4 6% 7% 41%	1980
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 3 4 6% 2 5% 5% 5% 7% 46%	2250
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 3 4 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 48%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 2 4 4 3 3 4 4 6% 58%	2129
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 2 2 3 2 3 4 4 7% 65%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 3 3 2 2 3 4 5% 68%	2196
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 3 3 1 2 3 4 7% 68%	2449
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 2 3 2 3 4 4 8% 66%	2723
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 7% 69%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 82%	2520
	21st to end	Day	2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 83%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 87%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 86%	2485
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 84%	2546
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 4 82%	2328
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 5% 84%	2161
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 86%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 87%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 6% 76%	2160
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 79%	1938
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 3 3 2 3 3 3 5% 74%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 1 2 3 2 2 3 4 5% 69%	1800
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 1 3 3 2 2 3 4 6% 64%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 1 4 4 3 4 5% 5% 8% 55%	1739
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 3 4 5% 3 4 4 5% 5% 50%	1710
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 5% 8% 50%	1582
December	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 4 7% 5% 3 3 4 4 7% 43%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 9% 4 8% 6% 3 3 3 4 6% 27%	1928
	21st to end	Day	15% 8% 3 7% 8% 4 5% 6% 7% 8% 28%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 2 5% 5% 2 4 4 5% 8% 41%	2646
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 3 5% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 47%	2366
	21st to end	Night	15% 4 3 4 5% 2 5% 4 4 8% 46%	2574
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 5% 51%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 2 4 4 2 4 5% 6% 7% 51%	2162
	21st to end	Night	15% 4 2 3 3 2 3 4 4 6% 53%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 44%	2080
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 1 4 5% 3 4 3 4 7% 47%	1980
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 6% 52%	2106
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 3 4 5% 3 4 3 4 7% 54%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 2 3 3 2 3 4 4 6% 60%	1779
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 1 3 3 2 3 4 4 6% 67%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 1 2 3 2 2 3 4 7% 69%	1760
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 8% 71%	1439
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 6% 71%	1552
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 1 3 3 1 2 4 3 6% 71%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 84%	1440
	21st to end	Night	2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 84%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 89%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 88%	1470
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 6% 80%	1773
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 79%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 5% 81%	1741
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 86%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 87%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 79%	1800
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 5% 81%	2019
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 1 3 2 2 2 3 3 4 74%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 1 3 3 2 2 3 4 7% 71%	2160
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 1 3 3 2 2 3 3 6% 70%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 9% 58%	2337
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 2 5% 3 2 3 4 4 7% 58%	2470
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 2 3 4 2 3 4 4 6% 58%	2593
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 6% 49%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 8% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 6% 6% 33%	3276
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 3 7% 7% 4 6% 6% 5% 7% 31%	4862

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	51% 8% 14% 14% 11% 2	1519
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 6% 12% 15% 18% 7%	1634
	21st to end	Day	44% 6% 11% 18% 17% 5%	1782
February	1st to 10th	Day	41% 4 9% 23% 16% 7%	1620
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 6% 13% 21% 19% 6%	1694
	21st to end	Day	35% 5% 10% 23% 20% 6%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	43% 7% 12% 19% 14% 4	1876
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 5% 10% 24% 16% 4	1980
	21st to end	Day	36% 9% 14% 20% 18% 5%	2250
April	1st to 10th	Day	35% 5% 12% 22% 17% 8%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 6% 11% 25% 23% 8%	2132
	21st to end	Day	20% 4 14% 28% 27% 7%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	18% 4 9% 26% 31% 12%	2196
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 5% 8% 29% 29% 12%	2452
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 15% 28% 25% 9%	2724
June	1st to 10th	Day	17% 4 11% 26% 28% 14%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 8% 22% 34% 26%	2520
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 3 13% 37% 37%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 4 10% 27% 54%	2451
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 3 13% 26% 50%	2410
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 3 10% 25% 54%	2405
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 4 11% 32% 43%	2312
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 3 13% 33% 44%	2161
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 2 12% 35% 44%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	5% 1 3 9% 31% 51%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 3 7% 21% 38% 20%	2160
	21st to end	Day	12% 2 4 20% 34% 28%	1938
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 4 8% 18% 30% 27%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 4 9% 21% 24% 25%	1800
	21st to end	Day	21% 4 8% 20% 27% 19%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	26% 7% 9% 27% 22% 10%	1739
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 5% 13% 23% 20% 5%	1710
	21st to end	Day	32% 5% 12% 23% 19% 8%	1582
December	1st to 10th	Day	42% 6% 13% 18% 15% 6%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	59% 6% 8% 12% 12% 4	1928
	21st to end	Day	47% 14% 15% 14% 8% 2	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	41% 7% 15% 21% 11% 5%	2646
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 7% 13% 18% 15% 11%	2366
	21st to end	Night	37% 6% 12% 17% 19% 8%	2574
February	1st to 10th	Night	35% 4 9% 22% 21% 9%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 6% 11% 22% 23% 7%	2164
	21st to end	Night	31% 6% 9% 26% 21% 6%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	41% 6% 12% 19% 17% 6%	2080
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 6% 8% 22% 21% 7%	1980
	21st to end	Night	33% 7% 12% 21% 20% 8%	2106
April	1st to 10th	Night	32% 5% 13% 20% 22% 7%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 5% 12% 27% 20% 12%	1779
	21st to end	Night	19% 5% 12% 29% 28% 6%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 11% 23% 32% 13%	1760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 11% 32% 26% 12%	1439
	21st to end	Night	14% 4 16% 33% 25% 8%	1552
June	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 12% 25% 29% 13%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 2 8% 22% 34% 26%	1440
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 3 13% 34% 40%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 2 10% 29% 53%	1400
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 3 10% 26% 54%	1422
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 3 10% 25% 52%	1674
August	1st to 10th	Night	11% 1 3 14% 29% 42%	1602
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 3 11% 29% 48%	1741
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 3 9% 33% 47%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 3 8% 31% 52%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 5% 20% 38% 24%	1800
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 5% 19% 33% 32%	2019
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 4 7% 18% 28% 29%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 7% 18% 27% 28%	2160
	21st to end	Night	16% 4 8% 21% 28% 24%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	24% 6% 10% 23% 22% 15%	2337
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 5% 12% 25% 24% 8%	2470
	21st to end	Night	28% 4 9% 23% 26% 10%	2593
December	1st to 10th	Night	35% 6% 12% 20% 18% 9%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	50% 6% 10% 16% 14% 4	3276
	21st to end	Night	47% 11% 12% 16% 9% 3	4862

