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Las Cruces
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Las Cruces clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-01-16.

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	3 3 1 3 3 2 4 4 5% 7% 64%	74714
	Night	3 3 1 3 3 2 4 4 5% 7% 62%	75099
Transparency	Day	19% 4 7% 15% 27% 28%	74441
	Night	20% 4 7% 15% 26% 27%	74894
Seeing	Day	5% 6% 18% 29% 26% 15%	13206
	Night	5% 4 20% 43% 25% 3	23637

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	3 4 2 3 3 2 4 3 6% 7% 63%	1708
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 2 3 2 3 2 6% 8% 66%	1665
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 7% 64%	1782
February	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 4 5% 70%	1690
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 2 4 4 1 3 4 4 5% 64%	1749
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 2 3 2 3 2 3 5% 72%	1495
March	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 4 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 61%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 66%	1980
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 3 2 3 4 4 7% 69%	2197
April	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 5% 8% 72%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 5% 78%	2131
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 5% 79%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 7% 76%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 2 2 2 4 3 5% 6% 73%	2125
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 5% 80%	2482
June	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 73%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5% 76%	2340
	21st to end	Day	3 3 2 3 4 3 4 5% 6% 9% 59%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 2 5% 6% 4 6% 7% 8% 10% 46%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 5% 4 7% 7% 8% 10% 50%	2340
	21st to end	Day	4 3 2 6% 6% 4 6% 7% 9% 13% 41%	2545
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 4 4 3 6% 6% 9% 13% 47%	2208
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 2 4 6% 4 7% 5% 8% 10% 46%	2123
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 4 5% 5% 6% 7% 9% 9% 48%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 4 3 5% 5% 6% 9% 53%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 1 3 4 2 4 5% 6% 8% 59%	2160
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 5% 6% 71%	1935
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 3 3 2 4 3 5% 7% 66%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 2 2 3 1 2 3 3 5% 73%	1800
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 78%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 1 3 3 4 6% 74%	1859
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 1 3 4 5% 7% 69%	1900
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 63%	1764
December	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 1 2 4 3 3 4 5% 7% 62%	1682
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 3 6% 4 2 4 4 4 6% 58%	2112
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 3 3 2 3 4 4 6% 66%	3146
January	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 2 4 3 2 4 4 5% 6% 64%	2457
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 6% 67%	2405
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 3 3 2 3 4 5% 6% 65%	2574
February	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 67%	2268
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 64%	2098
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 69%	1757
March	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 2 3 3 2 3 4 5% 7% 61%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 2 3 3 1 3 3 5% 6% 66%	1980
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 3 2 2 4 4 5% 7% 67%	2156
April	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 2 3 2 3 5% 5% 8% 69%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 2 3 4 5% 6% 69%	1777
	21st to end	Night	2 1 1 2 2 1 3 2 4 6% 75%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 3 2 1 2 3 4 6% 73%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 3 2 5% 4 5% 8% 67%	1770
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 2 3 2 4 3 5% 5% 72%	1790
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 3 4 2 5% 5% 5% 8% 62%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 1 3 3 2 3 3 5% 7% 69%	1620
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 4 5% 4 6% 7% 9% 10% 48%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 2 5% 5% 4 7% 7% 9% 12% 44%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 2 6% 6% 4 7% 9% 8% 12% 42%	1620
	21st to end	Night	3 3 3 5% 6% 4 7% 8% 9% 15% 38%	1773
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 2 5% 9% 4 8% 8% 9% 13% 35%	1730
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 2 4 5% 4 6% 8% 8% 14% 41%	1778
	21st to end	Night	3 3 2 4 6% 4 6% 7% 9% 12% 45%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 4 5% 4 5% 6% 7% 10% 49%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 1 4 4 3 4 4 7% 8% 55%	1800
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 3 2 3 4 4 7% 67%	2019
October	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 2 4 4 2 3 4 6% 8% 61%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 73%	2160
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 4 77%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 7% 75%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 3 1 3 4 4 6% 72%	2280
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 3 4 2 4 3 4 6% 63%	2389
December	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 2 4 3 2 3 4 4 6% 64%	2493
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 59%	3108
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 5% 68%	4521

