Colorado Bend State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Colorado Bend State Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-08-15.

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	9% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 51%	95386
	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 55%	93409
Transparency	Day	33% 5% 10% 21% 21% 10%	95162
	Night	30% 5% 11% 21% 21% 12%	93239
Seeing	Day	11% 8% 24% 30% 22% 6%	14680
	Night	11% 7% 31% 36% 14% 1	24564

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	11% 9% 2 4 2 3 3 3 3 5% 55%	2847
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 5% 58%	2850
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 2 7% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 49%	3336
February	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 3 6% 4 3 3 2 3 6% 51%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 5% 50%	1849
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 2 4 3 3 2 2 4 5% 54%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	12% 8% 3 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 5% 46%	3342
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 37%	3480
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 7% 46%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 6% 47%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 3 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 47%	2131
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 3 4 5% 6% 51%	2422
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 8% 3 6% 5% 5% 4 3 6% 7% 38%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 46%	4082
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 37%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 1 4 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 54%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 55%	2470
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 1 5% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 9% 49%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 4 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 53%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 63%	4120
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 2 5% 4 4 6% 5% 7% 11% 46%	4465
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 5% 9% 66%	2458
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 1 6% 4 4 4 4 7% 8% 51%	2172
	21st to end	Day	4 4 1 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 49%	2317
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 4 4 5% 6% 51%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 2 7% 4 5% 4 3 5% 6% 47%	1980
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 1 5% 3 4 4 3 6% 7% 55%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 59%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 2 4 4 59%	1870
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 1 4 3 2 3 2 3 4 61%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 2 5% 5% 54%	1856
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 1 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 57%	1710
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 3 2 3 5% 51%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 3 5% 54%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 8% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 6% 5% 47%	2161
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 3 2 2 2 4 4 58%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 5% 59%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 67%	4120
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 46%	4358
February	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 4 3 2 2 4 6% 53%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 2 5% 3 2 3 3 4 6% 52%	2218
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 5% 4 53%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 50%	3513
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 8% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 40%	3480
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 4 7% 50%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 4 3 5% 4 5% 7% 53%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 49%	1994
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 5% 7% 53%	1758
May	1st to 10th	Night	18% 9% 2 5% 3 4 3 2 5% 7% 42%	2823
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 6% 7% 52%	2823
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 3 4 6% 4 7% 9% 46%	3090
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 5% 10% 60%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 3 2 4 5% 10% 64%	1710
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 3 3 4 4 4 6% 9% 59%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 10% 62%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 6% 9% 68%	2850
	21st to end	Night	2 4 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 7% 10% 52%	3098
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 5% 7% 75%	1701
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 11% 55%	1822
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 5% 3 3 4 4 7% 11% 56%	2038
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 2 3 3 4 5% 4 5% 7% 55%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 6% 9% 49%	1980
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 1 4 3 4 4 3 6% 8% 57%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 66%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 2 4 3 4 4 3 4 5% 59%	2070
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 4 60%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 59%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 6% 2 4 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 60%	2470
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 51%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 55%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 50%	3036
	21st to end	Night	13% 7% 2 4 3 2 2 2 3 5% 57%	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	32% 3 5% 16% 28% 15%	2848
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 2 7% 16% 30% 15%	2850
	21st to end	Day	39% 3 6% 12% 28% 12%	3336
February	1st to 10th	Day	37% 3 7% 15% 21% 18%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 3 7% 18% 20% 15%	1859
	21st to end	Day	34% 3 5% 15% 24% 19%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	39% 4 7% 12% 22% 16%	3342
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 8% 11% 10% 16% 10%	3480
	21st to end	Day	34% 6% 12% 14% 24% 10%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	37% 5% 8% 18% 16% 16%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 4 8% 16% 21% 12%	2131
	21st to end	Day	34% 6% 6% 21% 23% 10%	2422
May	1st to 10th	Day	44% 7% 11% 16% 17% 6%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 6% 7% 18% 25% 6%	4086
	21st to end	Day	38% 10% 13% 24% 11% 5%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	24% 7% 13% 29% 22% 5%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 5% 14% 27% 20% 8%	2470
	21st to end	Day	29% 8% 13% 23% 23% 5%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	28% 5% 17% 39% 10% 1	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 4 14% 38% 21% 4	4051
	21st to end	Day	29% 6% 15% 35% 14% 1	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 16% 37% 25% 3	2444
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 7% 14% 31% 15% 4	2172
	21st to end	Day	28% 9% 15% 29% 16% 4	2317
