Mesquite Springs
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Mesquite Springs clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-01-14.

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	1 2 1 2 2 1 3 3 4 7% 74%	74887
	Night	2 2 1 2 3 2 3 3 4 6% 72%	74878
Transparency	Day	11% 4 7% 16% 27% 35%	74598
	Night	13% 4 7% 18% 27% 31%	74689
Seeing	Day	4 12% 31% 31% 17% 5%	14041
	Night	3 6% 20% 41% 27% 3	23803

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 3 1 2 3 1 3 4 5% 10% 66%	1519
	11th to 20th	Day	1 3 1 2 4 2 4 4 5% 8% 66%	1464
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 2 3 2 3 4 4 8% 66%	1856
February	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 71%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 5% 8% 68%	1750
	21st to end	Day	3 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 5% 7% 68%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	1 3 2 3 3 2 3 4 6% 8% 66%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 6% 10% 63%	1861
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 2 3 2 4 4 5% 7% 69%	2335
April	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 2 3 2 3 3 4 8% 71%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 4 6% 74%	2129
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 2 1 3 4 3 8% 74%	2181
May	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 7% 74%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 4 7% 74%	2301
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 5% 7% 72%	2530
June	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 1 3 4 4 7% 75%	2495
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 3 3 6% 81%	2520
	21st to end	Day	1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 4 85%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 2 2 1 3 3 4 6% 77%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 7% 75%	2520
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 2 2 2 3 4 6% 8% 69%	2615
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 4 80%	2201
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 5% 84%	2122
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 4 84%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 5% 83%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 88%	2005
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 87%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 81%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 5% 81%	1877
	21st to end	Day	1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 5% 80%	1832
November	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 4 7% 74%	1674
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 6% 79%	1710
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 6% 6% 73%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 2 3 2 4 3 5% 6% 69%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	3 6% 2 4 5% 2 4 5% 7% 9% 54%	2060
	21st to end	Day	2 5% 2 4 4 3 4 5% 7% 10% 55%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 2 3 2 3 4 4 9% 66%	2646
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 1 2 3 2 3 3 4 7% 71%	2568
	21st to end	Night	3 4 2 3 3 2 3 4 4 6% 66%	2494
February	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 70%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 2 2 2 3 4 5% 7% 69%	2098
	21st to end	Night	2 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 67%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 3 3 2 4 4 6% 9% 66%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 2 3 3 3 4 4 5% 8% 64%	2098
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 2 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 64%	2017
April	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 7% 70%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 3 1 3 3 4 5% 74%	1779
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 2 3 2 3 4 3 6% 74%	1778
May	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 7% 70%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 5% 6% 73%	1594
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 3 3 1 3 4 5% 7% 69%	1746
June	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 6% 77%	1459
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 79%	1440
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 84%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 2 1 3 4 3 4 80%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 3 1 2 4 5% 5% 74%	1440
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 4 3 2 4 4 5% 6% 66%	1697
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 3 2 4 4 4 4 74%	1735
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 84%	1780
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 5% 82%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 2 3 1 2 2 2 3 83%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 5% 84%	1953
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 86%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 6% 78%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 4 81%	2078
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 2 1 2 3 4 5% 80%	2523
November	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 6% 78%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 7% 76%	2470
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 8% 72%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 4 4 2 3 4 4 7% 67%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	3 7% 2 4 3 2 3 4 6% 9% 58%	3142
	21st to end	Night	3 4 2 4 4 3 5% 6% 6% 9% 53%	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	15% 7% 14% 33% 28% 4	1519
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 13% 28% 25% 12%	1464
	21st to end	Day	19% 5% 10% 27% 30% 10%	1856
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 9% 25% 32% 16%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 9% 21% 34% 16%	1760
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 10% 25% 30% 15%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	16% 5% 9% 25% 32% 13%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 10% 23% 26% 20%	1861
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 10% 26% 31% 15%	2335
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 9% 23% 30% 22%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 8% 16% 33% 28%	2132
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 7% 20% 37% 23%	2181
May	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 7% 17% 33% 30%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 7% 14% 35% 31%	2304
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 7% 16% 35% 26%	2530
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 6% 11% 27% 44%	2495
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 4 8% 22% 58%	2520
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 2 5% 16% 70%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 4 7% 13% 65%	2451
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 5% 10% 18% 55%	2445
	21st to end	Day	13% 4 7% 13% 20% 43%	2470
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 3 5% 7% 15% 62%	2186
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 3 7% 20% 62%	2122
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 2 6% 20% 64%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 3 7% 18% 64%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 4 9% 26% 56%	2005
