Rooster Rock State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Rooster Rock State Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-10-24.

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	24% 12% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 36%	101489
	Night	28% 13% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 4 33%	97443
Transparency	Day	51% 5% 11% 16% 12% 5%	101232
	Night	55% 4 11% 15% 10% 4	97289
Seeing	Day	31% 9% 22% 25% 10% 2	14561
	Night	35% 6% 15% 26% 15% 2	23491

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	39% 27% 3 5% 3 2 3 2 3 3 10%	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 17% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 3 19%	2540
	21st to end	Day	46% 13% 3 6% 4 3 3 2 3 3 14%	2995
February	1st to 10th	Day	36% 16% 3 5% 5% 3 4 2 4 5% 17%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 20% 3 6% 5% 3 3 2 3 3 18%	1665
	21st to end	Day	33% 21% 3 6% 2 3 3 2 4 4 19%	1509
March	1st to 10th	Day	23% 21% 5% 9% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 17%	3247
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 14% 3 6% 3 3 3 2 3 2 36%	3490
	21st to end	Day	33% 20% 4 8% 5% 4 3 3 4 4 14%	3941
April	1st to 10th	Day	34% 19% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 3 4 16%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 18% 4 6% 4 4 3 2 4 4 22%	2249
	21st to end	Day	31% 14% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 22%	2437
May	1st to 10th	Day	26% 15% 3 6% 4 4 3 2 3 5% 31%	4406
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 13% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 4 6% 36%	4377
	21st to end	Day	32% 11% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 22%	4813
June	1st to 10th	Day	30% 10% 3 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 29%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 12% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 24%	2660
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 47%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 5% 67%	4420
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 73%	4420
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 5% 66%	4790
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 63%	4192
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 53%	4026
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 52%	4273
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 1 3 2 3 3 2 4 6% 60%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 8% 3 6% 3 4 4 3 4 6% 43%	2280
	21st to end	Day	20% 7% 2 6% 2 4 3 3 4 7% 43%	2010
October	1st to 10th	Day	25% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 4 3 4 40%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 8% 2 6% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 34%	1900
	21st to end	Day	36% 9% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 3 3 31%	1943
November	1st to 10th	Day	39% 12% 3 8% 4 3 3 2 4 6% 16%	1595
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 10% 3 6% 3 4 3 3 4 4 18%	1520
	21st to end	Day	34% 15% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 3 3 23%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	32% 15% 3 7% 3 3 3 2 2 3 27%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 13% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 18%	1928
	21st to end	Day	34% 16% 3 8% 4 4 3 3 4 3 16%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	40% 22% 2 5% 4 3 4 2 3 3 12%	4406
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 18% 3 5% 2 2 2 2 3 5% 18%	4420
	21st to end	Night	44% 14% 3 5% 4 3 3 2 3 4 15%	4662
February	1st to 10th	Night	34% 18% 3 5% 4 3 3 3 4 4 19%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 17% 3 5% 3 2 3 2 3 4 23%	2402
	21st to end	Night	33% 21% 3 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 19%	1944
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 23% 4 8% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 18%	3626
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 13% 2 5% 3 2 2 2 2 3 39%	3490
	21st to end	Night	37% 21% 3 7% 4 4 3 2 3 4 13%	3711
April	1st to 10th	Night	32% 19% 3 7% 5% 4 3 2 3 3 20%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 16% 3 5% 4 3 3 2 4 6% 27%	1879
	21st to end	Night	33% 15% 2 4 3 3 4 2 4 4 25%	1742
May	1st to 10th	Night	30% 16% 2 5% 2 2 2 1 3 3 34%	2552
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 9% 3 6% 3 3 4 4 4 5% 43%	2516
	21st to end	Night	29% 10% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 27%	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	28% 9% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 4 34%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 12% 3 6% 4 2 3 3 4 5% 32%	1520
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 52%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 76%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 74%	2540
