Artesia
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Artesia 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	5% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 64%	100741
	Night	5% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 63%	98461
Transparency	Day	19% 5% 8% 18% 26% 24%	100509
	Night	19% 5% 8% 17% 27% 25%	98282
Seeing	Day	6% 6% 19% 32% 28% 10%	14906
	Night	6% 4 28% 44% 18% 1	24962

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 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 7% 62%	2798
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 4 7% 75%	2860
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 7% 7% 56%	3363
February	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 6% 67%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 62%	1849
	21st to end	Day	3 4 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 6% 69%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 63%	3130
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 54%	3443
	21st to end	Day	3 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 2 6% 6% 59%	4093
April	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 5% 5% 70%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 3 2 2 2 3 3 5% 70%	2251
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 4 74%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 76%	3800
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 5% 8% 65%	3878
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 5% 73%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 2 2 3 3 4 7% 9% 64%	2551
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 3 2 2 4 3 5% 7% 69%	2660
	21st to end	Day	4 2 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 10% 59%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 1 5% 4 4 6% 5% 9% 10% 47%	4374
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 2 3 4 3 4 3 6% 8% 61%	4110
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 1 4 3 3 4 4 7% 10% 53%	4186
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 6% 8% 68%	3784
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 9% 66%	3726
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 8% 11% 54%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 1 4 2 4 4 4 6% 8% 54%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 3 2 4 3 4 4 3 5% 8% 54%	2204
	21st to end	Day	7% 3 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 8% 67%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 1 3 3 2 3 2 3 6% 66%	2056
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 71%	1900
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 76%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 5% 72%	1763
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 4 7% 68%	1710
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 7% 64%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 2 4 4 3 3 3 4 6% 61%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 59%	2161
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 4 6% 69%	2852
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 63%	4184
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 70%	4110
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 4 4 3 4 3 6% 7% 58%	4300
February	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 5% 8% 67%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 5% 3 3 2 3 3 6% 63%	2218
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 4 3 2 3 3 4 5% 66%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 2 3 2 2 3 2 4 5% 67%	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 4 1 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 53%	3532
	21st to end	Night	2 6% 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 61%	3550
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 2 3 2 4 6% 68%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 6% 68%	1877
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 6% 72%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 77%	3170
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 4 5% 65%	3023
	21st to end	Night	2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 5% 79%	3098
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 11% 57%	1624
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 70%	1520
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 4 3 4 4 4 7% 10% 56%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 1 3 3 5% 6% 5% 9% 12% 49%	2591
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 4 3 3 4 5% 8% 9% 59%	2860
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 4 3 4 4 5% 9% 16% 43%	3374
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 4 5% 5% 8% 12% 57%	3155
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 4 3 3 7% 11% 61%	3113
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 5% 4 5% 6% 4 8% 12% 46%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 1 5% 4 3 4 4 7% 9% 54%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 2 4 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 56%	1975
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 64%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 6% 66%	2119
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 73%	2280
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 2 3 2 2 1 3 3 74%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 5% 72%	2328
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 4 5% 72%	2470
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 6% 64%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 62%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 62%	3036
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 5% 69%	4811