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 3 8% 33% 50%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 4 13% 30% 42%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 4 11% 32% 42%	1877
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 5% 13% 35% 35%	1832
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 4 6% 20% 38% 22%	1674
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 8% 24% 37% 20%	1710
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 7% 25% 30% 21%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 13% 25% 25% 15%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 8% 11% 22% 25% 9%	2059
	21st to end	Day	23% 8% 15% 26% 21% 6%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 12% 32% 28% 6%	2646
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 11% 28% 28% 14%	2568
	21st to end	Night	20% 5% 9% 25% 28% 12%	2494
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 4 10% 23% 29% 17%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 8% 23% 31% 20%	2099
	21st to end	Night	17% 4 9% 24% 31% 15%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 8% 25% 31% 15%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 8% 19% 31% 19%	2098
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 9% 26% 30% 12%	2017
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 4 8% 22% 33% 19%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 9% 14% 34% 26%	1779
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 6% 16% 39% 23%	1778
May	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 6% 14% 31% 32%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 7% 12% 31% 34%	1595
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 7% 16% 31% 29%	1746
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 5% 10% 24% 48%	1459
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 4 9% 20% 56%	1440
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 3 4 17% 68%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 3 6% 10% 70%	1400
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 6% 10% 16% 56%	1392
	21st to end	Night	16% 3 6% 11% 19% 44%	1603
August	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 4 6% 14% 60%	1726
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 4 6% 18% 64%	1780
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 3 8% 18% 64%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 3 7% 15% 65%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 4 9% 23% 56%	1953
	21st to end	Night	4 2 3 9% 28% 55%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 5% 15% 23% 46%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 4 11% 31% 43%	2078
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 5% 11% 33% 39%	2523
November	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 5% 19% 38% 26%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 9% 20% 32% 26%	2470
	21st to end	Night	13% 4 7% 17% 34% 24%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 9% 24% 27% 16%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 8% 12% 24% 25% 8%	3142
	21st to end	Night	24% 7% 14% 28% 21% 7%	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	9% 9% 38% 33% 9% 1	180
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 13% 31% 33% 14% 3	166
	21st to end	Day	8% 12% 26% 32% 21% 1	386
February	1st to 10th	Day	6% 15% 32% 30% 15% 3	420
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 16% 36% 27% 10%	415
	21st to end	Day	8% 18% 35% 30% 8% 1	346
March	1st to 10th	Day	6% 23% 34% 25% 11% 1	420
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 17% 35% 27% 10% 1	420
	21st to end	Day	10% 24% 38% 21% 7% 1	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	7% 20% 32% 26% 11% 4	420
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 25% 33% 26% 8% 1	412
	21st to end	Day	5% 20% 35% 23% 14% 3	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 17% 38% 24% 11% 2	423
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 15% 33% 29% 12% 6%	448
	21st to end	Day	4 15% 32% 28% 17% 4	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	2 13% 29% 30% 21% 4	450
	11th to 20th	Day	2 16% 30% 31% 16% 6%	450
	21st to end	Day	1 12% 26% 35% 19% 6%	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 6% 34% 32% 19% 7%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	1 4 29% 35% 21% 11%	444
	21st to end	Day	2 3 31% 33% 24% 8%	487
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 9% 36% 29% 17% 7%	447
	11th to 20th	Day	1 6% 28% 35% 19% 11%	437
	21st to end	Day	1 5% 31% 32% 20% 10%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 7% 31% 32% 21% 8%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	2 9% 33% 33% 18% 4	450
	21st to end	Day	2 10% 25% 38% 20% 4	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 12% 32% 31% 18% 6%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	2 8% 27% 31% 26% 5%	450
	21st to end	Day	4 11% 18% 34% 27% 7%	347
November	1st to 10th	Day	3 6% 20% 39% 29% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	3 6% 24% 38% 23% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	2 7% 26% 36% 24% 4	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	5% 6% 30% 41% 16% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	4 11% 24% 39% 17% 4	237
	21st to end	Day	6% 16% 31% 33% 13% 2	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 25% 41% 20% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 24% 46% 16% 5%	734
	21st to end	Night	7% 8% 22% 42% 19% 2	792
February	1st to 10th	Night	3 8% 25% 39% 23% 2	720
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 7% 23% 41% 21% 2	704
	21st to end	Night	6% 7% 30% 42% 13% 2	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	3 11% 26% 40% 16% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 10% 24% 37% 22% 4	720
	21st to end	Night	5% 10% 29% 39% 15% 2	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 10% 25% 40% 19% 2	720
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 11% 28% 35% 19% 2	711
	21st to end	Night	3 9% 28% 34% 23% 3	698
May	1st to 10th	Night	3 9% 26% 44% 15% 2	540
	11th to 20th	Night	4 8% 23% 38% 27% 1	531
	21st to end	Night	3 8% 24% 39% 25% 2	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 16% 39% 37% 4	379
	11th to 20th	Night	2 7% 13% 41% 35% 2	360
	21st to end	Night	2 2 13% 42% 37% 4	360
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 51% 36% 4	350
	11th to 20th	Night	2 9% 41% 45% 3	348
	21st to end	Night	1 1 11% 46% 39% 2	515
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 15% 46% 32% 2	661
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 11% 41% 43% 3	712
	21st to end	Night	2 1 10% 41% 42% 5%	792
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 13% 39% 41% 5%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 14% 42% 37% 4	720
	21st to end	Night	1 3 14% 36% 41% 5%	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	1 5% 20% 40% 27% 7%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 14% 41% 33% 7%	720
	21st to end	Night	2 7% 15% 36% 32% 8%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 16% 39% 32% 7%	740
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 16% 44% 28% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 20% 39% 30% 2	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 22% 45% 23% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 22% 45% 19% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	5% 8% 25% 44% 16% 1	836

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