Missouri Gulch Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Missouri Gulch Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-08.

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% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 49%	105214
	Night	2 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 59%	102601
Transparency	Day	29% 8% 13% 21% 21% 8%	104960
	Night	22% 7% 14% 24% 24% 8%	102445
Seeing	Day	10% 19% 35% 23% 10% 2	15595
	Night	8% 16% 36% 26% 12% 2	25610

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	3 3 10% 5% 4 3 4 6% 9% 54%	2538
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 8% 4 4 3 2 6% 9% 57%	2650
	21st to end	Day	1 8% 4 8% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 54%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 10% 5% 4 3 3 6% 8% 54%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 59%	1797
	21st to end	Day	1 5% 4 8% 5% 4 3 3 5% 7% 56%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	1 8% 5% 11% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 52%	3147
	11th to 20th	Day	1 14% 9% 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 41%	3490
	21st to end	Day	1 11% 4 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 42%	4028
April	1st to 10th	Day	3 8% 4 6% 4 4 4 4 7% 7% 49%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 13% 4 7% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 41%	2251
	21st to end	Day	6% 11% 3 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 7% 39%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	6% 13% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 9% 34%	4010
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 9% 3 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 10% 38%	4388
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 2 5% 3 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 49%	4825
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 6% 8% 9% 45%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 2 5% 4 4 6% 4 6% 9% 48%	2660
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 2 6% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 8% 45%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 8% 51%	4430
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 2 6% 5% 6% 7% 6% 8% 10% 42%	4430
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 5% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 8% 44%	4659
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 7% 3 7% 6% 5% 6% 6% 8% 11% 35%	4092
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 8% 46%	3765
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 3 8% 5% 6% 6% 4 7% 8% 43%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	5% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 54%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 55%	2279
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 2 3 3 2 4 7% 60%	2071
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 1 4 2 2 2 2 3 5% 72%	3170
	11th to 20th	Day	4 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 6% 7% 53%	3150
	21st to end	Day	3 6% 2 4 2 3 3 3 5% 7% 63%	3355
November	1st to 10th	Day	1 3 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 66%	1736
	11th to 20th	Day	1 4 2 4 4 2 3 2 5% 9% 64%	1710
	21st to end	Day	4 3 8% 3 3 3 3 6% 8% 59%	1577
December	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 9% 59%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	1 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 7% 10% 57%	1926
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 9% 5% 3 4 3 6% 8% 54%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 9% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 57%	4417
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 4 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 64%	4334
	21st to end	Night	1 6% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 4 7% 59%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 61%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 8% 62%	2270
	21st to end	Night	4 3 8% 3 3 3 3 4 8% 60%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 58%	3716
	11th to 20th	Night	1 12% 6% 6% 3 4 3 2 4 6% 53%	3490
	21st to end	Night	1 6% 3 6% 4 3 4 4 6% 9% 55%	3616
April	1st to 10th	Night	2 6% 2 4 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 59%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	4 9% 3 7% 3 3 4 3 6% 7% 52%	1877
	21st to end	Night	6% 11% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 9% 49%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	7% 8% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 6% 7% 50%	2953
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 8% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 8% 46%	2517
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 61%	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 5% 10% 60%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 4 2 3 3 3 6% 8% 62%	1520
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 8% 8% 60%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 5% 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 62%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 3 3 4 5% 5% 8% 11% 55%	2540
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 3 3 5% 4 7% 9% 58%	2901
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 8% 9% 48%	2847
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 2 4 3 3 5% 5% 8% 9% 55%	3071
	21st to end	Night	3 4 2 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 52%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 60%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 7% 64%	1900
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 4 2 3 3 3 5% 5% 64%	2105
October	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 75%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	2 5% 2 4 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 65%	3778
	21st to end	Night	2 5% 3 4 2 2 3 2 4 6% 66%	4170
November	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 1 4 3 3 2 2 5% 6% 68%	2503
	11th to 20th	Night	1 4 1 5% 2 3 3 3 5% 8% 65%	2470
	21st to end	Night	1 5% 2 6% 3 2 3 3 6% 7% 62%	2598
December	1st to 10th	Night	1 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 9% 64%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	1 5% 2 6% 4 3 3 4 7% 10% 55%	3271
	21st to end	Night	1 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 5% 7% 8% 55%	4873

