Rattle Snake Springs
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Rattle Snake Springs clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-28.

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 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 65%	104915
	Night	5% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 65%	103296
Transparency	Day	9% 46% 5% 10% 15% 15%	104690
	Night	10% 46% 5% 9% 15% 15%	103111
Seeing	Day	6% 8% 22% 31% 24% 8%	14862
	Night	6% 7% 26% 38% 21% 2	24995

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 3 2 4 1 2 2 2 3 6% 71%	2858
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 5% 73%	2860
	21st to end	Day	3 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 61%	3438
February	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 4 2 3 3 3 4 6% 69%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	3 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 6% 6% 62%	1849
	21st to end	Day	2 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 70%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 61%	3130
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 1 4 3 3 3 2 5% 7% 53%	3455
	21st to end	Day	2 3 2 4 3 4 4 4 7% 8% 59%	4089
April	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 2 2 2 3 4 5% 6% 69%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 3 2 3 3 2 4 4 72%	2251
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 5% 76%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 78%	3800
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 68%	3780
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 5% 74%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 3 3 4 7% 9% 66%	2490
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 3 4 6% 7% 68%	2660
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 3 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 59%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 4 4 5% 6% 5% 9% 11% 46%	4242
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 10% 61%	4110
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 1 5% 3 3 4 4 7% 11% 52%	4118
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 2 2 3 3 3 6% 8% 67%	3784
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 8% 9% 62%	3726
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 4 3 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 54%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 51%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 1 4 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 51%	2205
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 5% 5% 67%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 79%	3427
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 6% 76%	3150
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 4 81%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 73%	1884
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 4 2 2 3 2 5% 5% 69%	1800
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 2 2 3 3 3 5% 5% 66%	1773
December	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 2 4 2 3 3 4 5% 6% 61%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 4 2 4 4 4 7% 8% 61%	2161
	21st to end	Day	3 4 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 71%	2998
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 67%	4097
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 7% 69%	4110
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 59%	4211
February	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 1 3 2 2 3 2 5% 6% 69%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 2 4 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 64%	2218
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 67%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 66%	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 4 1 5% 3 3 4 4 5% 5% 51%	3505
	21st to end	Night	1 3 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 7% 64%	3555
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 4 5% 68%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 69%	1877
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 76%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 76%	3170
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 1 3 2 3 3 2 5% 6% 66%	3122
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 5% 76%	3098
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 5% 4 8% 10% 59%	1683
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 6% 7% 69%	1520
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 3 3 4 3 4 7% 11% 58%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 2 4 4 4 5% 5% 9% 11% 48%	2721
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 3 3 4 4 7% 11% 62%	2860
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 5% 4 4 4 5% 8% 14% 46%	3440
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 3 3 4 4 4 7% 12% 60%	3155
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 7% 10% 62%	3113
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 4 4 5% 5% 4 9% 12% 48%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 54%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 1 4 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 54%	1972
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 63%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 4 79%	3531
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 3 4 73%	3778
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 82%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 2 1 2 2 2 4 5% 73%	2390
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 5% 71%	2600
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 5% 67%	2562
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 61%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 4 4 3 3 3 4 7% 64%	3036
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 5% 73%	4687