September	1st to 10th	Day	32% 6% 11% 21% 20% 9%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 6% 12% 20% 21% 5%	1980
	21st to end	Day	27% 6% 10% 22% 23% 12%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	25% 4 12% 22% 24% 13%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 4 7% 16% 25% 19%	1870
	21st to end	Day	29% 3 4 17% 25% 21%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	32% 4 9% 20% 23% 11%	1856
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 4 9% 19% 23% 16%	1710
	21st to end	Day	38% 3 5% 18% 22% 15%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	34% 5% 7% 21% 23% 11%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 5% 9% 12% 24% 14%	2159
	21st to end	Day	32% 2 6% 16% 29% 17%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	31% 2 5% 15% 29% 18%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 2 4 17% 28% 23%	4120
	21st to end	Night	41% 3 6% 13% 25% 13%	4358
February	1st to 10th	Night	34% 3 8% 13% 22% 19%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 3 6% 17% 22% 16%	2218
	21st to end	Night	35% 3 6% 14% 20% 21%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	33% 5% 9% 13% 26% 13%	3513
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 7% 11% 14% 16% 10%	3480
	21st to end	Night	35% 5% 11% 18% 22% 9%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	31% 5% 9% 20% 19% 17%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 5% 9% 15% 20% 16%	1994
	21st to end	Night	32% 5% 11% 21% 22% 10%	1758
May	1st to 10th	Night	41% 7% 10% 19% 15% 8%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 8% 12% 23% 19% 8%	2824
	21st to end	Night	33% 8% 13% 29% 12% 5%	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 15% 31% 23% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 5% 16% 31% 21% 8%	1710
	21st to end	Night	22% 7% 14% 29% 24% 5%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	21% 6% 21% 42% 9% 1	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 3 19% 41% 20% 2	2796
	21st to end	Night	29% 4 18% 36% 12% 1	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 17% 40% 25% 3	1691
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 7% 19% 32% 15% 4	1822
	21st to end	Night	22% 8% 19% 31% 16% 5%	2038
September	1st to 10th	Night	27% 7% 14% 22% 20% 10%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 7% 16% 24% 16% 6%	1980
	21st to end	Night	24% 5% 12% 24% 20% 14%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	20% 4 13% 26% 21% 16%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 4 8% 15% 22% 22%	2070
	21st to end	Night	29% 3 5% 16% 24% 22%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	28% 3 8% 20% 25% 15%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 4 8% 21% 23% 17%	2470
	21st to end	Night	36% 4 7% 16% 22% 15%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	30% 4 10% 20% 24% 13%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 3 6% 12% 24% 17%	3037
	21st to end	Night	33% 2 5% 14% 29% 17%	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	16% 17% 36% 25% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 11% 37% 21% 8% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	14% 18% 41% 18% 9%	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	21% 16% 35% 21% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 15% 40% 20% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	25% 19% 38% 16% 2	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 16% 44% 19% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 17% 40% 18% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	15% 16% 42% 23% 4	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	14% 22% 42% 17% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 21% 41% 20% 3	329
	21st to end	Day	15% 16% 42% 20% 7% 1	602
May	1st to 10th	Day	12% 13% 39% 29% 7%	653
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 33% 31% 11% 2	675
	21st to end	Day	12% 7% 31% 34% 13% 2	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 19% 42% 25% 6%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 21% 49% 22% 3	680
	21st to end	Day	4 2 14% 40% 33% 7%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 8% 38% 34% 10%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 7% 34% 48% 8%	668
	21st to end	Day	3 1 6% 33% 44% 12%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 3 38% 44% 12%	676
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 4 34% 41% 13%	454
	21st to end	Day	4 2 5% 27% 43% 20%	436
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 1 4 17% 46% 23%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 7% 21% 42% 21%	270
	21st to end	Day	11% 3 5% 31% 32% 17%	270
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 15% 34% 36% 9%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 2 31% 32% 20% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	21% 11% 24% 23% 21% 1	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	19% 6% 30% 32% 10% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 11% 29% 30% 11% 5%	270
	21st to end	Day	22% 13% 38% 17% 9% 2	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 34% 30% 10% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 14% 36% 26% 8%	270
	21st to end	Day	17% 10% 40% 23% 7% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 8% 40% 29% 8%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 10% 35% 32% 6%	950
	21st to end	Night	16% 11% 37% 30% 6%	936
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 12% 41% 28% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 12% 42% 25% 3	744
	21st to end	Night	19% 12% 48% 18% 2	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 13% 39% 27% 2	630
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 12% 39% 28% 5%	570
	21st to end	Night	11% 15% 47% 25% 3	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 11% 51% 26% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 11% 48% 24% 3	563
	21st to end	Night	11% 12% 47% 24% 6%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	12% 10% 48% 27% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 39% 36% 9% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 41% 34% 12%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 28% 48% 19% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 29% 55% 10%	570
	21st to end	Night	4 2 17% 52% 23% 3	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 12% 52% 25% 3	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 11% 55% 29% 1	552
	21st to end	Night	3 10% 52% 31% 3	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 6% 56% 33% 2	567
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 7% 51% 32% 3	549
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 6% 45% 38% 6%	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 12% 42% 34% 4	540
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 1 8% 43% 34% 3	540
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 14% 40% 33% 4	540
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 20% 45% 26% 2	540
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 27% 41% 14% 2	630
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 30% 31% 16% 1	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 30% 38% 15% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 32% 37% 13% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	17% 9% 32% 32% 9% 1	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 32% 39% 8%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 34% 34% 5%	950
	21st to end	Night	15% 10% 35% 32% 7%	1045

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