Devil's Punchbowl Trailhead
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Devil's Punchbowl Trailhead clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-02-25.

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	2 2 1 2 3 2 3 4 4 6% 71%	79024
	Night	2 2 1 2 3 2 3 4 4 6% 70%	80290
Transparency	Day	19% 4 5% 15% 28% 29%	78746
	Night	20% 4 4 14% 28% 30%	80089
Seeing	Day	3 11% 29% 35% 17% 4	14587
	Night	2 5% 23% 37% 27% 5%	24530

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 4 2 3 3 1 3 3 5% 7% 67%	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 3 4 3 5% 5% 6% 10% 59%	2808
	21st to end	Day	4 6% 2 4 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 53%	3498
February	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 2 3 4 2 3 5% 5% 6% 64%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 2 3 3 2 5% 5% 5% 8% 62%	1850
	21st to end	Day	2 3 2 5% 5% 2 4 4 3 9% 61%	1521
March	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 2 3 5% 4 5% 7% 6% 9% 55%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 3 3 2 5% 5% 6% 11% 58%	1839
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 2 3 2 6% 5% 6% 8% 64%	2373
April	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 8% 64%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 2 3 2 3 3 3 5% 76%	2129
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 2 1 3 4 4 7% 73%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 2 2 1 3 3 4 6% 74%	2250
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 4 7% 77%	2301
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 2 1 3 3 3 6% 75%	2530
June	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 4 6% 76%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 2 3 89%	2515
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 85%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 2 2 1 3 3 3 5% 80%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 3 2 2 3 3 5% 78%	2476
	21st to end	Day	2 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 5% 7% 71%	2423
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 83%	2149
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 2 1 2 2 3 5% 82%	2122
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 2 1 3 3 3 5% 79%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 77%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 88%	2015
	21st to end	Day	1 1 2 1 2 3 3 4 82%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 2 3 2 3 4 3 5% 75%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 1 3 3 3 4 82%	1884
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 7% 80%	1915
November	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 1 4 2 3 4 4 6% 74%	1674
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 3 2 2 4 3 4 7% 70%	1710
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 3 4 2 4 3 6% 8% 63%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 2 5% 4 3 3 5% 6% 9% 59%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 2 5% 5% 4 7% 7% 8% 9% 47%	2169
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 2 6% 6% 4 6% 5% 5% 7% 48%	3018
January	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 2 4 4 2 4 4 5% 7% 64%	4406
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 1 3 4 3 5% 5% 6% 10% 58%	4136
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 2 4 4 2 4 5% 6% 7% 56%	4180
February	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 2 4 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 63%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 4 3 5% 5% 5% 6% 63%	2218
	21st to end	Night	2 2 2 3 3 3 5% 4 5% 8% 62%	1829
March	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 1 3 4 3 5% 5% 7% 10% 58%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 2 3 3 3 5% 4 5% 8% 62%	2120
	21st to end	Night	1 2 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 5% 7% 63%	1980
April	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 1 3 3 2 4 4 4 7% 66%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 2 2 1 3 3 4 5% 74%	1779
	21st to end	Night	2 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 6% 6% 75%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 3 5% 7% 78%	1709
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 1 3 2 3 5% 81%	1594
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 5% 83%	1746
June	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 2 3 3 7% 81%	1618
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 3 92%	1440
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 2 1 2 4 88%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 2 2 2 3 87%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 1 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 78%	1480
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5% 75%	1891
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 84%	1790
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 88%	1780
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 84%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 86%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 3 91%	1944
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 87%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 77%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 4 82%	2073
	21st to end	Night	1 1 2 2 1 3 3 3 5% 80%	2438
November	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 2 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 74%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 7% 72%	2470
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 2 4 3 4 4 6% 8% 63%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 3 5% 2 4 5% 5% 9% 60%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 4 4 4 6% 6% 7% 13% 50%	3041
	21st to end	Night	2 3 2 4 5% 4 5% 6% 7% 8% 52%	4623

