City of Rocks State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the City of Rocks State Park 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	4 3 1 3 4 2 4 4 5% 7% 63%	75066
	Night	4 3 1 3 3 2 4 4 5% 7% 63%	74785
Transparency	Day	21% 4 7% 14% 27% 27%	74793
	Night	20% 4 7% 15% 28% 26%	74579
Seeing	Day	7% 11% 24% 30% 22% 7%	13372
	Night	5% 5% 24% 38% 23% 4	23477

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	5% 4 1 2 4 2 3 4 4 6% 64%	1708
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 1 2 3 1 3 4 5% 6% 68%	1669
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 4 2 2 3 3 4 5% 64%	1782
February	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 2 4 2 2 3 3 4 6% 69%	1620
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 1 3 4 2 4 4 4 6% 64%	1712
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 1 3 2 1 3 3 3 5% 70%	1595
March	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 2 4 4 3 3 4 5% 6% 62%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 68%	1980
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 3 1 3 4 6% 7% 68%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 6% 74%	2114
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 5% 78%	2131
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 6% 78%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 2 3 1 3 3 3 6% 76%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 1 3 3 2 4 3 4 5% 71%	2212
	21st to end	Day	2 1 1 2 1 2 3 3 4 79%	2530
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 2 4 3 5% 7% 67%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 1 3 3 4 6% 73%	2340
	21st to end	Day	4 3 2 4 4 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 56%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 3 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 8% 10% 44%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 2 5% 6% 4 7% 7% 9% 10% 40%	2340
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 6% 7% 6% 8% 8% 9% 11% 32%	2545
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 6% 5% 8% 7% 8% 11% 40%	2311
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 6% 5% 6% 8% 8% 10% 41%	2123
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 5% 6% 3 7% 6% 7% 9% 46%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 2 5% 5% 3 6% 5% 7% 8% 47%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 4 3 3 4 5% 5% 7% 59%	2106
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 3 3 2 4 3 5% 7% 68%	1918
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 3 4 2 3 3 5% 6% 67%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 73%	1800
	21st to end	Day	2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 5% 78%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 2 2 3 4 7% 73%	1859
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 3 3 1 2 4 5% 6% 71%	1900
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 2 3 4 2 3 4 4 7% 61%	1900
December	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 3 3 2 3 5% 5% 8% 63%	1742
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 6% 2 5% 4 2 4 3 3 6% 57%	2169
	21st to end	Day	3 4 2 3 3 2 3 4 5% 8% 64%	3146
January	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 3 3 2 3 4 5% 7% 62%	2457
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 3 6% 68%	2418
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 2 3 3 1 3 4 4 6% 64%	2574
February	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 8% 68%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 2 3 2 3 2 4 6% 66%	2134
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 3 1 3 4 4 6% 68%	1658
March	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 3 3 2 3 4 5% 7% 65%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 70%	1980
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 3 3 1 3 4 4 6% 69%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 7% 74%	1845
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 2 3 2 2 2 4 5% 74%	1777
	21st to end	Night	2 1 1 2 3 2 3 3 4 5% 76%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 4 5% 75%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 2 3 2 3 3 4 7% 69%	1679
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 4 77%	1746
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 1 3 3 2 4 3 5% 6% 66%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 71%	1620
	21st to end	Night	4 3 2 4 6% 4 5% 6% 8% 9% 51%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 4 5% 4 5% 7% 9% 12% 43%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 5% 7% 5% 9% 9% 10% 13% 33%	1620
	21st to end	Night	4 4 3 7% 7% 4 7% 6% 9% 15% 36%	1773
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 3 5% 6% 5% 6% 9% 10% 11% 38%	1625
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 2 5% 6% 4 7% 9% 9% 12% 37%	1778