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	21% 4 7% 16% 31% 22%	2799
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 3 7% 17% 42% 20%	2860
	21st to end	Day	23% 6% 8% 20% 27% 16%	3363
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 3 7% 17% 25% 29%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 3 6% 16% 24% 27%	1859
	21st to end	Day	18% 3 4 11% 28% 37%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 3 4 11% 28% 35%	3130
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 6% 6% 12% 25% 21%	3443
	21st to end	Day	22% 4 6% 12% 25% 30%	4093
April	1st to 10th	Day	16% 3 5% 13% 27% 36%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 3 5% 12% 22% 40%	2254
	21st to end	Day	13% 3 6% 13% 28% 38%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 3 4 12% 15% 52%	3800
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 5% 8% 13% 24% 33%	3881
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 7% 14% 15% 48%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 11% 23% 23% 23%	2551
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 7% 14% 22% 39%	2660
	21st to end	Day	20% 5% 11% 19% 24% 21%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	27% 7% 14% 24% 18% 9%	4306
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 12% 25% 29% 10%	4041
	21st to end	Day	23% 7% 11% 25% 29% 5%	4053
August	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 9% 25% 34% 13%	3772
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 11% 20% 31% 17%	3762
	21st to end	Day	22% 8% 16% 26% 23% 6%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	26% 7% 11% 18% 22% 16%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 5% 10% 20% 26% 13%	2204
	21st to end	Day	18% 3 6% 18% 32% 22%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 4 8% 18% 23% 26%	2056
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 3 6% 13% 28% 33%	1900
	21st to end	Day	14% 3 4 17% 34% 29%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 3 6% 17% 30% 29%	1763
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 3 6% 18% 31% 25%	1710
	21st to end	Day	21% 3 6% 15% 30% 25%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	25% 3 7% 21% 29% 15%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 5% 9% 21% 26% 18%	2159
	21st to end	Day	17% 4 4 19% 33% 24%	2852
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 4 6% 15% 37% 18%	4184
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 9% 16% 36% 21%	4110
	21st to end	Night	22% 7% 7% 19% 28% 16%	4300
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 4 8% 15% 25% 32%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 3 6% 12% 27% 29%	2218
	21st to end	Night	20% 4 4 10% 22% 41%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 3 4 9% 25% 40%	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 5% 6% 14% 26% 19%	3532
	21st to end	Night	19% 4 8% 12% 27% 30%	3550
April	1st to 10th	Night	17% 4 6% 11% 22% 40%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 4 7% 15% 20% 38%	1877
	21st to end	Night	14% 3 6% 16% 25% 36%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 5% 10% 14% 56%	3170
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 6% 9% 14% 21% 31%	3024
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 6% 12% 14% 55%	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 12% 19% 22% 21%	1624
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 7% 16% 22% 39%	1520
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 14% 19% 21% 19%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	24% 8% 14% 31% 17% 6%	2550
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 6% 15% 23% 30% 8%	2806
	21st to end	Night	26% 7% 12% 28% 24% 3	3268
August	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 10% 24% 32% 12%	3144
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 11% 22% 32% 14%	3143
	21st to end	Night	27% 7% 16% 23% 20% 6%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	26% 6% 13% 19% 20% 17%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 6% 14% 19% 22% 14%	1975
	21st to end	Night	19% 4 8% 18% 29% 22%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	20% 5% 8% 15% 25% 27%	2119
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 3 5% 11% 29% 34%	2280
	21st to end	Night	16% 2 4 14% 30% 33%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 3 6% 15% 30% 31%	2328
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 3 6% 16% 31% 28%	2470
	21st to end	Night	22% 3 5% 15% 30% 25%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	22% 4 4 20% 28% 22%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 3 6% 19% 32% 18%	3037
	21st to end	Night	18% 4 5% 14% 35% 24%	4811

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	11% 5% 23% 41% 18% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 30% 37% 17% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	4 9% 26% 35% 22% 4	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	7% 11% 24% 34% 22% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 11% 31% 32% 13% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	10% 12% 34% 32% 11% 1	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	8% 9% 31% 34% 16% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 13% 29% 31% 12% 3	426
	21st to end	Day	8% 19% 34% 26% 12% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	7% 13% 35% 31% 13% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 18% 36% 28% 11% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	5% 15% 36% 28% 15% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	3 11% 36% 31% 16% 2	463
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 6% 25% 37% 22% 4	549
	21st to end	Day	4 6% 27% 40% 21% 2	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 19% 40% 30% 7%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 18% 41% 32% 6%	680
	21st to end	Day	4 1 11% 36% 38% 10%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 1 4 29% 43% 18%	642
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 27% 43% 25%	484
	21st to end	Day	2 1 4 23% 43% 28%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 23% 43% 27%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 4 25% 41% 25%	477
	21st to end	Day	4 1 5% 23% 41% 27%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 7% 24% 44% 15%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 31% 40% 17%	414
	21st to end	Day	10% 1 7% 22% 41% 19%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 12% 26% 36% 13%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 2 15% 29% 32% 13%	300
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 19% 28% 27% 12%	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	9% 7% 19% 33% 25% 8%	273
	11th to 20th	Day	3 9% 19% 34% 26% 9%	270
	21st to end	Day	8% 10% 25% 36% 19% 3	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 7% 17% 41% 19% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	4 9% 24% 40% 23% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	9% 7% 25% 44% 14% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 28% 47% 14%	808
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 32% 44% 13% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 31% 46% 12%	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	4 6% 37% 41% 12%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 7% 40% 39% 6%	744
	21st to end	Night	6% 8% 46% 37% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	7% 7% 39% 41% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 8% 35% 39% 9%	760
	21st to end	Night	5% 7% 45% 38% 5%	674
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 7% 49% 36% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	4 8% 49% 36% 2	563
	21st to end	Night	3 9% 49% 34% 5%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 44% 43% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 32% 47% 11%	561
	21st to end	Night	3 3 36% 52% 6%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 30% 54% 12%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 32% 57% 9%	570
	21st to end	Night	4 1 23% 51% 21%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 12% 51% 29% 3	555
	11th to 20th	Night	2 9% 50% 37% 2	552
	21st to end	Night	3 1 7% 45% 42% 3	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 7% 37% 52% 1	567
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 5% 42% 47% 2	564
	21st to end	Night	3 1 6% 39% 48% 3	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 6% 48% 36% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 1 9% 50% 31% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 17% 45% 29% 1	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 20% 50% 21%	599
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 23% 44% 22% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 21% 41% 26% 2	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 22% 45% 24% 1	832
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 24% 48% 20% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 28% 41% 18% 1	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 27% 43% 16%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 31% 48% 10%	950
	21st to end	Night	7% 7% 31% 43% 12% 1	1045

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