Onion Valley Campground
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Onion Valley Campground clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-01.

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 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 54%	101301
	Night	5% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 50%	97819
Transparency	Day	28% 5% 10% 18% 20% 18%	101042
	Night	32% 6% 11% 19% 18% 14%	97667
Seeing	Day	8% 10% 23% 31% 21% 6%	14740
	Night	8% 6% 20% 38% 23% 4	23994

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	5% 16% 5% 14% 7% 5% 6% 5% 7% 7% 22%	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 14% 4 11% 8% 5% 6% 5% 5% 8% 25%	2540
	21st to end	Day	9% 14% 6% 10% 7% 6% 6% 4 6% 8% 24%	2922
February	1st to 10th	Day	6% 9% 5% 9% 5% 4 5% 4 8% 9% 36%	1716
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 10% 4 9% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 10% 37%	1850
	21st to end	Day	2 9% 4 11% 7% 6% 5% 5% 7% 9% 36%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	4 12% 4 10% 6% 5% 6% 5% 9% 9% 30%	3138
	11th to 20th	Day	3 6% 3 7% 4 3 3 4 5% 6% 55%	3289
	21st to end	Day	3 9% 5% 11% 6% 6% 6% 5% 6% 8% 35%	4161
April	1st to 10th	Day	5% 11% 4 9% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 6% 38%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 11% 3 6% 4 6% 4 4 6% 7% 45%	2249
	21st to end	Day	7% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 9% 47%	2346
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 9% 3 6% 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 53%	4110
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 5% 67%	4344
	21st to end	Day	5% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 56%	4813
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 2 6% 6% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 47%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 1 5% 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 61%	2660
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 5% 71%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 3 83%	4420
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 2 3 2 4 5% 72%	4420
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 3 3 4 4 4 5% 6% 65%	4790
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 63%	4291
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 79%	3724
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 79%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 4 76%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 6% 67%	2204
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 68%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 58%	1995
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 61%	1900
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 2 6% 4 4 3 4 5% 7% 55%	1923
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 8% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 7% 44%	1674
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 7% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 8% 41%	1710
	21st to end	Day	4 8% 5% 7% 4 5% 4 4 6% 8% 45%	1611
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 9% 4 9% 5% 4 4 4 7% 9% 36%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 12% 5% 9% 7% 5% 6% 6% 8% 11% 25%	1928
	21st to end	Day	5% 11% 4 11% 7% 6% 6% 5% 7% 8% 31%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	4 13% 6% 12% 7% 6% 6% 6% 6% 7% 28%	4406
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 17% 6% 9% 5% 6% 6% 4 5% 7% 27%	4420
	21st to end	Night	7% 15% 5% 11% 7% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 29%	4736
February	1st to 10th	Night	4 9% 3 9% 5% 4 4 5% 7% 7% 41%	2462
	11th to 20th	Night	4 10% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 3 7% 8% 39%	2218
	21st to end	Night	3 10% 4 10% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 7% 37%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	3 13% 5% 11% 7% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 34%	3736
	11th to 20th	Night	4 9% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 51%	3689
	21st to end	Night	4 11% 4 8% 7% 6% 6% 5% 7% 10% 32%	3490
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 11% 3 7% 6% 4 4 4 6% 7% 42%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 10% 3 7% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 49%	1879
	21st to end	Night	6% 8% 3 5% 4 4 4 4 4 6% 53%	1834
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 7% 3 6% 3 4 4 4 5% 6% 54%	2860
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 5% 69%	2534
	21st to end	Night	4 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 58%	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 3 6% 7% 50%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	4 6% 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 5% 65%	1520
	21st to end	Night	2 3 2 4 2 3 2 3 3 6% 71%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 81%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 4 3 4 2 2 3 4 72%	2540
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 4 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 66%	2761
