Beaver Creek
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Beaver Creek 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	10% 10% 5% 10% 9% 5% 7% 7% 7% 8% 21%	74489
	Night	6% 11% 6% 12% 10% 6% 8% 7% 8% 9% 17%	75323
Transparency	Day	55% 13% 16% 12% 4	74111
	Night	55% 11% 14% 13% 6% 1	75220
Seeing	Day	14% 5% 19% 29% 24% 8%	16481
	Night	10% 3 14% 36% 28% 9%	21873

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover NW (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	1 8% 6% 13% 10% 10% 10% 6% 10% 8% 19%	887
	11th to 20th	Day	3 10% 6% 13% 12% 8% 11% 10% 9% 9% 11%	925
	21st to end	Day	4 13% 6% 13% 13% 5% 9% 9% 9% 8% 12%	1074
February	1st to 10th	Day	3 10% 6% 10% 12% 7% 6% 9% 9% 12% 16%	1260
	11th to 20th	Day	1 11% 6% 13% 11% 7% 9% 7% 10% 7% 16%	1310
	21st to end	Day	2 10% 6% 14% 11% 5% 7% 7% 10% 10% 18%	1332
March	1st to 10th	Day	2 8% 5% 13% 14% 6% 8% 8% 7% 8% 22%	1656
	11th to 20th	Day	1 7% 6% 13% 11% 6% 7% 7% 9% 8% 25%	1980
	21st to end	Day	1 9% 6% 10% 9% 5% 6% 7% 7% 7% 32%	2246
April	1st to 10th	Day	3 11% 6% 12% 9% 5% 6% 7% 7% 9% 25%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 12% 6% 9% 9% 5% 6% 7% 6% 8% 26%	2386
	21st to end	Day	6% 11% 6% 10% 8% 5% 7% 6% 6% 7% 29%	2685
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 11% 5% 10% 10% 6% 7% 6% 6% 8% 22%	2792
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 10% 5% 9% 8% 4 6% 5% 5% 6% 30%	2967
	21st to end	Day	12% 9% 4 8% 8% 5% 7% 6% 7% 8% 25%	3352
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 10% 4 10% 9% 5% 7% 6% 7% 7% 22%	3295
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 9% 5% 10% 9% 6% 8% 6% 6% 7% 21%	3420
	21st to end	Day	16% 9% 5% 9% 8% 5% 7% 8% 8% 9% 17%	3420
July	1st to 10th	Day	16% 8% 4 8% 7% 5% 6% 7% 7% 8% 23%	3380
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 8% 4 9% 9% 4 7% 7% 8% 9% 19%	3060
	21st to end	Day	18% 9% 3 7% 7% 4 7% 6% 6% 9% 25%	3332
August	1st to 10th	Day	17% 9% 4 7% 8% 5% 5% 6% 7% 9% 23%	2785
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 10% 4 9% 7% 4 7% 6% 8% 7% 21%	2654
	21st to end	Day	18% 11% 5% 9% 9% 5% 6% 6% 7% 6% 18%	2705
September	1st to 10th	Day	15% 11% 4 11% 8% 4 6% 6% 6% 6% 22%	2336
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 9% 5% 8% 9% 5% 7% 7% 7% 7% 26%	2099
	21st to end	Day	11% 16% 5% 10% 8% 4 5% 6% 7% 8% 20%	1942
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 14% 4 9% 8% 5% 8% 7% 6% 5% 22%	1784
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 16% 6% 11% 7% 4 6% 6% 6% 7% 22%	1553
	21st to end	Day	7% 16% 7% 11% 9% 5% 7% 7% 7% 7% 19%	1571
November	1st to 10th	Day	4 15% 10% 14% 9% 6% 6% 7% 8% 8% 13%	1200
	11th to 20th	Day	4 14% 7% 16% 14% 7% 9% 6% 6% 5% 10%	1131
	21st to end	Day	4 11% 6% 14% 11% 6% 10% 10% 9% 9% 9%	908
December	1st to 10th	Day	2 13% 5% 14% 12% 8% 10% 8% 8% 10% 11%	760
	11th to 20th	Day	2 11% 6% 11% 10% 7% 10% 8% 11% 16% 9%	917
	21st to end	Day	2 4 5% 11% 13% 8% 10% 9% 13% 12% 14%	1045
January	1st to 10th	Night	2 8% 6% 11% 12% 7% 10% 9% 9% 10% 16%	3294
	11th to 20th	Night	3 11% 7% 13% 11% 7% 8% 7% 9% 11% 12%	3157
	21st to end	Night	3 12% 6% 14% 11% 7% 11% 9% 10% 8% 10%	3281
February	1st to 10th	Night	2 8% 6% 13% 11% 5% 8% 8% 8% 9% 20%	2700
	11th to 20th	Night	2 12% 6% 11% 10% 5% 8% 8% 10% 11% 18%	2536
	21st to end	Night	2 9% 6% 16% 12% 6% 6% 6% 6% 8% 23%	1924
March	1st to 10th	Night	2 7% 6% 12% 10% 6% 8% 7% 7% 8% 28%	2304
