Revall's Coyote Creek Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Revall's Coyote Creek Observatory 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	14% 9% 3 7% 6% 4 5% 5% 6% 7% 35%	74818
	Night	14% 9% 4 7% 6% 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 37%	75002
Transparency	Day	46% 7% 13% 21% 11% 1	74525
	Night	47% 7% 13% 22% 11% 1	74830
Seeing	Day	18% 14% 32% 23% 10% 3	14848
	Night	18% 9% 32% 29% 10% 1	24872

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover NE (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	11% 10% 5% 8% 7% 5% 5% 6% 6% 7% 30%	1517
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 14% 5% 12% 7% 4 4 3 6% 7% 23%	1485
	21st to end	Day	15% 13% 6% 8% 8% 4 5% 6% 5% 5% 27%	1584
February	1st to 10th	Day	10% 11% 5% 9% 6% 3 6% 5% 6% 6% 33%	1529
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 11% 4 8% 7% 4 4 4 5% 7% 34%	1714
	21st to end	Day	14% 13% 5% 7% 7% 3 4 5% 4 7% 31%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	12% 11% 4 7% 6% 3 5% 5% 6% 6% 35%	1798
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 11% 4 7% 6% 3 4 5% 4 6% 37%	1843
	21st to end	Day	17% 12% 4 8% 7% 3 5% 5% 4 6% 29%	2376
April	1st to 10th	Day	17% 13% 5% 7% 7% 3 5% 4 5% 7% 27%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 10% 3 6% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 6% 32%	2146
	21st to end	Day	18% 9% 4 6% 6% 3 5% 5% 4 8% 33%	2340
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 9% 3 7% 7% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 34%	2402
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 3 6% 6% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 38%	2479
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 3 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 6% 9% 40%	2725
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 6% 5% 6% 9% 43%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 6% 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 40%	2520
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 10% 38%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 2 4 5% 4 6% 6% 7% 10% 45%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 6% 5% 6% 9% 45%	2520
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 3 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 7% 9% 44%	2743
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 6% 7% 7% 10% 40%	2507
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 6% 3 6% 6% 6% 7% 42%	2313
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 6% 8% 42%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 8% 43%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 7% 8% 41%	2044
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 3 7% 6% 4 6% 6% 6% 9% 34%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	17% 6% 3 6% 5% 3 5% 4 6% 8% 36%	1918
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 9% 3 8% 7% 4 4 4 6% 6% 27%	1715
	21st to end	Day	21% 9% 4 8% 7% 4 5% 4 4 6% 28%	1782
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 10% 3 6% 6% 3 5% 5% 6% 7% 36%	1672
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 11% 5% 8% 7% 4 5% 5% 6% 7% 26%	1693
	21st to end	Day	16% 10% 4 7% 6% 3 5% 6% 6% 8% 28%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	13% 10% 5% 7% 7% 4 5% 5% 6% 8% 30%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 15% 4 8% 7% 4 6% 6% 5% 6% 25%	1914
	21st to end	Day	23% 21% 5% 9% 6% 3 4 4 3 4 18%	2783
January	1st to 10th	Night	12% 11% 6% 8% 6% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 32%	2648
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 13% 5% 10% 7% 4 5% 4 4 6% 26%	2603
	21st to end	Night	11% 13% 6% 10% 7% 4 6% 4 5% 7% 26%	2772
February	1st to 10th	Night	10% 12% 6% 9% 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 32%	2430
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 10% 4 8% 6% 4 4 5% 6% 7% 35%	2131
	21st to end	Night	15% 13% 4 8% 7% 3 4 4 5% 6% 30%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	13% 10% 3 6% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 6% 40%	2149
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 8% 4 6% 5% 4 4 5% 5% 5% 40%	2119
	21st to end	Night	16% 8% 3 6% 6% 3 5% 5% 4 6% 37%	1990
April	1st to 10th	Night	19% 10% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 6% 30%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 7% 4 6% 5% 2 3 4 4 6% 38%	1762
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 3 7% 6% 3 4 4 5% 8% 35%	1620
May	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 3 7% 5% 3 6% 5% 6% 8% 32%	1554
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 9% 3 6% 6% 3 5% 5% 4 7% 36%	1416
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 2 4 5% 3 6% 5% 6% 9% 43%	1551
June	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 7% 45%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 8% 3 7% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 39%	1440
	21st to end	Night	13% 4 2 4 4 3 5% 5% 6% 10% 44%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 1 3 3 3 6% 7% 5% 9% 53%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 52%	1440
