Fort Collins
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Fort Collins clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-03-23.

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	6% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 8% 53%	78755
	Night	5% 5% 2 4 4 2 4 4 5% 7% 57%	81194
Transparency	Day	27% 7% 13% 24% 21% 8%	78460
	Night	26% 6% 13% 25% 22% 8%	81011
Seeing	Day	9% 8% 27% 34% 17% 5%	14707
	Night	8% 6% 28% 42% 15% 2	24924

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 7% 2 6% 4 2 3 3 5% 7% 59%	2538
	11th to 20th	Day	2 6% 3 7% 5% 2 4 5% 5% 7% 52%	2550
	21st to end	Day	1 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 5% 5% 8% 59%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	3 7% 4 5% 4 3 5% 3 5% 9% 52%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	2 5% 2 5% 5% 2 4 4 6% 9% 56%	1803
	21st to end	Day	2 7% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 57%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	3 7% 3 5% 4 2 4 4 5% 9% 54%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 52%	2057
	21st to end	Day	6% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 10% 47%	2335
April	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 2 3 4 3 3 3 6% 9% 54%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 7% 2 4 4 3 5% 4 5% 8% 45%	2131
	21st to end	Day	11% 8% 2 4 5% 2 4 5% 6% 9% 43%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 4 3 5% 6% 7% 9% 39%	2322
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 2 4 4 3 6% 6% 6% 8% 37%	2478
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 2 5% 5% 3 7% 6% 7% 9% 42%	2724
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 1 4 5% 3 6% 6% 8% 10% 48%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 1 3 4 3 5% 5% 8% 9% 52%	2520
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 3 4 3 6% 6% 8% 10% 51%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 1 4 4 3 6% 6% 9% 9% 47%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 5% 3 6% 6% 8% 9% 53%	2520
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 2 4 5% 3 6% 7% 8% 10% 45%	2736
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 6% 4 7% 7% 11% 9% 41%	2328
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 4 5% 3 5% 6% 7% 8% 54%	2148
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 4 4 3 5% 5% 7% 9% 52%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 1 3 3 2 4 5% 6% 7% 59%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 1 3 4 3 4 5% 5% 8% 59%	2142
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 1 3 3 2 2 4 3 6% 65%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 1 3 4 2 3 4 5% 7% 58%	1810
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 3 3 2 3 4 5% 6% 66%	1800
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 62%	1895
November	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 64%	1673
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 1 3 4 2 3 4 5% 9% 62%	1710
	21st to end	Day	2 5% 3 4 4 2 3 4 5% 9% 59%	1573
December	1st to 10th	Day	2 6% 2 4 5% 3 4 5% 5% 9% 57%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	4 5% 2 4 4 2 3 5% 5% 9% 58%	1926
	21st to end	Day	3 7% 5% 7% 6% 2 4 4 5% 6% 53%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	2 7% 2 6% 5% 2 3 4 5% 7% 56%	4417
	11th to 20th	Night	2 5% 2 5% 5% 3 3 4 5% 7% 59%	4430
	21st to end	Night	3 7% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 57%	4539
February	1st to 10th	Night	3 8% 3 7% 4 3 4 4 4 7% 54%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	3 6% 4 6% 5% 3 4 3 5% 8% 54%	2262
	21st to end	Night	2 9% 3 7% 4 2 3 3 4 6% 58%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	3 7% 2 4 5% 3 4 3 5% 7% 57%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 8% 2 4 4 1 3 4 4 7% 58%	2120
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 3 5% 5% 2 4 3 5% 7% 52%	2065
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 3 3 3 3 4 4 5% 8% 56%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 51%	1777
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 1 4 4 2 4 4 5% 7% 47%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 2 4 4 2 5% 5% 6% 7% 44%	1630
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 5% 2 4 4 2 4 3 4 7% 46%	1417
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 2 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 8% 51%	1552
June	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 1 4 3 2 4 4 6% 10% 56%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 1 3 3 3 4 5% 5% 8% 60%	1440
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 1 3 3 3 2 4 6% 9% 61%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 2 3 4 3 4 5% 7% 8% 53%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5% 7% 10% 60%	1440
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 3 4 3 5% 5% 8% 9% 53%	1579
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 2 4 5% 3 5% 6% 7% 9% 51%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 3 4 2 4 4 6% 9% 60%	1752
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 3 4 2 5% 5% 6% 8% 59%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 2 4 3 2 5% 4 5% 7% 60%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 1 2 2 1 4 3 4 6% 67%	1818
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 1 3 4 2 3 3 4 6% 65%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 5% 5% 61%	2147
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 66%	2160
	21st to end	Night	7% 8% 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 6% 61%	2442
November	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 1 4 3 2 3 4 4 7% 66%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 1 4 4 1 3 3 5% 7% 64%	2470
	21st to end	Night	3 6% 2 4 3 2 4 4 5% 7% 60%	2603
December	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 3 5% 5% 2 3 3 3 7% 61%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	3 6% 2 3 3 2 3 4 5% 11% 58%	3271
	21st to end	Night	4 8% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 52%	4873

