Mount Diablo
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Mount Diablo 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	6% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 63%	105052
	Night	7% 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 56%	102718
Transparency	Day	22% 2 7% 19% 25% 25%	104808
	Night	25% 2 9% 19% 22% 24%	102551
Seeing	Day	9% 12% 27% 31% 17% 4	15364
	Night	9% 6% 18% 36% 26% 5%	24680

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	14% 8% 3 9% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 35%	2644
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 11% 5% 11% 6% 5% 4 3 4 6% 33%	2860
	21st to end	Day	18% 9% 4 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 29%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 44%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 8% 43%	1759
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 6% 48%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	10% 8% 3 10% 8% 8% 6% 5% 7% 7% 29%	3349
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 56%	3490
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 2 6% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 8% 37%	3906
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 46%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 1 4 3 4 4 4 5% 7% 56%	2249
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 10% 62%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 5% 74%	3909
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 6% 77%	4218
	21st to end	Day	2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 5% 7% 74%	4813
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 6% 8% 65%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 2 3 5% 7% 78%	2660
	21st to end	Day	2 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 6% 80%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 5% 88%	4420
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 6% 82%	4205
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 4 7% 83%	4455
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 5% 8% 74%	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 4 6% 85%	3816
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 6% 81%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 5% 84%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 3 2 3 3 5% 8% 71%	2280
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 6% 78%	2024
October	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 3 2 2 2 3 4 7% 74%	3180
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 7% 71%	3161
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 4 2 3 4 4 6% 8% 63%	3448
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 55%	1829
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 49%	1710
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 2 6% 3 3 2 3 5% 6% 54%	1568
December	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 45%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 13% 4 8% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 30%	1928
	21st to end	Day	15% 9% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 3 6% 7% 34%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 3 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 44%	4299
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 11% 4 9% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 32%	4110
	21st to end	Night	17% 9% 4 8% 6% 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 32%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 2 5% 4 50%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 8% 47%	2305
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 7% 53%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	11% 9% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 5% 6% 7% 35%	3520
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 6% 6% 54%	3490
	21st to end	Night	9% 7% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 4 6% 8% 38%	3746
April	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 2 5% 6% 4 3 4 6% 8% 49%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 3 4 3 5% 3 6% 7% 56%	1879
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 3 3 2 3 4 7% 10% 61%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 3 2 3 5% 7% 71%	3064
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 6% 13% 69%	2679
	21st to end	Night	2 1 1 2 2 3 3 5% 14% 68%	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 4 3 4 3 4 5% 9% 63%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 7% 77%	1520
	21st to end	Night	1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 9% 74%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 3 9% 83%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 2 1 1 1 2 6% 11% 73%	2756
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 2 4 11% 18% 61%	3109
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 6% 14% 65%	2848
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 2 3 8% 12% 72%	3030
	21st to end	Night	2 1 1 1 1 3 3 6% 9% 73%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 3 3 5% 8% 76%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 2 4 5% 6% 11% 63%	1900
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 74%	2150
October	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 5% 6% 75%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 6% 6% 8% 7% 59%	3777
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 4 3 3 4 3 6% 7% 63%	4121
November	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 4 3 4 4 3 6% 8% 57%	2322
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 7% 52%	2470
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 1 4 3 4 4 2 6% 7% 57%	2610
December	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 4 6% 48%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 9% 3 8% 5% 4 4 3 6% 6% 31%	3276
	21st to end	Night	14% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 3 6% 7% 35%	4862