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 2 5% 4 2 5% 4 6% 9% 53%	1575
August	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 2 4 5% 3 6% 5% 6% 9% 48%	1432
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 2 4 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 51%	1583
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 52%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 7% 52%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 4 5% 2 4 3 5% 6% 51%	1898
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 7% 5% 3 4 4 5% 8% 41%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	17% 5% 2 5% 5% 2 3 4 5% 8% 43%	2038
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 10% 3 6% 6% 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 34%	2244
	21st to end	Night	19% 10% 3 7% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 6% 33%	2574
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 8% 3 6% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 8% 38%	2406
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 10% 4 6% 6% 4 5% 6% 5% 7% 32%	2484
	21st to end	Night	14% 9% 5% 8% 7% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 31%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	13% 12% 5% 7% 6% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 32%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 13% 5% 9% 7% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 29%	3283
	21st to end	Night	25% 18% 7% 8% 5% 3 3 3 3 4 21%	4884

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	52% 7% 11% 18% 10% 1	1518
	11th to 20th	Day	60% 6% 11% 15% 7% 1	1485
	21st to end	Day	58% 7% 12% 16% 7% 1	1584
February	1st to 10th	Day	49% 7% 12% 19% 12% 1	1529
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 6% 13% 20% 10% 2	1724
	21st to end	Day	53% 6% 11% 18% 11% 1	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	49% 7% 12% 18% 13% 2	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 6% 12% 21% 10% 3	1843
	21st to end	Day	56% 6% 10% 17% 10% 1	2376
April	1st to 10th	Day	56% 6% 11% 18% 9% 1	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	52% 6% 9% 21% 11% 2	2146
	21st to end	Day	51% 6% 9% 18% 14% 2	2340
May	1st to 10th	Day	50% 6% 11% 20% 11% 2	2402
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 6% 11% 22% 14% 2	2483
	21st to end	Day	41% 9% 12% 24% 12% 2	2725
June	1st to 10th	Day	36% 8% 13% 26% 14% 2	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 7% 14% 20% 16% 1	2520
	21st to end	Day	40% 9% 14% 23% 13% 1	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	31% 9% 15% 29% 16% 1	2451
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 8% 14% 27% 15% 3	2445
	21st to end	Day	34% 9% 14% 23% 18% 1	2591
August	1st to 10th	Day	35% 10% 15% 26% 11% 2	2492
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 9% 14% 26% 14% 1	2313
	21st to end	Day	37% 8% 15% 24% 14% 1	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	39% 8% 13% 27% 13% 1	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 9% 20% 27% 7%	2044
	21st to end	Day	44% 9% 14% 26% 8%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	45% 8% 14% 25% 8%	1918
	11th to 20th	Day	55% 7% 12% 19% 6% 1	1715
	21st to end	Day	57% 7% 11% 18% 7%	1782
November	1st to 10th	Day	46% 7% 12% 24% 11%	1672
	11th to 20th	Day	54% 7% 14% 15% 9%	1693
	21st to end	Day	52% 8% 17% 18% 5% 1	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	52% 7% 13% 21% 7%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	57% 7% 13% 14% 7% 1	1915
	21st to end	Day	69% 6% 8% 12% 5%	2783
January	1st to 10th	Night	52% 7% 12% 19% 9% 1	2648
	11th to 20th	Night	59% 6% 12% 17% 6%	2603
	21st to end	Night	57% 7% 10% 17% 9% 1	2772
February	1st to 10th	Night	52% 6% 9% 21% 10% 2	2430
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 7% 13% 21% 10% 2	2132
	21st to end	Night	55% 4 12% 20% 8% 1	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	44% 6% 13% 23% 11% 2	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 6% 12% 24% 14% 1	2120
	21st to end	Night	48% 6% 11% 21% 12% 2	1990
April	1st to 10th	Night	53% 7% 9% 16% 13% 1	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 5% 11% 21% 12% 3	1762
	21st to end	Night	48% 6% 12% 20% 12% 2	1620
May	1st to 10th	Night	48% 7% 13% 19% 11% 2	1554
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 6% 8% 22% 13% 2	1417
	21st to end	Night	37% 7% 17% 23% 14% 2	1552
June	1st to 10th	Night	36% 8% 12% 27% 14% 2	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 7% 14% 21% 15% 2	1440
	21st to end	Night	35% 8% 15% 27% 14% 2	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	26% 8% 13% 32% 20% 1	1400
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 7% 17% 29% 14% 4	1392
	21st to end	Night	27% 9% 17% 28% 16% 2	1487
August	1st to 10th	Night	32% 9% 15% 29% 13% 3	1423
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 9% 14% 30% 15% 2	1583
	21st to end	Night	34% 7% 14% 26% 18% 2	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	32% 6% 13% 31% 16% 1	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 6% 15% 35% 10%	1898
	21st to end	Night	41% 7% 17% 27% 8%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	40% 7% 13% 29% 10% 1	2038