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 63%	2639
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 4 76%	3126
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 1 1 2 2 3 4 77%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 78%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 1 4 3 2 2 3 3 4 69%	1976
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 3 6% 70%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 6% 1 4 3 3 3 2 3 4 65%	2180
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 65%	2280
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 56%	2674
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 9% 3 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 7% 42%	2411
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 8% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 9% 44%	2470
	21st to end	Night	5% 8% 4 7% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 8% 44%	2566
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 10% 4 9% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 37%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 12% 4 10% 6% 5% 6% 6% 8% 9% 29%	3276
	21st to end	Night	5% 12% 4 11% 8% 6% 6% 5% 6% 7% 30%	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	51% 10% 19% 17% 4	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	55% 14% 14% 10% 4 2	2540
	21st to end	Day	55% 16% 12% 12% 4 1	2922
February	1st to 10th	Day	38% 14% 16% 22% 9% 2	1716
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 10% 20% 21% 9% 2	1860
	21st to end	Day	40% 11% 18% 20% 9% 2	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	43% 11% 15% 18% 12% 1	3138
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 7% 17% 37% 14%	3289
	21st to end	Day	38% 10% 16% 24% 10% 1	4161
April	1st to 10th	Day	41% 7% 16% 21% 13% 3	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 5% 13% 28% 17% 4	2252
	21st to end	Day	32% 6% 14% 29% 16% 3	2346
May	1st to 10th	Day	27% 4 12% 29% 23% 5%	4110
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 2 7% 18% 38% 15%	4347
	21st to end	Day	26% 4 10% 29% 27% 4	4814
June	1st to 10th	Day	32% 5% 10% 24% 24% 5%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 3 8% 21% 30% 16%	2660
	21st to end	Day	16% 2 5% 15% 32% 30%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 1 3 7% 14% 67%	4351
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 1 4 7% 17% 56%	4345
	21st to end	Day	18% 2 4 7% 26% 42%	4639
August	1st to 10th	Day	20% 2 4 8% 21% 46%	4275
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 1 3 8% 30% 47%	3760
	21st to end	Day	12% 1 3 12% 35% 37%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 2 4 10% 28% 45%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 2 6% 18% 29% 26%	2204
	21st to end	Day	18% 2 7% 20% 33% 21%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	27% 3 7% 21% 24% 18%	1995
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 3 9% 25% 27% 13%	1900
	21st to end	Day	26% 4 15% 27% 21% 8%	1923
November	1st to 10th	Day	38% 6% 12% 22% 18% 4	1674
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 6% 16% 26% 15% 1	1710
	21st to end	Day	35% 4 18% 24% 18% 2	1611
December	1st to 10th	Day	42% 9% 14% 21% 10% 3	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 12% 17% 16% 7%	1928
	21st to end	Day	47% 11% 20% 15% 7%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	45% 12% 19% 20% 4	4406
	11th to 20th	Night	52% 13% 13% 12% 9% 2	4420
	21st to end	Night	51% 13% 13% 15% 7% 1	4736
February	1st to 10th	Night	36% 9% 18% 25% 11% 2	2462
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 9% 17% 21% 15% 1	2219
	21st to end	Night	40% 9% 17% 21% 11% 2	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	46% 7% 16% 17% 13% 1	3736
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 5% 11% 35% 17% 1	3689
	21st to end	Night	39% 11% 18% 24% 7% 1	3490
April	1st to 10th	Night	38% 6% 16% 24% 14% 2	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 4 15% 26% 17% 5%	1879
	21st to end	Night	29% 6% 16% 27% 19% 3	1834
May	1st to 10th	Night	25% 5% 10% 28% 26% 7%	2860
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 3 6% 19% 39% 15%	2534
	21st to end	Night	25% 5% 9% 27% 31% 2	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	30% 5% 11% 27% 24% 3	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 5% 7% 20% 36% 12%	1520
	21st to end	Night	17% 2 5% 16% 30% 31%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 1 4 6% 15% 65%	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 2 3 6% 14% 57%	2492
	21st to end	Night	16% 3 5% 7% 28% 40%	2674
August	1st to 10th	Night	21% 3 4 9% 16% 47%	2631
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 2 4 7% 28% 47%	3156
	21st to end	Night	14% 1 2 13% 34% 35%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 3 10% 25% 48%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 2 5% 17% 27% 30%	1976
	21st to end	Night	15% 2 7% 18% 32% 26%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	23% 3 7% 19% 26% 22%	2180
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 3 8% 25% 29% 15%	2280
	21st to end	Night	26% 4 12% 24% 24% 10%	2674