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	21% 3 6% 19% 35% 15%	1709
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 3 4 15% 40% 20%	1665
	21st to end	Day	22% 3 4 15% 35% 21%	1782
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 3 4 16% 28% 32%	1690
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 2 5% 14% 30% 27%	1759
	21st to end	Day	18% 1 3 9% 30% 40%	1495
March	1st to 10th	Day	23% 3 5% 11% 28% 30%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 3 5% 11% 24% 38%	1980
	21st to end	Day	15% 2 5% 11% 32% 35%	2197
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 2 4 10% 32% 40%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 1 3 8% 27% 50%	2134
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 3 9% 29% 48%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 1 5% 7% 24% 53%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 3 7% 12% 24% 41%	2128
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 4 9% 23% 54%	2482
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 2 5% 13% 29% 39%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 2 4 7% 22% 54%	2340
	21st to end	Day	21% 5% 9% 12% 21% 32%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	27% 8% 12% 18% 18% 17%	2276
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 8% 16% 21% 22% 10%	2271
	21st to end	Day	29% 10% 18% 23% 16% 4	2404
August	1st to 10th	Day	24% 9% 14% 28% 19% 7%	2193
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 7% 16% 21% 21% 7%	2123
	21st to end	Day	26% 8% 14% 20% 23% 9%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	27% 5% 9% 20% 22% 17%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 5% 9% 16% 29% 20%	2160
	21st to end	Day	14% 3 7% 19% 33% 23%	1935
October	1st to 10th	Day	18% 4 7% 14% 28% 29%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 3 4 11% 27% 39%	1800
	21st to end	Day	12% 2 3 17% 33% 33%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 6% 17% 35% 27%	1859
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 3 4 18% 30% 29%	1900
	21st to end	Day	21% 3 5% 17% 32% 21%	1764
December	1st to 10th	Day	22% 3 6% 23% 29% 16%	1682
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 4 5% 21% 30% 12%	2111
	21st to end	Day	19% 2 7% 18% 34% 20%	3146
January	1st to 10th	Night	22% 3 5% 18% 34% 19%	2457
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 2 6% 12% 38% 21%	2405
	21st to end	Night	20% 3 5% 15% 36% 21%	2574
February	1st to 10th	Night	18% 3 6% 16% 23% 35%	2268
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 2 5% 12% 29% 30%	2098
	21st to end	Night	17% 2 3 10% 28% 39%	1757
March	1st to 10th	Night	22% 3 5% 12% 27% 31%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 3 5% 11% 26% 36%	1980
	21st to end	Night	17% 3 6% 10% 31% 33%	2156
April	1st to 10th	Night	14% 3 5% 8% 32% 38%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 3 6% 10% 23% 43%	1777
	21st to end	Night	12% 2 4 10% 27% 45%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 2 2 8% 22% 52%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 4 7% 11% 21% 40%	1771
	21st to end	Night	17% 2 5% 8% 21% 47%	1791
June	1st to 10th	Night	19% 4 6% 14% 21% 35%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 3 5% 8% 19% 51%	1620
	21st to end	Night	27% 6% 10% 15% 16% 26%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	28% 9% 12% 20% 16% 15%	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 9% 12% 22% 19% 10%	1566
	21st to end	Night	30% 10% 19% 24% 12% 5%	1674
August	1st to 10th	Night	35% 9% 15% 23% 13% 5%	1721
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 9% 16% 22% 17% 8%	1778
	21st to end	Night	28% 9% 14% 24% 18% 8%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	28% 7% 13% 16% 19% 17%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 6% 10% 18% 20% 20%	1800
	21st to end	Night	18% 4 7% 16% 31% 24%	2019
October	1st to 10th	Night	20% 5% 8% 14% 22% 30%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 2 5% 11% 23% 43%	2160
	21st to end	Night	13% 2 3 14% 30% 37%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 6% 14% 32% 33%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 3 5% 15% 33% 30%	2280
	21st to end	Night	22% 3 6% 14% 31% 24%	2389
December	1st to 10th	Night	23% 3 5% 19% 28% 21%	2493
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 4 6% 20% 31% 14%	3108
	21st to end	Night	20% 3 4 17% 39% 18%	4521

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	9% 6% 25% 41% 17% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 20% 40% 20% 7%	255
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 30% 33% 18% 8%	264
February	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 18% 40% 23% 8%	240
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 8% 26% 35% 16% 2	240
	21st to end	Day	11% 14% 28% 32% 11% 4	213
March	1st to 10th	Day	9% 15% 31% 31% 11% 2	420
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 15% 23% 30% 16% 5%	420
	21st to end	Day	8% 19% 35% 24% 11% 2	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	5% 13% 32% 29% 17% 4	420
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 21% 33% 26% 13% 3	412
	21st to end	Day	6% 16% 32% 29% 14% 3	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	3 14% 30% 31% 15% 6%	423
	11th to 20th	Day	1 9% 26% 37% 22% 4	448
	21st to end	Day	2 6% 30% 38% 21% 4	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 15% 34% 29% 13%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 18% 30% 35% 12%	450
	21st to end	Day	4 2 10% 27% 36% 21%	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 5% 21% 38% 33%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 18% 38% 39%	444
	21st to end	Day	3 1 3 17% 34% 43%	487
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 10% 37% 47%	447
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 7% 19% 41% 27%	437
	21st to end	Day	4 2 18% 33% 42%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 8% 22% 40% 24%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 7% 26% 41% 21%	450
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 11% 27% 37% 19%	324
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 14% 30% 29% 20%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	4 5% 12% 29% 37% 13%	270
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 14% 29% 30% 16%	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	4 5% 22% 32% 28% 9%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 16% 29% 41% 9%	270
	21st to end	Day	11% 8% 22% 35% 19% 5%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 7% 14% 38% 26% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 6% 26% 43% 18% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 28% 42% 16% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 24% 49% 16% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 23% 50% 18% 2	740
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 25% 44% 17% 2	792
February	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 29% 45% 17% 2	720
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 33% 41% 12% 1	704
	21st to end	Night	5% 7% 42% 38% 8% 1	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	8% 8% 30% 43% 10% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 6% 28% 45% 15% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	5% 8% 32% 43% 12% 1	770
April	1st to 10th	Night	2 8% 41% 38% 10% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 9% 35% 38% 11% 1	533
	21st to end	Night	3 11% 34% 41% 11% 1	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 35% 45% 9%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 25% 53% 15% 1	531
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 27% 51% 14% 1	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 20% 48% 26% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 20% 51% 25% 1	540
	21st to end	Night	2 2 9% 49% 36% 1	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 6% 40% 44% 5%	525
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 4 27% 58% 7%	522
	21st to end	Night	3 1 2 28% 56% 10%	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 4 25% 57% 10%	537
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 4 21% 60% 9%	534
	21st to end	Night	3 1 5% 28% 56% 6%	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 6% 37% 47% 4	540
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 5% 41% 43% 2	540
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 9% 46% 35% 3	634
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 12% 51% 28% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 17% 49% 26% 2	720
	21st to end	Night	4 3 14% 43% 30% 6%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 14% 46% 31% 4	740
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 18% 50% 25% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 21% 44% 21% 3	869
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 19% 47% 22% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 23% 51% 15% 1	827
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 24% 49% 15% 1	836

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