Paint Mines Interpretive Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Paint Mines Interpretive Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-03-01.

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 5% 2 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 8% 55%	78560
	Night	4 5% 2 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 8% 56%	80909
Transparency	Day	25% 6% 12% 24% 23% 10%	78265
	Night	25% 6% 12% 25% 23% 9%	80726
Seeing	Day	7% 9% 29% 30% 20% 6%	14534
	Night	6% 6% 31% 39% 15% 2	24726

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	2 3 2 4 5% 3 4 4 6% 8% 59%	2538
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 2 4 3 3 4 5% 8% 9% 57%	2576
	21st to end	Day	2 6% 2 5% 4 2 3 4 4 6% 61%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	3 8% 3 4 4 2 4 3 5% 7% 57%	1761
	11th to 20th	Day	1 4 2 5% 5% 3 4 6% 4 6% 59%	1849
	21st to end	Day	1 6% 3 5% 5% 3 4 5% 4 6% 58%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	3 5% 3 5% 4 2 3 5% 6% 6% 57%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 7% 2 4 4 3 3 3 4 6% 57%	1899
	21st to end	Day	4 7% 3 5% 6% 3 4 5% 5% 10% 50%	2346
April	1st to 10th	Day	5% 6% 2 4 3 2 5% 5% 5% 8% 55%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 8% 3 5% 4 3 5% 4 6% 8% 47%	2131
	21st to end	Day	9% 7% 2 5% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 8% 47%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 43%	2299
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 2 6% 6% 4 6% 6% 8% 9% 41%	2375
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 3 5% 3 5% 7% 7% 11% 47%	2724
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 2 3 4 3 5% 6% 8% 10% 50%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 4 4 3 5% 5% 7% 10% 53%	2520
	21st to end	Day	3 3 2 4 5% 3 5% 7% 8% 10% 50%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 4 5% 4 6% 6% 7% 10% 46%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 2 4 5% 3 5% 7% 7% 9% 52%	2520
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 5% 6% 4 6% 7% 8% 10% 41%	2727
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 2 5% 6% 4 6% 8% 8% 12% 41%	2259
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 4 4 3 5% 6% 6% 9% 52%	2123
	21st to end	Day	4 3 2 3 4 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 55%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 2 4 4 3 5% 4 6% 8% 58%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 3 4 2 4 4 5% 7% 61%	2102
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 2 3 3 2 4 3 5% 6% 65%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 3 3 2 3 4 5% 7% 62%	1882
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 3 2 2 2 3 4 6% 70%	1800
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 5% 66%	1884
November	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 3 3 2 3 4 5% 8% 66%	1673
	11th to 20th	Day	2 5% 2 4 4 2 3 3 4 5% 66%	1710
	21st to end	Day	3 5% 2 3 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 65%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	2 5% 2 4 4 3 4 5% 5% 7% 60%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	2 5% 3 5% 5% 3 3 3 6% 7% 57%	1926
	21st to end	Day	3 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 4 4 8% 58%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	1 6% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 6% 7% 56%	4417
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 1 3 4 3 4 6% 6% 9% 60%	4421
	21st to end	Night	1 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 60%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	2 6% 3 5% 4 2 4 4 5% 6% 58%	2418
	11th to 20th	Night	3 6% 4 7% 5% 2 4 5% 6% 7% 53%	2218
	21st to end	Night	2 5% 3 4 4 2 4 3 5% 6% 62%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	3 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 5% 5% 8% 57%	2166
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 55%	2057
	21st to end	Night	5% 6% 3 4 4 2 4 5% 6% 9% 54%	2008
April	1st to 10th	Night	5% 7% 3 4 4 2 4 5% 5% 6% 55%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 8% 3 6% 4 4 3 5% 6% 7% 47%	1777
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 4 5% 4 3 5% 4 5% 7% 46%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 3 5% 7% 8% 45%	1660
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 8% 3 6% 6% 3 4 5% 6% 8% 43%	1517
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 3 5% 3 3 5% 5% 6% 10% 45%	1552
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 2 4 4 3 5% 5% 7% 10% 52%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 1 4 4 2 4 5% 5% 9% 58%	1440
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 6% 9% 51%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 2 5% 7% 4 5% 8% 7% 8% 43%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 1 4 5% 4 5% 6% 8% 9% 52%	1440
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 7% 7% 8% 11% 40%	1587
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 3 5% 6% 4 6% 8% 8% 10% 40%	1677
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 2 4 4 3 5% 6% 6% 10% 49%	1778