	11th to 20th	Night	1 9% 6% 11% 11% 6% 6% 7% 7% 8% 26%	1978
	21st to end	Night	2 9% 6% 13% 11% 5% 7% 5% 6% 7% 28%	2108
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 12% 7% 11% 10% 5% 7% 5% 6% 8% 25%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 14% 5% 10% 9% 5% 8% 7% 6% 6% 25%	1523
	21st to end	Night	4 11% 5% 10% 9% 5% 7% 8% 9% 10% 24%	1274
May	1st to 10th	Night	9% 10% 5% 10% 11% 5% 6% 7% 7% 6% 25%	1167
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 14% 4 8% 7% 4 7% 5% 8% 8% 25%	926
	21st to end	Night	14% 10% 5% 7% 7% 6% 7% 8% 6% 8% 23%	922
June	1st to 10th	Night	16% 11% 5% 8% 10% 4 10% 8% 6% 6% 16%	662
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 11% 6% 11% 11% 5% 6% 5% 5% 5% 17%	540
	21st to end	Night	17% 9% 6% 10% 11% 6% 6% 7% 8% 7% 14%	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	22% 7% 3 8% 8% 4 6% 6% 6% 9% 20%	579
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 8% 5% 10% 8% 6% 6% 5% 7% 8% 15%	900
	21st to end	Night	22% 7% 3 7% 7% 3 8% 6% 8% 9% 20%	985
August	1st to 10th	Night	18% 10% 4 9% 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 24%	1153
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 11% 4 9% 9% 5% 8% 6% 7% 7% 16%	1246
	21st to end	Night	19% 12% 5% 10% 9% 5% 7% 6% 5% 6% 16%	1649
September	1st to 10th	Night	13% 11% 4 10% 8% 5% 7% 7% 7% 8% 20%	1624
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 10% 4 10% 9% 5% 7% 5% 6% 8% 23%	1858
	21st to end	Night	14% 16% 5% 11% 9% 4 6% 6% 6% 5% 18%	2018
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 15% 5% 10% 7% 4 6% 7% 6% 7% 20%	2173
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 19% 7% 10% 9% 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 20%	2407
	21st to end	Night	6% 16% 7% 11% 8% 6% 7% 7% 7% 8% 18%	2785
November	1st to 10th	Night	4 15% 7% 14% 11% 6% 8% 7% 6% 7% 14%	2878
	11th to 20th	Night	4 13% 8% 16% 14% 7% 8% 7% 6% 6% 10%	3049
	21st to end	Night	4 11% 6% 13% 13% 7% 9% 10% 9% 9% 9%	3253
December	1st to 10th	Night	4 12% 7% 13% 11% 7% 8% 9% 8% 9% 12%	3420
	11th to 20th	Night	2 9% 7% 13% 12% 8% 10% 8% 9% 10% 11%	4271
	21st to end	Night	3 8% 5% 11% 12% 7% 9% 11% 10% 14% 11%	6619

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% 10% 12% 12% 12% 2	887
	11th to 20th	Day	56% 13% 14% 10% 5% 1	925
	21st to end	Day	61% 9% 14% 11% 6%	1074
February	1st to 10th	Day	49% 8% 12% 16% 13% 2	1260
	11th to 20th	Day	55% 11% 12% 12% 9% 1	1317
	21st to end	Day	52% 8% 15% 14% 9% 1	1332
March	1st to 10th	Day	53% 8% 14% 17% 8%	1656
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 10% 17% 14% 8% 2	1980
	21st to end	Day	45% 13% 17% 16% 9% 1	2246
April	1st to 10th	Day	52% 12% 20% 11% 4 1	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	53% 14% 14% 13% 6%	2386
	21st to end	Day	53% 10% 15% 15% 6%	2685
May	1st to 10th	Day	56% 14% 14% 12% 4	2792
	11th to 20th	Day	52% 9% 14% 16% 9% 1	2970
	21st to end	Day	55% 11% 15% 15% 3	3353
June	1st to 10th	Day	60% 13% 14% 9% 4 1	3295
	11th to 20th	Day	61% 13% 12% 11% 2	3420
	21st to end	Day	62% 14% 15% 8% 1	3420
July	1st to 10th	Day	55% 14% 17% 12% 2	3287
	11th to 20th	Day	59% 17% 17% 5% 1	2967
	21st to end	Day	55% 16% 21% 8% 1	3147
August	1st to 10th	Day	54% 16% 18% 10% 1	2765
	11th to 20th	Day	59% 14% 18% 8% 1	2654
	21st to end	Day	63% 14% 17% 6%	2705
September	1st to 10th	Day	58% 11% 15% 12% 3	2336
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 15% 17% 16% 2	2099
	21st to end	Day	56% 14% 16% 12% 2	1942
