Sesquicentennial State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Sesquicentennial State Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-01-13.

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	12% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 43%	74925
	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 7% 44%	74818
Transparency	Day	38% 6% 12% 20% 18% 5%	74648
	Night	38% 6% 11% 19% 19% 7%	74614
Seeing	Day	14% 8% 22% 24% 21% 11%	14208
	Night	15% 6% 22% 33% 21% 3	24350

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover SE (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	16% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 4 4 7% 46%	1706
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 3 4 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 45%	1638
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 2 4 5% 2 4 4 3 5% 48%	1782
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 2 7% 5% 2 4 5% 5% 7% 41%	1620
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 6% 1 5% 5% 2 3 3 4 5% 46%	1748
	21st to end	Day	20% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 42%	1542
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 3 4 6% 52%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 3 5% 6% 3 5% 4 5% 7% 42%	1980
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 42%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 2 4 4 3 4 6% 6% 7% 51%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 5% 6% 8% 48%	2117
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 3 4 2 4 5% 6% 8% 52%	2254
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 4 5% 3 5% 4 6% 8% 50%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 3 5% 5% 3 4 7% 6% 7% 43%	2301
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 3 6% 6% 4 6% 6% 6% 8% 38%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 6% 6% 3 6% 6% 7% 10% 38%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 8% 11% 42%	2340
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 6% 6% 4 7% 7% 8% 11% 39%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 7% 5% 7% 8% 8% 11% 34%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 3 6% 7% 4 7% 7% 9% 11% 33%	2340
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 3 6% 7% 5% 7% 8% 10% 12% 33%	2547
August	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 3 7% 7% 5% 6% 8% 8% 11% 31%	2327
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 3 6% 6% 4 7% 7% 8% 9% 30%	2303
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 2 7% 7% 4 6% 7% 8% 11% 30%	2391
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 6% 7% 3 6% 6% 7% 9% 42%	1989
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 6% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 42%	1980
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 2 5% 4 3 5% 5% 6% 6% 42%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 4 4 3 3 3 4 6% 50%	1872
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 2 4 4 2 3 3 3 7% 56%	1800
	21st to end	Day	11% 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 3 4 58%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 3 4 3 4 3 4 5% 55%	1857
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 5% 53%	1805
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 3 4 4 5% 50%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	18% 7% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 7% 39%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 4 2 4 4 2 3 3 4 6% 52%	2153
	21st to end	Day	20% 7% 2 4 4 2 4 3 4 6% 44%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 2 6% 3 2 4 4 4 5% 47%	2459
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 46%	2378
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 4 2 3 4 4 5% 48%	2574
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 43%	2336
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 5% 3 5% 4 2 4 3 4 5% 45%	2098
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 2 6% 4 3 3 5% 5% 6% 44%	1712
March	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 3 4 4 2 4 3 4 6% 50%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 2 4 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 44%	1980
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 7% 44%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 4 4 3 3 5% 4 8% 51%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 2 5% 4 2 4 4 4 6% 53%	1789
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 2 3 4 3 3 4 5% 9% 53%	1720
May	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 4 3 5% 5% 6% 9% 49%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 7% 5% 4 6% 6% 6% 10% 39%	1592
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 2 5% 6% 3 6% 6% 8% 9% 42%	1744
June	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 6% 4 5% 7% 9% 10% 34%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 3 6% 6% 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 38%	1620
	21st to end	Night	6% 6% 2 6% 6% 4 8% 6% 9% 13% 33%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 3 7% 6% 4 6% 7% 10% 9% 34%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 2 6% 6% 4 5% 7% 9% 11% 36%	1620
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 7% 6% 4 8% 7% 9% 12% 34%	1771