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 2 4 5% 3 5% 7% 8% 10% 49%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 5% 4 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 52%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 3 3 2 4 5% 5% 8% 60%	1857
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 4 3 2 3 4 4 6% 63%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 2 4 4 2 4 3 5% 7% 57%	2074
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 3 2 2 3 4 4 6% 68%	2160
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 3 4 2 3 3 4 6% 65%	2452
November	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 2 3 3 2 2 4 4 7% 68%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 2 3 4 1 3 3 4 5% 68%	2470
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 2 5% 4 2 3 3 4 7% 61%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	1 5% 3 5% 4 2 4 4 5% 7% 60%	2659
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 2 5% 4 3 4 5% 5% 8% 58%	3271
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 7% 55%	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	20% 5% 12% 29% 26% 8%	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 5% 15% 30% 21% 9%	2576
	21st to end	Day	25% 5% 10% 29% 26% 6%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	26% 4 12% 26% 22% 10%	1761
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 4 8% 27% 27% 9%	1859
	21st to end	Day	27% 4 6% 22% 25% 16%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	25% 6% 10% 23% 26% 11%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 4 10% 25% 27% 7%	1899
	21st to end	Day	30% 5% 12% 25% 21% 7%	2346
April	1st to 10th	Day	26% 6% 13% 23% 23% 9%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 6% 12% 22% 19% 9%	2134
	21st to end	Day	31% 7% 12% 25% 21% 4	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	38% 7% 11% 23% 18% 3	2299
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 8% 18% 21% 15% 2	2379
	21st to end	Day	28% 10% 15% 23% 16% 8%	2724
June	1st to 10th	Day	25% 8% 15% 25% 16% 10%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 7% 11% 19% 25% 16%	2520
	21st to end	Day	24% 8% 12% 22% 23% 12%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	30% 8% 13% 18% 21% 11%	2451
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 10% 12% 25% 21% 9%	2445
	21st to end	Day	32% 11% 17% 23% 14% 4	2575
August	1st to 10th	Day	30% 11% 18% 21% 13% 7%	2244
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 7% 11% 23% 24% 10%	2123
	21st to end	Day	23% 7% 11% 25% 26% 9%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	23% 5% 10% 23% 25% 15%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 4 10% 17% 29% 18%	2102
	21st to end	Day	20% 4 7% 21% 35% 13%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	23% 4 11% 21% 29% 11%	1882
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 3 7% 22% 35% 16%	1800
	21st to end	Day	21% 3 8% 26% 26% 16%	1884
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 4 10% 24% 28% 18%	1673
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 4 6% 27% 33% 10%	1710
	21st to end	Day	21% 3 9% 21% 29% 18%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	24% 5% 12% 27% 24% 8%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 4 9% 25% 29% 9%	1924
	21st to end	Day	25% 5% 12% 25% 23% 11%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	25% 5% 10% 27% 28% 5%	4417
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 6% 14% 28% 24% 10%	4421
	21st to end	Night	24% 6% 10% 34% 21% 5%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	26% 5% 10% 26% 23% 9%	2418
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 5% 10% 28% 20% 7%	2218
	21st to end	Night	22% 4 8% 26% 26% 14%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	24% 4 11% 23% 27% 10%	2166
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 4 13% 22% 26% 6%	2057
	21st to end	Night	27% 6% 13% 23% 26% 5%	2008
April	1st to 10th	Night	27% 6% 12% 23% 22% 10%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 5% 13% 23% 18% 7%	1777
	21st to end	Night	35% 6% 13% 25% 16% 5%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	35% 6% 14% 24% 17% 4	1660
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 8% 19% 20% 11% 4	1518
	21st to end	Night	33% 9% 17% 21% 13% 8%	1552
June	1st to 10th	Night	25% 9% 21% 23% 14% 8%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 7% 16% 23% 19% 14%	1440
	21st to end	Night	28% 7% 10% 24% 21% 10%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	34% 9% 16% 19% 16% 5%	1400
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 9% 14% 31% 19% 5%	1392
	21st to end	Night	32% 12% 19% 20% 15% 1	1499
August	1st to 10th	Night	33% 13% 18% 21% 9% 6%	1668
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 7% 13% 28% 18% 5%	1778
	21st to end	Night	25% 9% 15% 26% 18% 7%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	28% 7% 11% 21% 23% 10%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 6% 11% 23% 24% 15%	1857
	21st to end	Night	22% 5% 9% 23% 31% 10%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	27% 6% 11% 20% 26% 11%	2074
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 5% 8% 24% 29% 17%	2160
	21st to end	Night	21% 4 10% 25% 26% 15%	2452
