Petit Jean State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Petit Jean State Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-09-14.

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	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 45%	99890
	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 50%	97971
Transparency	Day	38% 6% 11% 23% 18% 4	99697
	Night	34% 5% 11% 24% 21% 5%	97834
Seeing	Day	14% 5% 17% 26% 25% 11%	15220
	Night	15% 5% 20% 37% 21% 2	24969

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover SE (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	19% 8% 2 7% 3 3 3 2 3 4 46%	2847
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 10% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 3 5% 49%	2850
	21st to end	Day	24% 8% 2 4 2 2 3 2 3 5% 45%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	21% 9% 3 5% 3 3 3 2 3 4 44%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 8% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 3 5% 45%	1753
	21st to end	Day	22% 10% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 5% 38%	1651
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 9% 3 6% 4 4 3 2 4 5% 41%	3436
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 3 6% 5% 3 4 3 4 5% 47%	3480
	21st to end	Day	17% 8% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 43%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 44%	2254
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 2 5% 4 3 5% 3 5% 6% 44%	2254
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 41%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	17% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 6% 37%	3819
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 42%	4082
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 6% 7% 35%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 3 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 6% 9% 42%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 1 6% 5% 6% 6% 4 9% 10% 45%	2470
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 5% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 10% 50%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 40%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 54%	4120
	21st to end	Day	10% 8% 3 7% 6% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 34%	4465
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 4 3 4 4 4 5% 9% 60%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 7% 11% 41%	3805
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 8% 53%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 48%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 9% 46%	2161
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 1 5% 3 4 4 3 4 6% 54%	1895
October	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 57%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 1 4 2 3 3 2 4 5% 54%	1800
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 50%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 1 4 3 3 4 2 4 6% 56%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 1 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 55%	1881
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 2 4 4 3 2 2 4 5% 46%	1616
December	1st to 10th	Day	19% 5% 1 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 48%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 3 7% 4 4 3 4 4 4 44%	1918
	21st to end	Day	15% 9% 3 9% 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 37%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 2 4 5% 45%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 3 4 3 2 3 2 3 5% 55%	4120
	21st to end	Night	23% 7% 1 4 3 2 3 2 3 5% 46%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 3 6% 3 4 2 3 5% 6% 42%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 8% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 46%	2313
	21st to end	Night	20% 6% 2 5% 4 2 2 3 3 5% 47%	1818
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 4 41%	3419
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 3 5% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 50%	3480
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 44%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 51%	1924
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 6% 6% 49%	1875
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 2 5% 6% 46%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 2 7% 4 5% 4 3 6% 7% 39%	3073
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 3 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 43%	2823
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 40%	3090
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 2 4 3 4 4 3 7% 11% 52%	1695
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 1 3 3 3 3 3 6% 10% 60%	1626
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 3 3 3 4 6% 8% 62%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 2 6% 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 49%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 61%	2850
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 9% 42%	3098
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 66%	2836
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 1 5% 3 5% 4 3 5% 9% 56%	3013
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 57%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 2 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 7% 56%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 52%	1871
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 1 4 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 61%	2047
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 6% 7% 59%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 4 3 3 2 2 4 4 60%	2160
	21st to end	Night	18% 5% 2 4 2 3 3 2 2 4 54%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 58%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 2 4 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 56%	2294
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 4 4 4 2 3 4 5% 51%	2560
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 5% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 4 5% 48%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 5% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 48%	3275
	21st to end	Night	16% 8% 3 7% 4 5% 4 3 4 6% 42%	4532