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 5% 73%	2761
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 6% 71%	2742
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 54%	2812
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 2 4 2 3 2 2 3 5% 58%	3402
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 1 3 2 3 3 2 4 5% 63%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 45%	1900
	21st to end	Night	18% 8% 1 4 3 3 4 3 4 6% 46%	2166
October	1st to 10th	Night	24% 8% 2 5% 2 3 2 2 3 5% 45%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 8% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 36%	2280
	21st to end	Night	33% 9% 2 5% 2 2 3 3 3 4 34%	2479
November	1st to 10th	Night	40% 12% 3 6% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 20%	2481
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 11% 3 5% 4 3 3 2 3 4 20%	2660
	21st to end	Night	33% 13% 2 5% 3 4 3 2 3 5% 26%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	34% 13% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 25%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 15% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 18%	3276
	21st to end	Night	34% 18% 4 8% 4 4 4 2 3 3 16%	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	82% 3 7% 6% 2 1	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	73% 3 7% 10% 4 3	2540
	21st to end	Day	76% 4 5% 9% 5% 1	2995
February	1st to 10th	Day	69% 5% 11% 9% 5%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	72% 4 8% 11% 4 1	1674
	21st to end	Day	71% 4 9% 7% 7% 2	1509
March	1st to 10th	Day	66% 6% 11% 14% 3	3247
	11th to 20th	Day	54% 5% 6% 26% 9%	3490
	21st to end	Day	74% 7% 9% 6% 3	3941
April	1st to 10th	Day	73% 4 12% 9% 3	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	68% 4 9% 10% 8% 2	2252
	21st to end	Day	65% 5% 10% 11% 7% 2	2437
May	1st to 10th	Day	57% 5% 12% 15% 12%	4406
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 11% 19% 21% 8% 1	4380
	21st to end	Day	63% 9% 15% 12% 2	4814
June	1st to 10th	Day	57% 5% 15% 17% 6%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	61% 6% 16% 12% 5% 1	2660
	21st to end	Day	37% 5% 16% 27% 10% 4	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	20% 4 9% 17% 20% 30%	4351
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 3 6% 18% 34% 23%	4345
	21st to end	Day	21% 4 10% 25% 34% 6%	4639
August	1st to 10th	Day	23% 5% 8% 24% 26% 14%	4176
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 6% 15% 32% 12% 5%	4065
	21st to end	Day	34% 5% 10% 23% 18% 10%	4272
September	1st to 10th	Day	27% 4 11% 25% 19% 14%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 6% 12% 17% 15% 9%	2280
	21st to end	Day	42% 4 13% 19% 15% 7%	2010
October	1st to 10th	Day	48% 5% 8% 19% 16% 4	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	52% 4 12% 15% 14% 3	1900
	21st to end	Day	59% 4 7% 14% 14% 1	1943
November	1st to 10th	Day	71% 3 9% 12% 4 1	1595
	11th to 20th	Day	69% 4 10% 9% 6% 1	1520
	21st to end	Day	66% 5% 6% 9% 13% 1	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	64% 5% 8% 12% 8% 2	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	69% 4 13% 11% 4	1928
	21st to end	Day	73% 4 10% 10% 2	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	79% 4 8% 5% 3 1	4406
	11th to 20th	Night	72% 4 7% 12% 3 2	4420
	21st to end	Night	75% 3 7% 9% 5% 1	4662
February	1st to 10th	Night	70% 5% 9% 10% 6% 1	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	67% 5% 10% 11% 5% 2	2404
	21st to end	Night	70% 4 8% 10% 7% 1	1944
March	1st to 10th	Night	65% 7% 11% 14% 3	3626
	11th to 20th	Night	50% 4 11% 22% 12% 1	3490
	21st to end	Night	77% 5% 9% 8% 2	3711
April	1st to 10th	Night	71% 4 11% 10% 4	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	60% 6% 13% 11% 7% 3	1879
	21st to end	Night	64% 4 12% 12% 6% 2	1742
May	1st to 10th	Night	57% 4 11% 19% 9% 1	2552
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 7% 22% 23% 7% 2	2516
	21st to end	Night	58% 9% 21% 10% 2	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	53% 5% 16% 20% 6%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	57% 4 17% 17% 5%	1520
	21st to end	Night	35% 4 18% 28% 10% 5%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 7% 23% 25% 25%	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 3 7% 19% 33% 22%	2492
	21st to end	Night	14% 4 13% 26% 36% 7%	2674
August	1st to 10th	Night	18% 3 9% 30% 27% 13%	2734
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 5% 21% 27% 11% 6%	2839
	21st to end	Night	31% 4 11% 26% 13% 14%	3402
September	1st to 10th	Night	24% 4 13% 27% 20% 12%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 5% 10% 20% 11% 12%	1900
	21st to end	Night	39% 5% 14% 18% 15% 9%	2166
October	1st to 10th	Night	45% 3 9% 20% 19% 5%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	50% 4 10% 15% 16% 4	2280
	21st to end	Night	56% 5% 7% 13% 16% 3	2479
November	1st to 10th	Night	69% 4 7% 13% 7% 1	2481
