Sandstone Trailhead
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Sandstone Trailhead 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	5% 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 7% 65%	74868
	Night	6% 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 64%	74943
Transparency	Day	13% 37% 7% 13% 16% 14%	74591
	Night	15% 37% 6% 12% 15% 16%	74741
Seeing	Day	6% 8% 25% 35% 19% 7%	14480
	Night	6% 3 12% 31% 36% 11%	24371

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	9% 5% 1 3 4 2 3 4 5% 7% 57%	1542
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 62%	1669
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 6% 60%	1887
February	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 4 5% 63%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 5% 8% 62%	1750
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 2 4 4 2 4 3 4 6% 60%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 5% 5% 7% 53%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 1 3 3 3 3 4 6% 9% 55%	1894
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 2 3 4 2 4 4 5% 7% 61%	2358
April	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 3 3 2 3 4 4 9% 59%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 2 3 3 1 3 3 5% 6% 67%	2129
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 3 2 1 2 3 4 7% 68%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 1 3 3 1 4 3 5% 8% 61%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 3 2 2 3 4 4 9% 63%	2291
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 8% 64%	2530
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 6% 2 4 3 2 3 4 5% 8% 59%	2459
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 5% 8% 65%	2520
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 3 2 2 2 3 4 6% 72%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 2 3 2 3 4 4 7% 70%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 1 3 3 3 6% 75%	2462
	21st to end	Day	2 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 5% 7% 70%	2416
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 2 2 1 3 3 3 6% 74%	2149
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 4 6% 78%	2122
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 6% 77%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 6% 76%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 6% 76%	2068
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 3 5% 76%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 5% 72%	1973
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 3 3 1 2 2 3 4 74%	1800
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 3 2 1 3 3 4 5% 72%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 4 6% 70%	1692
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 68%	1710
	21st to end	Day	4 3 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 7% 64%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 4 4 3 3 4 5% 7% 58%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 45%	2137
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 3 5% 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 45%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 3 4 2 4 4 5% 8% 54%	2620
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 1 3 4 2 2 3 5% 6% 63%	2418
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 2 3 3 1 2 2 3 6% 63%	2465
February	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 4 3 2 3 3 3 5% 64%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 1 4 3 2 3 2 4 6% 63%	2098
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 1 4 3 2 3 3 4 5% 59%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 2 3 3 2 4 5% 7% 6% 54%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 4 4 2 4 4 5% 6% 57%	2062
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 3 3 2 3 4 5% 7% 61%	1996
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 2 4 4 2 3 3 5% 7% 61%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 68%	1779
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 3 3 2 3 2 5% 7% 67%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 1 3 3 2 3 4 5% 7% 63%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 7% 64%	1603
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 3 3 2 2 3 4 6% 71%	1746
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 2 4 4 2 4 6% 5% 7% 61%	1495
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 3 2 2 3 4 9% 69%	1440
	21st to end	Night	1 3 2 3 2 1 2 2 4 8% 72%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 5% 7% 73%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 2 3 1 3 3 5% 7% 71%	1493
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 2 3 2 3 6% 5% 9% 67%	1900
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 3 2 2 4 5% 8% 69%	1790
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 5% 7% 72%	1780
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 7% 76%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 3 3 1 2 3 4 7% 71%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 4 6% 76%	1890
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 4 6% 77%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 2 2 2 1 3 3 4 4 72%	1984
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 2 3 3 1 2 3 4 5% 71%	2160
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 2 1 2 2 3 5% 74%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 2 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 69%	2385
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 3 3 1 2 3 4 5% 69%	2470
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 3 4 2 4 3 4 7% 63%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 1 4 3 2 3 4 5% 6% 59%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 2 4 4 2 3 3 5% 7% 46%	3055
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 5% 46%	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% 39% 5% 10% 17% 14%	1542
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 40% 6% 6% 17% 20%	1669
	21st to end	Day	18% 36% 6% 12% 12% 17%	1887
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 35% 4 10% 17% 18%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 37% 8% 13% 16% 12%	1760
	21st to end	Day	16% 36% 6% 14% 15% 12%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	16% 37% 8% 14% 12% 13%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 37% 9% 14% 16% 8%	1894
	21st to end	Day	15% 38% 9% 15% 14% 9%	2358
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 36% 10% 17% 13% 7%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 36% 8% 18% 17% 9%	2132
	21st to end	Day	12% 36% 8% 16% 21% 7%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	11% 37% 9% 15% 17% 11%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 38% 7% 16% 19% 7%	2294
	21st to end	Day	11% 39% 8% 17% 21% 5%	2530
June	1st to 10th	Day	15% 39% 9% 13% 17% 7%	2459
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 37% 8% 10% 20% 11%	2520
	21st to end	Day	11% 36% 6% 7% 20% 20%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 37% 5% 10% 12% 26%	2451
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 36% 5% 12% 21% 17%	2387
	21st to end	Day	11% 39% 9% 15% 17% 10%	2282
August	1st to 10th	Day	11% 36% 5% 12% 18% 17%	2135
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 34% 6% 14% 21% 16%	2122
	21st to end	Day	8% 36% 6% 10% 17% 24%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 36% 5% 11% 18% 23%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 36% 7% 12% 18% 19%	2068
