Onion Valley Campground
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Onion Valley Campground clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-04-26.

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	4 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 53%	117462
	Night	4 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 50%	119944
Transparency	Day	29% 5% 10% 18% 21% 17%	117203
	Night	32% 6% 10% 18% 21% 13%	119792
Seeing	Day	9% 11% 23% 30% 21% 6%	15280
	Night	9% 6% 20% 37% 23% 4	24698

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	6% 16% 5% 13% 7% 6% 6% 5% 6% 7% 23%	3639
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 10% 3 8% 6% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 42%	3640
	21st to end	Day	7% 10% 4 8% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 7% 42%	4188
February	1st to 10th	Day	5% 9% 5% 9% 5% 4 5% 4 8% 9% 36%	1807
	11th to 20th	Day	4 11% 4 9% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 10% 36%	1950
	21st to end	Day	3 9% 4 10% 6% 5% 5% 5% 6% 9% 37%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	5% 16% 5% 8% 5% 4 5% 4 8% 8% 32%	4518
	11th to 20th	Day	2 8% 3 8% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 7% 47%	4708
	21st to end	Day	3 11% 5% 10% 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 39%	5965
April	1st to 10th	Day	4 11% 4 9% 6% 5% 6% 5% 6% 6% 38%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 10% 3 6% 4 6% 4 3 6% 7% 46%	2369
	21st to end	Day	7% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 9% 47%	2408
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 9% 3 6% 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 53%	4110
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 5% 67%	4344
	21st to end	Day	5% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 56%	4813
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 2 6% 6% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 47%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 1 5% 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 61%	2660
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 5% 71%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 3 83%	4420
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 2 3 2 4 5% 72%	4420
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 3 4 4 4 5% 6% 65%	4790
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 63%	4291
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 79%	3724
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 79%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 4 76%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 6% 67%	2204
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 68%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 1 4 3 3 2 3 4 5% 67%	3335
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 60%	3161
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 5% 8% 50%	3167
November	1st to 10th	Day	7% 9% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 44%	1764
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 8% 40%	1800
	21st to end	Day	4 8% 5% 7% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 45%	1695
December	1st to 10th	Day	5% 5% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 6% 7% 54%	2620
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 14% 5% 10% 7% 6% 6% 5% 7% 9% 25%	3028
	21st to end	Day	7% 12% 4 11% 6% 5% 6% 5% 7% 8% 29%	4004
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 14% 6% 12% 7% 5% 6% 5% 6% 6% 26%	6306
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 12% 4 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 43%	6320
	21st to end	Night	5% 11% 4 9% 5% 4 4 3 4 7% 45%	6761
February	1st to 10th	Night	5% 9% 3 10% 6% 4 4 5% 7% 7% 41%	2591
	11th to 20th	Night	4 11% 3 9% 6% 6% 5% 4 7% 8% 38%	2338
	21st to end	Night	3 10% 4 10% 6% 5% 6% 5% 7% 7% 38%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	5% 13% 5% 9% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 7% 37%	5376
	11th to 20th	Night	3 9% 4 10% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 42%	5277
	21st to end	Night	3 11% 4 9% 7% 5% 5% 5% 6% 9% 37%	5008
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 11% 3 7% 6% 5% 4 4 6% 7% 42%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 9% 2 7% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 50%	1979
	21st to end	Night	6% 8% 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 6% 53%	1888
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 7% 3 6% 3 4 4 4 5% 6% 54%	2860
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 5% 69%	2534
	21st to end	Night	4 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 58%	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 3 6% 7% 50%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	4 6% 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 5% 65%	1520
	21st to end	Night	2 3 2 4 2 3 2 3 3 6% 71%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 81%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 4 3 4 2 2 3 4 72%	2540
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 4 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 66%	2761
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 63%	2639
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 4 76%	3126
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 1 1 2 2 3 4 77%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 78%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 1 4 3 2 2 3 3 4 69%	1976
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 3 6% 70%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 1 3 2 3 3 2 3 4 73%	3640
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 4 68%	3777
	21st to end	Night	5% 6% 3 5% 4 5% 6% 4 5% 6% 50%	4392
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 9% 3 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 7% 42%	2535
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 8% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 9% 44%	2600
	21st to end	Night	4 8% 4 8% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 45%	2702
December	1st to 10th	Night	4 7% 3 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 55%	4560
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 13% 4 10% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 9% 28%	5176
	21st to end	Night	7% 13% 4 11% 7% 6% 5% 5% 6% 7% 29%	6952