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 2 4 7% 4 6% 8% 8% 13% 39%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 2 5% 6% 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 47%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 2 3 4 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 57%	1849
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 3 2 3 4 5% 7% 67%	2040
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 2 3 4 5% 6% 66%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 76%	2160
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 2 5% 78%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 6% 75%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 6% 74%	2280
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 64%	2280
December	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 2 3 2 2 3 4 6% 7% 63%	2436
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 2 5% 5% 2 4 4 6% 7% 57%	3041
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 4 3 2 3 3 4 5% 65%	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% 16% 35% 18%	1709
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 2 5% 15% 38% 23%	1669
	21st to end	Day	24% 2 3 14% 34% 24%	1782
February	1st to 10th	Day	18% 2 5% 16% 24% 34%	1620
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 2 5% 13% 30% 28%	1722
	21st to end	Day	18% 2 3 9% 30% 38%	1595
March	1st to 10th	Day	23% 2 5% 11% 30% 30%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 2 4 13% 28% 35%	1980
	21st to end	Day	15% 3 5% 11% 36% 31%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 4 10% 38% 34%	2114
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 1 2 8% 29% 47%	2134
	21st to end	Day	10% 1 3 10% 33% 42%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	12% 1 4 10% 26% 48%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 3 6% 11% 28% 36%	2215
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 3 9% 25% 52%	2530
June	1st to 10th	Day	18% 3 3 10% 28% 39%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 3 2 7% 21% 55%	2340
	21st to end	Day	23% 5% 8% 13% 19% 32%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	31% 7% 11% 15% 18% 18%	2276
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 8% 14% 23% 14% 7%	2271
	21st to end	Day	39% 12% 18% 17% 11% 3	2404
August	1st to 10th	Day	32% 10% 15% 23% 15% 6%	2296
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 9% 15% 18% 19% 7%	2123
	21st to end	Day	30% 8% 14% 20% 19% 9%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	32% 5% 11% 17% 21% 14%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 5% 8% 17% 28% 19%	2106
	21st to end	Day	17% 4 4 17% 35% 23%	1918
October	1st to 10th	Day	18% 4 9% 15% 24% 30%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 2 4 10% 29% 39%	1800
	21st to end	Day	12% 2 2 16% 35% 32%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 2 6% 16% 35% 28%	1859
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 3 4 17% 30% 30%	1900
	21st to end	Day	23% 3 5% 16% 31% 21%	1900
December	1st to 10th	Day	21% 3 5% 21% 30% 20%	1742
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 2 6% 19% 26% 16%	2168
	21st to end	Day	18% 4 6% 16% 36% 21%	3146
January	1st to 10th	Night	22% 3 6% 17% 35% 18%	2457
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 2 4 15% 38% 22%	2418
	21st to end	Night	22% 2 4 16% 36% 20%	2574
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 3 5% 17% 27% 31%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 2 3 16% 30% 27%	2134
	21st to end	Night	18% 2 4 11% 30% 34%	1658
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 3 5% 14% 29% 30%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 3 3 13% 29% 35%	1980
	21st to end	Night	16% 3 4 14% 35% 28%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 2 4 12% 38% 31%	1845
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 2 3 8% 30% 42%	1777
	21st to end	Night	12% 2 3 12% 33% 38%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	13% 2 2 9% 27% 47%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 3 6% 12% 26% 37%	1680
	21st to end	Night	12% 2 4 7% 24% 50%	1746
June	1st to 10th	Night	19% 3 4 11% 25% 38%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 3 3 7% 21% 51%	1620
	21st to end	Night	27% 6% 8% 13% 15% 31%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	29% 7% 13% 19% 16% 15%	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 11% 16% 20% 12% 6%	1566
	21st to end	Night	35% 9% 24% 20% 10% 3	1674
August	1st to 10th	Night	32% 12% 17% 23% 10% 6%	1616
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 10% 17% 16% 15% 7%	1778
	21st to end	Night	32% 9% 16% 22% 15% 6%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	31% 7% 11% 18% 18% 15%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 6% 10% 17% 24% 20%	1849
	21st to end	Night	18% 4 6% 17% 33% 22%	2040
October	1st to 10th	Night	19% 4 8% 14% 26% 28%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 2 3 13% 28% 39%	2160
