Devil`s Sinkhole State Natural Area
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Devil`s Sinkhole State Natural Area 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	8% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 51%	95354
	Night	8% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 56%	93447
Transparency	Day	32% 5% 10% 21% 20% 11%	95134
	Night	28% 5% 11% 21% 21% 14%	93273
Seeing	Day	10% 6% 24% 33% 22% 6%	14527
	Night	10% 6% 31% 38% 14% 1	24462

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	8% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 6% 61%	2847
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 2 3 2 2 2 3 5% 5% 61%	3014
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 51%	3487
February	1st to 10th	Day	9% 7% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 53%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 53%	1849
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 1 4 3 3 2 3 5% 7% 56%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	11% 8% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 48%	3184
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 11% 3 8% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 39%	3480
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 51%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	8% 7% 3 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 51%	2138
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 51%	2254
	21st to end	Day	9% 7% 3 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 53%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	12% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 44%	4068
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 49%	4082
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 47%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 1 5% 4 4 5% 3 6% 9% 55%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 3 3 5% 3 6% 8% 53%	2470
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 47%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 50%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 4 4 5% 5% 4 6% 10% 55%	4120
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 47%	4350
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 6% 8% 65%	2269
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 51%	2172
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 4 6% 9% 46%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 7% 42%	2008
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 41%	1980
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 49%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 2 4 3 4 5% 3 6% 7% 55%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 53%	1980
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 5% 61%	1995
November	1st to 10th	Day	10% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 7% 52%	1744
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 6% 55%	1710
	21st to end	Day	11% 7% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 52%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 4 4 6% 52%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 8% 2 7% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 49%	2161
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 4 2 2 3 2 4 5% 60%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 3 7% 58%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 1 3 2 2 2 1 3 4 69%	3984
	21st to end	Night	13% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 49%	4180
February	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 3 5% 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 55%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 54%	2218
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 53%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	7% 7% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 6% 7% 52%	3676
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 11% 3 8% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 43%	3480
	21st to end	Night	8% 9% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 54%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	5% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 54%	2036
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 3 4 4 4 4 6% 52%	1877
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 55%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 9% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 45%	2837
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 7% 56%	2823
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 6% 9% 53%	3090
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 4 7% 12% 62%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 4 3 3 5% 5% 6% 10% 60%	1710
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 9% 56%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 10% 59%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 4 3 3 4 4 5% 9% 64%	2850
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 53%	3209
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 5% 8% 73%	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 4 3 5% 4 4 7% 10% 56%	1828
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 10% 52%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 7% 52%	1952
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 49%	1980
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 2 4 3 4 3 4 6% 8% 55%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 63%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 57%	1980
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 1 4 2 2 3 2 3 4 64%	2340
November	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 2 4 2 3 3 2 4 5% 59%	2330
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 59%	2470
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 51%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 2 5% 6% 54%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 9% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 51%	3036
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 2 4 2 2 3 2 4 7% 56%	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 6% 15% 25% 27%	2848
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 3 7% 15% 31% 20%	3014
	21st to end	Day	33% 4 7% 15% 30% 11%	3487
February	1st to 10th	Day	34% 3 8% 13% 22% 20%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 4 7% 17% 21% 17%	1859
	21st to end	Day	28% 4 7% 16% 24% 21%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	38% 4 6% 13% 20% 19%	3184
	11th to 20th	Day	47% 5% 7% 11% 18% 12%	3480
	21st to end	Day	31% 5% 8% 15% 18% 21%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	33% 4 9% 18% 19% 18%	2138
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 5% 8% 18% 20% 16%	2254
	21st to end	Day	34% 4 8% 20% 20% 14%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	38% 7% 10% 13% 20% 11%	4106
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 5% 8% 19% 21% 11%	4086
	21st to end	Day	33% 8% 11% 26% 16% 6%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	25% 6% 13% 31% 21% 4	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 5% 13% 27% 22% 6%	2470
	21st to end	Day	34% 6% 13% 23% 19% 5%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	28% 7% 18% 37% 9% 1	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 6% 16% 34% 18% 3	4051
	21st to end	Day	29% 7% 18% 29% 17% 1	4213
August	1st to 10th	Day	17% 5% 14% 41% 22% 1	2256
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 8% 15% 30% 15% 3	2172
	21st to end	Day	34% 8% 14% 27% 14% 3	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	39% 7% 13% 18% 17% 6%	2008