	11th to 20th	Night	69% 3 9% 10% 8% 1	2660
	21st to end	Night	62% 4 7% 12% 13% 2	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	63% 5% 10% 12% 9% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	68% 5% 11% 10% 6%	3276
	21st to end	Night	74% 4 11% 8% 3	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	57% 7% 19% 14% 3	180
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 11% 24% 11% 4	180
	21st to end	Day	50% 10% 17% 17% 6%	321
February	1st to 10th	Day	47% 11% 18% 18% 5% 1	370
	11th to 20th	Day	47% 10% 24% 15% 2 1	365
	21st to end	Day	48% 12% 20% 17% 3	353
March	1st to 10th	Day	43% 15% 24% 12% 6%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 12% 22% 20% 5% 2	460
	21st to end	Day	46% 12% 19% 18% 4	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	47% 10% 16% 18% 7% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 15% 23% 15% 6% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	37% 13% 23% 18% 8% 1	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	28% 14% 26% 21% 9% 2	463
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 9% 20% 21% 10% 4	488
	21st to end	Day	32% 9% 19% 25% 11% 3	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	30% 9% 18% 26% 14% 3	490
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 11% 27% 21% 9% 1	490
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 27% 31% 16% 4	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	12% 7% 23% 41% 14% 3	486
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 7% 23% 41% 16% 4	484
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 23% 40% 20% 6%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 3 19% 47% 13% 8%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 21% 40% 21% 6%	477
	21st to end	Day	12% 8% 28% 34% 14% 4	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 28% 33% 15% 4	490
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 7% 25% 30% 15% 2	490
	21st to end	Day	23% 7% 26% 32% 10% 2	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	27% 9% 23% 25% 14% 3	490
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 5% 21% 26% 11% 2	490
	21st to end	Day	42% 9% 19% 19% 10% 2	440
November	1st to 10th	Day	47% 11% 16% 20% 6% 1	232
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 11% 26% 16% 4 2	180
	21st to end	Day	47% 8% 19% 21% 4	180
December	1st to 10th	Day	46% 12% 19% 17% 3 2	180
	11th to 20th	Day	59% 9% 17% 14% 1	180
	21st to end	Day	54% 9% 21% 10% 6% 1	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	51% 11% 19% 14% 4 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 8% 20% 18% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	45% 7% 23% 18% 6% 1	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	45% 7% 19% 22% 6% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 9% 13% 23% 8%	744
	21st to end	Night	47% 11% 14% 22% 5%	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	41% 9% 16% 23% 11% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 7% 19% 24% 10% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	47% 9% 12% 22% 9% 1	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	43% 8% 13% 24% 11% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 8% 18% 24% 13% 2	751
	21st to end	Night	41% 6% 11% 27% 13% 1	602
May	1st to 10th	Night	31% 5% 15% 29% 18% 2	392
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 6% 8% 30% 25% 3	374
	21st to end	Night	31% 4 11% 27% 24% 2	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	31% 4 12% 32% 19% 3	380
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 7% 14% 32% 16%	380
	21st to end	Night	16% 4 12% 40% 26% 1	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 8% 41% 37% 1	370
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 11% 47% 29% 2	368
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 9% 43% 38% 3	416
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 8% 34% 41% 5%	500
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 8% 35% 38% 10%	564
	21st to end	Night	12% 3 12% 40% 27% 5%	779
September	1st to 10th	Night	14% 2 15% 34% 30% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 4 11% 31% 29% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	22% 4 14% 33% 23% 4	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	26% 5% 15% 30% 21% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 5% 12% 31% 19% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	40% 5% 18% 24% 11% 3	804
November	1st to 10th	Night	47% 6% 15% 24% 7% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	50% 6% 20% 19% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	41% 8% 22% 25% 4	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	42% 10% 24% 19% 5% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	51% 8% 18% 19% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	55% 9% 17% 15% 4	836

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