Carranza Field
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Carranza Field clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-06.

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	16% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 40%	101264
	Night	16% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 42%	97800
Transparency	Day	41% 5% 12% 23% 16% 3	104810
	Night	41% 4 11% 24% 17% 3	102330
Seeing	Day	19% 14% 29% 23% 11% 4	15075
	Night	19% 11% 31% 29% 10% 1	24304

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover NE (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	16% 9% 3 5% 3 3 3 3 3 5% 47%	2517
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 3 8% 5% 4 3 3 5% 5% 40%	2534
	21st to end	Day	23% 11% 3 7% 4 3 4 2 4 4 36%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 40%	1712
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 3 5% 3 4 3 4 5% 6% 42%	1848
	21st to end	Day	18% 9% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 4 6% 40%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	27% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 39%	3116
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 1 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 49%	3411
	21st to end	Day	21% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 44%	4092
April	1st to 10th	Day	17% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 41%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 3 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 43%	2254
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 3 6% 4 3 4 4 6% 8% 40%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	26% 9% 3 7% 4 5% 4 3 5% 7% 29%	4037
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 31%	4359
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 9% 44%	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 9% 40%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 40%	2660
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 41%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 2 6% 6% 6% 7% 6% 8% 11% 35%	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 3 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 36%	4440
	21st to end	Day	11% 7% 3 8% 6% 7% 7% 5% 7% 8% 30%	4795
August	1st to 10th	Day	18% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 4 7% 8% 30%	4024
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 4 7% 10% 38%	3730
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 8% 10% 43%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 6% 44%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 1 6% 4 3 4 4 4 8% 48%	2220
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 3 7% 4 3 5% 3 5% 6% 39%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 43%	1952
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 1 4 3 2 3 3 4 7% 50%	1900
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 4 7% 48%	1993
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 1 4 5% 3 3 3 4 6% 52%	1717
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 2 4 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 48%	1710
	21st to end	Day	15% 5% 2 5% 3 5% 4 4 5% 6% 47%	1644
December	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 40%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 7% 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 5% 45%	1906
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 38%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 47%	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 8% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 43%	4409
	21st to end	Night	22% 9% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 37%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 8% 3 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 42%	2466
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 5% 42%	2218
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 43%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 11% 3 6% 3 3 2 2 4 5% 38%	3724
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 5% 49%	3545
	21st to end	Night	19% 9% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 3 4 44%	3540
April	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 41%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 3 7% 4 3 4 2 5% 7% 43%	1875
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 2 4 3 4 4 3 6% 7% 43%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	21% 10% 4 9% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 30%	2903
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 9% 2 5% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 31%	2562
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 4 9% 42%	2738
June	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 41%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 2 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 42%	1520
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 11% 42%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 3 9% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 9% 35%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 4 5% 7% 10% 39%	2520
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 9% 34%	2755
August	1st to 10th	Night	21% 7% 3 7% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 32%	2875
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 44%	3097
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 52%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 2 5% 5% 4 4 3 4 7% 45%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 8% 53%	1959
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 41%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 4 6% 45%	2224
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 6% 52%	2280
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 48%	2603
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 52%	2483
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 47%	2470
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 2 4 5% 3 4 4 7% 6% 46%	2531
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 6% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 40%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 5% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 42%	3288
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 3 6% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 6% 39%	4884