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% 6% 13% 30% 21% 7%	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 7% 16% 26% 17% 6%	2550
	21st to end	Day	22% 7% 14% 30% 22% 5%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	31% 5% 14% 26% 18% 5%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 5% 12% 30% 24% 6%	1813
	21st to end	Day	27% 5% 11% 25% 23% 9%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	27% 6% 13% 25% 24% 6%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 7% 15% 23% 21% 5%	2057
	21st to end	Day	33% 8% 14% 26% 15% 4	2335
April	1st to 10th	Day	27% 7% 13% 26% 18% 9%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 7% 12% 21% 17% 7%	2134
	21st to end	Day	35% 8% 13% 23% 18% 2	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	38% 10% 13% 23% 14% 2	2322
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 10% 13% 22% 12% 1	2482
	21st to end	Day	35% 10% 15% 22% 14% 4	2724
June	1st to 10th	Day	26% 10% 19% 23% 16% 6%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 9% 12% 20% 20% 14%	2520
	21st to end	Day	23% 9% 12% 22% 22% 12%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	28% 11% 12% 19% 19% 11%	2451
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 9% 12% 23% 21% 13%	2445
	21st to end	Day	28% 10% 14% 22% 18% 7%	2584
August	1st to 10th	Day	30% 12% 15% 22% 14% 8%	2313
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 8% 11% 21% 23% 13%	2148
	21st to end	Day	25% 8% 12% 19% 25% 11%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	22% 5% 9% 21% 26% 17%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 6% 10% 20% 27% 15%	2142
	21st to end	Day	22% 5% 7% 21% 35% 9%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	26% 5% 10% 23% 27% 9%	1810
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 4 12% 24% 29% 13%	1800
	21st to end	Day	23% 5% 11% 26% 23% 12%	1895
November	1st to 10th	Day	20% 4 13% 25% 26% 11%	1673
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 4 10% 27% 31% 7%	1710
	21st to end	Day	23% 5% 9% 24% 29% 10%	1573
December	1st to 10th	Day	24% 6% 13% 30% 19% 8%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 6% 12% 26% 30% 3	1924
	21st to end	Day	30% 8% 10% 23% 23% 7%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	26% 6% 12% 26% 25% 4	4417
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 8% 18% 22% 22% 9%	4430
	21st to end	Night	27% 7% 15% 30% 17% 4	4539
February	1st to 10th	Night	30% 4 14% 28% 19% 5%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 6% 11% 28% 21% 5%	2262
	21st to end	Night	29% 3 8% 25% 23% 11%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	26% 6% 10% 25% 27% 7%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 6% 12% 23% 28% 5%	2120
	21st to end	Night	31% 6% 14% 27% 16% 5%	2065
April	1st to 10th	Night	27% 6% 12% 26% 21% 9%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 6% 13% 25% 17% 6%	1777
	21st to end	Night	36% 6% 10% 25% 20% 3	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	37% 10% 13% 22% 16% 2	1630
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 8% 16% 22% 14% 1	1418
	21st to end	Night	29% 10% 19% 24% 11% 6%	1552
June	1st to 10th	Night	24% 9% 21% 26% 13% 7%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 8% 15% 20% 19% 18%	1440
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 12% 27% 26% 10%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	25% 9% 13% 26% 19% 7%	1400
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 8% 13% 29% 20% 13%	1392
	21st to end	Night	25% 9% 16% 28% 16% 6%	1491
August	1st to 10th	Night	27% 10% 19% 23% 15% 6%	1602
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 11% 27% 22% 12%	1752
	21st to end	Night	21% 6% 12% 25% 25% 11%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	23% 7% 10% 20% 20% 20%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 5% 11% 24% 25% 15%	1818
	21st to end	Night	20% 5% 9% 23% 30% 12%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	25% 5% 13% 19% 27% 11%	2147
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 4 10% 24% 27% 14%	2160
	21st to end	Night	27% 4 10% 23% 25% 11%	2442
November	1st to 10th	Night	20% 5% 11% 26% 27% 12%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 4 10% 29% 29% 8%	2470
	21st to end	Night	24% 4 11% 23% 29% 9%	2603
December	1st to 10th	Night	24% 5% 14% 27% 21% 9%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 5% 11% 30% 28% 4	3272
	21st to end	Night	31% 6% 12% 24% 23% 5%	4873