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	54% 8% 14% 13% 11%	3639
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 10% 11% 20% 15% 5%	3640
	21st to end	Day	42% 11% 9% 9% 18% 12%	4188
February	1st to 10th	Day	38% 14% 15% 21% 10% 2	1807
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 9% 19% 20% 10% 2	1960
	21st to end	Day	39% 10% 17% 20% 10% 4	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	45% 8% 11% 17% 16% 4	4518
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 7% 16% 30% 15%	4708
	21st to end	Day	39% 8% 17% 21% 14% 2	5965
April	1st to 10th	Day	41% 7% 15% 21% 13% 3	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 5% 12% 27% 18% 4	2372
	21st to end	Day	32% 6% 14% 29% 17% 3	2408
May	1st to 10th	Day	27% 4 12% 29% 23% 5%	4110
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 2 7% 18% 38% 15%	4347
	21st to end	Day	26% 4 10% 29% 27% 4	4814
June	1st to 10th	Day	32% 5% 10% 24% 24% 5%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 3 8% 21% 30% 16%	2660
	21st to end	Day	16% 2 5% 15% 32% 30%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 1 3 7% 14% 67%	4351
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 1 4 7% 17% 56%	4345
	21st to end	Day	18% 2 4 7% 26% 42%	4639
August	1st to 10th	Day	20% 2 4 8% 21% 46%	4275
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 1 3 8% 30% 47%	3760
	21st to end	Day	12% 1 3 12% 35% 37%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 2 4 10% 28% 45%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 2 6% 18% 29% 26%	2204
	21st to end	Day	18% 2 7% 20% 33% 21%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	19% 2 5% 14% 33% 27%	3335
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 2 6% 25% 32% 9%	3161
	21st to end	Day	30% 5% 11% 25% 22% 7%	3167
November	1st to 10th	Day	37% 6% 12% 22% 18% 4	1764
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 6% 16% 26% 14% 1	1800
	21st to end	Day	34% 4 17% 23% 19% 2	1695
December	1st to 10th	Day	29% 5% 9% 17% 33% 6%	2620
	11th to 20th	Day	54% 9% 13% 16% 8%	3028
	21st to end	Day	50% 8% 18% 17% 6%	4004
January	1st to 10th	Night	49% 10% 15% 18% 8%	6306
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 9% 11% 18% 18% 5%	6320
	21st to end	Night	39% 9% 9% 12% 22% 9%	6761
February	1st to 10th	Night	37% 8% 17% 24% 11% 3	2591
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 8% 17% 21% 14% 2	2339
	21st to end	Night	39% 9% 16% 21% 11% 5%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	44% 5% 12% 16% 17% 6%	5376
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 5% 10% 30% 16% 1	5277
	21st to end	Night	38% 8% 19% 23% 11% 1	5008
April	1st to 10th	Night	37% 6% 16% 24% 15% 2	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 4 15% 26% 18% 5%	1979
	21st to end	Night	29% 6% 16% 27% 20% 3	1888
May	1st to 10th	Night	25% 5% 10% 28% 26% 7%	2860
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 3 6% 19% 39% 15%	2534
	21st to end	Night	25% 5% 9% 27% 31% 2	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	30% 5% 11% 27% 24% 3	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 5% 7% 20% 36% 12%	1520
	21st to end	Night	17% 2 5% 16% 30% 31%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 1 4 6% 15% 65%	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 2 3 6% 14% 57%	2492
	21st to end	Night	16% 3 5% 7% 28% 40%	2674
August	1st to 10th	Night	21% 3 4 9% 16% 47%	2631
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 2 4 7% 28% 47%	3156
	21st to end	Night	14% 1 2 13% 34% 35%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 3 10% 25% 48%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 2 5% 17% 27% 30%	1976
	21st to end	Night	15% 2 7% 18% 32% 26%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	17% 2 5% 14% 34% 28%	3640
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 2 6% 27% 35% 11%	3777
	21st to end	Night	33% 4 9% 21% 26% 8%	4392
November	1st to 10th	Night	37% 6% 12% 19% 19% 6%	2535
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 5% 17% 24% 18% 1	2600
	21st to end	Night	36% 5% 14% 21% 22% 3	2702
December	1st to 10th	Night	28% 5% 9% 19% 31% 9%	4560
	11th to 20th	Night	49% 10% 12% 18% 10%	5176
	21st to end	Night	51% 8% 16% 15% 10%	6952

