Mesa Verde National Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Mesa Verde National Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-03-06.

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	5% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 5% 5% 7% 56%	78717
	Night	5% 6% 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 56%	80854
Transparency	Day	25% 6% 11% 19% 24% 15%	78442
	Night	27% 5% 9% 20% 24% 15%	80650
Seeing	Day	8% 13% 27% 32% 18% 3	14062
	Night	8% 6% 21% 38% 24% 3	24461

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 8% 3 4 5% 2 4 4 5% 6% 55%	2858
	11th to 20th	Day	4 7% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 5% 6% 52%	2860
	21st to end	Day	7% 9% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 52%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	4 9% 2 6% 6% 3 4 4 3 6% 53%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 9% 2 6% 6% 3 5% 4 4 6% 50%	1676
	21st to end	Day	6% 11% 4 5% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 49%	1638
March	1st to 10th	Day	8% 8% 3 4 4 3 5% 5% 6% 7% 47%	2036
	11th to 20th	Day	4 8% 2 5% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 8% 50%	1980
	21st to end	Day	6% 8% 3 6% 6% 3 4 5% 4 7% 48%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 6% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 54%	2123
	11th to 20th	Day	4 5% 2 4 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 8% 52%	2131
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 4 5% 3 4 4 7% 7% 55%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 4 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 54%	2316
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 2 4 4 3 5% 5% 7% 8% 53%	2301
	21st to end	Day	4 3 2 4 4 2 4 4 5% 7% 61%	2584
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 2 3 1 3 5% 5% 8% 67%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 2 3 2 3 3 4 5% 73%	2520
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 3 2 4 5% 6% 7% 66%	2491
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 4 5% 3 6% 5% 7% 10% 54%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 2 4 6% 3 6% 7% 9% 9% 49%	2340
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 3 5% 6% 5% 7% 8% 8% 11% 38%	2545
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 6% 4 7% 7% 7% 8% 44%	2328
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 7% 11% 50%	2254
	21st to end	Day	4 3 2 4 5% 4 5% 7% 8% 8% 51%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 6% 7% 54%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 2 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 5% 59%	2082
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 5% 69%	1936
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 58%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 2 2 1 3 2 3 5% 74%	1800
	21st to end	Day	3 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 5% 68%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 7% 68%	1859
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 4 5% 69%	1769
	21st to end	Day	5% 6% 3 4 4 2 3 4 3 4 62%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 7% 2 4 4 2 4 3 4 6% 55%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 8% 3 5% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 46%	1926
	21st to end	Day	6% 9% 3 5% 4 2 3 4 4 5% 54%	2954
January	1st to 10th	Night	4 7% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 51%	4097
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 9% 3 4 4 2 4 3 4 6% 55%	4110
	21st to end	Night	6% 10% 3 5% 4 3 3 4 4 6% 51%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	4 8% 2 4 4 3 3 4 4 6% 59%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 7% 2 4 4 2 3 3 5% 6% 56%	2388
	21st to end	Night	6% 10% 3 5% 4 2 3 3 3 6% 55%	1813
March	1st to 10th	Night	6% 7% 3 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 53%	2040
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 8% 2 5% 5% 2 3 4 5% 7% 53%	1980
	21st to end	Night	8% 8% 3 6% 4 3 4 5% 4 6% 49%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 2 4 5% 2 4 5% 5% 7% 53%	1836
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 4 57%	1777
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 4 4 3 5% 4 4 6% 60%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 2 3 4 2 4 4 5% 7% 58%	1640
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 2 4 4 3 5% 3 5% 7% 55%	1594
	21st to end	Night	6% 6% 2 3 5% 2 3 4 5% 6% 60%	1688
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 7% 67%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5% 71%	1440
	21st to end	Night	1 2 2 3 4 3 4 4 6% 7% 64%	1462
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 5% 5% 4 7% 7% 7% 10% 48%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 3 6% 8% 4 5% 8% 7% 8% 43%	1620
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 3 7% 7% 5% 9% 8% 9% 12% 31%	1773
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 3 6% 6% 3 5% 7% 6% 11% 45%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 1 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 6% 8% 50%	1646
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 8% 10% 49%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 2 5% 6% 5% 5% 7% 7% 8% 48%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 3 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 5% 60%	1874
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 3 3 2 3 2 4 5% 68%	2024
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 2 3 3 2 4 4 4 6% 60%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 3 5% 73%	2160
	21st to end	Night	4 3 2 3 3 1 2 3 4 5% 70%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 1 3 2 1 3 3 4 6% 67%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 6% 70%	2384
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 2 3 3 2 2 4 4 5% 62%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 7% 2 5% 3 2 3 3 4 6% 58%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 9% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 48%	3271
	21st to end	Night	6% 10% 3 5% 4 2 3 3 3 5% 56%	4741

