City of Rocks State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the City of Rocks State Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-07-16.

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 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 63%	89927
	Night	4 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 64%	89769
Transparency	Day	20% 4 6% 14% 27% 29%	89654
	Night	20% 4 6% 15% 29% 26%	89563
Seeing	Day	7% 11% 24% 30% 21% 7%	14061
	Night	5% 5% 25% 38% 23% 4	24100

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 6% 1 4 3 3 3 4 4 5% 64%	2858
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 6% 70%	2860
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 4 6% 7% 55%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 2 4 2 3 3 2 4 5% 68%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 6% 65%	1810
	21st to end	Day	4 4 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 5% 68%	1692
March	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 2 5% 3 3 2 3 4 6% 66%	3444
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 60%	3490
	21st to end	Day	1 4 1 4 4 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 56%	3825
April	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 3 2 3 2 3 4 6% 73%	2232
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 5% 78%	2251
	21st to end	Day	2 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 5% 79%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 4 84%	3800
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 6% 74%	3930
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 87%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 3 3 3 3 2 5% 8% 66%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 6% 73%	2470
	21st to end	Day	3 4 2 4 4 4 5% 4 7% 8% 55%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 45%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 2 6% 6% 6% 7% 6% 9% 10% 41%	2407
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 7% 6% 8% 8% 7% 8% 11% 31%	2545
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 6% 5% 7% 7% 5% 8% 11% 40%	2311
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 6% 6% 6% 6% 9% 9% 41%	2123
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 9% 46%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 8% 47%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 4 3 4 5% 4 5% 7% 59%	2106
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 4 2 2 3 3 5% 6% 68%	1918
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 67%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 73%	1800
	21st to end	Day	2 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 4 78%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 6% 72%	1859
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 6% 71%	1900
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 2 4 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 61%	1900
December	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 3 3 2 3 4 4 8% 63%	1742
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 7% 2 6% 3 3 4 2 3 6% 57%	2169
	21st to end	Day	3 4 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 64%	3146
January	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 62%	4097
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 5% 73%	4110
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 6% 52%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 3 2 3 3 4 4 8% 66%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 3 3 2 3 2 4 6% 66%	2256
	21st to end	Night	3 4 1 3 2 2 3 4 4 6% 67%	1759
March	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 6% 69%	3430
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 2 3 2 3 3 2 4 5% 65%	3490
	21st to end	Night	1 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 62%	3828
April	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 3 2 3 3 4 7% 73%	1947
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 3 2 2 1 2 4 5% 74%	1877
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 2 3 2 3 2 4 5% 76%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 4 83%	3170
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 3 6% 73%	2971
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 86%	3110
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 66%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 71%	1710
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 5% 6% 5% 5% 5% 7% 8% 50%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 6% 10% 11% 43%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 2 6% 7% 7% 9% 7% 10% 12% 34%	1674
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 3 8% 6% 6% 5% 5% 9% 15% 35%	1773
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 5% 2 5% 6% 6% 7% 7% 11% 11% 38%	1625
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 2 6% 6% 6% 7% 7% 9% 12% 37%	1778
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 2 6% 5% 6% 7% 6% 8% 13% 39%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 47%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 2 4 3 4 5% 4 7% 8% 57%	1849
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 7% 67%	2040
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 4 2 3 4 2 5% 6% 66%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 76%	2160
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 5% 78%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 4 6% 74%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 4 6% 73%	2280
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 64%	2280
December	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 3 2 2 3 4 6% 6% 63%	2436
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 57%	3041
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 65%	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	21% 3 4 14% 39% 19%	2859
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 2 5% 20% 42% 16%	2860
	21st to end	Day	26% 4 5% 24% 27% 14%	3146
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 2 5% 16% 26% 33%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 2 4 13% 31% 28%	1820
	21st to end	Day	19% 2 3 9% 30% 37%	1692
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 2 3 8% 37% 29%	3444
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 4 4 17% 29% 22%	3490
	21st to end	Day	21% 5% 4 13% 36% 21%	3825
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 4 10% 36% 36%	2232
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 1 2 8% 28% 49%	2254
	21st to end	Day	10% 1 3 10% 32% 43%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	7% 1 2 6% 23% 60%	3800
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 3 4 8% 28% 46%	3933
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 2 5% 15% 71%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	18% 3 3 9% 28% 39%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 2 2 6% 21% 56%	2470
	21st to end	Day	24% 5% 8% 14% 19% 30%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	30% 7% 11% 15% 19% 19%	2406
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 8% 13% 23% 15% 8%	2338
	21st to end	Day	39% 12% 18% 17% 11% 3	2404
August	1st to 10th	Day	32% 10% 15% 23% 15% 6%	2296
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 9% 15% 18% 19% 7%	2123
	21st to end	Day	30% 8% 14% 20% 19% 9%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	32% 5% 11% 17% 21% 14%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 5% 8% 17% 28% 19%	2106