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	20% 13% 20% 27% 15% 6%	200
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 11% 22% 25% 25% 7%	200
	21st to end	Day	8% 9% 21% 32% 22% 9%	300
February	1st to 10th	Day	13% 10% 21% 33% 18% 5%	405
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 14% 24% 30% 18% 2	495
	21st to end	Day	8% 15% 23% 30% 19% 4	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	13% 12% 27% 31% 16% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 13% 22% 28% 18% 6%	500
	21st to end	Day	12% 15% 26% 29% 15% 3	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	10% 15% 29% 26% 17% 3	500
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 13% 26% 26% 15% 7%	492
	21st to end	Day	10% 14% 23% 28% 20% 5%	481
May	1st to 10th	Day	6% 16% 28% 26% 19% 5%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 11% 23% 23% 18% 8%	488
	21st to end	Day	12% 10% 20% 27% 22% 9%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 14% 24% 23% 24% 7%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 16% 25% 28% 16% 4	490
	21st to end	Day	4 11% 21% 32% 24% 8%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 6% 24% 38% 25% 5%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	3 7% 22% 41% 23% 5%	484
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 18% 40% 26% 7%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 21% 35% 26% 8%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	4 8% 20% 30% 26% 12%	477
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 26% 34% 23% 8%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	5% 5% 19% 35% 25% 12%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 8% 24% 28% 24% 7%	490
	21st to end	Day	6% 9% 25% 30% 24% 7%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 11% 22% 28% 22% 7%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 12% 23% 24% 27% 5%	490
	21st to end	Day	10% 14% 24% 27% 18% 6%	372
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 12% 22% 28% 19% 5%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 10% 22% 29% 24% 5%	300
	21st to end	Day	11% 9% 20% 34% 21% 5%	247
December	1st to 10th	Day	13% 9% 18% 31% 19% 11%	200
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 8% 20% 34% 18% 5%	200
	21st to end	Day	15% 10% 21% 30% 19% 5%	220
January	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 24% 32% 20% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 22% 38% 19% 6%	800
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 19% 37% 21% 6%	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 25% 36% 20% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 9% 23% 38% 18% 3	784
	21st to end	Night	8% 8% 23% 42% 17% 2	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	10% 9% 24% 38% 16% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 10% 21% 32% 23% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	11% 11% 27% 35% 14% 2	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 9% 25% 34% 20% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 9% 25% 33% 18% 4	791
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 26% 34% 21% 4	716
May	1st to 10th	Night	9% 9% 26% 35% 19% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 19% 35% 25% 4	392
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 19% 33% 28% 5%	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 24% 37% 27% 1	380
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 8% 21% 39% 21% 3	380
	21st to end	Night	2 2 21% 51% 22% 2	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 18% 46% 27% 3	370
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 17% 57% 22% 1	368
	21st to end	Night	3 2 11% 51% 32% 1	416
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 16% 44% 31% 3	436
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 14% 44% 32% 4	752
	21st to end	Night	4 2 12% 45% 33% 3	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 13% 40% 36% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 13% 36% 33% 10%	760
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 15% 35% 28% 12%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 20% 37% 25% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 6% 16% 35% 29% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 18% 36% 23% 8%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 18% 33% 24% 5%	780
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 20% 38% 19% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	9% 7% 22% 35% 23% 5%	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 23% 34% 23% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 9% 21% 36% 18% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	16% 8% 27% 34% 14% 1	880

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