Colorado Springs
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Colorado Springs clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-03-28.

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	3 4 2 4 4 3 5% 5% 6% 9% 55%	78862
	Night	3 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 60%	81186
Transparency	Day	24% 7% 12% 23% 23% 10%	78570
	Night	22% 7% 12% 25% 24% 10%	81000
Seeing	Day	6% 10% 31% 30% 18% 6%	14600
	Night	5% 5% 32% 39% 17% 2	24813

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	1 3 2 3 4 2 3 4 7% 9% 62%	2538
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 4 4 3 4 6% 5% 9% 61%	2650
	21st to end	Day	1 5% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 60%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	2 5% 3 5% 5% 3 3 4 5% 7% 60%	1729
	11th to 20th	Day	1 3 2 4 4 2 4 4 7% 10% 60%	1849
	21st to end	Day	1 5% 2 7% 4 2 4 5% 5% 6% 59%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	2 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 8% 59%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	4 7% 2 5% 4 2 4 4 5% 8% 54%	2048
	21st to end	Day	2 6% 3 5% 4 3 5% 5% 6% 9% 52%	2404
April	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 2 3 4 2 4 5% 7% 9% 56%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 3 5% 4 3 5% 5% 5% 8% 50%	2131
	21st to end	Day	5% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 9% 47%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 6% 6% 7% 9% 42%	2258
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 3 7% 6% 4 5% 7% 7% 10% 40%	2409
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 4 4 3 6% 7% 9% 10% 45%	2724
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 4 4 3 6% 7% 8% 10% 48%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 3 3 2 5% 7% 8% 8% 55%	2520
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 4 5% 4 7% 7% 9% 10% 47%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 4 5% 4 7% 6% 8% 11% 44%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 2 3 5% 4 6% 7% 8% 10% 49%	2520
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 3 4 6% 4 7% 9% 9% 12% 36%	2672
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 2 5% 6% 4 6% 8% 10% 11% 38%	2289
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 2 3 4 3 5% 7% 8% 10% 49%	2123
	21st to end	Day	4 4 1 3 4 3 6% 6% 9% 9% 51%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 2 4 3 3 4 6% 7% 9% 54%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 3 4 3 4 5% 6% 8% 58%	2126
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 3 3 2 4 4 5% 6% 65%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 4 3 2 3 5% 5% 8% 61%	1841
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 1 3 3 4 6% 71%	1800
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 67%	1919
November	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 5% 8% 69%	1673
	11th to 20th	Day	1 3 2 3 3 2 3 4 5% 8% 69%	1710
	21st to end	Day	1 4 2 4 5% 2 3 4 4 7% 65%	1677
December	1st to 10th	Day	1 3 2 4 3 2 4 2 5% 8% 65%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 2 4 4 1 4 4 4 8% 63%	1926
	21st to end	Day	1 4 2 4 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 61%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	1 5% 3 6% 4 2 4 4 5% 8% 59%	4417
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 2 4 2 4 4 6% 8% 66%	4337
	21st to end	Night	1 4 2 4 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 63%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	1 4 2 4 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 60%	2451
	11th to 20th	Night	1 4 4 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 8% 57%	2218
	21st to end	Night	1 4 1 5% 5% 2 3 3 4 5% 66%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	1 4 1 3 4 2 4 4 5% 7% 64%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 2 4 4 3 3 5% 5% 7% 58%	2128
	21st to end	Night	2 6% 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 58%	2107
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 6% 64%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 7% 2 5% 4 2 3 5% 6% 7% 54%	1777
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 8% 56%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 2 3 3 2 4 5% 7% 7% 51%	1701
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 3 4 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 9% 47%	1483
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 2 4 4 3 5% 5% 5% 8% 52%	1552
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 2 4 5% 6% 11% 59%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 8% 63%	1440
	21st to end	Night	3 4 2 4 3 3 6% 6% 8% 8% 55%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 2 4 5% 4 6% 7% 8% 9% 48%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 3 4 5% 4 5% 4 6% 10% 56%	1440
	21st to end	Night	4 3 2 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 12% 45%	1642
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 2 4 6% 4 6% 6% 7% 10% 46%	1650
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 4 4 3 4 5% 7% 10% 53%	1778