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 3 17% 31% 35%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 4 16% 36% 30%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 3 4 17% 32% 31%	2280
	21st to end	Night	21% 3 4 16% 32% 23%	2280
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 4 5% 21% 27% 22%	2436
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 3 9% 18% 29% 15%	3041
	21st to end	Night	22% 2 5% 17% 34% 20%	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	12% 12% 32% 30% 12% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 9% 29% 30% 16% 4	257
	21st to end	Day	7% 12% 30% 33% 13% 5%	264
February	1st to 10th	Day	3 14% 30% 31% 17% 5%	240
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 14% 30% 31% 8%	240
	21st to end	Day	15% 31% 29% 18% 6% 1	313
March	1st to 10th	Day	13% 24% 32% 23% 7% 1	420
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 20% 26% 29% 10% 2	420
	21st to end	Day	11% 28% 33% 20% 7% 1	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	6% 20% 38% 23% 10% 3	420
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 27% 34% 21% 8% 1	412
	21st to end	Day	8% 20% 40% 21% 10% 2	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 20% 38% 25% 11% 1	423
	11th to 20th	Day	3 13% 35% 33% 15% 2	448
	21st to end	Day	3 14% 36% 34% 11% 2	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 6% 29% 40% 18% 3	450
	11th to 20th	Day	3 7% 27% 38% 22% 4	450
	21st to end	Day	3 2 20% 40% 27% 8%	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 9% 33% 36% 15%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 25% 42% 21%	444
	21st to end	Day	4 2 5% 22% 45% 23%	487
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 7% 22% 41% 23%	447
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 11% 29% 40% 15%	437
	21st to end	Day	4 2 9% 21% 46% 18%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 2 9% 34% 34% 9%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 14% 39% 32% 9%	450
	21st to end	Day	4 6% 18% 40% 26% 7%	388
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 22% 33% 24% 8%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 7% 19% 35% 24% 5%	270
	21st to end	Day	5% 9% 19% 33% 28% 6%	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	7% 11% 26% 36% 18% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	4 7% 25% 37% 22% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	11% 15% 25% 33% 14% 2	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 13% 24% 36% 19% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 14% 29% 35% 10% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	10% 15% 32% 31% 9% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 28% 38% 17% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 6% 30% 37% 18% 4	744
	21st to end	Night	9% 7% 29% 37% 16% 3	792
February	1st to 10th	Night	3 6% 34% 36% 16% 4	720
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 9% 33% 37% 12% 2	704
	21st to end	Night	6% 11% 43% 30% 9% 1	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	6% 10% 40% 33% 11% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 9% 31% 37% 14% 3	720
	21st to end	Night	4 11% 36% 36% 11% 1	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 9% 44% 35% 9% 1	585
	11th to 20th	Night	4 11% 42% 30% 12% 1	533
	21st to end	Night	2 13% 40% 33% 11% 1	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	3 8% 37% 43% 7% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 32% 43% 16% 1	531
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 33% 46% 12% 1	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 27% 49% 17% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 24% 52% 18% 1	540
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 17% 39% 34% 2	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 9% 35% 41% 7%	525
	11th to 20th	Night	4 7% 25% 55% 9%	522
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 5% 24% 55% 11%	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 4 23% 57% 12%	537
	11th to 20th	Night	4 7% 30% 50% 9%	534
	21st to end	Night	5% 6% 27% 54% 8%	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 6% 36% 46% 4	540
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 9% 43% 37% 5%	589
	21st to end	Night	4 1 13% 44% 32% 5%	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 19% 47% 24% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 18% 48% 21% 4	720
	21st to end	Night	3 4 20% 40% 25% 7%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 18% 42% 24% 8%	740
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 21% 43% 25% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 24% 37% 19% 6%	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 24% 43% 18% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 6% 29% 42% 14% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	9% 8% 25% 39% 15% 3	836

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