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	44% 3 6% 24% 20% 3	2848
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 3 12% 22% 22% 3	2850
	21st to end	Day	44% 3 6% 18% 22% 6%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	45% 4 9% 21% 17% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 4 7% 21% 19% 5%	1762
	21st to end	Day	50% 3 7% 15% 16% 8%	1651
March	1st to 10th	Day	46% 5% 6% 14% 17% 11%	3436
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 5% 10% 22% 19% 4	3480
	21st to end	Day	44% 5% 9% 23% 18% 1	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	40% 6% 8% 20% 22% 4	2254
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 5% 9% 21% 18% 6%	2254
	21st to end	Day	43% 6% 9% 21% 19% 2	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	46% 7% 9% 19% 16% 2	3854
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 9% 12% 27% 14% 1	4086
	21st to end	Day	45% 9% 12% 19% 13% 2	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	36% 9% 14% 24% 15% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 8% 16% 26% 19% 2	2470
	21st to end	Day	27% 7% 13% 28% 20% 4	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	36% 7% 17% 28% 11% 2	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 6% 11% 33% 22% 2	4051
	21st to end	Day	43% 8% 17% 23% 8%	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	21% 6% 16% 30% 21% 6%	4090
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 7% 15% 29% 13% 1	3842
	21st to end	Day	26% 7% 13% 32% 18% 3	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	34% 6% 12% 21% 19% 8%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 6% 12% 19% 23% 5%	2161
	21st to end	Day	33% 4 8% 20% 28% 7%	1895
October	1st to 10th	Day	28% 5% 10% 23% 27% 7%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 4 5% 20% 28% 10%	1800
	21st to end	Day	37% 4 7% 24% 20% 9%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	30% 4 8% 26% 24% 8%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 4 8% 22% 27% 8%	1881
	21st to end	Day	42% 3 8% 18% 24% 5%	1616
December	1st to 10th	Day	38% 4 10% 25% 18% 5%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 5% 6% 20% 22% 4	1915
	21st to end	Day	46% 6% 9% 17% 15% 5%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	42% 3 7% 20% 26% 3	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 4 11% 23% 25% 3	4120
	21st to end	Night	43% 4 10% 17% 23% 4	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	44% 4 9% 20% 17% 5%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 4 7% 22% 21% 6%	2314
	21st to end	Night	41% 3 7% 19% 21% 9%	1818
March	1st to 10th	Night	43% 6% 9% 13% 18% 11%	3419
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 5% 7% 27% 19% 6%	3480
	21st to end	Night	38% 5% 10% 26% 19% 2	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	34% 5% 10% 22% 20% 9%	1924
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 5% 7% 24% 20% 9%	1875
	21st to end	Night	38% 4 11% 24% 20% 3	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	41% 8% 12% 21% 15% 3	3103
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 8% 14% 27% 13% 1	2824
	21st to end	Night	40% 8% 14% 23% 13% 2	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	24% 9% 13% 31% 20% 3	1695
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 6% 13% 33% 26% 2	1626
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 13% 31% 24% 7%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	30% 7% 18% 26% 18% 1	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 6% 13% 35% 25% 3	2796
	21st to end	Night	36% 9% 15% 26% 14% 1	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 16% 35% 24% 5%	2826
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 6% 18% 34% 16% 2	3041
	21st to end	Night	22% 6% 12% 31% 26% 3	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	26% 6% 10% 26% 22% 9%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 6% 10% 21% 25% 6%	1871
	21st to end	Night	24% 5% 10% 22% 31% 9%	2047
October	1st to 10th	Night	23% 5% 12% 23% 25% 11%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 3 7% 18% 33% 11%	2160
	21st to end	Night	36% 4 6% 20% 24% 10%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	27% 4 9% 25% 25% 10%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 3 7% 25% 26% 10%	2294
	21st to end	Night	36% 4 7% 21% 27% 5%	2560
December	1st to 10th	Night	40% 4 9% 21% 21% 6%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 3 6% 22% 23% 6%	3277
	21st to end	Night	42% 5% 10% 23% 17% 3	4532

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	28% 6% 27% 26% 11% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 10% 32% 26% 4 1	270
	21st to end	Day	21% 12% 31% 25% 9% 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	27% 9% 30% 21% 11% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 9% 36% 24% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	34% 10% 34% 18% 4	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	24% 10% 26% 29% 9% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 15% 33% 24% 7%	270
	21st to end	Day	23% 12% 37% 19% 8% 1	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	18% 11% 32% 27% 10% 2	434
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 10% 26% 30% 12% 1	452
	21st to end	Day	20% 7% 27% 31% 13% 2	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	17% 8% 25% 32% 16% 2	491
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 3 17% 32% 25% 6%	675
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 16% 33% 27% 9%	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 11% 25% 35% 15%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 11% 30% 35% 18%	680
	21st to end	Day	4 3 13% 32% 31% 18%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 7% 26% 35% 23%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 6% 27% 37% 24%	668
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 6% 21% 38% 25%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 5% 27% 43% 16%	676
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 3 6% 18% 42% 17%	531
	21st to end	Day	11% 1 3 14% 40% 31%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 4 22% 42% 19%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 2 4 21% 41% 21%	427
	21st to end	Day	14% 3 7% 29% 29% 19%	270
October	1st to 10th	Day	9% 3 17% 27% 29% 16%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 25% 31% 21% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	24% 10% 24% 24% 13% 5%	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 5% 25% 26% 21% 7%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 4 30% 33% 17% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	21% 13% 20% 24% 19% 3	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 10% 32% 21% 14% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 7% 30% 24% 13% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	20% 11% 32% 28% 7% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	23% 8% 26% 37% 6%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 9% 32% 33% 5%	950
	21st to end	Night	20% 5% 35% 36% 4	1045
February	1st to 10th	Night	23% 9% 29% 35% 5%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 8% 34% 36% 2	839
	21st to end	Night	23% 10% 35% 31% 2	562
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 6% 27% 41% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 28% 39% 6%	570
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 30% 37% 8%	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 34% 36% 8%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 8% 31% 37% 11%	563
	21st to end	Night	19% 5% 30% 34% 12%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 18% 47% 15% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 3 18% 38% 25% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	10% 3 13% 43% 26% 5%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 7% 38% 42% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 7% 40% 44% 4	570
	21st to end	Night	3 1 6% 35% 50% 5%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 5% 32% 48% 10%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 4 30% 51% 10%	552
	21st to end	Night	4 2 3 30% 52% 10%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 3 33% 52% 6%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 4 37% 42% 7%	564
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 5% 28% 52% 7%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 4 32% 49% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 5% 32% 44% 4	552
	21st to end	Night	11% 1 9% 33% 41% 5%	607
October	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 9% 38% 39% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 3 19% 43% 20% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	20% 5% 20% 36% 17% 2	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 20% 45% 18% 2	740
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 23% 42% 14%	760
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 23% 37% 15%	850
December	1st to 10th	Night	22% 6% 26% 38% 7%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 7% 21% 41% 7%	950
	21st to end	Night	20% 10% 26% 37% 7%	1045

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