	21st to end	Day	17% 4 4 17% 35% 23%	1918
October	1st to 10th	Day	18% 4 9% 15% 24% 30%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 2 4 10% 29% 39%	1800
	21st to end	Day	12% 2 2 16% 35% 32%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 2 6% 16% 35% 28%	1859
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 3 4 17% 30% 30%	1900
	21st to end	Day	23% 3 5% 16% 31% 21%	1900
December	1st to 10th	Day	21% 3 5% 21% 30% 20%	1742
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 2 6% 19% 26% 16%	2168
	21st to end	Day	18% 4 6% 16% 36% 21%	3146
January	1st to 10th	Night	22% 3 4 15% 41% 15%	4097
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 1 4 20% 45% 15%	4110
	21st to end	Night	30% 4 6% 20% 28% 12%	4521
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 3 5% 17% 27% 30%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 2 3 16% 31% 28%	2256
	21st to end	Night	19% 3 4 12% 30% 33%	1759
March	1st to 10th	Night	15% 3 3 12% 43% 24%	3430
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 3 3 16% 35% 21%	3490
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 4 21% 35% 19%	3828
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 2 4 12% 38% 32%	1947
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 2 3 8% 29% 44%	1877
	21st to end	Night	12% 2 3 12% 33% 38%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 1 5% 25% 59%	3170
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 3 8% 23% 48%	2972
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 2 4 16% 70%	3110
June	1st to 10th	Night	19% 3 4 10% 26% 38%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 2 3 7% 20% 53%	1710
	21st to end	Night	28% 6% 8% 15% 14% 29%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	29% 7% 14% 19% 16% 16%	1665
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 11% 15% 20% 12% 7%	1620
	21st to end	Night	35% 9% 24% 20% 10% 3	1674
August	1st to 10th	Night	32% 12% 17% 23% 10% 6%	1616
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 10% 17% 16% 15% 7%	1778
	21st to end	Night	32% 9% 16% 22% 15% 6%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	31% 7% 11% 18% 18% 15%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 6% 10% 17% 24% 20%	1849
	21st to end	Night	18% 4 6% 17% 33% 22%	2040
October	1st to 10th	Night	19% 4 8% 14% 26% 28%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 2 3 13% 28% 39%	2160
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 3 17% 31% 35%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 4 16% 36% 30%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 3 4 17% 32% 31%	2280
	21st to end	Night	21% 3 4 16% 32% 23%	2280
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 4 5% 21% 27% 22%	2436
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 3 9% 18% 29% 15%	3041
	21st to end	Night	22% 2 5% 17% 34% 20%	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	12% 12% 32% 30% 12% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 9% 29% 31% 16% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	7% 12% 29% 32% 14% 4	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	6% 15% 32% 28% 15% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 14% 30% 33% 7% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	16% 30% 30% 17% 6% 1	347
March	1st to 10th	Day	12% 25% 33% 22% 7% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 20% 27% 27% 10% 2	460
	21st to end	Day	12% 27% 34% 19% 7% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	8% 19% 37% 24% 9% 3	460
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 26% 35% 21% 8% 1	452
	21st to end	Day	9% 19% 38% 22% 10% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 20% 39% 24% 11% 1	463
	11th to 20th	Day	3 13% 34% 33% 14% 2	488
	21st to end	Day	3 15% 36% 33% 11% 2	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 6% 30% 39% 17% 3	490
	11th to 20th	Day	3 7% 28% 37% 21% 4	490
	21st to end	Day	3 2 20% 39% 28% 8%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 9% 33% 36% 14%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 26% 42% 20%	465
	21st to end	Day	4 2 5% 22% 45% 23%	487
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 7% 22% 41% 23%	447
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 11% 29% 40% 15%	437
	21st to end	Day	4 2 9% 21% 46% 18%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 2 9% 34% 34% 9%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 14% 39% 32% 9%	450
	21st to end	Day	4 6% 18% 40% 26% 7%	388
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 22% 33% 24% 8%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 7% 19% 35% 24% 5%	270
	21st to end	Day	5% 9% 19% 33% 28% 6%	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	7% 11% 26% 36% 18% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	4 7% 25% 37% 22% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	11% 15% 25% 33% 14% 2	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 13% 24% 36% 19% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 14% 29% 35% 10% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	10% 15% 32% 31% 9% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 28% 38% 17% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 6% 30% 37% 18% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	9% 7% 28% 37% 16% 2	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	4 7% 34% 35% 15% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 8% 34% 37% 12% 2	744
	21st to end	Night	6% 11% 44% 29% 9% 1	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	6% 10% 39% 33% 11% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 9% 32% 36% 14% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	4 12% 37% 35% 11% 1	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 8% 44% 35% 8% 1	617
	11th to 20th	Night	4 11% 43% 30% 11% 1	563
	21st to end	Night	3 13% 40% 34% 11% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	3 8% 37% 44% 7% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 33% 43% 16% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 34% 46% 12%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 26% 49% 16% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 26% 52% 17% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 17% 39% 34% 2	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 10% 36% 40% 7%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	4 7% 27% 54% 8%	540
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 5% 24% 55% 11%	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 4 23% 57% 12%	537
	11th to 20th	Night	4 7% 30% 50% 9%	534
	21st to end	Night	5% 6% 27% 54% 8%	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 6% 36% 46% 4	540
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 9% 43% 37% 5%	589
	21st to end	Night	4 1 13% 44% 32% 5%	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 19% 47% 24% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 18% 48% 21% 4	720
	21st to end	Night	3 4 20% 40% 25% 7%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 18% 42% 24% 8%	740
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 21% 43% 25% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 24% 37% 19% 6%	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 24% 43% 18% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 6% 29% 42% 14% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	9% 8% 25% 39% 15% 3	836

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