October	1st to 10th	Day	56% 13% 15% 13% 3	1784
	11th to 20th	Day	56% 10% 19% 12% 3	1553
	21st to end	Day	54% 12% 15% 15% 4	1571
November	1st to 10th	Day	58% 11% 13% 15% 3	1200
	11th to 20th	Day	66% 9% 12% 9% 4	1131
	21st to end	Day	54% 9% 17% 15% 6%	908
December	1st to 10th	Day	57% 13% 14% 12% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 12% 12% 19% 11% 1	919
	21st to end	Day	37% 15% 19% 12% 15% 2	1045
January	1st to 10th	Night	50% 10% 15% 14% 9% 2	3294
	11th to 20th	Night	55% 11% 14% 11% 8% 1	3157
	21st to end	Night	59% 10% 13% 11% 6% 1	3281
February	1st to 10th	Night	50% 8% 12% 16% 12% 2	2700
	11th to 20th	Night	50% 10% 13% 17% 9% 2	2540
	21st to end	Night	54% 8% 12% 17% 8% 1	1924
March	1st to 10th	Night	48% 9% 11% 21% 10% 1	2304
	11th to 20th	Night	49% 10% 15% 15% 11% 1	1980
	21st to end	Night	51% 11% 12% 15% 9% 1	2108
April	1st to 10th	Night	52% 10% 18% 14% 5%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	53% 13% 14% 12% 8%	1523
	21st to end	Night	50% 14% 15% 14% 7%	1274
May	1st to 10th	Night	56% 11% 13% 16% 4	1167
	11th to 20th	Night	52% 11% 13% 15% 9% 1	926
	21st to end	Night	55% 11% 17% 13% 4	922
June	1st to 10th	Night	63% 14% 11% 8% 4	662
	11th to 20th	Night	64% 9% 14% 12% 1	540
	21st to end	Night	66% 14% 12% 8% 1	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	57% 15% 14% 11% 4	563
	11th to 20th	Night	63% 15% 14% 7% 1	870
	21st to end	Night	59% 12% 20% 9%	930
August	1st to 10th	Night	58% 12% 17% 11% 2	1148
	11th to 20th	Night	61% 16% 15% 7% 1	1246
	21st to end	Night	65% 14% 14% 6% 1	1649
September	1st to 10th	Night	57% 13% 17% 12% 1	1624
	11th to 20th	Night	53% 12% 17% 16% 2	1858
	21st to end	Night	59% 13% 13% 11% 3	2018
October	1st to 10th	Night	60% 10% 14% 12% 3 1	2173
	11th to 20th	Night	61% 9% 15% 11% 3 1	2407
	21st to end	Night	55% 11% 16% 13% 4	2785
November	1st to 10th	Night	61% 10% 13% 14% 3	2878
	11th to 20th	Night	65% 9% 11% 10% 4	3049
	21st to end	Night	55% 12% 14% 15% 4	3253
December	1st to 10th	Night	56% 11% 14% 13% 5%	3420
	11th to 20th	Night	51% 12% 12% 13% 9% 3	4268
	21st to end	Night	45% 13% 13% 14% 11% 5%	6619

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 1 9% 33% 37% 16%	90
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 9% 35% 27% 24%	85
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 12% 35% 26% 17%	168
February	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 14% 36% 27% 16%	340
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 26% 38% 22% 8%	335
	21st to end	Day	4 6% 26% 34% 21% 8%	280
March	1st to 10th	Day	3 5% 20% 32% 27% 13%	340
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 26% 35% 25% 11%	340
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 25% 33% 27% 7%	415
April	1st to 10th	Day	5% 7% 24% 34% 27% 5%	600
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 21% 32% 25% 5%	590
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 21% 30% 25% 6%	600
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 8% 26% 30% 19% 5%	603
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 21% 29% 20% 7%	625
	21st to end	Day	17% 8% 22% 30% 18% 5%	727
June	1st to 10th	Day	18% 6% 15% 27% 26% 8%	865
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 19% 24% 25% 7%	990
	21st to end	Day	20% 5% 19% 25% 25% 7%	990
July	1st to 10th	Day	19% 4 15% 28% 27% 8%	932
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 6% 14% 26% 25% 9%	618
	21st to end	Day	19% 4 11% 26% 28% 11%	684
