Canyonlands National Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Canyonlands National Park 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	2 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 57%	100874
	Night	3 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 53%	98323
Transparency	Day	22% 5% 9% 20% 24% 20%	100639
	Night	24% 5% 10% 21% 23% 16%	98147
Seeing	Day	7% 11% 24% 32% 21% 6%	14850
	Night	5% 6% 18% 40% 27% 4	25251

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	2 7% 3 8% 5% 6% 8% 7% 8% 11% 35%	2858
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 2 8% 5% 7% 6% 5% 8% 9% 42%	2860
	21st to end	Day	4 7% 3 7% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 9% 40%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	2 5% 2 9% 8% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 42%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	4 6% 3 7% 6% 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 45%	1665
	21st to end	Day	3 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 47%	1633
March	1st to 10th	Day	2 5% 2 5% 4 4 6% 5% 7% 8% 53%	3444
	11th to 20th	Day	4 9% 4 7% 6% 6% 5% 4 6% 7% 41%	3490
	21st to end	Day	3 7% 3 8% 6% 5% 6% 4 7% 8% 43%	3825
April	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 2 4 4 5% 5% 3 6% 8% 58%	2175
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 1 5% 4 5% 4 4 6% 9% 56%	2251
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 59%	2410
May	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 9% 58%	4110
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 3 2 3 4 4 6% 7% 66%	4071
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 4 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 64%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 6% 7% 70%	2555
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 75%	2659
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 5% 7% 72%	2471
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 5% 76%	4110
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 2 3 4 5% 6% 10% 13% 53%	4110
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 3 3 4 4 4 7% 9% 61%	4454
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 4 4 5% 6% 5% 9% 11% 50%	4092
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 4 3 4 5% 4 6% 8% 61%	4028
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 3 4 5% 5% 6% 9% 60%	4257
September	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 4 3 3 5% 7% 65%	2268
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 7% 70%	2090
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 3 3 2 2 2 3 6% 74%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 6% 67%	1919
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 6% 72%	1900
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 3 2 3 3 2 3 5% 70%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 3 3 2 2 2 4 6% 71%	1869
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 4 2 3 2 3 4 7% 69%	1720
	21st to end	Day	3 4 1 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 7% 60%	1530
December	1st to 10th	Day	3 9% 3 6% 4 5% 4 4 6% 9% 50%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	4 6% 3 8% 7% 8% 8% 6% 8% 10% 33%	1926
	21st to end	Day	4 8% 3 8% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 10% 37%	3091
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 9% 5% 8% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 12% 35%	4097
	11th to 20th	Night	2 5% 2 7% 6% 7% 7% 4 7% 9% 46%	4110
	21st to end	Night	5% 9% 4 8% 6% 5% 6% 5% 7% 11% 35%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 47%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	3 6% 2 7% 6% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 43%	2402
	21st to end	Night	3 6% 3 6% 5% 5% 6% 6% 8% 9% 46%	1815
March	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 50%	3430
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 8% 43%	3490
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 2 8% 6% 7% 6% 5% 7% 7% 44%	3828
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 8% 54%	2003
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 2 6% 4 4 3 4 6% 8% 54%	1877
	21st to end	Night	3 3 2 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 8% 57%	1766
May	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 2 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 7% 59%	2860
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 5% 3 4 5% 6% 7% 9% 55%	2834
	21st to end	Night	2 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 63%	3110
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 68%	1614
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 3 3 3 4 2 5% 7% 68%	1520
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 4 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 68%	1697
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 3 2 3 4 3 5% 7% 71%	2860
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 1 6% 5% 6% 6% 6% 10% 12% 44%	2860
	21st to end	Night	2 3 2 5% 4 5% 7% 4 7% 9% 51%	3109