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 7% 7% 4 8% 8% 9% 11% 31%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 3 6% 6% 4 7% 7% 7% 10% 33%	1598
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 2 7% 7% 4 5% 7% 8% 12% 32%	1944
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 7% 4 6% 5% 8% 10% 39%	1967
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 3 7% 6% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 41%	1980
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 6% 42%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 4 3 2 4 3 3 6% 52%	2086
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 2 4 4 2 2 4 5% 6% 54%	2160
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 5% 55%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 56%	2221
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 3 4 3 2 3 4 4 5% 53%	2370
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 3 4 4 2 4 4 6% 7% 47%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 3 4 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 42%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 5% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 5% 52%	3042
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 2 5% 5% 2 4 4 5% 6% 40%	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	39% 4 9% 20% 22% 6%	1707
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 3 9% 17% 21% 7%	1638
	21st to end	Day	40% 4 4 19% 25% 8%	1782
February	1st to 10th	Day	42% 4 11% 19% 19% 6%	1620
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 4 5% 20% 24% 6%	1758
	21st to end	Day	44% 3 8% 16% 20% 9%	1542
March	1st to 10th	Day	34% 4 8% 21% 23% 10%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 6% 10% 19% 17% 7%	1980
	21st to end	Day	42% 5% 10% 19% 20% 5%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	31% 5% 11% 20% 25% 7%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 5% 11% 20% 20% 10%	2117
	21st to end	Day	30% 5% 11% 26% 24% 4	2254
May	1st to 10th	Day	33% 5% 14% 24% 21% 4	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 8% 15% 19% 17% 2	2305
	21st to end	Day	41% 7% 12% 23% 15% 2	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	39% 8% 17% 24% 11% 2	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 8% 18% 26% 12% 1	2340
	21st to end	Day	36% 10% 17% 22% 13% 2	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	39% 12% 20% 17% 9% 3	2275
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 13% 21% 17% 7% 1	2271
	21st to end	Day	37% 12% 20% 21% 8% 1	2405
August	1st to 10th	Day	43% 11% 17% 20% 8% 1	2314
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 11% 17% 17% 9% 1	2303
	21st to end	Day	45% 9% 18% 17% 7% 3	2391
September	1st to 10th	Day	35% 9% 15% 18% 19% 4	1989
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 8% 11% 17% 22% 3	1980
	21st to end	Day	42% 5% 8% 21% 17% 7%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	36% 4 7% 21% 24% 7%	1872
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 4 8% 25% 25% 8%	1800
	21st to end	Day	30% 3 7% 18% 29% 12%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	33% 3 7% 18% 28% 12%	1857
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 3 7% 20% 25% 11%	1805
	21st to end	Day	37% 3 9% 19% 22% 10%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	45% 5% 8% 20% 16% 6%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 2 6% 22% 24% 9%	2150
	21st to end	Day	42% 4 6% 21% 23% 3	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	41% 3 7% 18% 24% 7%	2459
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 5% 9% 17% 21% 8%	2378
	21st to end	Night	40% 3 4 19% 24% 9%	2574
February	1st to 10th	Night	41% 4 8% 19% 19% 9%	2336
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 3 7% 19% 21% 8%	2099
	21st to end	Night	40% 4 8% 18% 18% 11%	1712
March	1st to 10th	Night	37% 4 8% 17% 23% 12%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 6% 11% 16% 21% 7%	1980
	21st to end	Night	38% 5% 11% 20% 19% 6%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	32% 5% 12% 19% 23% 9%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 4 9% 21% 22% 11%	1789
	21st to end	Night	29% 5% 11% 25% 24% 5%	1720
May	1st to 10th	Night	31% 7% 14% 23% 20% 5%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 8% 16% 18% 17% 1	1593
	21st to end	Night	36% 9% 12% 26% 14% 3	1745
June	1st to 10th	Night	41% 10% 18% 20% 11% 1	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 8% 19% 22% 9% 2	1620
	21st to end	Night	37% 13% 18% 19% 10% 2	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	39% 11% 21% 14% 10% 3	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 13% 24% 18% 7% 2	1566
	21st to end	Night	38% 13% 23% 18% 8% 1	1672
August	1st to 10th	Night	42% 13% 22% 18% 5% 1	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 11% 21% 16% 8% 1	1598
	21st to end	Night	42% 11% 19% 17% 9% 2	1944
September	1st to 10th	Night	37% 9% 16% 19% 14% 5%	1967
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 7% 11% 17% 19% 4	1980
	21st to end	Night	43% 6% 11% 18% 17% 5%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	34% 5% 8% 19% 28% 6%	2086
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 4 8% 22% 23% 10%	2160
