Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-11.

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	3 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 64%	104102
	Night	3 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 62%	103788
Transparency	Day	18% 4 6% 17% 28% 26%	103868
	Night	21% 5% 6% 15% 27% 27%	103612
Seeing	Day	5% 6% 21% 31% 25% 12%	14207
	Night	5% 5% 27% 41% 20% 2	24743

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	3 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 64%	2858
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 3 3 2 3 2 4 6% 72%	2860
	21st to end	Day	6% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 4 6% 5% 55%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	4 5% 1 3 2 2 3 4 4 7% 65%	1875
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 2 4 4 3 3 3 4 6% 63%	1849
	21st to end	Day	3 4 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 5% 69%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 64%	3374
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 61%	3490
	21st to end	Day	2 5% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 58%	3934
April	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 2 2 3 3 2 5% 7% 71%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 76%	2251
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 77%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 82%	3800
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5% 77%	3765
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 85%	4217
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 2 2 3 3 4 5% 7% 69%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 6% 75%	2470
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 4 4 3 5% 4 8% 9% 57%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 10% 50%	4110
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 4 4 4 5% 5% 9% 11% 53%	4110
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 44%	4404
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 4 4 5% 6% 6% 9% 10% 50%	3784
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 4 5% 5% 8% 9% 57%	3726
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 5% 4 5% 6% 6% 9% 11% 48%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 5% 5% 8% 52%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 4 3 4 5% 4 6% 7% 55%	2280
	21st to end	Day	4 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 5% 7% 68%	2087
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 78%	3170
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 3 5% 74%	3150
	21st to end	Day	2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 85%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 4 3 2 2 2 4 5% 72%	1959
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 5% 69%	1848
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 6% 6% 61%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 1 4 2 3 3 4 5% 8% 61%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 58%	2051
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 4 2 2 3 2 5% 7% 65%	3146
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 6% 1 4 3 2 3 2 4 6% 65%	4097
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 6% 70%	4110
	21st to end	Night	7% 7% 3 6% 4 3 4 4 6% 7% 50%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 3 3 4 5% 6% 65%	2301
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 62%	2218
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 4 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 64%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 2 4 3 3 4 2 5% 6% 63%	3493
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 4 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 58%	3490
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 59%	3713
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 4 2 2 2 3 5% 7% 67%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 4 2 2 2 2 4 6% 70%	1877
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 2 3 2 2 2 4 3 76%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 4 81%	3170
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 69%	3140
	21st to end	Night	2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 4 80%	3364
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 8% 60%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 3 4 4 5% 8% 67%	1710
	21st to end	Night	3 4 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 10% 46%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 2 7% 7% 6% 7% 5% 8% 11% 39%	2860
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 4 4 4 5% 4 8% 12% 53%	2860
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 8% 7% 6% 7% 6% 8% 11% 37%	3155
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 5% 5% 6% 7% 5% 10% 12% 41%	3155
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 5% 4 4 6% 5% 7% 10% 52%	3113
	21st to end	Night	3 3 2 6% 5% 6% 7% 7% 11% 12% 38%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 6% 7% 8% 51%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 53%	1900
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 4 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 64%	2085
October	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 5% 75%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 6% 68%	3778
	21st to end	Night	3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 4 82%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 3 1 2 2 3 4 7% 72%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 2 3 2 5% 5% 72%	2313
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 4 3 3 4 2 5% 7% 62%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 61%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 60%	3153
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 4 2 2 3 3 4 5% 67%	4521

