Joshua Tree Astronomy Arts Theater
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Joshua Tree Astronomy Arts Theater clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-07-05.

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 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 6% 77%	89820
	Night	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 6% 77%	89641
Transparency	Day	12% 1 3 14% 28% 42%	89547
	Night	12% 1 4 15% 30% 38%	89436
Seeing	Day	4 10% 22% 33% 23% 7%	15080
	Night	2 5% 18% 36% 31% 7%	25395

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 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 3 5% 73%	2858
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 3 2 2 2 3 4 7% 70%	2860
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 4 3 3 3 4 6% 8% 60%	3475
February	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 5% 73%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 72%	1850
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 4 7% 70%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 2 3 6% 8% 75%	3138
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 7% 66%	3396
	21st to end	Day	2 1 2 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 74%	3907
April	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 7% 74%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 5% 82%	2249
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 5% 83%	2303
May	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 88%	4110
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 4 85%	4071
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 2 2 91%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 5% 84%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 4 90%	2470
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 85%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 5% 79%	2394
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 6% 73%	2340
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 3 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 62%	2545
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 5% 78%	2179
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 5% 6% 75%	2122
	21st to end	Day	2 1 1 2 2 3 2 4 6% 78%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 5% 5% 77%	2110
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 90%	1980
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 84%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 5% 80%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 5% 86%	1980
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 2 1 2 4 85%	1861
November	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 5% 80%	1674
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 4 6% 77%	1710
	21st to end	Day	2 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 3 7% 74%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 65%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 4 3 4 4 3 6% 10% 60%	2169
	21st to end	Day	4 3 2 4 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 58%	3146
January	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 7% 74%	4097
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 3 4 3 5% 8% 69%	4110
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 3 3 3 4 6% 8% 63%	4197
February	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 5% 71%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5% 73%	2218
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 6% 8% 69%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 5% 6% 72%	3736
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 6% 8% 64%	3583
	21st to end	Night	1 1 2 2 2 2 4 7% 78%	3742
April	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 74%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 83%	1879
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 6% 84%	1876
May	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 4 90%	2860
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 2 3 3 87%	2834
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 2 94%	3110
June	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 3 3 87%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 3 90%	1710
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 87%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 85%	1660
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 5% 5% 76%	1620
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 5% 5% 71%	1773
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 82%	1756
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 5% 84%	1780
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 5% 83%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 82%	1849
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 2 3 91%	1980
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 89%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 5% 81%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 88%	1980
	21st to end	Night	1 1 2 2 2 3 5% 84%	2490
November	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 2 1 2 3 5% 82%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 3 6% 79%	2470
	21st to end	Night	2 2 2 2 2 3 3 5% 6% 73%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 7% 68%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 62%	3041
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 62%	4521

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	17% 1 3 20% 45% 14%	2859
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 1 10% 31% 27% 14%	2860
	21st to end	Day	24% 1 7% 21% 35% 13%	3475
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 2 4 15% 33% 31%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 2 3 18% 32% 32%	1860
	21st to end	Day	16% 2 5% 17% 35% 25%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	10% 1 2 23% 35% 29%	3138
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 1 2 25% 30% 21%	3396
	21st to end	Day	13% 1 3 24% 41% 19%	3907
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 1 4 16% 34% 32%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 1 1 11% 34% 44%	2252
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 1 13% 35% 43%	2303
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 1 1 9% 28% 56%	4110
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 23% 63%	4074
	21st to end	Day	3 1 1 6% 26% 62%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 1 7% 25% 59%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 4 15% 75%	2470
	21st to end	Day	9% 1 2 11% 77%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 1 1 6% 15% 67%	2330
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 2 3 12% 25% 43%	2271
	21st to end	Day	21% 3 5% 16% 22% 33%	2404
August	1st to 10th	Day	11% 1 2 10% 22% 54%	2164
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 2 1 12% 22% 51%	2122
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 2 10% 23% 53%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 2 3 9% 16% 58%	2110
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 1 5% 23% 67%	1980
	21st to end	Day	8% 1 1 7% 25% 58%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 1 11% 27% 49%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 2 8% 28% 54%	1980
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 2 9% 26% 55%	1861
November	1st to 10th	Day	9% 1 2 14% 34% 41%	1674
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 2 2 15% 30% 40%	1710
	21st to end	Day	13% 1 4 16% 32% 34%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	19% 2 5% 21% 27% 26%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 2 8% 26% 28% 15%	2168
	21st to end	Day	23% 1 8% 29% 26% 12%	3146
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 1 5% 20% 41% 19%	4097
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 2 7% 33% 29% 15%	4110
	21st to end	Night	21% 1 8% 22% 33% 15%	4197
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 1 3 17% 29% 33%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 1 3 17% 32% 32%	2219
	21st to end	Night	15% 3 4 18% 32% 28%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	15% 1 2 20% 41% 21%	3736
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 1 2 22% 37% 18%	3583
	21st to end	Night	10% 1 4 21% 47% 18%	3742
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 1 4 19% 33% 30%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 1 2 12% 34% 42%	1879
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 2 12% 35% 43%	1876
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 3 10% 36% 46%	2860
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 6% 26% 60%	2835
	21st to end	Night	3 1 9% 26% 61%	3110
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 1 8% 26% 58%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 1 6% 18% 71%	1710
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 4 13% 75%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 6% 17% 70%	1615
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 2 3 13% 25% 45%	1566
	21st to end	Night	16% 1 5% 19% 26% 33%	1674
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 1 2 10% 22% 56%	1747
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 2 11% 26% 53%	1780
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 1 8% 27% 56%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 3 8% 20% 58%	1849
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 1 5% 22% 67%	1980
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 8% 24% 62%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	9% 1 2 11% 30% 47%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 2 8% 28% 56%	1980
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 3 9% 24% 57%	2490
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 3 11% 36% 41%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 1 2 14% 32% 42%	2470
	21st to end	Night	14% 1 4 15% 33% 33%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	17% 2 5% 20% 27% 30%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 2 9% 20% 32% 18%	3041
	21st to end	Night	21% 1 10% 26% 28% 14%	4521

