Furnace Creek
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Furnace Creek clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-04.

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	1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 5% 79%	105119
	Night	1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 5% 76%	102633
Transparency	Day	10% 3 5% 13% 25% 44%	104871
	Night	12% 4 5% 14% 24% 41%	102470
Seeing	Day	6% 10% 30% 33% 18% 4	15263
	Night	4 7% 22% 38% 26% 3	24994

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 2 1 2 1 3 3 3 6% 8% 68%	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 4 2 3 3 2 5% 8% 67%	2576
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 1 4 2 3 3 4 5% 9% 60%	3402
February	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 2 1 3 3 2 5% 8% 70%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 4 3 4 9% 69%	1850
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 2 2 3 4 3 5% 5% 70%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 5% 9% 70%	3138
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 5% 8% 67%	3332
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 6% 9% 69%	4027
April	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 5% 6% 74%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 5% 79%	2249
	21st to end	Day	1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 5% 79%	2323
May	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 5% 83%	4110
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 85%	4071
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 86%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 6% 81%	2522
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 1 3 4 87%	2660
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 87%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 89%	4420
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 81%	4389
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 81%	4454
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 83%	3910
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 3 92%	3724
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 91%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 4 83%	2275
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 91%	2090
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 3 90%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 89%	3490
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 1 2 2 4 85%	3378
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 3 6% 81%	3143
November	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 2 2 1 2 2 4 6% 79%	1701
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 6% 79%	1710
	21st to end	Day	2 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 6% 6% 74%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 3 2 3 4 3 5% 8% 68%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 6% 10% 58%	2169
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 4 3 3 5% 4 8% 10% 55%	2890
January	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 1 3 3 3 4 2 4 6% 68%	4406
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 8% 68%	4379
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 3 2 3 4 3 5% 9% 60%	4269
February	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 67%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 69%	2218
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 4 1 2 2 3 4 6% 72%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 3 2 3 4 3 5% 7% 69%	3736
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 9% 64%	3646
	21st to end	Night	1 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 5% 7% 67%	3622
April	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 74%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 5% 78%	1879
	21st to end	Night	1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 5% 79%	1857
May	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 85%	2860
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 4 86%	2834
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 87%	3110
June	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 2 3 5% 83%	1652
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 85%	1520
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 87%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 91%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 81%	2567
	21st to end	Night	1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5% 78%	3109
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 4 82%	3030
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 3 90%	3126
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 92%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 82%	1903
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 3 3 88%	2090
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 3 4 89%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 89%	3490
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 2 1 1 2 5% 86%	3555
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 4 83%	4413
November	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 6% 81%	2450
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 5% 5% 77%	2470
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 7% 74%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 4 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 68%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 3 3 2 4 3 6% 9% 62%	3041
	21st to end	Night	2 3 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 9% 54%	4749

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	15% 5% 8% 34% 31% 7%	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 15% 31% 21% 8%	2576
	21st to end	Day	23% 5% 11% 31% 24% 6%	3402
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 5% 8% 20% 32% 19%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 7% 20% 34% 20%	1860
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 8% 21% 32% 16%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	13% 4 6% 29% 30% 17%	3138
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 8% 23% 30% 17%	3332
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 10% 25% 31% 18%	4027
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 6% 18% 32% 27%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 3 5% 14% 31% 36%	2252
	21st to end	Day	11% 3 5% 12% 36% 33%	2323
May	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 3 10% 32% 45%	4110
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 3 8% 28% 55%	4074
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 3 9% 31% 49%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 3 9% 22% 55%	2522
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 2 6% 17% 68%	2660
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 2 3 12% 77%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 1 2 3 7% 82%	4351
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 2 5% 11% 71%	4314
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 3 9% 19% 59%	4314
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 2 5% 21% 61%	3896
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 2 3 12% 79%	3760
	21st to end	Day	3 1 2 3 12% 78%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 4 4 15% 67%	2275
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 2 6% 24% 63%	2090
	21st to end	Day	4 1 2 7% 27% 59%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 2 7% 21% 64%	3490
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 2 7% 29% 53%	3378
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 9% 36% 42%	3143
November	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 5% 16% 41% 26%	1701
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 6% 19% 36% 25%	1710
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 6% 21% 34% 23%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	17% 5% 12% 23% 27% 16%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 8% 16% 20% 26% 8%	2168
	21st to end	Day	24% 8% 13% 27% 21% 8%	2890
January	1st to 10th	Night	18% 5% 6% 30% 34% 7%	4406
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 4 10% 35% 23% 9%	4379
	21st to end	Night	24% 5% 10% 28% 25% 8%	4269
February	1st to 10th	Night	20% 5% 8% 18% 29% 21%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 4 6% 18% 29% 25%	2219
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 6% 20% 34% 21%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 7% 22% 31% 20%	3736
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 5% 9% 21% 30% 18%	3646
	21st to end	Night	14% 4 7% 21% 37% 17%	3622
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 6% 16% 34% 28%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 6% 13% 32% 34%	1879
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 5% 12% 32% 39%	1857
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 3 12% 27% 50%	2860
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 3 9% 26% 55%	2835
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 3 8% 27% 55%	3110
June	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 2 9% 19% 61%	1652
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 2 6% 14% 68%	1520
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 2 3 9% 79%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 1 2 6% 86%	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 3 5% 11% 71%	2519
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 3 8% 16% 60%	3011
August	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 2 5% 15% 67%	3021
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 2 4 10% 80%	3156
	21st to end	Night	3 1 1 3 10% 81%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 2 6% 12% 68%	1903
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 2 7% 20% 64%	2090
	21st to end	Night	4 1 2 5% 23% 66%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 2 6% 13% 72%	3490
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 2 4 20% 66%	3555
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 2 6% 31% 49%	4413
November	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 4 15% 39% 31%	2450
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 6% 15% 32% 32%	2470
	21st to end	Night	13% 3 5% 17% 33% 30%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 6% 8% 20% 26% 22%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 8% 11% 24% 28% 10%	3041
	21st to end	Night	26% 8% 11% 24% 23% 8%	4749

