Courtright Reservoir
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Courtright Reservoir clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-12-24.

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	4 6% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 64%	105405
	Night	3 6% 2 4 2 2 3 2 4 5% 65%	103443
Transparency	Day	22% 4 8% 20% 26% 19%	105151
	Night	22% 4 8% 21% 28% 18%	103287
Seeing	Day	10% 14% 31% 29% 13% 3	15371
	Night	8% 6% 24% 35% 23% 4	24961

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	7% 8% 7% 8% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 49%	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 13% 2 6% 6% 5% 5% 4 4 7% 42%	2650
	21st to end	Day	6% 12% 4 6% 3 4 4 3 6% 11% 41%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	7% 10% 4 8% 2 2 3 3 6% 5% 50%	1853
	11th to 20th	Day	4 10% 5% 7% 4 3 3 3 3 6% 52%	1850
	21st to end	Day	7% 13% 5% 10% 5% 3 3 3 3 4 45%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	3 14% 6% 13% 4 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 34%	3138
	11th to 20th	Day	3 9% 3 6% 3 5% 4 2 4 8% 54%	3330
	21st to end	Day	5% 14% 8% 13% 4 3 4 2 4 5% 37%	4148
April	1st to 10th	Day	5% 9% 4 7% 3 4 4 3 4 6% 50%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 11% 4 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 52%	2249
	21st to end	Day	6% 10% 2 3 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 53%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 7% 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 69%	3976
	11th to 20th	Day	2 5% 2 2 2 2 3 2 4 5% 71%	4071
	21st to end	Day	3 6% 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 70%	4736
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 5% 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 63%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 5% 78%	2660
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 3 3 80%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 85%	4420
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 5% 73%	4420
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 5% 77%	4643
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 3 83%	3813
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 86%	3724
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 84%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 5% 77%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 76%	2196
	21st to end	Day	2 4 1 2 2 3 2 2 4 4 75%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 1 2 2 3 3 2 4 4 72%	3397
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 75%	3161
	21st to end	Day	3 4 1 3 3 4 4 3 4 6% 66%	3355
November	1st to 10th	Day	4 7% 3 5% 2 3 4 2 4 6% 60%	1764
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 64%	1800
	21st to end	Day	5% 7% 2 5% 4 2 3 3 5% 6% 59%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 8% 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 7% 56%	1740
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 14% 4 7% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 40%	2008
	21st to end	Day	5% 9% 5% 8% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 44%	2818
January	1st to 10th	Night	5% 10% 3 6% 3 2 3 3 4 6% 56%	4406
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 13% 4 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 41%	4298
	21st to end	Night	5% 12% 3 6% 3 4 5% 4 6% 9% 42%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	7% 10% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 53%	2324
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 9% 4 6% 3 2 3 2 4 8% 54%	2218
	21st to end	Night	6% 9% 3 8% 5% 3 3 2 5% 5% 51%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	4 14% 6% 9% 3 3 4 3 6% 7% 42%	3736
	11th to 20th	Night	2 7% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 58%	3645
	21st to end	Night	4 17% 4 9% 3 4 4 3 4 6% 43%	3504
April	1st to 10th	Night	5% 9% 3 6% 4 2 3 4 4 7% 54%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	4 9% 3 5% 3 2 2 3 5% 6% 58%	1879
	21st to end	Night	3 7% 1 4 2 2 3 3 5% 6% 62%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	1 5% 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 73%	2997
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 5% 74%	2834
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 4 78%	2837
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 7% 70%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 5% 81%	1520
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 85%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 91%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 78%	2540
	21st to end	Night	2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 82%	2909
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 4 82%	3133
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 90%	3126
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 89%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 88%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 2 83%	1982
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 4 81%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 83%	3578
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 79%	3777
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 5% 75%	4211
November	1st to 10th	Night	3 6% 2 4 2 3 3 2 5% 6% 65%	2535
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 4 2 3 3 2 5% 8% 63%	2600
	21st to end	Night	5% 7% 3 5% 3 4 3 3 4 6% 58%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 8% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 56%	2655
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 18% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 40%	3416
	21st to end	Night	5% 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 42%	4910