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	19% 3 4 21% 39% 13%	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 3 13% 16% 28% 14%	2808
	21st to end	Day	32% 4 5% 16% 30% 13%	3498
February	1st to 10th	Day	28% 3 3 17% 23% 27%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 3 3 15% 30% 22%	1860
	21st to end	Day	31% 4 5% 16% 26% 18%	1521
March	1st to 10th	Day	32% 7% 7% 17% 20% 17%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 4 7% 19% 24% 18%	1839
	21st to end	Day	26% 6% 9% 21% 25% 13%	2373
April	1st to 10th	Day	24% 4 8% 26% 25% 13%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 3 7% 21% 32% 19%	2132
	21st to end	Day	17% 4 6% 23% 37% 13%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	17% 6% 8% 20% 32% 18%	2250
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 5% 22% 37% 18%	2304
	21st to end	Day	16% 5% 6% 23% 35% 15%	2530
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 2 6% 15% 35% 29%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 4 11% 30% 47%	2515
	21st to end	Day	9% 2 2 5% 25% 57%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 2 7% 18% 61%	2451
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 2 3 16% 27% 40%	2401
	21st to end	Day	14% 3 6% 19% 32% 27%	2288
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 2 8% 25% 54%	2135
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 2 12% 30% 46%	2122
	21st to end	Day	10% 3 2 8% 32% 44%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 5% 6% 29% 47%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 2 11% 32% 48%	2015
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 1 13% 34% 39%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	16% 4 3 14% 26% 37%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 3 2 12% 30% 41%	1884
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 3 10% 29% 43%	1915
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 3 3 15% 34% 28%	1674
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 4 4 14% 24% 35%	1710
	21st to end	Day	24% 4 5% 13% 25% 29%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	26% 5% 6% 16% 23% 24%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 6% 5% 15% 20% 14%	2168
	21st to end	Day	40% 4 4 17% 22% 13%	3018
January	1st to 10th	Night	23% 4 5% 17% 34% 18%	4406
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 3 8% 20% 29% 15%	4136
	21st to end	Night	31% 4 6% 15% 29% 14%	4180
February	1st to 10th	Night	28% 4 4 12% 24% 28%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 3 4 14% 29% 25%	2219
	21st to end	Night	31% 6% 3 15% 24% 21%	1829
March	1st to 10th	Night	30% 6% 6% 18% 23% 18%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 5% 6% 14% 27% 21%	2120
	21st to end	Night	26% 5% 6% 22% 26% 14%	1980
April	1st to 10th	Night	23% 5% 6% 23% 23% 19%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 4 5% 22% 28% 24%	1779
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 6% 20% 37% 18%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 6% 19% 30% 25%	1709
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 4 17% 39% 22%	1595
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 6% 23% 37% 20%	1746
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 4 17% 31% 36%	1618
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 3 12% 29% 51%	1440
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 2 5% 21% 64%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 1 7% 16% 68%	1400
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 4 12% 25% 45%	1432
	21st to end	Night	13% 2 4 17% 29% 34%	1786
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 4 5% 22% 59%	1780
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 2 8% 30% 53%	1780
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 1 6% 30% 52%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 1 3 6% 24% 57%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 2 7% 31% 53%	1944
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 2 10% 31% 47%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	16% 3 3 11% 27% 40%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 2 3 9% 32% 42%	2073
	21st to end	Night	13% 3 2 7% 27% 47%	2438
November	1st to 10th	Night	17% 3 3 12% 32% 33%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 4 4 12% 27% 36%	2470
	21st to end	Night	26% 4 3 15% 24% 28%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	27% 5% 4 12% 24% 28%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 6% 6% 13% 20% 17%	3041
	21st to end	Night	34% 5% 4 17% 26% 14%	4623

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	8% 16% 36% 27% 12% 2	180
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 18% 29% 30% 16% 1	316
	21st to end	Day	8% 20% 32% 27% 10% 2	506
February	1st to 10th	Day	7% 21% 33% 25% 13% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 21% 32% 27% 11% 1	455
	21st to end	Day	7% 22% 36% 28% 7%	363
March	1st to 10th	Day	6% 24% 36% 24% 10%	420
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 19% 35% 28% 11%	420
	21st to end	Day	6% 24% 38% 26% 6%	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	6% 16% 38% 25% 15% 1	420
	11th to 20th	Day	3 20% 39% 27% 9% 1	412
	21st to end	Day	2 19% 34% 28% 13% 4	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 15% 33% 32% 12% 3	423
	11th to 20th	Day	2 12% 36% 31% 14% 5%	448
	21st to end	Day	3 12% 34% 32% 14% 6%	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	1 9% 29% 36% 19% 7%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 27% 37% 22% 7%	450
	21st to end	Day	1 4 31% 40% 15% 9%	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 19% 48% 23% 9%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	2 14% 46% 24% 15%	444
	21st to end	Day	1 2 13% 46% 24% 14%	487
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 24% 44% 20% 10%	447
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 14% 47% 25% 11%	437
	21st to end	Day	1 1 18% 44% 26% 10%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 23% 43% 26% 5%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	4 26% 44% 24% 2	450
	21st to end	Day	8% 24% 38% 25% 4	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 10% 29% 39% 19% 1	450
	11th to 20th	Day	1 8% 27% 41% 20% 3	450
	21st to end	Day	2 7% 31% 32% 24% 3	430
November	1st to 10th	Day	1 14% 24% 34% 26% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	2 11% 30% 37% 18% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	3 11% 35% 33% 16% 2	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	4 10% 33% 36% 14% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	2 14% 31% 34% 16% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	10% 17% 33% 29% 9% 2	261
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 8% 31% 35% 16% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	4 7% 35% 36% 16% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	6% 10% 34% 35% 13% 2	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	5% 8% 32% 34% 18% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	4 8% 34% 32% 17% 4	744
	21st to end	Night	4 8% 39% 32% 15% 2	610
March	1st to 10th	Night	4 8% 35% 36% 16% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	3 7% 30% 33% 21% 6%	720
	21st to end	Night	2 10% 33% 36% 17% 2	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	2 7% 30% 39% 19% 4	720
	11th to 20th	Night	2 6% 36% 33% 21% 2	711
	21st to end	Night	2 6% 29% 36% 22% 6%	720
May	1st to 10th	Night	1 4 32% 40% 19% 3	629
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 26% 38% 28% 3	531
	21st to end	Night	1 6% 26% 39% 27% 2	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 17% 52% 27% 2	538
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 48% 36% 4	360
	21st to end	Night	10% 44% 41% 4	360
July	1st to 10th	Night	2 35% 56% 7%	350
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 34% 58% 3	388
	21st to end	Night	1 2 38% 49% 10%	709
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 38% 47% 9%	716
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 31% 54% 13%	712
	21st to end	Night	2 3 31% 52% 13%	792
September	1st to 10th	Night	2 6% 32% 49% 12%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 39% 42% 10%	720
	21st to end	Night	1 15% 36% 39% 8%	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 20% 45% 28% 4	720
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 18% 40% 31% 7%	720
	21st to end	Night	1 4 23% 36% 27% 9%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	1 4 24% 39% 26% 6%	740
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 26% 43% 21% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 29% 37% 21% 4	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 33% 36% 19% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 6% 33% 38% 16% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	4 8% 37% 35% 12% 3	836

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