Devils River State Natural Area
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Devils River State Natural Area clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-02.

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% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 56%	100753
	Night	8% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 59%	98339
Transparency	Day	28% 5% 10% 22% 22% 12%	100571
	Night	25% 5% 11% 22% 22% 15%	98192
Seeing	Day	11% 6% 25% 35% 19% 4	14740
	Night	10% 6% 33% 39% 11% 1	24692

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	7% 9% 2 3 2 2 2 1 4 5% 63%	2847
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 1 3 3 2 2 2 4 6% 64%	3146
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 8% 53%	3487
February	1st to 10th	Day	8% 8% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 56%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 8% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 5% 55%	1849
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 2 3 3 2 3 2 5% 6% 58%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	12% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 51%	3130
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 9% 3 5% 3 3 3 3 3 5% 44%	3444
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 2 4 3 4 3 3 5% 7% 54%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 7% 56%	2242
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 55%	2254
	21st to end	Day	12% 7% 1 4 3 3 2 2 4 5% 56%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 50%	3925
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 53%	4082
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 8% 51%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 6% 10% 59%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 1 3 3 3 3 4 6% 8% 57%	2470
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 1 4 5% 5% 5% 3 7% 8% 50%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 4 4 3 5% 4 6% 7% 55%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 61%	4120
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 55%	4158
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 72%	3785
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 2 2 3 4 3 5% 8% 67%	3726
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 51%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 2 5% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 8% 46%	2169
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 44%	2090
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 5% 4 3 5% 3 4 8% 54%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 2 5% 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 59%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 55%	2090
	21st to end	Day	11% 4 1 4 2 2 3 2 3 5% 63%	2170
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 1 4 2 2 3 3 4 7% 55%	1682
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 4 6% 57%	1710
	21st to end	Day	13% 8% 2 4 2 3 3 3 4 6% 53%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 53%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 52%	2161
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 5% 60%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 1 3 2 3 2 2 4 7% 62%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 69%	3852
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 2 5% 3 2 2 2 3 7% 53%	4180
February	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 2 4 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 59%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 54%	2218
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 57%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 3 6% 7% 58%	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 8% 2 5% 3 3 2 3 4 6% 48%	3515
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 5% 57%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 2 4 3 3 2 3 6% 7% 59%	1933
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 55%	1877
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 61%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 2 4 3 3 2 2 4 6% 53%	2963
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 58%	2823
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 55%	3090
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 3 2 3 3 4 6% 12% 62%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 3 3 3 5% 4 7% 10% 59%	1710
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 1 3 3 3 4 4 5% 9% 59%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 4 4 3 3 3 6% 9% 59%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 9% 65%	2850
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 60%	3401
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 5% 7% 73%	3155
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 6% 10% 66%	3113
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 4 4 3 7% 11% 54%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 53%	2009
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 2 6% 3 4 4 3 7% 9% 50%	2090
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 2 4 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 56%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 6% 64%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 1 4 3 3 2 3 5% 5% 59%	2090
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 1 3 1 2 2 2 3 4 69%	2403
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 1 3 3 2 1 2 4 5% 63%	2429
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 62%	2470
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 4 4 6% 56%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 2 3 2 3 3 2 6% 7% 55%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 53%	3036
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 2 3 2 2 2 2 5% 7% 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	25% 3 4 13% 26% 29%	2848
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 3 6% 18% 29% 22%	3146
	21st to end	Day	31% 5% 7% 17% 30% 10%	3487
February	1st to 10th	Day	33% 3 6% 15% 23% 20%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 3 7% 20% 21% 18%	1859
	21st to end	Day	27% 4 7% 13% 27% 21%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	35% 4 5% 14% 21% 20%	3130
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 5% 6% 13% 18% 15%	3444
	21st to end	Day	29% 6% 9% 14% 19% 24%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	29% 4 8% 18% 21% 20%	2242
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 5% 8% 19% 19% 19%	2254
	21st to end	Day	31% 4 7% 21% 19% 17%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	34% 6% 8% 14% 20% 17%	3960
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 6% 7% 21% 21% 13%	4086
	21st to end	Day	29% 8% 10% 25% 17% 10%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	21% 7% 12% 32% 22% 6%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 6% 11% 25% 26% 7%	2470
	21st to end	Day	30% 7% 12% 25% 20% 6%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	26% 7% 17% 33% 16% 1	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 19% 35% 19% 3	4051
	21st to end	Day	23% 7% 17% 27% 23% 3	4027
August	1st to 10th	Day	13% 4 11% 37% 32% 3	3772
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 17% 43% 16% 2	3762
	21st to end	Day	27% 9% 16% 24% 21% 3	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	36% 8% 12% 20% 16% 8%	2169
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 7% 13% 18% 20% 5%	2090