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	18% 3 3 13% 39% 23%	2859
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 2 3 17% 45% 18%	2860
	21st to end	Day	28% 4 4 22% 28% 13%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 3 5% 15% 27% 31%	1875
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 3 4 15% 29% 26%	1859
	21st to end	Day	18% 2 3 11% 31% 35%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 3 3 10% 36% 30%	3374
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 4 4 19% 29% 21%	3490
	21st to end	Day	24% 3 3 10% 32% 27%	3934
April	1st to 10th	Day	14% 2 3 11% 33% 36%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 2 2 10% 30% 44%	2254
	21st to end	Day	12% 2 3 10% 31% 42%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 2 5% 21% 61%	3800
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 3 3 11% 27% 46%	3768
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 4 8% 15% 65%	4217
June	1st to 10th	Day	15% 3 5% 15% 31% 32%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 4 8% 26% 50%	2470
	21st to end	Day	20% 6% 8% 18% 23% 25%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	23% 9% 13% 23% 18% 13%	4046
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 8% 14% 24% 27% 8%	4041
	21st to end	Day	28% 9% 14% 30% 17% 2	4265
August	1st to 10th	Day	23% 9% 11% 29% 22% 6%	3772
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 9% 12% 25% 28% 7%	3762
	21st to end	Day	24% 9% 15% 29% 18% 4	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	28% 6% 12% 17% 20% 18%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 6% 7% 17% 27% 16%	2280
	21st to end	Day	16% 4 6% 21% 31% 21%	2087
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 3 4 10% 28% 44%	3170
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 3 5% 16% 29% 33%	3150
	21st to end	Day	8% 1 2 12% 38% 40%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 3 4 21% 31% 26%	1959
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 3 5% 19% 30% 26%	1848
	21st to end	Day	22% 4 4 19% 31% 20%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	22% 4 6% 22% 31% 14%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 3 6% 20% 30% 14%	2049
	21st to end	Day	18% 3 4 16% 35% 23%	3146
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 3 4 13% 39% 21%	4097
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 3 4 18% 43% 17%	4110
	21st to end	Night	30% 4 4 21% 27% 13%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 4 5% 14% 25% 33%	2301
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 3 4 12% 28% 29%	2218
	21st to end	Night	20% 4 4 9% 26% 37%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 3 2 10% 32% 31%	3493
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 9% 5% 15% 28% 21%	3490
	21st to end	Night	22% 3 4 13% 36% 23%	3713
April	1st to 10th	Night	17% 3 4 9% 32% 35%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 3 4 10% 24% 42%	1877
	21st to end	Night	13% 3 3 11% 28% 41%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 2 5% 18% 63%	3170
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 4 6% 12% 18% 46%	3141
	21st to end	Night	10% 3 3 6% 16% 62%	3365
June	1st to 10th	Night	21% 5% 7% 16% 20% 31%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 4 5% 9% 22% 46%	1710
	21st to end	Night	29% 7% 12% 13% 16% 22%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	34% 8% 15% 21% 12% 10%	2815
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 13% 22% 30% 8%	2806
	21st to end	Night	35% 8% 16% 23% 15% 2	3056
August	1st to 10th	Night	28% 10% 13% 25% 17% 7%	3144
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 7% 10% 22% 31% 8%	3143
	21st to end	Night	30% 11% 14% 21% 18% 5%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	27% 8% 12% 17% 18% 18%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 7% 9% 19% 20% 18%	1900
	21st to end	Night	21% 6% 6% 17% 28% 22%	2085
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 5% 9% 23% 47%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 3 5% 12% 20% 40%	3778
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 2 9% 34% 43%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 4 15% 34% 30%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 3 4 17% 33% 27%	2313
	21st to end	Night	23% 3 6% 15% 31% 22%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	23% 3 7% 19% 29% 19%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 3 5% 20% 28% 19%	3154
	21st to end	Night	20% 3 3 13% 39% 22%	4521

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	8% 9% 28% 36% 17% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 7% 33% 32% 19% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 34% 33% 15% 5%	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 29% 34% 17% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 10% 36% 31% 13%	270
	21st to end	Day	10% 12% 36% 32% 9% 2	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	8% 14% 35% 33% 8% 1	412
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 13% 28% 30% 12% 4	460
	21st to end	Day	6% 18% 35% 29% 10% 2	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	5% 12% 33% 32% 15% 3	460
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 15% 37% 30% 11% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	3 15% 35% 33% 13% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	2 11% 33% 34% 17% 2	463
	11th to 20th	Day	1 8% 28% 41% 19% 4	488
	21st to end	Day	2 5% 29% 42% 20% 2	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 17% 37% 30% 9%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 18% 37% 32% 9%	490
	21st to end	Day	3 2 11% 30% 37% 17%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 6% 25% 40% 25%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 22% 36% 35%	484
	21st to end	Day	2 1 3 20% 41% 32%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 2 16% 37% 40%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 5% 23% 39% 25%	477
	21st to end	Day	3 1 6% 24% 35% 32%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 10% 29% 35% 18%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 7% 28% 41% 18%	490
	21st to end	Day	4 4 10% 25% 38% 18%	314
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 13% 33% 36% 13%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	4 6% 18% 32% 27% 12%	300
	21st to end	Day	5% 8% 18% 30% 26% 14%	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	5% 7% 25% 33% 23% 8%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	3 7% 20% 31% 29% 9%	270
	21st to end	Day	6% 13% 28% 32% 16% 5%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 8% 22% 36% 23% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	4 7% 30% 42% 14% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	8% 7% 32% 39% 14% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 31% 41% 15% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 6% 32% 41% 14% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	8% 7% 30% 38% 15% 2	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	6% 7% 34% 36% 16% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 8% 38% 36% 10% 1	744
	21st to end	Night	4 10% 49% 31% 6%	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	7% 10% 38% 37% 7% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 9% 36% 38% 10% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	4 7% 43% 35% 10% 1	772
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 8% 46% 32% 10% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	4 10% 46% 32% 8% 1	563
	21st to end	Night	3 12% 38% 37% 9%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 8% 39% 41% 6% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	2 6% 35% 45% 12% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	3 4 34% 48% 11%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 23% 50% 20% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 21% 54% 21% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	3 2 18% 49% 26% 2	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 11% 50% 32% 2	555
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 8% 39% 44% 3	552
	21st to end	Night	4 7% 39% 44% 5%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 5% 33% 47% 8%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 9% 32% 49% 6%	564
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 7% 37% 45% 4	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 10% 45% 35% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 12% 48% 30% 2	570
	21st to end	Night	4 2 17% 48% 27% 2	581
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 20% 47% 25% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 25% 42% 21% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 21% 42% 24% 5%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 26% 40% 24% 4	780
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 28% 44% 21% 2	789
	21st to end	Night	7% 7% 28% 37% 19% 2	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 24% 42% 18% 2	950
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 6% 32% 42% 13% 1	931
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 26% 45% 13% 2	836

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