	21st to end	Night	3 4 2 4 4 3 4 6% 8% 11% 52%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 1 4 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 54%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 1 3 3 2 4 3 4 8% 65%	1832
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 66%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 1 3 3 2 4 3 4 6% 63%	2114
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 5% 74%	2160
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 3 3 1 3 3 4 7% 67%	2416
November	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 9% 69%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 72%	2470
	21st to end	Night	2 5% 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 7% 66%	2499
December	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 2 4 4 2 3 3 5% 9% 64%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 2 4 4 2 3 4 6% 8% 61%	3271
	21st to end	Night	2 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 5% 8% 60%	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	17% 6% 11% 32% 26% 8%	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 8% 11% 28% 24% 9%	2650
	21st to end	Day	24% 6% 11% 28% 26% 6%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	24% 6% 12% 26% 22% 10%	1729
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 7% 9% 26% 30% 8%	1859
	21st to end	Day	24% 5% 8% 22% 24% 17%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	23% 6% 10% 23% 26% 12%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 6% 12% 26% 24% 6%	2048
	21st to end	Day	27% 7% 13% 24% 21% 7%	2404
April	1st to 10th	Day	23% 8% 14% 23% 21% 12%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 6% 12% 23% 18% 10%	2134
	21st to end	Day	30% 7% 13% 24% 20% 5%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	36% 8% 12% 24% 17% 4	2258
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 11% 16% 20% 15% 3	2413
	21st to end	Day	28% 10% 16% 22% 15% 8%	2724
June	1st to 10th	Day	25% 9% 16% 22% 17% 10%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 8% 12% 18% 24% 18%	2520
	21st to end	Day	26% 9% 12% 20% 22% 11%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	29% 9% 13% 19% 20% 11%	2451
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 8% 14% 26% 19% 8%	2445
	21st to end	Day	33% 13% 18% 20% 12% 3	2523
August	1st to 10th	Day	31% 13% 19% 18% 13% 7%	2274
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 9% 12% 22% 21% 11%	2123
	21st to end	Day	24% 8% 12% 23% 24% 9%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	22% 7% 12% 21% 22% 16%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 6% 10% 18% 27% 17%	2126
	21st to end	Day	20% 5% 7% 20% 33% 14%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	21% 6% 12% 20% 29% 11%	1841
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 4 8% 21% 33% 19%	1800
	21st to end	Day	21% 3 8% 26% 25% 16%	1919
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 4 11% 23% 28% 19%	1673
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 8% 30% 33% 10%	1710
	21st to end	Day	20% 3 9% 21% 29% 17%	1677
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 6% 13% 27% 26% 8%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 4 10% 24% 31% 9%	1924
	21st to end	Day	21% 7% 11% 25% 24% 12%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	23% 5% 9% 30% 27% 6%	4417
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 13% 28% 27% 9%	4337
	21st to end	Night	21% 7% 13% 30% 23% 5%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	24% 6% 10% 28% 24% 9%	2451
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 6% 10% 28% 22% 8%	2218
	21st to end	Night	21% 4 7% 25% 27% 16%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 5% 10% 24% 29% 12%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 8% 12% 23% 27% 6%	2128
	21st to end	Night	24% 8% 11% 23% 27% 7%	2107
April	1st to 10th	Night	22% 7% 12% 23% 24% 12%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 7% 12% 25% 18% 9%	1777
	21st to end	Night	28% 7% 14% 25% 19% 7%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	30% 8% 14% 25% 18% 6%	1701
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 10% 20% 19% 13% 5%	1484
	21st to end	Night	28% 9% 17% 22% 16% 9%	1552
June	1st to 10th	Night	21% 10% 20% 24% 14% 11%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 15% 23% 20% 18%	1440
	21st to end	Night	24% 10% 11% 21% 23% 12%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	31% 12% 14% 19% 17% 7%	1400
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 8% 13% 32% 18% 6%	1392
	21st to end	Night	30% 14% 21% 21% 13% 1	1551
August	1st to 10th	Night	31% 13% 19% 19% 11% 7%	1641
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 8% 15% 26% 19% 6%	1778
	21st to end	Night	24% 10% 15% 27% 17% 7%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	26% 7% 11% 22% 22% 12%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 4 12% 21% 26% 17%	1832
	21st to end	Night	21% 5% 9% 22% 32% 11%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	22% 7% 11% 22% 25% 13%	2114
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 7% 23% 32% 18%	2160
	21st to end	Night	20% 4 9% 25% 28% 14%	2416