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	21% 9% 19% 25% 21% 6%	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 7% 23% 25% 16% 5%	2650
	21st to end	Day	28% 7% 15% 25% 21% 4	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	29% 6% 19% 21% 17% 7%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 7% 16% 24% 24% 6%	1807
	21st to end	Day	29% 4 15% 21% 21% 10%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	30% 6% 11% 18% 28% 7%	3147
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 9% 14% 27% 12% 2	3490
	21st to end	Day	33% 10% 17% 25% 13% 2	4028
April	1st to 10th	Day	31% 7% 12% 23% 19% 8%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 8% 13% 18% 16% 5%	2254
	21st to end	Day	39% 10% 12% 23% 15% 2	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	40% 9% 14% 18% 15% 4	4010
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 13% 15% 23% 15% 1	4392
	21st to end	Day	26% 9% 14% 23% 23% 5%	4825
June	1st to 10th	Day	29% 12% 15% 20% 17% 6%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 10% 11% 15% 23% 12%	2660
	21st to end	Day	30% 10% 12% 18% 21% 10%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	27% 9% 9% 15% 20% 21%	4361
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 12% 12% 20% 17% 10%	4355
	21st to end	Day	31% 9% 12% 18% 15% 14%	4512
August	1st to 10th	Day	38% 12% 14% 17% 14% 4	4078
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 9% 14% 14% 19% 11%	3801
	21st to end	Day	35% 8% 10% 16% 23% 9%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	27% 7% 11% 18% 23% 15%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 8% 12% 19% 26% 10%	2279
	21st to end	Day	24% 5% 8% 21% 33% 9%	2071
October	1st to 10th	Day	17% 5% 6% 14% 39% 20%	3170
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 6% 10% 27% 23% 6%	3150
	21st to end	Day	21% 5% 9% 28% 30% 7%	3355
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 7% 13% 22% 31% 10%	1736
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 14% 27% 28% 7%	1710
	21st to end	Day	24% 4 13% 24% 23% 12%	1577
December	1st to 10th	Day	23% 8% 17% 26% 19% 7%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 7% 17% 29% 24% 4	1924
	21st to end	Day	26% 7% 14% 22% 24% 7%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	25% 6% 15% 25% 24% 4	4417
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 9% 22% 25% 20% 8%	4334
	21st to end	Night	24% 7% 17% 28% 19% 5%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 8% 18% 27% 21% 6%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 7% 15% 26% 25% 6%	2270
	21st to end	Night	23% 5% 13% 25% 23% 11%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	24% 6% 11% 20% 31% 8%	3716
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 8% 12% 25% 21% 3	3490
	21st to end	Night	24% 7% 16% 34% 17% 2	3616
April	1st to 10th	Night	23% 9% 12% 26% 23% 7%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 7% 14% 23% 20% 5%	1877
	21st to end	Night	32% 8% 13% 26% 19% 3	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	28% 10% 15% 24% 16% 8%	2953
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 12% 16% 23% 18% 1	2518
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 17% 25% 24% 6%	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 20% 29% 16% 8%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 13% 18% 26% 18%	1520
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 13% 22% 27% 12%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	22% 6% 11% 18% 26% 18%	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 14% 30% 21% 8%	2492
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 15% 27% 15% 17%	2810
August	1st to 10th	Night	29% 10% 18% 21% 18% 4	2838
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 7% 22% 19% 19% 10%	3101
	21st to end	Night	27% 7% 14% 19% 28% 5%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	24% 6% 9% 22% 25% 14%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 5% 11% 23% 26% 15%	1900
	21st to end	Night	22% 5% 9% 23% 31% 10%	2105
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 4 7% 21% 35% 18%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 5% 11% 30% 27% 8%	3778
	21st to end	Night	20% 4 9% 25% 32% 11%	4170
November	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 13% 23% 31% 11%	2503
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 5% 14% 28% 27% 8%	2470
	21st to end	Night	22% 6% 11% 24% 27% 10%	2598
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 17% 25% 23% 8%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 18% 25% 25% 5%	3272
	21st to end	Night	23% 8% 17% 22% 23% 8%	4873

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	11% 20% 43% 15% 8% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 37% 37% 14% 2 1	270
	21st to end	Day	3 37% 38% 17% 4 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	10% 43% 36% 9% 1 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 34% 41% 10% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	11% 37% 43% 8% 1	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	8% 34% 40% 14% 4	274
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 27% 34% 21% 3	460
	21st to end	Day	13% 33% 38% 14% 2	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 33% 36% 13% 3	460
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 34% 33% 12% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	18% 24% 38% 16% 3 1	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 23% 37% 17% 5% 1	555
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 11% 35% 25% 9% 2	675
	21st to end	Day	13% 14% 31% 29% 12% 2	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	8% 11% 29% 33% 15% 5%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 13% 37% 28% 10% 3	680
	21st to end	Day	6% 11% 36% 28% 14% 5%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 25% 34% 23% 5%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 27% 35% 20% 7%	668
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 24% 34% 23% 6%	658
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 7% 32% 31% 15% 4	487
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 7% 34% 31% 16% 4	477
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 32% 30% 17% 3	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 8% 33% 32% 15% 4	490
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 11% 35% 32% 12% 1	489
	21st to end	Day	8% 16% 36% 22% 14% 4	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	8% 18% 33% 23% 14% 4	300
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 25% 40% 21% 6% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	10% 26% 40% 18% 5% 1	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	7% 24% 44% 14% 10% 1	291
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 26% 42% 16% 4 1	270
	21st to end	Day	8% 30% 40% 19% 3	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	10% 31% 39% 15% 3 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 35% 46% 10% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	10% 37% 37% 12% 3	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	10% 24% 40% 17% 7% 2	950
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 32% 35% 16% 5% 1	893
	21st to end	Night	8% 25% 46% 15% 5% 1	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	9% 27% 46% 13% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 27% 44% 16% 4	744
	21st to end	Night	6% 29% 47% 16% 2	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	6% 24% 46% 18% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 19% 40% 26% 7% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	7% 25% 41% 22% 4 1	714
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 17% 47% 22% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 20% 40% 21% 7% 1	563
	21st to end	Night	12% 17% 40% 21% 8% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	12% 10% 42% 25% 9% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 5% 27% 37% 11% 2	561
	21st to end	Night	9% 8% 30% 33% 17% 2	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 26% 41% 22% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 34% 40% 13% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 22% 43% 25% 2	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 15% 37% 35% 3	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 16% 41% 34% 5%	552
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 13% 37% 36% 6%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 15% 40% 32% 3	567
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 17% 44% 26% 5%	564
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 16% 41% 27% 7%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 20% 43% 23% 6%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 28% 36% 19% 4	570
	21st to end	Night	9% 8% 30% 34% 15% 5%	585
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 12% 36% 31% 12% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 16% 40% 27% 9% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	11% 18% 42% 20% 9% 1	862
November	1st to 10th	Night	6% 20% 47% 20% 7% 1	963
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 25% 44% 17% 4 1	950
	21st to end	Night	5% 20% 46% 24% 4	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	11% 22% 46% 18% 3	950
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 26% 48% 14% 5% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	8% 28% 42% 17% 5% 1	1045

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