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	40% 3 10% 26% 17% 4	2518
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 3 10% 23% 14% 4	2534
	21st to end	Day	53% 2 9% 22% 11% 2	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	43% 4 12% 26% 14% 2	1712
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 4 8% 25% 16% 4	1857
	21st to end	Day	48% 4 8% 21% 14% 5%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	49% 3 8% 27% 10% 2	3119
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 4 9% 32% 19% 3	3411
	21st to end	Day	45% 2 7% 19% 21% 5%	4092
April	1st to 10th	Day	43% 4 10% 21% 16% 6%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 4 13% 24% 17% 4	2254
	21st to end	Day	42% 4 10% 21% 18% 5%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	56% 4 12% 18% 9% 2	4051
	11th to 20th	Day	55% 4 13% 19% 8% 1	4363
	21st to end	Day	36% 7% 12% 26% 17% 2	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	40% 7% 13% 22% 16% 2	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 7% 13% 25% 12% 3	2660
	21st to end	Day	38% 7% 13% 23% 17% 2	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	39% 10% 17% 19% 12% 2	4370
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 7% 17% 22% 12% 1	4365
	21st to end	Day	47% 9% 11% 19% 13% 1	4642
August	1st to 10th	Day	47% 8% 15% 20% 9% 1	4011
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 7% 13% 26% 13% 1	3766
	21st to end	Day	32% 7% 13% 29% 17% 2	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	39% 5% 14% 18% 21% 3	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 4 9% 25% 24% 4	2220
	21st to end	Day	47% 4 8% 18% 20% 3	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	36% 4 9% 19% 27% 5%	3238
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 3 8% 25% 31% 9%	3140
	21st to end	Day	26% 3 12% 27% 26% 6%	3257
November	1st to 10th	Day	35% 3 11% 28% 19% 3	1717
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 3 10% 23% 24% 3	1710
	21st to end	Day	38% 3 10% 31% 14% 3	1644
December	1st to 10th	Day	44% 4 14% 23% 14% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 3 11% 28% 13% 3	1906
	21st to end	Day	44% 3 14% 24% 14% 1	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	40% 2 9% 30% 14% 4	4429
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 3 9% 25% 15% 3	4409
	21st to end	Night	50% 3 7% 24% 14% 2	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	43% 3 14% 24% 14% 2	2466
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 4 8% 20% 18% 6%	2220
	21st to end	Night	43% 2 9% 23% 17% 6%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	50% 3 8% 24% 13% 2	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 4 12% 27% 16% 4	3546
	21st to end	Night	46% 3 6% 17% 23% 5%	3540
April	1st to 10th	Night	44% 3 9% 20% 19% 5%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 3 9% 21% 20% 4	1875
	21st to end	Night	41% 5% 9% 20% 21% 5%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	55% 4 10% 20% 10% 1	2909
	11th to 20th	Night	54% 4 13% 17% 10% 2	2563
	21st to end	Night	41% 6% 14% 19% 18% 2	2739
June	1st to 10th	Night	40% 7% 11% 23% 19% 2	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 6% 13% 27% 13% 2	1520
	21st to end	Night	35% 6% 17% 25% 16% 2	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	44% 9% 17% 19% 10% 2	2480
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 8% 18% 25% 9% 1	2472
	21st to end	Night	46% 7% 14% 18% 14% 1	2667
August	1st to 10th	Night	50% 6% 18% 17% 9% 1	2864
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 5% 13% 31% 12% 1	3127
	21st to end	Night	31% 5% 12% 30% 21% 2	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	39% 4 13% 19% 21% 4	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 5% 11% 26% 25% 4	1959
	21st to end	Night	44% 5% 7% 22% 19% 2	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	38% 4 10% 23% 22% 3	3718
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 3 10% 26% 31% 7%	3779
	21st to end	Night	25% 3 11% 31% 26% 5%	4276
November	1st to 10th	Night	33% 4 11% 26% 20% 6%	2483
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 4 8% 21% 21% 5%	2470
	21st to end	Night	37% 3 12% 27% 19% 2	2531
December	1st to 10th	Night	46% 3 11% 24% 15% 2	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 3 12% 21% 18% 4	3288
	21st to end	Night	45% 4 13% 25% 12% 1	4884

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	22% 22% 36% 14% 4 1	180
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 32% 26% 14% 2	186
	21st to end	Day	25% 25% 29% 14% 5% 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	24% 25% 36% 11% 4	272
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 24% 34% 13% 2	456
	21st to end	Day	27% 23% 32% 14% 3	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	22% 25% 29% 20% 3	460
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 28% 33% 13% 5% 2	460
	21st to end	Day	25% 20% 33% 17% 5%	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	23% 23% 31% 16% 5% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 19% 35% 18% 7% 1	452
	21st to end	Day	25% 17% 35% 16% 6% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	27% 17% 31% 16% 6% 2	463
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 14% 32% 22% 7% 2	487
	21st to end	Day	18% 8% 22% 31% 17% 4	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 12% 30% 28% 14% 2	490
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 9% 33% 28% 13% 4	490
	21st to end	Day	11% 8% 31% 31% 15% 4	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 24% 30% 22% 7%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 25% 36% 23% 6%	484
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 27% 34% 16% 6%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 27% 31% 20% 7%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 2 23% 33% 22% 7%	479
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 24% 29% 19% 10%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	17% 8% 25% 24% 17% 10%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 23% 31% 16% 10%	490
	21st to end	Day	24% 10% 26% 25% 10% 4	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	23% 8% 26% 24% 12% 7%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 15% 27% 24% 13% 3	490
	21st to end	Day	19% 13% 32% 21% 13% 2	487
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 11% 35% 24% 11% 3	381
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 21% 31% 22% 7%	370
	21st to end	Day	17% 17% 34% 22% 8% 2	304
December	1st to 10th	Day	25% 22% 37% 10% 6% 1	180
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 18% 34% 15% 3 1	180
	21st to end	Day	26% 16% 31% 19% 7% 2	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	20% 18% 37% 21% 3 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 18% 33% 23% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 16% 39% 24% 2	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 16% 38% 23% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 22% 38% 15% 1	743
	21st to end	Night	23% 20% 33% 20% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 17% 36% 22% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 18% 34% 20% 5% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	22% 11% 41% 20% 6%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	21% 19% 38% 17% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 14% 38% 26% 5%	751
	21st to end	Night	20% 11% 36% 28% 5%	760
May	1st to 10th	Night	21% 10% 37% 25% 7%	613
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 10% 34% 28% 5%	415
	21st to end	Night	20% 2 22% 41% 13% 1	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	18% 4 26% 40% 11% 1	380
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 28% 43% 14%	380
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 28% 46% 14%	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 21% 47% 16% 2	370
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 18% 49% 19% 2	368
	21st to end	Night	10% 3 23% 47% 17% 1	420
August	1st to 10th	Night	12% 1 17% 45% 22% 2	591
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 18% 41% 24% 2	750
	21st to end	Night	13% 1 18% 41% 23% 3	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	17% 3 22% 37% 17% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 3 19% 37% 23% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	24% 4 23% 32% 16% 1	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	21% 6% 26% 28% 16% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 9% 26% 33% 13% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 9% 34% 27% 10%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 34% 29% 12% 1	764
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 13% 31% 28% 8% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	16% 14% 35% 26% 8% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	24% 14% 34% 21% 7% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 14% 37% 24% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	21% 12% 37% 27% 2	836

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