Monahans Sandhills State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Monahans Sandhills State Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-03-08.

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 4 5% 7% 63%	79184
	Night	5% 3 1 3 3 2 3 4 5% 7% 63%	80444
Transparency	Day	21% 5% 8% 19% 27% 21%	78925
	Night	20% 5% 9% 19% 26% 21%	80227
Seeing	Day	6% 4 20% 35% 26% 8%	13910
	Night	6% 5% 31% 43% 15% 1	24118

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	5% 4 1 4 3 2 2 2 3 6% 67%	2973
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 4 6% 75%	3170
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 4 4 2 3 4 4 7% 61%	3487
February	1st to 10th	Day	4 5% 1 3 3 2 2 4 5% 7% 64%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 4 2 3 4 4 7% 60%	1849
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 1 4 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 63%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 5% 5% 8% 54%	1870
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 2 3 3 2 4 4 5% 7% 58%	1841
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 3 2 2 3 4 5% 7% 66%	2366
April	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 1 3 3 2 3 4 4 8% 66%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 6% 69%	2131
	21st to end	Day	4 2 1 2 2 1 3 3 4 5% 73%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 1 4 3 1 2 3 4 6% 68%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 1 3 3 2 3 4 5% 7% 62%	2284
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 3 3 2 3 4 5% 8% 63%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 2 3 2 3 4 5% 8% 68%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 1 2 2 2 4 5% 5% 8% 69%	2340
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 3 3 2 4 3 5% 7% 64%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 1 4 5% 3 5% 5% 7% 10% 52%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 2 3 3 2 4 4 6% 8% 63%	2246
	21st to end	Day	2 2 2 3 3 3 5% 5% 6% 9% 61%	2349
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 2 3 2 3 3 6% 9% 67%	2149
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 2 5% 5% 3 6% 5% 7% 10% 51%	2123
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 4 5% 3 6% 6% 8% 9% 51%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 1 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 7% 54%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 9% 48%	1998
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 1 3 4 2 4 4 5% 6% 59%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 2 3 4 2 4 3 4 6% 65%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 4 69%	1946
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 73%	1966
November	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 6% 71%	1673
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 4 3 1 3 3 5% 6% 66%	1710
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 63%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 2 3 3 1 3 4 5% 7% 58%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 4 5% 3 4 5% 6% 7% 58%	2161
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 3 5% 68%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 7% 69%	4011
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 1 2 2 1 2 4 4 7% 69%	3800
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 2 4 4 2 3 4 5% 7% 59%	4180
February	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 1 3 3 1 4 3 4 7% 65%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 4 4 2 3 4 6% 6% 58%	2218
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 1 3 4 2 4 3 3 5% 66%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 2 3 3 2 4 4 5% 7% 58%	2250
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 1 3 4 2 4 4 5% 6% 61%	2117
	21st to end	Night	3 4 1 2 2 2 4 3 5% 7% 67%	1984
April	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 1 3 4 2 4 4 5% 8% 62%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 2 3 2 2 4 3 5% 7% 64%	1777
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 2 2 1 3 3 3 6% 73%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 7% 66%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 2 4 3 2 4 3 6% 7% 61%	1607
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 4 3 2 4 5% 6% 9% 59%	1745
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 1 3 2 3 4 6% 11% 65%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 1 2 3 2 4 6% 7% 10% 62%	1620
	21st to end	Night	2 1 1 3 3 2 3 4 5% 11% 64%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 2 4 2 5% 5% 7% 11% 58%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 2 4 3 5% 10% 65%	1709
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 2 3 3 4 4 6% 12% 63%	1969
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 3 2 3 3 6% 10% 68%	1790
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 2 3 5% 3 4 6% 8% 11% 52%	1778
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 3 4 2 4 6% 8% 12% 54%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 2 4 3 3 4 6% 6% 9% 53%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 3 4 2 5% 5% 7% 9% 53%	1962
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 3 3 2 4 5% 7% 9% 55%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 7% 63%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 1 2 3 2 2 2 3 5% 70%	2009
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 4 5% 72%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 1 3 3 2 2 2 3 5% 71%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 2 4 4 5% 6% 66%	2470
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 64%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 2 3 3 2 3 4 5% 6% 61%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 5% 4 2 4 4 3 7% 61%	3036
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 5% 68%	4532