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	28% 5% 16% 30% 19% 2	2859
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 8% 19% 29% 13% 3	2860
	21st to end	Day	33% 6% 11% 29% 19% 3	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	31% 4 13% 23% 22% 6%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 5% 10% 23% 24% 4	1685
	21st to end	Day	34% 5% 8% 15% 31% 7%	1638
March	1st to 10th	Day	32% 4 9% 22% 26% 8%	2036
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 5% 9% 24% 25% 8%	1980
	21st to end	Day	32% 4 10% 20% 27% 7%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	27% 4 8% 19% 27% 15%	2123
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 5% 8% 19% 27% 15%	2134
	21st to end	Day	23% 5% 9% 19% 29% 15%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	24% 5% 9% 17% 31% 14%	2316
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 7% 11% 16% 28% 13%	2304
	21st to end	Day	21% 5% 8% 14% 28% 25%	2584
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 4 6% 16% 30% 30%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 5% 10% 20% 48%	2520
	21st to end	Day	14% 4 6% 13% 24% 38%	2491
July	1st to 10th	Day	21% 7% 14% 12% 17% 28%	2276
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 9% 14% 18% 20% 17%	2271
	21st to end	Day	32% 11% 18% 19% 13% 7%	2404
August	1st to 10th	Day	31% 9% 14% 15% 13% 18%	2313
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 7% 14% 17% 19% 20%	2254
	21st to end	Day	23% 8% 13% 18% 23% 15%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	27% 6% 9% 14% 21% 24%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 7% 10% 14% 22% 26%	2082
	21st to end	Day	17% 4 6% 14% 34% 24%	1936
October	1st to 10th	Day	25% 5% 9% 18% 24% 19%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 2 4 15% 40% 24%	1800
	21st to end	Day	18% 4 8% 22% 37% 11%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 3 7% 25% 38% 9%	1859
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 2 8% 28% 37% 7%	1769
	21st to end	Day	26% 4 8% 25% 27% 10%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	30% 4 12% 28% 19% 6%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 7% 12% 26% 19% 1	1924
	21st to end	Day	31% 5% 12% 17% 24% 10%	2954
January	1st to 10th	Night	33% 5% 10% 30% 19% 2	4097
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 5% 17% 29% 18% 3	4110
	21st to end	Night	32% 5% 9% 31% 20% 4	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	26% 5% 11% 25% 24% 8%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 4 8% 22% 29% 8%	2389
	21st to end	Night	30% 3 9% 17% 30% 11%	1813
March	1st to 10th	Night	29% 4 7% 22% 28% 10%	2040
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 4 8% 21% 28% 10%	1980
	21st to end	Night	33% 4 8% 19% 29% 8%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	28% 4 7% 19% 26% 16%	1836
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 5% 7% 14% 28% 19%	1777
	21st to end	Night	24% 4 7% 18% 31% 16%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	25% 4 8% 14% 35% 15%	1640
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 7% 8% 19% 25% 16%	1595
	21st to end	Night	25% 3 8% 15% 22% 26%	1688
June	1st to 10th	Night	18% 4 7% 13% 25% 33%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 4 5% 9% 18% 48%	1440
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 7% 13% 20% 39%	1462
July	1st to 10th	Night	27% 9% 13% 13% 10% 28%	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 9% 11% 14% 14% 19%	1566
	21st to end	Night	38% 13% 17% 15% 9% 8%	1674
August	1st to 10th	Night	31% 11% 13% 13% 13% 18%	1602
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 7% 13% 14% 15% 23%	1646
	21st to end	Night	27% 8% 12% 19% 18% 17%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	30% 7% 11% 15% 13% 25%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 5% 7% 17% 18% 28%	1874
	21st to end	Night	20% 3 6% 11% 30% 30%	2024
October	1st to 10th	Night	25% 5% 8% 17% 20% 25%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 3 4 12% 35% 29%	2160
	21st to end	Night	17% 3 5% 21% 36% 18%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	18% 3 6% 21% 36% 16%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 3 7% 25% 39% 10%	2384
	21st to end	Night	24% 3 6% 21% 34% 11%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	28% 4 10% 28% 22% 8%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 5% 10% 26% 22% 3	3272
	21st to end	Night	31% 4 10% 21% 24% 11%	4741