	21st to end	Day	29% 5% 12% 19% 22% 13%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	24% 6% 11% 23% 22% 13%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 4 8% 14% 22% 19%	2090
	21st to end	Day	27% 3 4 16% 30% 20%	2170
November	1st to 10th	Day	30% 4 10% 22% 20% 14%	1682
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 4 9% 19% 21% 17%	1710
	21st to end	Day	33% 3 7% 17% 24% 16%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	34% 4 7% 18% 27% 11%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 5% 6% 16% 21% 18%	2159
	21st to end	Day	29% 3 5% 15% 27% 22%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	22% 4 5% 13% 31% 26%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 2 4 18% 27% 28%	3852
	21st to end	Night	32% 4 6% 15% 27% 15%	4180
February	1st to 10th	Night	27% 3 8% 16% 23% 23%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 4 7% 17% 23% 19%	2218
	21st to end	Night	27% 5% 7% 14% 24% 22%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	25% 5% 9% 19% 25% 17%	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 6% 8% 15% 18% 16%	3515
	21st to end	Night	26% 7% 10% 17% 17% 23%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	25% 5% 11% 20% 18% 22%	1933
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 5% 10% 18% 17% 21%	1877
	21st to end	Night	27% 4 10% 23% 20% 16%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	30% 7% 9% 19% 20% 15%	2993
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 7% 9% 23% 22% 13%	2824
	21st to end	Night	24% 9% 13% 28% 15% 12%	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 17% 34% 24% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 6% 15% 29% 23% 9%	1710
	21st to end	Night	22% 6% 13% 29% 23% 7%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	21% 7% 20% 36% 16% 1	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 17% 35% 22% 4	2796
	21st to end	Night	22% 5% 17% 31% 23% 1	3293
August	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 13% 36% 32% 3	3144
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 20% 44% 14% 2	3143
	21st to end	Night	22% 9% 19% 26% 21% 2	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	29% 6% 15% 24% 17% 10%	2009
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 8% 17% 21% 19% 6%	2090
	21st to end	Night	24% 6% 13% 24% 17% 15%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	22% 4 13% 23% 22% 16%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 4 9% 19% 23% 19%	2090
	21st to end	Night	21% 3 7% 16% 30% 23%	2403
November	1st to 10th	Night	26% 3 8% 21% 28% 15%	2429
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 4 8% 22% 22% 19%	2470
	21st to end	Night	30% 4 7% 17% 22% 19%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	29% 4 10% 19% 23% 15%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 4 6% 15% 21% 21%	3037
	21st to end	Night	27% 4 6% 15% 29% 19%	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	14% 10% 38% 27% 10% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 10% 36% 27% 10% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	13% 12% 38% 27% 8%	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 15% 31% 24% 12% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 12% 39% 25% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	14% 15% 50% 19% 2	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	16% 13% 43% 23% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 13% 40% 23% 9% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	17% 14% 42% 21% 5% 1	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 14% 45% 23% 7%	422
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 15% 42% 27% 4	452
	21st to end	Day	11% 15% 43% 25% 6%	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 9% 40% 33% 6% 1	558
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 8% 34% 32% 9% 1	675
	21st to end	Day	13% 8% 33% 37% 7% 1	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 23% 51% 17% 2	680
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 26% 46% 16% 3	680
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 17% 46% 25% 5%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 1 10% 41% 31% 8%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 6% 46% 39% 4	668
	21st to end	Day	2 1 6% 46% 38% 8%	559
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 5% 45% 38% 10%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 6% 40% 38% 9%	477
	21st to end	Day	4 1 7% 33% 41% 13%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 1 7% 32% 41% 8%	379
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 28% 43% 14%	300
	21st to end	Day	10% 1 8% 35% 34% 12%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 15% 44% 30% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 2 23% 42% 17% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 26% 31% 17% 2	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 30% 30% 16% 2	273
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 9% 26% 26% 17% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	20% 12% 39% 20% 7% 3	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	17% 6% 27% 33% 14% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 14% 39% 27% 9%	270
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 32% 30% 10% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 37% 37% 8%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 8% 33% 39% 6% 1	786
	21st to end	Night	15% 10% 36% 31% 7%	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	13% 12% 38% 31% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 11% 42% 26% 4	744
	21st to end	Night	11% 13% 50% 24% 1	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	14% 13% 47% 24% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 13% 43% 26% 4	592
	21st to end	Night	10% 13% 55% 20% 2	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	7% 12% 54% 25% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 13% 55% 20% 1	563
	21st to end	Night	9% 12% 55% 20% 4	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	8% 12% 54% 25% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 8% 45% 32% 6%	561
	21st to end	Night	8% 7% 49% 30% 6%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 36% 52% 7%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 43% 46% 6%	570
	21st to end	Night	4 1 27% 52% 15% 1	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 13% 58% 19% 2	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 18% 58% 18% 1	552
	21st to end	Night	4 13% 64% 17% 1	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 8% 65% 22% 2	567
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 10% 58% 25% 2	564
	21st to end	Night	5% 9% 55% 28% 3	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 9% 51% 29% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 13% 48% 31% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 18% 46% 28% 1	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 25% 52% 15% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 31% 44% 10% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	10% 7% 30% 39% 14% 1	731
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 28% 39% 16% 1	933
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 34% 37% 13% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 33% 34% 11% 1	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	14% 3 28% 45% 9% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 32% 36% 6%	950
	21st to end	Night	12% 7% 36% 37% 7% 1	1045

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