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 7% 12% 21% 16% 5%	1980
	21st to end	Day	32% 6% 13% 20% 19% 10%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	27% 7% 11% 24% 23% 9%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 5% 8% 15% 21% 17%	1980
	21st to end	Day	29% 3 4 16% 27% 20%	1995
November	1st to 10th	Day	33% 5% 9% 21% 20% 12%	1744
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 5% 7% 19% 22% 17%	1710
	21st to end	Day	35% 3 6% 17% 22% 16%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	33% 4 9% 17% 26% 11%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 4 6% 12% 23% 18%	2159
	21st to end	Day	29% 2 5% 16% 26% 21%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	26% 3 6% 11% 29% 24%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 2 4 19% 26% 28%	3984
	21st to end	Night	36% 3 6% 13% 28% 15%	4180
February	1st to 10th	Night	30% 4 8% 14% 22% 22%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 3 7% 17% 22% 18%	2218
	21st to end	Night	31% 5% 6% 15% 22% 21%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	29% 5% 11% 16% 23% 15%	3676
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 6% 7% 13% 16% 14%	3480
	21st to end	Night	32% 5% 10% 16% 17% 20%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	30% 5% 10% 19% 17% 20%	2036
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 5% 10% 16% 17% 18%	1877
	21st to end	Night	31% 4 10% 22% 19% 14%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	38% 6% 9% 18% 17% 12%	2864
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 8% 11% 23% 21% 10%	2824
	21st to end	Night	28% 7% 14% 29% 12% 10%	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	14% 8% 17% 36% 22% 2	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 6% 16% 30% 23% 7%	1710
	21st to end	Night	23% 6% 18% 28% 19% 5%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	20% 7% 24% 38% 10% 1	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 18% 36% 20% 3	2796
	21st to end	Night	26% 6% 21% 32% 14% 1	3107
August	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 18% 41% 22% 1	1879
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 8% 21% 30% 16% 3	1828
	21st to end	Night	27% 8% 21% 26% 15% 3	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	30% 8% 13% 23% 19% 7%	1952
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 8% 16% 23% 18% 4	1980
	21st to end	Night	26% 6% 14% 24% 19% 11%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	22% 4 14% 25% 22% 12%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 3 10% 18% 23% 16%	1980
	21st to end	Night	26% 3 6% 18% 25% 23%	2340
November	1st to 10th	Night	28% 4 8% 20% 26% 14%	2330
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 4 9% 22% 21% 19%	2470
	21st to end	Night	34% 4 8% 15% 22% 17%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	31% 4 9% 18% 24% 14%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 4 5% 16% 18% 22%	3037
	21st to end	Night	29% 4 4 15% 29% 18%	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	13% 13% 39% 26% 9% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 9% 36% 29% 9% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	12% 10% 41% 27% 9%	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 14% 33% 22% 11% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 13% 40% 21% 6% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	14% 12% 52% 20% 2	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 10% 45% 27% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 13% 43% 22% 10%	270
	21st to end	Day	11% 15% 48% 21% 6%	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	10% 13% 44% 29% 4	318
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 15% 42% 27% 6%	452
	21st to end	Day	11% 12% 42% 28% 7%	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 41% 32% 7% 1	639
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 34% 34% 11% 1	675
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 30% 37% 12% 2	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 19% 48% 23% 3	680
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 20% 49% 21% 4	680
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 13% 42% 31% 8%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 1 8% 38% 35% 11%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 5% 37% 46% 7%	668
	21st to end	Day	4 1 4 39% 40% 12%	673
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 35% 43% 17%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 4 30% 42% 15%	454
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 4 28% 41% 19%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 2 23% 42% 21%	298
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 1 2 24% 44% 22%	270
	21st to end	Day	13% 1 6% 27% 39% 14%	270
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 12% 37% 36% 7%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 3 19% 41% 21% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	16% 10% 25% 30% 17% 2	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 29% 36% 15% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 10% 26% 26% 15% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	16% 14% 36% 24% 7% 3	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 30% 31% 14% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 13% 40% 25% 10%	270
	21st to end	Day	16% 10% 34% 30% 10% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	12% 8% 37% 34% 8%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 8% 37% 33% 7%	866
	21st to end	Night	14% 9% 39% 32% 7%	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	13% 13% 39% 28% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 11% 43% 27% 4	744
	21st to end	Night	14% 13% 49% 23% 1	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	14% 12% 47% 24% 3	728
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 9% 40% 33% 4	570
	21st to end	Night	10% 12% 51% 22% 4	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	7% 9% 52% 29% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 12% 52% 23% 1	563
	21st to end	Night	11% 11% 52% 23% 4	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 8% 49% 29% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 43% 34% 6% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 39% 38% 7%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 25% 57% 12% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 35% 52% 9%	570
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 21% 52% 20% 1	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 8% 57% 26% 2	555
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 9% 61% 27%	552
	21st to end	Night	3 1 8% 58% 29% 2	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 55% 38% 1	567
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 4 51% 38% 3	549
	21st to end	Night	4 2 5% 45% 40% 4	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 7% 45% 38% 3	540
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 6% 46% 35% 2	540
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 13% 46% 29% 2	540
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 17% 50% 24% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 24% 41% 18% 2	540
	21st to end	Night	12% 7% 28% 34% 18% 2	756
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 24% 40% 17% 1	850
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 31% 37% 14% 2	950
	21st to end	Night	14% 8% 32% 34% 11% 1	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 29% 41% 9% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 8% 35% 34% 7%	950
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 37% 34% 8%	1045

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