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 3 12% 25% 28% 17%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 4 9% 29% 33% 11%	2470
	21st to end	Night	20% 3 10% 22% 30% 14%	2499
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 14% 26% 26% 10%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 5% 11% 24% 32% 7%	3272
	21st to end	Night	23% 6% 13% 22% 26% 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	6% 8% 33% 36% 15% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	4 13% 36% 36% 10% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	2 11% 37% 34% 14% 2	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	4 14% 49% 26% 7% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	2 14% 48% 25% 10% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	2 15% 52% 26% 5%	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	2 14% 41% 31% 10% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 16% 42% 23% 9% 2	418
	21st to end	Day	11% 21% 40% 21% 5% 2	491
April	1st to 10th	Day	7% 20% 40% 24% 7% 1	420
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 25% 38% 20% 6% 1	412
	21st to end	Day	12% 21% 35% 24% 7% 2	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 15% 35% 25% 9% 2	521
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 10% 29% 30% 14% 4	625
	21st to end	Day	7% 10% 33% 27% 18% 5%	679
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 8% 26% 30% 23% 7%	630
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 8% 30% 31% 21% 4	630
	21st to end	Day	3 7% 27% 32% 24% 7%	630
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 19% 29% 35% 8%	621
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 17% 30% 36% 12%	618
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 14% 29% 37% 14%	614
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 18% 34% 30% 7%	447
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 22% 35% 23% 11%	437
	21st to end	Day	4 3 23% 41% 19% 10%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 28% 35% 19% 9%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	4 6% 31% 30% 21% 9%	416
	21st to end	Day	7% 8% 19% 30% 27% 10%	270
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 13% 20% 27% 23% 10%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	1 8% 36% 28% 21% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	7% 9% 33% 30% 17% 3	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	3 10% 37% 29% 16% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	3 7% 37% 33% 17% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	4 11% 36% 31% 14% 4	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	1 11% 42% 30% 13% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 7% 39% 32% 16% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	2 11% 45% 32% 7% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 5% 38% 38% 13% 3	950
	11th to 20th	Night	3 6% 43% 34% 12% 2	896
	21st to end	Night	2 3 37% 45% 11% 1	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	3 5% 50% 34% 6% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 48% 36% 8% 1	744
	21st to end	Night	2 5% 53% 34% 6%	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	3 6% 47% 34% 9% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 33% 42% 11% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	5% 8% 46% 35% 6% 1	672
April	1st to 10th	Night	7% 8% 42% 38% 5%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 11% 34% 35% 8% 1	533
	21st to end	Night	10% 9% 32% 39% 9% 1	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 29% 40% 12% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 25% 40% 16% 2	531
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 31% 35% 17% 2	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 24% 42% 24% 3	540
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 25% 49% 18% 1	540
	21st to end	Night	4 2 18% 47% 27% 2	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 13% 39% 35% 3	525
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 8% 42% 41% 4	522
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 10% 34% 45% 4	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 9% 38% 40% 4	537
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 10% 44% 35% 4	534
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 10% 43% 36% 5%	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 13% 46% 30% 5%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 14% 46% 25% 5%	540
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 20% 43% 23% 4	540
October	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 25% 39% 19% 3	674
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 31% 38% 20% 4	720
	21st to end	Night	6% 6% 30% 36% 19% 3	832
November	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 34% 42% 16% 2	925
	11th to 20th	Night	2 5% 36% 44% 11% 3	950
	21st to end	Night	5% 6% 32% 42% 13% 2	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 41% 40% 11% 2	950
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 39% 39% 11% 2	950
	21st to end	Night	4 8% 44% 35% 8% 1	1045

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