November	1st to 10th	Night	37% 6% 12% 19% 19% 6%	2411
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 5% 17% 24% 18% 1	2470
	21st to end	Night	36% 5% 14% 21% 21% 2	2566
December	1st to 10th	Night	42% 8% 14% 22% 12% 2	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 12% 15% 17% 9% 1	3276
	21st to end	Night	48% 10% 17% 16% 9% 1	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	18% 12% 18% 29% 16% 7%	180
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 9% 20% 27% 24% 8%	180
	21st to end	Day	8% 7% 18% 33% 24% 9%	274
February	1st to 10th	Day	9% 9% 23% 35% 19% 5%	374
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 12% 23% 33% 20% 3	455
	21st to end	Day	7% 15% 24% 31% 20% 4	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	12% 11% 27% 32% 17% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 12% 22% 30% 20% 7%	460
	21st to end	Day	9% 14% 27% 31% 16% 2	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	10% 14% 28% 27% 18% 4	460
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 12% 27% 27% 15% 7%	452
	21st to end	Day	10% 13% 23% 29% 20% 5%	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	6% 16% 28% 26% 19% 5%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 11% 23% 23% 18% 8%	488
	21st to end	Day	12% 10% 20% 27% 22% 9%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 14% 24% 23% 24% 7%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 16% 25% 28% 16% 4	490
	21st to end	Day	4 11% 21% 32% 24% 8%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 6% 24% 38% 25% 5%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	3 7% 22% 41% 23% 5%	484
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 18% 40% 26% 7%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 21% 35% 26% 8%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	4 8% 20% 30% 26% 12%	477
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 26% 34% 23% 8%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	5% 5% 19% 35% 25% 12%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 8% 24% 28% 24% 7%	490
	21st to end	Day	6% 9% 25% 30% 24% 7%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 11% 22% 28% 22% 7%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 12% 23% 24% 27% 5%	490
	21st to end	Day	10% 14% 24% 27% 18% 6%	372
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 10% 23% 29% 20% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 8% 23% 31% 26% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	9% 8% 21% 35% 22% 6%	223
December	1st to 10th	Day	14% 9% 17% 31% 18% 11%	180
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 18% 37% 20% 6%	180
	21st to end	Day	11% 9% 21% 33% 21% 5%	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 23% 33% 21% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 22% 38% 20% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 19% 37% 22% 6%	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 26% 37% 21% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 8% 22% 40% 19% 3	744
	21st to end	Night	7% 8% 23% 42% 18% 2	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	9% 9% 24% 39% 16% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 9% 21% 33% 24% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	11% 11% 27% 36% 14% 2	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 8% 24% 34% 21% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 10% 25% 34% 19% 4	751
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 25% 34% 21% 4	694
May	1st to 10th	Night	9% 9% 26% 35% 19% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 19% 35% 25% 4	392
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 19% 33% 28% 5%	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 24% 37% 27% 1	380
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 8% 21% 39% 21% 3	380
	21st to end	Night	2 2 21% 51% 22% 2	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 18% 46% 27% 3	370
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 17% 57% 22% 1	368
	21st to end	Night	3 2 11% 51% 32% 1	416
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 16% 44% 31% 3	436
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 14% 44% 32% 4	752
	21st to end	Night	4 2 12% 45% 33% 3	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 13% 40% 36% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 13% 36% 33% 10%	760
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 15% 35% 28% 12%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 20% 37% 25% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 6% 16% 35% 29% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 19% 36% 23% 8%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 19% 34% 25% 6%	742
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 20% 40% 20% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 22% 35% 23% 5%	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 24% 34% 21% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 8% 20% 38% 19% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 27% 36% 14% 2	836

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