August	1st to 10th	Day	20% 6% 15% 25% 23% 12%	626
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 20% 27% 22% 6%	615
	21st to end	Day	23% 6% 16% 28% 22% 5%	693
September	1st to 10th	Day	17% 8% 19% 24% 22% 9%	626
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 7% 21% 27% 28% 6%	419
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 29% 26% 21% 6%	360
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 9% 24% 26% 19% 8%	360
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 18% 27% 21% 12%	360
	21st to end	Day	10% 3 17% 34% 27% 10%	396
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 3 16% 38% 24% 9%	264
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 1 19% 30% 24% 16%	176
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 14% 39% 20% 19%	90
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 1 14% 33% 31% 12%	90
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 11% 39% 27% 17%	90
	21st to end	Day	2 3 16% 35% 20% 23%	99
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 8% 39% 38% 12%	928
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 13% 44% 27% 8%	829
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 14% 42% 26% 11%	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 13% 40% 33% 8%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 16% 45% 24% 7%	784
	21st to end	Night	4 1 13% 45% 28% 8%	658
March	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 18% 33% 33% 11%	764
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 11% 37% 33% 14%	540
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 16% 30% 37% 10%	594
April	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 18% 34% 30% 8%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 17% 31% 29% 8%	533
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 14% 31% 37% 7%	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 4 16% 34% 26% 5%	447
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 18% 34% 22% 4	218
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 20% 30% 27% 3	195
June	1st to 10th	Night	21% 4 13% 32% 28% 2	180
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 4 18% 27% 25% 2	180
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 15% 26% 29% 3	180
July	1st to 10th	Night	28% 3 10% 32% 25% 2	175
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 5% 13% 30% 25% 2	174
	21st to end	Night	24% 3 12% 30% 28% 3	197
August	1st to 10th	Night	22% 3 16% 27% 25% 6%	437
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 5% 14% 29% 25% 4	534
	21st to end	Night	24% 4 11% 30% 25% 4	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	18% 4 20% 31% 24% 4	540
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 21% 25% 29% 6%	540
	21st to end	Night	17% 4 18% 34% 20% 8%	578
October	1st to 10th	Night	20% 5% 19% 30% 22% 5%	726
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 5% 12% 32% 25% 8%	810
	21st to end	Night	11% 3 13% 35% 31% 8%	891
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 13% 35% 30% 10%	830
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 14% 38% 27% 11%	850
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 15% 38% 24% 13%	873
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 14% 40% 27% 10%	1040
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 12% 40% 29% 11%	1053
	21st to end	Night	4 2 12% 36% 28% 17%	1241

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