Tonopah Stargazing Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Tonopah Stargazing Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-02-21.

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 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 6% 70%	112523
	Night	2 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 66%	114839
Transparency	Day	15% 4 8% 18% 27% 30%	112269
	Night	18% 4 9% 20% 27% 23%	114683
Seeing	Day	4 9% 21% 27% 24% 14%	15356
	Night	4 5% 21% 40% 26% 4	25053

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	2 4 2 4 2 3 3 3 5% 7% 64%	3639
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 1 4 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 67%	3640
	21st to end	Day	3 5% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 54%	4446
February	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 2 5% 3 3 3 2 5% 7% 62%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 59%	1950
	21st to end	Day	2 5% 2 4 3 2 4 3 6% 8% 60%	1571
March	1st to 10th	Day	1 5% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 6% 9% 56%	3138
	11th to 20th	Day	2 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 62%	3299
	21st to end	Day	3 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 49%	4088
April	1st to 10th	Day	3 5% 2 4 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 61%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 66%	2249
	21st to end	Day	2 4 1 4 3 2 3 2 5% 8% 67%	2342
May	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 3 3 2 3 2 5% 5% 71%	4110
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 3 3 2 2 2 4 5% 73%	4071
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 4 2 3 3 2 4 5% 72%	4553
June	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 66%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 5% 74%	2660
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 79%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 84%	4420
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 73%	4420
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 69%	4648
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 81%	3974
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 86%	3724
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 85%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 3 1 2 3 2 3 4 77%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 4 80%	2114
	21st to end	Day	2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 4 82%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 5% 78%	3490
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 79%	3268
	21st to end	Day	1 3 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 5% 78%	3137
November	1st to 10th	Day	1 3 1 4 3 2 2 3 5% 8% 67%	1764
	11th to 20th	Day	1 3 1 2 1 3 3 2 4 8% 72%	1800
	21st to end	Day	2 4 1 4 3 2 3 3 5% 7% 66%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	1 3 1 3 2 2 3 4 5% 6% 69%	2950
	11th to 20th	Day	3 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 4 7% 10% 51%	3104
	21st to end	Day	2 4 2 5% 3 3 4 5% 7% 9% 56%	4004
January	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 2 5% 3 2 2 2 4 9% 65%	6306
	11th to 20th	Night	1 4 1 4 4 4 3 3 4 6% 67%	6320
	21st to end	Night	5% 9% 2 4 3 3 3 2 5% 7% 58%	6497
February	1st to 10th	Night	3 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 7% 64%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 6% 8% 62%	2338
	21st to end	Night	2 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 60%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 1 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 59%	3736
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 1 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 8% 58%	3681
	21st to end	Night	2 6% 2 4 4 4 4 4 7% 7% 56%	3563
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 4 4 3 4 3 4 6% 64%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 68%	1879
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 1 4 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 65%	1838
May	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 6% 67%	2860
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 7% 66%	2834
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 6% 66%	3027
June	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 6% 7% 66%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 2 3 6% 72%	1520
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 77%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 80%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 5% 3 4 5% 4 7% 6% 60%	2540
	21st to end	Night	3 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 60%	2904
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 67%	2965
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 4 81%	3126
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 82%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 3 1 2 3 2 4 4 77%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 4 78%	2064
	21st to end	Night	2 1 2 2 2 2 1 3 4 81%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 6% 77%	3490
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 79%	3653
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 3 2 3 2 2 3 4 77%	4422
November	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 7% 73%	2535
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 73%	2600
	21st to end	Night	2 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 67%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 68%	4240
	11th to 20th	Night	3 7% 1 4 2 3 4 3 6% 12% 55%	5097
	21st to end	Night	2 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 46%	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	20% 4 21% 27% 24% 3	3639
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 5% 12% 22% 27% 16%	3640
	21st to end	Day	25% 5% 13% 20% 26% 10%	4446
February	1st to 10th	Day	22% 4 12% 28% 24% 10%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 4 10% 27% 30% 8%	1960
	21st to end	Day	21% 5% 12% 29% 26% 7%	1571
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 5% 10% 29% 25% 10%	3138
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 5% 12% 31% 25% 8%	3299
	21st to end	Day	25% 6% 14% 28% 22% 6%	4088
April	1st to 10th	Day	21% 4 9% 25% 25% 16%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 4 8% 20% 32% 18%	2252
	21st to end	Day	16% 3 8% 25% 34% 13%	2342
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 4 6% 20% 38% 19%	4110
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 3 7% 14% 38% 27%	4074
	21st to end	Day	13% 3 6% 16% 37% 24%	4553
June	1st to 10th	Day	16% 4 8% 14% 28% 30%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 3 4 9% 28% 44%	2660
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 3 6% 20% 59%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 2 4 8% 77%	4351
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 3 3 6% 14% 63%	4345
	21st to end	Day	15% 3 5% 14% 19% 44%	4501
August	1st to 10th	Day	11% 2 3 7% 23% 54%	3960
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 3 5% 13% 73%	3760
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 2 5% 22% 63%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 4 7% 22% 54%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 2 4 12% 30% 44%	2114
	21st to end	Day	9% 1 3 11% 34% 42%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 4 9% 33% 42%	3490
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 2 2 12% 38% 35%	3268