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% 4 13% 24% 20% 4	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 9% 11% 21% 13% 8%	2650
	21st to end	Day	36% 7% 14% 24% 14% 5%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	35% 3 10% 21% 19% 12%	1853
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 5% 9% 21% 23% 8%	1860
	21st to end	Day	43% 4 9% 22% 17% 5%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	44% 8% 11% 17% 14% 6%	3138
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 7% 13% 34% 14% 7%	3330
	21st to end	Day	46% 8% 12% 18% 13% 2	4148
April	1st to 10th	Day	36% 5% 14% 24% 17% 5%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 6% 12% 25% 19% 5%	2252
	21st to end	Day	29% 7% 17% 29% 17% 2	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	18% 4 11% 35% 28% 5%	3976
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 10% 32% 34% 5%	4074
	21st to end	Day	17% 5% 9% 33% 34% 2	4736
June	1st to 10th	Day	20% 7% 13% 26% 27% 7%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 9% 26% 36% 16%	2660
	21st to end	Day	10% 3 4 17% 39% 28%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 2 7% 19% 63%	4351
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 4 10% 29% 42%	4345
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 6% 18% 23% 40%	4496
August	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 3 11% 41% 33%	3799
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 3 8% 29% 51%	3760
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 2 12% 35% 42%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 7% 12% 34% 34%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 7% 20% 32% 25%	2196
	21st to end	Day	13% 3 6% 21% 37% 20%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	16% 2 4 12% 40% 26%	3397
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 2 4 15% 39% 26%	3161
	21st to end	Day	20% 3 4 20% 37% 16%	3355
November	1st to 10th	Day	26% 4 8% 21% 28% 13%	1764
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 4 9% 25% 28% 13%	1800
	21st to end	Day	27% 3 8% 18% 29% 15%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	30% 3 8% 22% 22% 15%	1740
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 6% 8% 15% 17% 9%	2008
	21st to end	Day	35% 7% 11% 21% 18% 8%	2818
January	1st to 10th	Night	30% 4 11% 28% 21% 6%	4406
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 6% 10% 20% 15% 8%	4298
	21st to end	Night	36% 7% 12% 21% 17% 7%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	33% 3 6% 23% 22% 13%	2324
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 5% 8% 21% 25% 11%	2219
	21st to end	Night	36% 3 10% 21% 22% 8%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	39% 5% 10% 19% 19% 8%	3736
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 5% 12% 31% 19% 9%	3645
	21st to end	Night	40% 6% 14% 23% 15% 3	3504
April	1st to 10th	Night	30% 4 13% 27% 19% 7%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 5% 13% 27% 20% 8%	1879
	21st to end	Night	20% 6% 16% 35% 20% 2	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 3 10% 35% 33% 4	2997
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 9% 36% 35% 3	2835
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 9% 35% 38% 2	2837
June	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 13% 28% 35% 5%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 8% 27% 36% 17%	1520
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 4 16% 41% 30%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 2 7% 21% 65%	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 3 11% 31% 40%	2492
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 4 20% 25% 40%	2818
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 4 17% 38% 31%	3124
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 2 12% 28% 53%	3156
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 2 10% 39% 41%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 3 14% 40% 37%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 5% 22% 37% 24%	1982
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 5% 21% 40% 22%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 4 13% 43% 30%	3578
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 2 4 13% 37% 33%	3777
	21st to end	Night	14% 2 3 17% 45% 19%	4211
November	1st to 10th	Night	21% 4 9% 23% 27% 17%	2535
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 3 8% 22% 32% 16%	2600
	21st to end	Night	28% 3 8% 18% 27% 17%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	29% 4 10% 19% 24% 14%	2655
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 5% 9% 16% 18% 9%	3416
	21st to end	Night	34% 7% 11% 19% 21% 8%	4910

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	27% 20% 24% 20% 6% 3	180
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 16% 27% 22% 16% 3	251
	21st to end	Day	15% 16% 28% 27% 12% 3	407
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 20% 28% 21% 11% 3	438
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 20% 32% 19% 11% 1	455
	21st to end	Day	18% 23% 34% 18% 7%	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 21% 34% 19% 5% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 20% 31% 19% 10% 2	460
	21st to end	Day	22% 22% 36% 16% 4	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 19% 31% 27% 7% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 22% 31% 23% 7% 1	452
	21st to end	Day	10% 17% 32% 25% 14% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	11% 18% 30% 27% 13% 2	463
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 13% 23% 29% 17% 3	488
	21st to end	Day	13% 11% 23% 28% 20% 4	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 11% 25% 30% 24% 4	490
	11th to 20th	Day	4 10% 30% 33% 17% 6%	490
	21st to end	Day	2 9% 28% 38% 19% 4	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 5% 30% 38% 22% 4	486
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 26% 39% 20% 6%	484
	21st to end	Day	3 5% 31% 39% 17% 6%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 8% 39% 35% 11% 4	487
	11th to 20th	Day	3 8% 36% 33% 17% 4	477
	21st to end	Day	3 6% 36% 37% 15% 3	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	3 8% 40% 35% 13% 1	490
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 14% 34% 35% 9% 1	490
	21st to end	Day	6% 13% 36% 32% 12% 1	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 16% 36% 28% 12% 1	490
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 14% 35% 32% 11% 1	490
	21st to end	Day	9% 13% 33% 32% 11% 2	482
November	1st to 10th	Day	7% 18% 28% 26% 17% 4	300
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 14% 28% 30% 14% 3	300
	21st to end	Day	12% 14% 30% 25% 16% 3	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	14% 11% 29% 27% 16% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 12% 32% 25% 15% 3	200
	21st to end	Day	19% 17% 29% 19% 12% 3	204
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 10% 29% 22% 18% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 10% 33% 31% 13% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	14% 11% 31% 28% 14% 3	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	14% 8% 29% 30% 15% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 12% 28% 30% 16% 4	744
	21st to end	Night	14% 9% 32% 33% 10% 2	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	14% 9% 31% 32% 12% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 12% 26% 29% 22% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	12% 9% 30% 34% 14% 1	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 27% 40% 14% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 8% 29% 33% 19% 3	751
	21st to end	Night	8% 7% 28% 35% 18% 4	760
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 26% 39% 21% 4	655
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 23% 39% 26% 2	561
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 21% 35% 30% 4	461
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 17% 41% 33% 4	380
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 19% 42% 33% 4	380
	21st to end	Night	1 1 17% 38% 38% 5%	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 10% 41% 43% 5%	370
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 8% 41% 42% 6%	368
	21st to end	Night	2 1 10% 31% 49% 6%	502
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 15% 39% 41% 3	735
	11th to 20th	Night	1 11% 40% 44% 4	752
	21st to end	Night	2 11% 38% 44% 5%	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 11% 41% 40% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 16% 44% 29% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	2 2 18% 40% 31% 6%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 21% 45% 22% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 26% 37% 24% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 23% 35% 25% 8%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 21% 39% 23% 6%	780
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 29% 36% 19% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	8% 8% 31% 35% 16% 4	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 29% 36% 12% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 8% 30% 31% 12% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	14% 13% 32% 27% 13% 1	850

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