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 6% 6% 6% 7% 6% 10% 12% 41%	2847
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 9% 55%	2811
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 4 3 4 5% 4 6% 8% 60%	3408
September	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 6% 7% 65%	1909
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 8% 67%	2090
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 5% 73%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 1 4 2 3 4 4 5% 5% 65%	2260
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 2 3 3 2 4 6% 72%	2280
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 3 3 2 2 2 4 6% 68%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 5% 69%	2232
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 7% 68%	2455
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 60%	2626
December	1st to 10th	Night	4 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 9% 53%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	4 6% 2 7% 5% 6% 5% 5% 9% 15% 36%	3271
	21st to end	Night	5% 8% 4 6% 4 5% 6% 6% 8% 13% 35%	4603

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	34% 8% 16% 32% 10% 1	2859
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 6% 18% 36% 6% 3	2860
	21st to end	Day	33% 5% 16% 29% 14% 2	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	31% 6% 17% 24% 18% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 5% 12% 25% 23% 5%	1674
	21st to end	Day	28% 6% 8% 25% 27% 6%	1633
March	1st to 10th	Day	24% 6% 7% 30% 28% 6%	3444
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 8% 10% 25% 16% 5%	3490
	21st to end	Day	32% 7% 10% 24% 23% 4	3825
April	1st to 10th	Day	23% 4 7% 22% 29% 16%	2175
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 4 9% 23% 26% 15%	2254
	21st to end	Day	19% 5% 8% 21% 35% 12%	2410
May	1st to 10th	Day	18% 7% 7% 16% 34% 18%	4110
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 8% 18% 34% 21%	4074
	21st to end	Day	16% 4 6% 14% 35% 24%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 6% 13% 32% 35%	2555
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 3 4 8% 22% 51%	2659
	21st to end	Day	12% 3 5% 9% 22% 50%	2471
July	1st to 10th	Day	11% 4 5% 7% 9% 65%	4046
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 7% 17% 27% 25%	4041
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 8% 16% 19% 32%	4314
August	1st to 10th	Day	23% 7% 11% 26% 16% 18%	4078
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 5% 11% 16% 21% 27%	4067
	21st to end	Day	19% 6% 8% 16% 27% 25%	4256
September	1st to 10th	Day	18% 4 8% 12% 24% 34%	2268
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 8% 16% 21% 36%	2090
	21st to end	Day	13% 4 4 13% 35% 30%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	19% 4 7% 21% 26% 21%	1919
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 3 5% 19% 37% 21%	1900
	21st to end	Day	18% 3 6% 29% 34% 9%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 9% 30% 34% 11%	1869
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 4 8% 34% 34% 3	1720
	21st to end	Day	22% 5% 11% 32% 26% 5%	1530
December	1st to 10th	Day	29% 7% 16% 29% 15% 4	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 9% 15% 30% 9%	1924
	21st to end	Day	35% 7% 14% 17% 23% 4	3091
January	1st to 10th	Night	34% 6% 14% 32% 13%	4097
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 6% 20% 35% 12% 1	4110
	21st to end	Night	35% 6% 14% 29% 14% 2	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	28% 5% 15% 27% 20% 5%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 5% 10% 25% 24% 6%	2403
	21st to end	Night	29% 5% 9% 25% 26% 6%	1815
March	1st to 10th	Night	24% 8% 7% 26% 26% 9%	3430
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 7% 9% 24% 21% 6%	3490
	21st to end	Night	31% 7% 11% 24% 24% 3	3828
April	1st to 10th	Night	26% 4 8% 19% 28% 16%	2003
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 4 7% 18% 29% 16%	1877
	21st to end	Night	21% 6% 8% 19% 35% 12%	1766
May	1st to 10th	Night	21% 4 8% 14% 34% 18%	2860
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 7% 18% 32% 17%	2835
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 6% 15% 33% 23%	3110
June	1st to 10th	Night	14% 4 4 13% 32% 34%	1614
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 3 6% 9% 17% 49%	1520
	21st to end	Night	14% 4 4 9% 21% 48%	1697
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 6% 9% 8% 61%	2815
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 7% 7% 16% 23% 23%	2806
	21st to end	Night	25% 6% 9% 15% 18% 28%	3011
August	1st to 10th	Night	30% 6% 12% 20% 14% 18%	2838
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 4 11% 17% 15% 30%	2838
	21st to end	Night	20% 5% 8% 14% 25% 28%	3408
September	1st to 10th	Night	18% 5% 7% 13% 20% 38%	1909
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 8% 17% 20% 35%	2090
	21st to end	Night	15% 3 5% 13% 30% 34%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	19% 5% 7% 20% 24% 25%	2260
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 2 6% 15% 38% 24%	2280