	11th to 20th	Night	49% 7% 13% 21% 9% 1	2244
	21st to end	Night	51% 7% 14% 20% 8%	2574
November	1st to 10th	Night	44% 7% 13% 25% 11% 1	2406
	11th to 20th	Night	50% 6% 14% 18% 11%	2484
	21st to end	Night	52% 7% 15% 20% 5% 1	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	52% 7% 14% 20% 7%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	55% 7% 11% 19% 7% 1	3281
	21st to end	Night	67% 6% 8% 14% 5%	4884

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	18% 14% 38% 21% 9%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 17% 35% 18% 5% 1	257
	21st to end	Day	24% 14% 36% 22% 4	264
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 22% 43% 17% 3	240
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 26% 35% 18% 4	240
	21st to end	Day	26% 23% 41% 10% 1	198
March	1st to 10th	Day	15% 25% 43% 13% 5%	240
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 17% 35% 20% 7% 1	279
	21st to end	Day	26% 17% 27% 21% 8% 1	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	25% 15% 34% 20% 6% 1	420
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 17% 26% 21% 8% 2	412
	21st to end	Day	24% 17% 28% 21% 10% 1	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	21% 19% 31% 18% 8% 3	485
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 15% 36% 19% 9% 2	625
	21st to end	Day	18% 14% 28% 26% 9% 4	679
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 16% 31% 28% 10% 3	630
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 9% 36% 24% 10% 3	630
	21st to end	Day	16% 9% 29% 31% 11% 4	630
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 8% 29% 35% 14% 6%	621
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 10% 30% 30% 13% 6%	618
	21st to end	Day	8% 8% 34% 27% 17% 6%	684
August	1st to 10th	Day	10% 8% 28% 31% 17% 6%	626
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 23% 27% 21% 9%	471
	21st to end	Day	16% 10% 23% 25% 20% 5%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	16% 10% 29% 24% 16% 6%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 8% 26% 33% 16% 4	450
	21st to end	Day	18% 14% 25% 26% 14% 3	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	22% 13% 29% 22% 12% 2	388
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 21% 36% 16% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	28% 19% 35% 16% 2	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 19% 37% 18% 8% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 23% 35% 15% 5% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	23% 17% 40% 14% 6%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	19% 15% 40% 18% 7% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 18% 37% 16% 3 1	270
	21st to end	Day	30% 19% 34% 14% 3	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 10% 41% 26% 5%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 12% 36% 23% 7% 1	930
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 37% 26% 8% 1	990
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 11% 39% 27% 5%	900
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 13% 37% 25% 6% 1	736
	21st to end	Night	22% 15% 37% 22% 4	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	17% 11% 37% 27% 8%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 13% 42% 22% 7%	720
	21st to end	Night	20% 9% 32% 30% 9% 1	604
April	1st to 10th	Night	24% 11% 34% 25% 7%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 9% 28% 29% 8% 1	533
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 33% 29% 9% 1	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	22% 9% 28% 32% 8% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 9% 33% 30% 8% 1	531
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 29% 36% 14% 1	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 29% 42% 9%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 27% 36% 13% 1	540
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 22% 41% 16% 1	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 24% 43% 22% 1	525
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 27% 39% 21%	522
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 28% 37% 20% 2	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 23% 40% 22% 1	537
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 19% 40% 26% 3	534
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 23% 39% 21% 1	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 26% 32% 23% 3	540
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 27% 33% 17% 3	638
	21st to end	Night	18% 8% 27% 30% 15% 2	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	20% 8% 30% 27% 14% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 11% 33% 27% 8%	720
	21st to end	Night	24% 10% 35% 23% 8% 1	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	19% 12% 36% 26% 6% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 16% 34% 23% 6%	774
	21st to end	Night	18% 15% 33% 26% 6%	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	21% 12% 39% 21% 6% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 11% 37% 24% 7% 2	950
	21st to end	Night	28% 11% 35% 22% 4	1045

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