November	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 11% 25% 28% 17%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 3 8% 28% 31% 11%	2470
	21st to end	Night	24% 3 9% 21% 29% 13%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	23% 5% 12% 25% 25% 9%	2659
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 6% 9% 21% 34% 6%	3272
	21st to end	Night	25% 6% 13% 22% 24% 10%	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	4 7% 33% 36% 16% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 12% 34% 34% 11% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	5% 12% 33% 31% 15% 4	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	3 14% 44% 27% 9% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	3 12% 44% 31% 9% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	3 15% 45% 28% 7% 2	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	3 13% 33% 32% 16% 3	240
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 14% 39% 27% 10% 2	339
	21st to end	Day	11% 21% 42% 17% 7% 1	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	10% 16% 38% 24% 10% 2	420
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 21% 37% 20% 6% 2	412
	21st to end	Day	15% 16% 35% 24% 9% 2	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 15% 32% 25% 12% 3	562
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 9% 30% 27% 16% 4	625
	21st to end	Day	9% 11% 32% 25% 18% 6%	679
June	1st to 10th	Day	8% 7% 23% 30% 24% 8%	630
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 7% 31% 30% 22% 5%	630
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 23% 35% 24% 8%	630
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 15% 32% 34% 10%	621
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 13% 35% 35% 11%	618
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 13% 28% 36% 14%	669
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 19% 35% 30% 10%	447
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 20% 35% 26% 11%	437
	21st to end	Day	3 2 21% 38% 26% 10%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 26% 34% 24% 9%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 26% 33% 23% 11%	392
	21st to end	Day	8% 7% 20% 25% 26% 14%	270
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 7% 21% 26% 20% 16%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	3 8% 29% 30% 20% 9%	270
	21st to end	Day	9% 10% 27% 28% 18% 7%	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	3 7% 36% 28% 21% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 7% 31% 33% 20% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	4 13% 32% 31% 14% 6%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	3 13% 36% 33% 13% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	4 11% 33% 31% 19% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	5% 13% 38% 33% 10% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	5% 6% 35% 40% 11% 3	950
	11th to 20th	Night	4 8% 39% 37% 10% 2	941
	21st to end	Night	3 6% 37% 41% 12% 1	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	5% 7% 45% 36% 7% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 8% 45% 33% 9% 1	744
	21st to end	Night	5% 8% 49% 32% 6%	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	5% 7% 41% 36% 9% 1	722
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 36% 38% 10% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	7% 10% 41% 35% 8%	622
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 10% 44% 31% 7%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 13% 35% 33% 7% 1	533
	21st to end	Night	13% 12% 29% 36% 9% 1	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 9% 32% 36% 11% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 8% 27% 38% 13% 2	531
	21st to end	Night	9% 7% 37% 32% 14% 1	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 28% 41% 19% 2	540
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 32% 45% 14% 1	540
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 22% 46% 22% 2	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 15% 44% 29% 2	525
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 10% 49% 33% 3	522
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 10% 39% 38% 3	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 11% 43% 33% 3	537
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 13% 52% 25% 2	534
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 13% 45% 31% 3	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 17% 48% 23% 4	540
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 18% 45% 24% 3	540
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 22% 43% 21% 3	540
October	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 30% 32% 18% 4	634
	11th to 20th	Night	4 6% 30% 38% 18% 4	720
	21st to end	Night	7% 7% 27% 38% 17% 3	868
November	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 30% 43% 17% 2	925
	11th to 20th	Night	3 7% 34% 41% 13% 2	950
	21st to end	Night	7% 7% 33% 37% 14% 2	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	3 6% 40% 39% 11% 2	950
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 7% 38% 38% 11% 2	950
	21st to end	Night	6% 9% 40% 36% 9% 1	1045

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