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	16% 13% 33% 27% 10% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 16% 33% 26% 12% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	9% 11% 30% 32% 15% 2	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	8% 21% 32% 30% 10%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 16% 37% 29% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	13% 26% 34% 20% 7%	293
March	1st to 10th	Day	13% 23% 33% 20% 11%	441
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 19% 31% 26% 10% 2	420
	21st to end	Day	13% 30% 33% 17% 6% 1	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	10% 23% 34% 22% 10% 2	420
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 27% 32% 19% 8% 1	412
	21st to end	Day	13% 29% 34% 17% 7%	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 21% 38% 25% 8% 1	423
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 16% 32% 28% 14% 2	448
	21st to end	Day	7% 18% 31% 28% 13% 2	539
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 7% 22% 40% 23% 3	630
	11th to 20th	Day	3 9% 24% 38% 22% 4	630
	21st to end	Day	2 5% 25% 44% 21% 3	601
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 18% 46% 29% 2	446
	11th to 20th	Day	3 12% 40% 35% 9%	444
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 16% 39% 33% 6%	487
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 15% 40% 31% 5%	447
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 23% 37% 26% 7%	437
	21st to end	Day	4 2 20% 43% 25% 6%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 21% 34% 28% 6%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	4 5% 24% 42% 18% 6%	450
	21st to end	Day	6% 10% 25% 32% 21% 7%	406
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 13% 25% 20% 23% 11%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 13% 28% 28% 20% 5%	270
	21st to end	Day	9% 15% 22% 32% 20% 2	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	7% 16% 25% 31% 18% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 11% 31% 32% 17% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	10% 13% 26% 31% 15% 5%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	11% 13% 25% 34% 14% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 15% 30% 26% 16% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	15% 19% 28% 29% 9%	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 21% 39% 20% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 25% 36% 21% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 26% 35% 19% 4	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 29% 38% 14% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 32% 36% 13% 1	744
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 31% 37% 11%	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 30% 37% 15% 2	742
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 8% 25% 38% 21% 2	720
	21st to end	Night	9% 13% 26% 35% 15% 2	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 12% 27% 41% 11% 1	576
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 16% 22% 35% 16% 1	533
	21st to end	Night	6% 13% 30% 34% 14% 1	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	9% 8% 26% 40% 16% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 24% 39% 19% 3	531
	21st to end	Night	10% 7% 23% 36% 22% 3	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 18% 44% 29% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 15% 45% 28% 3	540
	21st to end	Night	1 3 15% 46% 32% 2	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 11% 39% 41% 2	525
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 9% 37% 43% 6%	522
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 8% 30% 47% 7%	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 6% 35% 45% 9%	537
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 10% 36% 40% 5%	534
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 9% 38% 42% 6%	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 10% 39% 41% 3	540
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 13% 41% 34% 5%	614
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 15% 38% 31% 6%	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 21% 36% 24% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 18% 46% 24% 4	720
	21st to end	Night	5% 8% 19% 37% 26% 5%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 17% 44% 24% 5%	740
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 21% 42% 21% 5%	831
	21st to end	Night	12% 8% 18% 37% 21% 4	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 22% 41% 18% 2	950
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 9% 25% 33% 19% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	12% 11% 24% 38% 14% 2	965

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