	21st to end	Night	30% 4 7% 19% 27% 13%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	32% 4 8% 15% 27% 15%	2221
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 4 6% 17% 24% 13%	2370
	21st to end	Night	36% 4 8% 19% 24% 10%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	43% 5% 8% 18% 19% 6%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 4 6% 19% 25% 10%	3044
	21st to end	Night	45% 3 7% 20% 21% 4	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	19% 17% 43% 17% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 16% 36% 22% 6% 1	246
	21st to end	Day	20% 22% 38% 16% 4	264
February	1st to 10th	Day	20% 18% 38% 18% 6%	240
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 12% 40% 14% 3	240
	21st to end	Day	22% 15% 39% 19% 5%	260
March	1st to 10th	Day	17% 15% 32% 27% 9%	420
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 16% 37% 21% 8% 1	420
	21st to end	Day	17% 12% 35% 23% 11% 1	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 15% 29% 27% 13% 1	420
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 13% 29% 23% 18% 6%	412
	21st to end	Day	12% 10% 25% 26% 19% 8%	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 10% 30% 26% 19% 5%	423
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 17% 26% 24% 13%	447
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 12% 25% 26% 19%	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 13% 31% 31% 13%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 3 14% 23% 30% 20%	450
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 13% 30% 29% 18%	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 1 7% 22% 32% 29%	445
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 6% 22% 34% 25%	444
	21st to end	Day	4 3 9% 29% 33% 23%	488
August	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 10% 23% 30% 21%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 3 6% 21% 29% 24%	439
	21st to end	Day	14% 2 9% 21% 32% 22%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 8% 27% 33% 20%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 4 13% 22% 34% 14%	450
	21st to end	Day	18% 3 14% 25% 29% 12%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 4 20% 29% 21% 10%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 22% 32% 22% 10%	450
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 26% 29% 21% 6%	495
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 25% 29% 19% 5%	455
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 10% 30% 28% 11% 2	365
	21st to end	Day	12% 12% 31% 27% 15% 2	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	24% 14% 36% 18% 7% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 11% 36% 21% 11% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	25% 13% 32% 18% 9% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 11% 32% 29% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 10% 32% 32% 7%	732
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 37% 32% 3	792
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 11% 28% 34% 5%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 12% 32% 32% 3	703
	21st to end	Night	19% 11% 35% 29% 6%	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	15% 11% 32% 36% 6%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 9% 35% 31% 8%	720
	21st to end	Night	16% 10% 33% 31% 10%	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 13% 31% 32% 11%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 11% 27% 35% 15%	711
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 28% 38% 15%	640
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 27% 39% 17%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 23% 38% 21% 2	531
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 13% 38% 34% 4	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	14% 2 11% 39% 30% 5%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 11% 32% 34% 10%	540
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 10% 39% 34% 7%	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 7% 31% 42% 8%	525
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 1 4 30% 47% 8%	522
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 7% 32% 47% 6%	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 6% 27% 45% 9%	537
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 2 5% 31% 42% 8%	534
	21st to end	Night	13% 3 9% 27% 41% 8%	756
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 7% 29% 45% 7%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 3 10% 31% 37% 5%	720
	21st to end	Night	20% 3 11% 32% 32% 4	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 4 18% 32% 27% 5%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 19% 34% 24% 3	720
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 24% 31% 24% 2	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 22% 35% 19% 3	740
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 9% 27% 34% 13% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 23% 36% 17% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 27% 36% 10% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 25% 37% 11% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	22% 10% 25% 33% 10%	836

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