	21st to end	Day	11% 2 3 19% 48% 17%	3137
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 4 9% 25% 32% 15%	1764
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 3 9% 30% 36% 10%	1800
	21st to end	Day	17% 4 9% 27% 29% 13%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	15% 4 7% 25% 30% 18%	2950
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 6% 12% 28% 25% 3	3104
	21st to end	Day	22% 7% 21% 28% 19% 3	4004
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 4 19% 29% 25% 4	6306
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 5% 11% 23% 29% 13%	6320
	21st to end	Night	26% 6% 11% 21% 24% 12%	6497
February	1st to 10th	Night	22% 3 13% 27% 25% 10%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 5% 9% 26% 33% 9%	2339
	21st to end	Night	22% 5% 12% 29% 25% 7%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 5% 11% 24% 29% 10%	3736
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 7% 12% 28% 24% 8%	3681
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 14% 33% 22% 4	3563
April	1st to 10th	Night	19% 5% 9% 29% 25% 12%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 7% 25% 30% 16%	1879
	21st to end	Night	20% 3 8% 26% 32% 11%	1838
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 6% 20% 38% 15%	2860
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 8% 14% 34% 23%	2835
	21st to end	Night	18% 4 9% 14% 37% 18%	3027
June	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 8% 14% 32% 26%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 3 11% 27% 41%	1520
	21st to end	Night	10% 3 3 7% 23% 54%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 3 5% 7% 72%	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 6% 5% 7% 15% 50%	2492
	21st to end	Night	22% 5% 7% 12% 12% 42%	2813
August	1st to 10th	Night	18% 4 3 9% 23% 43%	2956
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 4 6% 11% 69%	3156
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 3 6% 17% 64%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 4 10% 21% 52%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 5% 11% 26% 45%	2064
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 4 10% 31% 44%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 4 10% 29% 44%	3490
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 2 3 13% 35% 38%	3653
	21st to end	Night	13% 2 2 16% 45% 22%	4422
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 2 9% 26% 33% 17%	2535
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 7% 27% 35% 13%	2600
	21st to end	Night	19% 3 8% 24% 35% 12%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 7% 21% 31% 19%	4240
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 4 15% 27% 28% 3	5097
	21st to end	Night	29% 6% 16% 26% 18% 3	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	10% 9% 28% 33% 15% 7%	200
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 11% 25% 28% 20% 12%	200
	21st to end	Day	6% 10% 20% 28% 22% 13%	377
February	1st to 10th	Day	7% 13% 31% 25% 15% 9%	500
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 13% 29% 25% 17% 7%	495
	21st to end	Day	5% 15% 28% 31% 16% 4	383
March	1st to 10th	Day	5% 17% 30% 27% 16% 5%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 15% 29% 24% 19% 6%	460
	21st to end	Day	7% 20% 31% 25% 13% 4	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	8% 15% 25% 23% 19% 10%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 18% 27% 27% 14% 6%	452
	21st to end	Day	4 15% 28% 27% 13% 13%	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	7% 14% 29% 26% 16% 8%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 12% 21% 28% 20% 12%	488
	21st to end	Day	5% 9% 18% 29% 24% 16%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 7% 18% 28% 25% 18%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	4 9% 21% 29% 24% 14%	490
	21st to end	Day	1 6% 16% 28% 32% 17%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 15% 30% 34% 16%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 8% 27% 39% 22%	484
	21st to end	Day	2 2 11% 30% 33% 23%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 16% 34% 29% 17%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 16% 27% 28% 25%	477
	21st to end	Day	4 3 13% 26% 31% 24%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 16% 26% 28% 26%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	3 6% 21% 27% 27% 17%	490
	21st to end	Day	3 6% 16% 26% 34% 16%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 10% 20% 23% 23% 21%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	3 8% 19% 26% 29% 15%	490
	21st to end	Day	3 6% 18% 26% 28% 18%	354
November	1st to 10th	Day	3 5% 21% 30% 27% 14%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	3 9% 17% 30% 26% 15%	300
	21st to end	Day	4 8% 18% 26% 29% 15%	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	5% 7% 18% 33% 27% 10%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	4 7% 25% 30% 23% 11%	225
	21st to end	Day	5% 9% 31% 27% 20% 7%	220
January	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 23% 37% 23% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 24% 44% 22% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 23% 39% 22% 3	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	5% 7% 28% 36% 22% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 7% 25% 39% 21% 3	784
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 29% 43% 15% 2	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	3 9% 27% 44% 14% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	4 8% 25% 38% 23% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	6% 10% 31% 37% 16% 1	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	5% 10% 27% 37% 19% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 11% 28% 37% 16% 3	751
	21st to end	Night	6% 10% 25% 36% 19% 3	698
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 10% 31% 36% 15% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 10% 26% 33% 24% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	7% 10% 27% 33% 22% 2	573
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 6% 21% 42% 28% 3	380
	11th to 20th	Night	2 5% 25% 44% 23% 1	380
	21st to end	Night	2 2 17% 48% 30% 1	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 9% 51% 34% 1	370
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 8% 46% 39% 3	368
	21st to end	Night	3 2 6% 47% 40% 2	497
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 14% 48% 31% 1	633
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 11% 42% 41% 4	752
	21st to end	Night	3 1 10% 41% 43% 2	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 11% 34% 45% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 16% 36% 37% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	2 4 14% 35% 39% 7%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 17% 39% 32% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 16% 38% 34% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	2 3 20% 36% 31% 8%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	3 5% 19% 34% 32% 7%	780
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 22% 43% 26% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	4 4 19% 41% 28% 5%	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 21% 46% 20% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 21% 45% 21% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	5% 6% 28% 41% 19% 2	880

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