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	7% 13% 26% 35% 17% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 10% 22% 39% 19% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	7% 19% 27% 30% 15% 2	496
February	1st to 10th	Day	8% 18% 25% 29% 16% 4	460
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 22% 29% 29% 13%	455
	21st to end	Day	10% 22% 31% 24% 13%	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	9% 22% 27% 28% 12% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 16% 30% 31% 14% 2	460
	21st to end	Day	8% 24% 30% 29% 8% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	7% 18% 24% 28% 19% 4	460
	11th to 20th	Day	4 21% 28% 24% 19% 4	452
	21st to end	Day	5% 17% 26% 28% 17% 7%	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 13% 28% 33% 16% 6%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	1 13% 24% 34% 20% 7%	488
	21st to end	Day	2 11% 23% 38% 19% 8%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	1 8% 21% 35% 25% 10%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	1 6% 24% 30% 28% 10%	490
	21st to end	Day	1 4 23% 36% 23% 12%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 14% 37% 31% 16%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	2 14% 34% 32% 18%	444
	21st to end	Day	3 2 10% 38% 28% 19%	487
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 15% 38% 27% 17%	447
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 12% 34% 32% 19%	437
	21st to end	Day	2 1 11% 35% 33% 19%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 14% 41% 32% 9%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	4 20% 38% 32% 6%	450
	21st to end	Day	3 7% 19% 31% 31% 9%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 8% 23% 37% 25% 5%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	1 6% 24% 36% 30% 3	450
	21st to end	Day	2 7% 21% 34% 28% 8%	329
November	1st to 10th	Day	2 9% 20% 34% 30% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	3 7% 21% 39% 26% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	3 13% 22% 34% 23% 6%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	4 7% 26% 40% 21% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	4 12% 21% 37% 23% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	9% 12% 31% 29% 17% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 7% 21% 36% 24% 9%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	3 7% 20% 40% 23% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	4 8% 25% 37% 22% 4	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	4 9% 22% 36% 22% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	3 10% 26% 35% 21% 6%	744
	21st to end	Night	3 10% 28% 38% 17% 4	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	4 11% 27% 36% 20% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	2 11% 25% 31% 23% 8%	760
	21st to end	Night	2 12% 27% 34% 21% 4	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 9% 28% 33% 24% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	2 9% 28% 35% 22% 4	751
	21st to end	Night	1 9% 23% 36% 25% 6%	736
May	1st to 10th	Night	1 6% 25% 38% 26% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	1 6% 23% 36% 29% 5%	561
	21st to end	Night	7% 23% 38% 27% 5%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 17% 44% 32% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	2 22% 42% 33% 2	570
	21st to end	Night	1 1 16% 41% 36% 5%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 7% 38% 45% 8%	539
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 7% 37% 47% 7%	522
	21st to end	Night	2 1 5% 37% 49% 5%	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 7% 34% 45% 12%	682
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 28% 54% 15%	712
	21st to end	Night	2 5% 25% 49% 19%	792
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 6% 28% 50% 14%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	1 9% 35% 43% 12%	720
	21st to end	Night	1 2 11% 35% 41% 12%	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 17% 38% 36% 5%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 13% 38% 35% 10%	720
	21st to end	Night	1 5% 15% 33% 34% 13%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	5% 18% 34% 33% 10%	740
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 14% 39% 33% 10%	760
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 18% 39% 27% 8%	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 21% 40% 25% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 24% 37% 26% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	4 11% 23% 36% 19% 6%	836

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