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% 10% 26% 42% 11% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 10% 39% 36% 9% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	4 11% 40% 35% 7% 2	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	7% 16% 42% 31% 3 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	4 13% 43% 32% 7%	270
	21st to end	Day	6% 17% 37% 35% 5%	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	7% 16% 28% 37% 9% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 13% 29% 32% 11% 1	427
	21st to end	Day	11% 15% 40% 26% 7% 1	471
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 17% 34% 26% 8% 1	420
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 18% 37% 22% 6% 2	412
	21st to end	Day	18% 18% 30% 23% 9% 2	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 13% 29% 29% 11% 2	559
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 7% 20% 31% 16% 5%	625
	21st to end	Day	10% 8% 26% 30% 21% 4	679
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 6% 22% 35% 25% 8%	630
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 28% 35% 21% 3	630
	21st to end	Day	4 4 24% 37% 23% 7%	630
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 16% 33% 30% 10%	621
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 16% 39% 28% 10%	618
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 15% 34% 34% 8%	678
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 20% 41% 23% 7%	447
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 23% 40% 23% 7%	437
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 25% 34% 25% 7%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 24% 38% 22% 6%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 27% 32% 27% 5%	432
	21st to end	Day	10% 3 25% 29% 24% 9%	270
October	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 25% 30% 21% 9%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	4 10% 33% 36% 14% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	7% 9% 32% 38% 12% 2	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	5% 9% 31% 36% 14% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 11% 29% 42% 8% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	9% 10% 28% 45% 7% 1	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 12% 29% 37% 14% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 9% 33% 43% 7% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	7% 13% 34% 37% 6% 3	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	5% 10% 30% 42% 10% 3	950
	11th to 20th	Night	4 14% 37% 36% 8% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	5% 8% 35% 44% 8% 1	841
February	1st to 10th	Night	7% 7% 46% 33% 6% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 9% 40% 40% 6%	744
	21st to end	Night	6% 11% 38% 42% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 38% 42% 7% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 8% 30% 41% 10% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	10% 9% 34% 40% 7% 1	665
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 11% 35% 40% 6%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 10% 33% 34% 9% 1	533
	21st to end	Night	18% 8% 26% 36% 11% 1	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 26% 35% 14% 2	540
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 4 18% 37% 19% 2	531
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 26% 36% 23% 1	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 17% 48% 23% 3	540
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 21% 52% 16%	540
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 14% 50% 26% 2	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 11% 41% 35% 3	525
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 9% 50% 34% 2	522
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 7% 43% 39% 3	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 11% 46% 32% 3	537
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 9% 51% 30% 3	534
	21st to end	Night	4 1 13% 45% 35% 3	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 17% 45% 23% 6%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 17% 45% 23% 4	540
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 23% 46% 21% 1	540
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 24% 41% 17% 3	707
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 26% 45% 14% 2	720
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 29% 41% 11% 2	858
November	1st to 10th	Night	4 6% 30% 46% 13% 2	925
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 10% 32% 44% 6% 2	950
	21st to end	Night	7% 7% 31% 44% 10% 1	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	4 9% 34% 45% 7%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 8% 34% 43% 7% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	7% 9% 35% 42% 7% 1	1045

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