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	9% 10% 36% 33% 10% 2	180
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 12% 32% 29% 17% 1	191
	21st to end	Day	8% 10% 29% 31% 19% 2	449
February	1st to 10th	Day	11% 12% 31% 28% 15% 3	460
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 13% 37% 25% 11% 2	455
	21st to end	Day	10% 15% 40% 25% 10%	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	12% 18% 35% 25% 11%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 17% 35% 24% 11%	460
	21st to end	Day	10% 22% 36% 25% 7%	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 18% 32% 26% 14% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 19% 35% 23% 9% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	6% 18% 34% 28% 12% 3	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 16% 37% 25% 12% 3	463
	11th to 20th	Day	3 15% 32% 32% 15% 3	488
	21st to end	Day	3 12% 30% 36% 15% 3	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 9% 29% 36% 17% 7%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	2 10% 32% 35% 15% 5%	490
	21st to end	Day	1 7% 27% 40% 18% 6%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 26% 38% 24% 8%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 20% 40% 27% 10%	484
	21st to end	Day	2 2 20% 42% 25% 10%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 27% 37% 22% 7%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	1 3 22% 42% 25% 7%	477
	21st to end	Day	2 3 24% 38% 25% 7%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 21% 41% 26% 6%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	2 9% 30% 38% 18% 4	490
	21st to end	Day	4 7% 24% 39% 23% 3	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 8% 28% 33% 24% 3	490
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 6% 24% 41% 22% 2	490
	21st to end	Day	6% 7% 26% 33% 24% 4	360
November	1st to 10th	Day	5% 7% 32% 34% 19% 4	279
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 30% 35% 16% 8%	270
	21st to end	Day	4 9% 28% 33% 23% 3	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	4 5% 36% 37% 17% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 9% 31% 32% 19% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	13% 9% 34% 28% 13% 2	225
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 9% 22% 33% 25% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	4 7% 24% 40% 21% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	7% 9% 22% 36% 22% 3	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	8% 9% 23% 37% 20% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 9% 27% 35% 19% 3	744
	21st to end	Night	7% 13% 28% 34% 15% 2	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	7% 13% 28% 35% 15% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 12% 25% 30% 23% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	7% 14% 27% 35% 17% 1	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 11% 28% 37% 17% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 11% 32% 31% 19% 2	751
	21st to end	Night	3 10% 27% 35% 21% 4	717
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 9% 29% 37% 16% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	4 9% 22% 38% 26% 2	561
	21st to end	Night	3 9% 24% 36% 26% 2	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 19% 41% 31% 3	512
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 19% 44% 28% 3	380
	21st to end	Night	1 1 18% 40% 37% 3	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 15% 43% 36% 4	370
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 9% 51% 36% 2	382
	21st to end	Night	1 1 13% 47% 36% 2	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 20% 46% 30% 1	672
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 14% 44% 38% 3	752
	21st to end	Night	2 1 13% 43% 36% 5%	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 14% 39% 39% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	1 4 20% 38% 32% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	5% 18% 39% 33% 5%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 22% 43% 24% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 19% 38% 28% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	3 8% 20% 33% 30% 6%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	3 5% 19% 37% 29% 6%	754
	11th to 20th	Night	2 5% 22% 38% 29% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	4 7% 23% 36% 26% 4	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	5% 6% 25% 36% 25% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 10% 21% 37% 22% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	6% 11% 25% 33% 21% 3	836

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