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	9% 36% 4 6% 23% 21%	2859
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 37% 4 9% 27% 16%	2860
	21st to end	Day	13% 41% 5% 17% 16% 8%	3438
February	1st to 10th	Day	7% 65% 2 6% 9% 11%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 64% 3 6% 8% 10%	1859
	21st to end	Day	10% 65% 2 3 7% 14%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	12% 41% 5% 6% 17% 21%	3130
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 42% 4 9% 16% 9%	3455
	21st to end	Day	10% 42% 7% 7% 18% 17%	4089
April	1st to 10th	Day	5% 64% 2 5% 12% 11%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 65% 2 4 10% 11%	2254
	21st to end	Day	5% 64% 3 5% 11% 12%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 40% 2 5% 8% 40%	3800
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 41% 5% 9% 16% 23%	3783
	21st to end	Day	7% 39% 3 6% 8% 37%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 66% 5% 9% 7% 6%	2490
	11th to 20th	Day	4 65% 3 7% 8% 13%	2660
	21st to end	Day	7% 63% 4 10% 8% 9%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	18% 38% 9% 18% 12% 5%	4178
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 36% 7% 15% 23% 8%	4041
	21st to end	Day	15% 37% 5% 18% 21% 4	3988
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 38% 4 18% 25% 8%	3772
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 38% 7% 12% 25% 12%	3762
	21st to end	Day	13% 38% 12% 19% 16% 3	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 61% 7% 8% 7% 7%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 61% 4 10% 9% 5%	2205
	21st to end	Day	11% 60% 4 9% 11% 5%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 36% 2 4 15% 38%	3427
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 36% 10% 11% 12% 23%	3150
	21st to end	Day	7% 36% 1 8% 27% 22%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 56% 3 8% 11% 11%	1884
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 58% 4 8% 12% 9%	1800
	21st to end	Day	8% 58% 3 8% 13% 9%	1773
December	1st to 10th	Day	13% 60% 3 8% 9% 6%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 49% 5% 11% 12% 11%	2159
	21st to end	Day	8% 37% 3 8% 22% 21%	2998
January	1st to 10th	Night	11% 37% 5% 7% 24% 16%	4097
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 37% 7% 11% 22% 16%	4110
	21st to end	Night	15% 41% 4 15% 18% 7%	4211
February	1st to 10th	Night	5% 65% 3 5% 10% 13%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 65% 4 5% 7% 12%	2218
	21st to end	Night	11% 64% 2 4 7% 12%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	11% 41% 3 5% 14% 26%	3734
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 43% 5% 7% 14% 9%	3505
	21st to end	Night	9% 42% 5% 6% 22% 16%	3555
April	1st to 10th	Night	8% 65% 2 5% 9% 13%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 65% 3 6% 8% 12%	1877
	21st to end	Night	5% 64% 3 7% 10% 11%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	8% 39% 2 4 8% 40%	3170
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 41% 5% 7% 12% 25%	3123
	21st to end	Night	5% 39% 3 5% 8% 39%	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	7% 66% 4 10% 9% 4	1683
	11th to 20th	Night	4 65% 3 6% 9% 14%	1520
	21st to end	Night	6% 63% 6% 10% 9% 7%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	19% 37% 12% 20% 9% 3	2676
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 37% 10% 16% 21% 6%	2806
	21st to end	Night	18% 35% 6% 19% 19% 2	3332
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 37% 6% 15% 26% 7%	3144
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 37% 7% 15% 25% 9%	3143
	21st to end	Night	16% 39% 12% 19% 13% 2	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 61% 6% 7% 6% 10%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 61% 4 11% 7% 5%	1972
	21st to end	Night	12% 60% 5% 8% 9% 5%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 36% 2 2 15% 37%	3531
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 36% 5% 8% 10% 28%	3778
	21st to end	Night	6% 35% 2 7% 24% 24%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 56% 4 6% 12% 13%	2390
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 57% 3 9% 12% 10%	2600
	21st to end	Night	9% 58% 3 8% 13% 11%	2562
December	1st to 10th	Night	11% 60% 3 9% 10% 7%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 49% 3 11% 13% 13%	3037
	21st to end	Night	9% 37% 3 7% 25% 20%	4687

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	9% 14% 33% 34% 10%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 14% 33% 32% 11% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	3 13% 33% 37% 12% 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	4 14% 34% 33% 13% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 13% 36% 30% 9% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	8% 22% 34% 28% 7% 1	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	10% 13% 37% 31% 8% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 16% 33% 28% 9% 2	438
	21st to end	Day	6% 25% 40% 23% 6% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	7% 20% 37% 29% 7% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 24% 38% 26% 6% 1	452
	21st to end	Day	5% 16% 39% 29% 10% 1	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 14% 40% 31% 11%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 9% 31% 34% 17% 3	490
	21st to end	Day	5% 6% 30% 40% 17% 1	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 17% 44% 31% 3	680
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 19% 41% 30% 6%	680
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 11% 34% 39% 9%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 6% 26% 46% 16%	566
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 28% 42% 24%	484
	21st to end	Day	2 1 3 27% 43% 23%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 22% 47% 24%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 7% 27% 42% 18%	477
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 6% 23% 40% 25%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 1 9% 30% 37% 15%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 7% 31% 42% 14%	415
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 11% 28% 34% 17%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 16% 30% 33% 9%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 17% 36% 27% 8%	300
	21st to end	Day	7% 9% 24% 27% 24% 9%	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 8% 29% 28% 19% 4	300
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 12% 22% 33% 22% 5%	300
	21st to end	Day	10% 13% 33% 27% 13% 4	291
December	1st to 10th	Day	13% 13% 20% 37% 16% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	4 16% 26% 40% 13%	270
	21st to end	Day	7% 14% 35% 32% 10% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	8% 9% 32% 37% 13% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 9% 37% 34% 11% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	6% 10% 35% 38% 11% 1	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	5% 12% 36% 34% 12% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 10% 37% 37% 6% 1	744
	21st to end	Night	6% 18% 43% 27% 6%	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	8% 12% 37% 35% 8% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 13% 29% 34% 13%	760
	21st to end	Night	3 13% 44% 33% 6%	679
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 12% 43% 35% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 11% 43% 35% 6%	563
	21st to end	Night	3 11% 44% 34% 8%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 43% 40% 7%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 29% 43% 14%	561
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 29% 50% 12%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 20% 55% 19% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 20% 56% 19%	570
	21st to end	Night	4 1 13% 51% 31% 1	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 7% 42% 42% 3	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 41% 49% 3	552
	21st to end	Night	4 1 5% 32% 53% 5%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 26% 62% 4	567
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 27% 56% 8%	564
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 4 30% 55% 6%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 1 5% 37% 43% 6%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 4 41% 44% 2	570
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 9% 44% 35% 3	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 16% 46% 26% 2	595
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 18% 44% 22% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	6% 7% 21% 36% 25% 6%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 24% 38% 24% 3	830
	11th to 20th	Night	4 6% 25% 43% 20% 2	1000
	21st to end	Night	8% 10% 29% 36% 16% 2	986
December	1st to 10th	Night	9% 8% 30% 36% 15% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 10% 35% 36% 11% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	5% 13% 36% 36% 9% 1	1041

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