	21st to end	Day	10% 35% 6% 13% 16% 19%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	12% 36% 9% 15% 14% 15%	1973
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 36% 6% 10% 17% 21%	1800
	21st to end	Day	10% 37% 6% 11% 13% 23%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 40% 5% 13% 13% 15%	1692
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 38% 6% 9% 14% 24%	1710
	21st to end	Day	12% 39% 6% 8% 16% 20%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	15% 40% 4 12% 15% 15%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 32% 6% 10% 13% 8%	2136
	21st to end	Day	29% 30% 9% 18% 10% 4	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 39% 4 10% 18% 14%	2620
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 40% 4 9% 15% 22%	2418
	21st to end	Night	18% 36% 6% 10% 11% 20%	2465
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 35% 4 9% 17% 20%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 37% 4 13% 16% 14%	2099
	21st to end	Night	19% 36% 6% 11% 13% 16%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	17% 37% 6% 14% 15% 12%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 37% 10% 12% 14% 9%	2062
	21st to end	Night	16% 37% 8% 15% 15% 10%	1996
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 36% 10% 17% 13% 9%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 37% 6% 18% 16% 10%	1779
	21st to end	Night	15% 37% 7% 16% 19% 7%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 37% 7% 16% 18% 9%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 38% 5% 15% 18% 7%	1604
	21st to end	Night	10% 38% 7% 19% 21% 6%	1746
June	1st to 10th	Night	16% 39% 10% 13% 16% 6%	1495
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 38% 8% 12% 21% 10%	1440
	21st to end	Night	10% 37% 5% 8% 20% 20%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 37% 5% 8% 14% 30%	1400
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 38% 5% 12% 19% 18%	1445
	21st to end	Night	9% 39% 7% 19% 15% 11%	1794
August	1st to 10th	Night	10% 37% 5% 9% 20% 19%	1780
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 35% 5% 10% 21% 18%	1780
	21st to end	Night	7% 37% 4 9% 19% 23%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 36% 5% 8% 15% 26%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 36% 3 11% 20% 21%	1890
	21st to end	Night	10% 36% 5% 9% 19% 21%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 36% 5% 13% 16% 19%	1984
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 36% 4 9% 15% 23%	2160
	21st to end	Night	10% 37% 4 8% 14% 27%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 41% 5% 10% 14% 18%	2385
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 39% 4 8% 14% 26%	2470
	21st to end	Night	13% 40% 5% 9% 11% 22%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	15% 40% 4 9% 13% 20%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 33% 6% 9% 13% 8%	3055
	21st to end	Night	31% 28% 7% 18% 10% 6%	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	16% 7% 38% 30% 10%	203
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 13% 34% 32% 7% 2	357
	21st to end	Day	13% 16% 35% 25% 9% 2	421
February	1st to 10th	Day	12% 11% 36% 27% 10% 4	420
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 17% 32% 33% 6% 2	415
	21st to end	Day	14% 14% 34% 27% 10% 1	346
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 17% 36% 23% 8% 2	420
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 12% 35% 26% 12% 2	420
	21st to end	Day	11% 14% 34% 31% 8% 2	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 11% 30% 33% 14% 4	420
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 17% 32% 29% 10% 5%	412
	21st to end	Day	5% 12% 30% 33% 15% 5%	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 10% 27% 35% 15% 4	423
	11th to 20th	Day	4 10% 27% 35% 19% 5%	448
	21st to end	Day	8% 9% 32% 28% 18% 5%	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 21% 34% 23% 9%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 18% 38% 28% 8%	450
	21st to end	Day	4 3 13% 39% 30% 11%	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 8% 43% 33% 13%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 5% 39% 35% 18%	444
	21st to end	Day	1 7% 38% 36% 18%	487
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 10% 45% 29% 13%	447
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 6% 41% 34% 15%	437
	21st to end	Day	1 1 11% 43% 32% 12%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 18% 44% 25% 10%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 21% 44% 20% 8%	450
	21st to end	Day	1 6% 21% 38% 26% 7%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 7% 28% 40% 20% 3	450
	11th to 20th	Day	3 6% 32% 38% 18% 4	450
	21st to end	Day	4 8% 28% 35% 19% 6%	495
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 7% 23% 35% 20% 9%	288
	11th to 20th	Day	4 10% 35% 30% 16% 5%	270
	21st to end	Day	9% 10% 34% 26% 17% 4	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	13% 11% 27% 33% 14% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 14% 30% 30% 16% 3	261
	21st to end	Day	15% 12% 34% 26% 12% 2	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 20% 40% 18% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 26% 37% 20% 2	744
	21st to end	Night	13% 9% 20% 36% 19% 3	792
February	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 18% 36% 25% 5%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 19% 41% 21% 6%	704
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 18% 38% 21% 3	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 19% 42% 23% 2	720
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 13% 38% 29% 8%	720
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 16% 40% 29% 4	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 11% 40% 33% 5%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 14% 38% 33% 5%	711
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 10% 36% 34% 10%	720
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 11% 36% 36% 8%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 9% 34% 40% 9%	540
	21st to end	Night	3 3 11% 32% 43% 9%	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 6% 28% 47% 14%	415
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 22% 59% 13%	360
	21st to end	Night	3 1 1 21% 60% 14%	360
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 5% 68% 23%	350
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 4 54% 38%	401
	21st to end	Night	2 1 2 8% 56% 31%	718
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 16% 56% 23%	716
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 2 11% 55% 29%	712
	21st to end	Night	2 1 1 14% 55% 28%	792
September	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 3 19% 51% 23%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 2 22% 56% 16%	720
	21st to end	Night	2 5% 25% 52% 16%	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 6% 38% 44% 7%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 9% 35% 40% 9%	720
	21st to end	Night	4 3 14% 35% 34% 11%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 13% 39% 29% 10%	740
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 16% 39% 30% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 22% 37% 26% 5%	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 23% 35% 22% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 22% 36% 19% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 20% 39% 19% 3	836

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