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	20% 3 4 16% 33% 24%	2974
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 2 6% 19% 37% 22%	3170
	21st to end	Day	23% 5% 7% 20% 30% 14%	3487
February	1st to 10th	Day	20% 3 8% 15% 24% 30%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 3 7% 16% 23% 25%	1859
	21st to end	Day	22% 3 4 11% 27% 33%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	28% 4 6% 15% 25% 23%	1870
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 4 7% 14% 24% 27%	1841
	21st to end	Day	17% 4 6% 17% 24% 32%	2366
April	1st to 10th	Day	18% 4 6% 12% 27% 33%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 3 6% 12% 27% 33%	2134
	21st to end	Day	15% 3 7% 15% 27% 33%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	19% 3 5% 14% 22% 37%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 5% 9% 17% 27% 22%	2288
	21st to end	Day	21% 5% 10% 20% 19% 24%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 11% 23% 29% 17%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 4 9% 19% 29% 25%	2340
	21st to end	Day	19% 6% 10% 20% 25% 20%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	25% 7% 16% 27% 19% 6%	2276
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 11% 24% 29% 12%	2178
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 16% 34% 22% 3	2219
August	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 12% 33% 28% 8%	2136
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 8% 15% 26% 20% 5%	2123
	21st to end	Day	24% 10% 15% 23% 19% 8%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	26% 7% 13% 18% 23% 12%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 7% 12% 20% 22% 8%	1998
	21st to end	Day	26% 5% 7% 18% 29% 15%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	21% 5% 11% 22% 22% 20%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 4 5% 15% 28% 27%	1946
	21st to end	Day	18% 3 4 15% 34% 26%	1966
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 3 6% 20% 28% 25%	1673
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 4 8% 17% 29% 22%	1710
	21st to end	Day	25% 2 6% 17% 29% 21%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	27% 3 8% 18% 28% 15%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 5% 7% 21% 25% 19%	2159
	21st to end	Day	20% 4 4 16% 33% 23%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 3 5% 15% 39% 23%	4011
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 3 7% 17% 32% 26%	3800
	21st to end	Night	25% 4 6% 20% 28% 17%	4180
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 3 8% 13% 27% 29%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 5% 7% 14% 23% 26%	2218
	21st to end	Night	22% 3 5% 8% 25% 37%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	26% 4 6% 14% 23% 27%	2250
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 4 8% 17% 21% 27%	2117
	21st to end	Night	18% 4 7% 19% 22% 30%	1984
April	1st to 10th	Night	22% 4 8% 14% 21% 32%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 5% 8% 16% 21% 31%	1777
	21st to end	Night	15% 4 8% 20% 25% 28%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	19% 4 9% 17% 22% 29%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 7% 11% 18% 21% 19%	1608
	21st to end	Night	21% 8% 13% 21% 21% 16%	1746
June	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 16% 26% 27% 11%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 11% 21% 28% 18%	1620
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 13% 23% 24% 18%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 18% 33% 19% 4	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 11% 28% 29% 11%	1655
	21st to end	Night	12% 7% 17% 33% 28% 4	1859
August	1st to 10th	Night	13% 4 9% 34% 32% 8%	1779
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 7% 17% 29% 19% 6%	1778
	21st to end	Night	20% 9% 17% 27% 19% 10%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	25% 7% 14% 22% 20% 13%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 8% 15% 22% 21% 8%	1962
	21st to end	Night	23% 5% 10% 21% 23% 18%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	20% 7% 12% 21% 20% 20%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 3 7% 15% 27% 29%	2009
	21st to end	Night	18% 3 5% 13% 31% 30%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	17% 3 5% 20% 29% 25%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 4 7% 18% 26% 26%	2470
	21st to end	Night	23% 3 6% 15% 27% 26%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	24% 3 6% 19% 27% 21%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 4 5% 19% 27% 21%	3037
	21st to end	Night	19% 3 5% 15% 33% 25%	4532

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	9% 5% 31% 37% 17% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 27% 38% 16% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	7% 9% 31% 36% 13% 3	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	9% 7% 26% 40% 17% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 36% 29% 14% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	12% 11% 32% 36% 9%	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 34% 39% 13%	261
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 8% 31% 35% 12% 5%	240
	21st to end	Day	5% 11% 31% 41% 11% 1	452
April	1st to 10th	Day	4 9% 36% 38% 13% 1	420
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 12% 44% 28% 10%	412
	21st to end	Day	4 12% 35% 35% 14%	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	3 9% 35% 35% 15% 3	423
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 27% 38% 20% 3	607
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 29% 43% 15% 2	679
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 16% 46% 28% 6%	630
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 15% 49% 27% 6%	630
	21st to end	Day	4 1 9% 41% 36% 8%	630
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 6% 31% 42% 16%	621
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 38% 42% 14%	525
	21st to end	Day	1 3 34% 45% 17%	487
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 26% 49% 19%	447
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 6% 23% 40% 25%	437
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 4 25% 43% 22%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 1 5% 27% 40% 19%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 6% 25% 48% 17%	288
	21st to end	Day	11% 1 10% 20% 41% 19%	270
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 10% 31% 38% 12%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 3 14% 30% 32% 10%	270
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 17% 30% 25% 13%	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 2 19% 34% 27% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 7% 17% 33% 24% 9%	270
	21st to end	Day	11% 8% 29% 32% 15% 5%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	10% 8% 20% 37% 22% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 6% 28% 44% 14% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	6% 7% 31% 42% 12% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 35% 43% 10%	892
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 29% 44% 11% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	7% 7% 36% 40% 10%	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	7% 7% 38% 37% 10% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 42% 37% 6%	744
	21st to end	Night	7% 11% 46% 33% 4	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	9% 9% 43% 35% 4	750
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 11% 39% 36% 7%	677
	21st to end	Night	5% 9% 52% 29% 5%	594
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 8% 52% 31% 4	540
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 12% 53% 27% 3	533
	21st to end	Night	4 9% 50% 32% 4	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 7% 45% 39% 4	540
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 38% 41% 10%	531
	21st to end	Night	4 4 47% 40% 5%	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 39% 48% 9%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 36% 51% 8%	540
	21st to end	Night	2 1 26% 54% 15% 1	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 10% 56% 28% 2	525
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 9% 64% 22% 1	522
	21st to end	Night	1 1 9% 60% 29% 1	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 6% 56% 33% 1	537
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 7% 44% 42% 3	534
	21st to end	Night	3 7% 48% 40% 1	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 8% 50% 31% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 13% 51% 29% 1	540
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 17% 51% 23%	540
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 26% 50% 15% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 28% 47% 12%	569
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 24% 43% 19% 2	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 29% 42% 20% 1	920
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 25% 49% 17% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 31% 39% 17% 1	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 27% 45% 14%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 7% 34% 43% 10%	950
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 30% 43% 12% 1	1045

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