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	35% 7% 12% 20% 21% 6%	180
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 14% 25% 25% 13%	342
	21st to end	Day	15% 5% 16% 23% 25% 16%	374
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 15% 18% 24% 19%	340
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 23% 21% 20% 14%	385
	21st to end	Day	13% 9% 20% 27% 21% 8%	346
March	1st to 10th	Day	18% 10% 17% 29% 21% 6%	420
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 8% 15% 26% 18% 13%	420
	21st to end	Day	15% 8% 21% 26% 20% 9%	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 19% 29% 18% 12%	420
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 9% 20% 30% 19% 12%	412
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 18% 30% 25% 16%	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 6% 23% 29% 26% 12%	423
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 22% 29% 23% 16%	448
	21st to end	Day	4 4 16% 28% 29% 19%	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 20% 24% 31% 17%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	1 4 17% 30% 37% 10%	450
	21st to end	Day	1 13% 31% 38% 17%	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 8% 33% 43% 13%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 6% 30% 43% 20%	444
	21st to end	Day	1 7% 32% 41% 18%	487
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 10% 35% 38% 13%	447
	11th to 20th	Day	1 11% 31% 39% 18%	437
	21st to end	Day	1 1 8% 30% 42% 18%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 8% 27% 44% 19%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 13% 28% 33% 21%	450
	21st to end	Day	2 2 11% 27% 36% 22%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 16% 27% 27% 24%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 10% 21% 31% 28%	450
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 13% 22% 31% 21%	495
November	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 13% 21% 30% 21%	335
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 10% 22% 36% 17%	270
	21st to end	Day	14% 1 8% 29% 33% 15%	210
December	1st to 10th	Day	18% 3 16% 24% 22% 17%	180
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 12% 26% 24% 14%	180
	21st to end	Day	18% 8% 18% 27% 22% 7%	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 4 14% 34% 25% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 13% 40% 24% 5%	728
	21st to end	Night	17% 3 12% 38% 26% 4	792
February	1st to 10th	Night	18% 3 13% 36% 26% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 17% 37% 25% 3	704
	21st to end	Night	16% 4 19% 41% 18% 3	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 5% 18% 34% 23% 2	720
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 4 14% 37% 24% 3	720
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 18% 40% 21% 1	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 19% 41% 24% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 21% 41% 22% 4	711
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 22% 40% 28% 3	720
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 23% 42% 26% 2	680
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 13% 52% 28% 1	377
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 19% 44% 30% 1	389
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 18% 48% 28% 1	360
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 15% 57% 26%	360
	21st to end	Night	1 1 13% 52% 32%	360
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 6% 56% 37%	350
	11th to 20th	Night	1 5% 56% 36% 2	378
	21st to end	Night	1 4 46% 46% 3	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 9% 47% 39% 1	537
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 9% 49% 38% 2	673
	21st to end	Night	2 5% 45% 45% 2	792
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 8% 43% 45% 2	720
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 12% 41% 36% 5%	720
	21st to end	Night	2 1 12% 39% 40% 7%	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 11% 41% 34% 6%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 13% 37% 37% 6%	720
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 11% 36% 36% 9%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 13% 36% 33% 7%	740
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 12% 43% 29% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 13% 40% 27% 5%	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	17% 3 15% 37% 23% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 4 12% 33% 24% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	21% 5% 18% 33% 21% 2	836

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