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	45% 5% 12% 28% 8% 2	2644
	11th to 20th	Day	54% 2 11% 16% 12% 5%	2860
	21st to end	Day	54% 2 10% 17% 13% 3	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	40% 3 8% 23% 20% 7%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 3 10% 19% 24% 6%	1768
	21st to end	Day	36% 4 9% 25% 21% 7%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	51% 2 13% 15% 15% 3	3349
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 2 11% 29% 18% 12%	3490
	21st to end	Day	41% 3 16% 25% 12% 3	3906
April	1st to 10th	Day	37% 3 12% 22% 21% 5%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 3 14% 26% 24% 7%	2252
	21st to end	Day	19% 2 13% 31% 30% 6%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 1 7% 32% 27% 18%	3909
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 1 4 24% 42% 19%	4221
	21st to end	Day	10% 1 9% 35% 36% 8%	4814
June	1st to 10th	Day	17% 3 10% 26% 30% 14%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 1 8% 21% 37% 26%	2660
	21st to end	Day	8% 1 3 12% 32% 45%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 2 5% 14% 77%	4351
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 1 2 7% 13% 69%	4132
	21st to end	Day	3 1 1 5% 25% 66%	4315
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 1 2 8% 24% 57%	4076
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 1 8% 36% 51%	3854
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 3 9% 36% 46%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 1 8% 32% 52%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 1 4 22% 39% 21%	2280
	21st to end	Day	10% 1 3 20% 37% 28%	2024
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 1 4 11% 27% 44%	3180
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 1 7% 24% 35% 19%	3161
	21st to end	Day	19% 1 8% 21% 36% 16%	3448
November	1st to 10th	Day	27% 3 9% 27% 22% 12%	1829
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 3 10% 26% 23% 6%	1710
	21st to end	Day	31% 2 9% 20% 28% 9%	1568
December	1st to 10th	Day	38% 3 12% 22% 18% 8%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	56% 4 7% 15% 15% 3	1928
	21st to end	Day	49% 2 15% 20% 12% 2	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	38% 2 20% 26% 11% 3	4299
	11th to 20th	Night	52% 2 15% 14% 10% 7%	4110
	21st to end	Night	52% 2 13% 15% 13% 5%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	37% 2 8% 21% 21% 11%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 3 10% 22% 22% 9%	2307
	21st to end	Night	30% 3 11% 29% 21% 6%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	46% 2 18% 16% 15% 4	3520
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 2 8% 28% 19% 13%	3490
	21st to end	Night	40% 2 15% 26% 12% 4	3746
April	1st to 10th	Night	32% 3 15% 21% 21% 8%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 4 13% 28% 20% 11%	1879
	21st to end	Night	17% 3 13% 31% 29% 8%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	13% 1 12% 27% 30% 16%	3064
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 7% 18% 41% 26%	2679
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 10% 33% 38% 10%	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	16% 3 10% 25% 30% 16%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 8% 17% 35% 32%	1520
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 2 12% 29% 47%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 5% 13% 78%	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 2 7% 12% 71%	2706
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 1 6% 21% 67%	3011
August	1st to 10th	Night	10% 1 1 9% 19% 61%	2839
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 1 7% 27% 60%	3058
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 4 8% 30% 50%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 2 8% 27% 57%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 1 5% 20% 35% 26%	1900
	21st to end	Night	9% 1 4 19% 32% 35%	2150
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 1 5% 11% 18% 54%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 2 12% 21% 25% 27%	3777
	21st to end	Night	19% 1 6% 20% 30% 24%	4121
November	1st to 10th	Night	24% 3 10% 28% 20% 16%	2322
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 3 9% 27% 24% 8%	2470
	21st to end	Night	28% 2 9% 22% 27% 12%	2610
December	1st to 10th	Night	36% 3 10% 21% 17% 12%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	51% 4 10% 15% 17% 3	3276
	21st to end	Night	48% 2 16% 18% 12% 4	4862

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	26% 14% 26% 20% 13% 1	246
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 11% 21% 32% 15% 3	370
	21st to end	Day	16% 10% 23% 29% 19% 3	407
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 14% 21% 28% 16% 2	370
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 19% 26% 21% 14% 1	410
	21st to end	Day	15% 15% 28% 28% 11% 2	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 18% 29% 21% 9% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 18% 24% 21% 15% 3	460
	21st to end	Day	15% 22% 31% 23% 9% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	16% 18% 29% 21% 12% 3	460
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 19% 30% 22% 10% 4	452
	21st to end	Day	7% 22% 26% 28% 12% 5%	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 18% 37% 24% 12% 1	463
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 15% 34% 27% 14% 2	488
	21st to end	Day	5% 15% 29% 36% 12% 2	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 14% 35% 29% 13% 4	490
	11th to 20th	Day	3 13% 33% 39% 11% 1	490
	21st to end	Day	2 7% 33% 39% 16% 2	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 4 31% 45% 16% 2	486
	11th to 20th	Day	2 29% 46% 19% 4	484
	21st to end	Day	1 2 31% 41% 18% 7%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 6% 29% 41% 17% 4	487
	11th to 20th	Day	1 5% 30% 38% 16% 9%	477
	21st to end	Day	1 3 23% 44% 23% 6%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 23% 40% 24% 7%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	4 12% 27% 34% 17% 6%	490
	21st to end	Day	3 8% 24% 34% 23% 7%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 10% 28% 29% 25% 6%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 10% 22% 27% 28% 7%	490
	21st to end	Day	8% 10% 22% 30% 25% 5%	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 13% 23% 24% 28% 5%	407
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 11% 16% 34% 26% 8%	270
	21st to end	Day	9% 10% 26% 30% 24%	203
December	1st to 10th	Day	17% 15% 19% 24% 19% 6%	180
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 13% 22% 23% 21% 4	180
	21st to end	Day	21% 12% 28% 24% 13% 2	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	18% 5% 17% 31% 21% 8%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 15% 35% 24% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 13% 35% 24% 4	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 8% 15% 33% 22% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 9% 19% 34% 20% 6%	744
	21st to end	Night	13% 11% 20% 34% 20% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 11% 18% 30% 21% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 11% 18% 30% 21% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	13% 11% 24% 33% 17% 2	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 10% 24% 35% 19% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 13% 27% 29% 19% 4	751
	21st to end	Night	5% 9% 29% 33% 20% 4	760
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 8% 26% 38% 20% 3	696
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 22% 42% 25% 2	472
	21st to end	Night	3 10% 28% 37% 21% 1	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 6% 27% 45% 18% 2	380
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 24% 51% 18% 1	380
	21st to end	Night	1 5% 20% 46% 26% 2	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 20% 46% 30% 1	370
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 16% 45% 31% 5%	491
	21st to end	Night	2 1 18% 38% 36% 6%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 21% 36% 31% 6%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	2 21% 43% 30% 4	692
	21st to end	Night	1 2 15% 44% 34% 6%	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 15% 37% 36% 8%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	3 6% 17% 38% 31% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	2 4 14% 38% 34% 9%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 16% 37% 32% 8%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 15% 35% 32% 8%	760
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 14% 33% 29% 12%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 16% 32% 31% 9%	754
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 14% 37% 29% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 15% 33% 29% 8%	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 16% 34% 24% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 6% 14% 32% 23% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 19% 32% 20% 2	836

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