	21st to end	Night	19% 3 5% 25% 34% 14%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	17% 4 8% 22% 35% 15%	2232
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 3 8% 29% 38% 5%	2455
	21st to end	Night	23% 4 8% 23% 34% 8%	2626
December	1st to 10th	Night	27% 4 13% 31% 20% 5%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 6% 15% 33% 13%	3272
	21st to end	Night	33% 7% 14% 21% 21% 4	4603

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	10% 10% 22% 35% 17% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 8% 22% 37% 21% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	4 7% 19% 41% 25% 3	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	5% 9% 33% 37% 14% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 30% 33% 14% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	12% 18% 25% 31% 12% 1	377
March	1st to 10th	Day	9% 17% 29% 28% 16% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 16% 29% 29% 13% 4	460
	21st to end	Day	13% 22% 31% 24% 8% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 19% 29% 27% 12% 4	460
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 20% 32% 23% 10% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	9% 20% 32% 24% 13% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 17% 35% 25% 11% 1	463
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 13% 32% 27% 18% 5%	488
	21st to end	Day	7% 17% 28% 26% 16% 5%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 9% 27% 35% 19% 6%	575
	11th to 20th	Day	4 11% 26% 34% 21% 5%	679
	21st to end	Day	3 10% 32% 33% 19% 4	491
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 23% 38% 26% 7%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 16% 32% 34% 13%	484
	21st to end	Day	3 2 12% 36% 36% 12%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 18% 38% 27% 9%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 18% 35% 28% 11%	477
	21st to end	Day	4 4 20% 33% 32% 8%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 20% 31% 30% 13%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	4 11% 25% 30% 22% 8%	490
	21st to end	Day	4 12% 20% 28% 25% 10%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	9% 9% 17% 22% 30% 12%	319
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 12% 15% 27% 28% 7%	300
	21st to end	Day	8% 12% 17% 35% 25% 3	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	5% 16% 20% 30% 25% 4	273
	11th to 20th	Day	4 7% 24% 38% 20% 7%	270
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 26% 33% 24% 4	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	6% 13% 22% 34% 22% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 7% 22% 37% 24% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 22% 39% 15% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 13% 41% 26% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 16% 42% 28% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 16% 48% 22% 4	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 22% 44% 20% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 7% 24% 44% 18% 2	744
	21st to end	Night	7% 8% 25% 44% 15% 1	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	5% 11% 23% 40% 19% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 22% 39% 25% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	6% 12% 26% 39% 16% 2	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 11% 31% 36% 15% 1	673
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 12% 30% 35% 15% 1	563
	21st to end	Night	6% 13% 27% 31% 20% 3	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 9% 27% 41% 16% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 20% 43% 24% 4	561
	21st to end	Night	4 12% 23% 35% 23% 4	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 5% 18% 41% 31% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	3 6% 23% 41% 24% 3	570
	21st to end	Night	1 2 18% 47% 28% 4	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 16% 33% 43% 6%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 10% 34% 47% 6%	552
	21st to end	Night	3 2 6% 32% 51% 7%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 10% 36% 44% 6%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 12% 40% 36% 6%	564
	21st to end	Night	4 1 11% 38% 37% 8%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 9% 39% 39% 6%	579
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 14% 38% 32% 9%	760
	21st to end	Night	4 4 14% 36% 33% 8%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 15% 43% 28% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 18% 43% 26% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 18% 34% 30% 6%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 19% 37% 29% 5%	744
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 17% 42% 27% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 17% 36% 27% 6%	916
December	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 14% 49% 21% 4	950
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 19% 40% 25% 3	950
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 15% 43% 21% 3	879

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