Arvada
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Arvada clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-09-14.

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	4 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 54%	157827
	Night	5% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 58%	150837
Transparency	Day	25% 6% 10% 23% 24% 11%	152779
	Night	25% 5% 10% 24% 25% 10%	146894
Seeing	Day	8% 8% 27% 33% 19% 5%	18177
	Night	7% 5% 31% 41% 15% 1	28097

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	2 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 59%	4720
	11th to 20th	Day	1 3 2 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 8% 62%	4894
	21st to end	Day	1 3 2 7% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 63%	5844
February	1st to 10th	Day	2 6% 4 6% 3 3 3 4 6% 6% 55%	1890
	11th to 20th	Day	1 4 2 7% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 9% 55%	2021
	21st to end	Day	2 6% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 60%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	3 10% 3 5% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 58%	4600
	11th to 20th	Day	4 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 49%	5052
	21st to end	Day	4 7% 3 5% 3 4 4 4 7% 8% 52%	5954
April	1st to 10th	Day	5% 6% 1 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 55%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 8% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 7% 49%	2491
	21st to end	Day	9% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 5% 6% 8% 46%	2520
May	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 46%	7433
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 7% 44%	8186
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 6% 7% 9% 45%	9026
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 2 4 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 10% 49%	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 4 4 4 5% 6% 8% 9% 52%	2940
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 4 4 5% 5% 6% 8% 10% 50%	2940
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 4 4 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 57%	8249
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 4 3 4 5% 5% 8% 10% 56%	8250
	21st to end	Day	4 3 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 9% 46%	8804
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 4 5% 6% 5% 8% 9% 47%	7549
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 4 4 4 6% 5% 8% 10% 53%	7008
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 6% 9% 11% 43%	7751
September	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 4 3 4 4 4 5% 7% 61%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 59%	2415
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 1 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 64%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 75%	3285
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 61%	3250
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 2 3 2 2 3 2 4 6% 66%	3425
November	1st to 10th	Day	3 5% 2 3 2 2 3 3 6% 7% 65%	1853
	11th to 20th	Day	2 5% 2 3 3 3 3 3 6% 8% 63%	1890
	21st to end	Day	3 6% 2 6% 2 2 2 4 6% 7% 60%	1779
December	1st to 10th	Day	1 4 1 4 3 3 2 2 4 6% 70%	2700
	11th to 20th	Day	1 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 5% 7% 70%	3106
	21st to end	Day	2 6% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 54%	4092
January	1st to 10th	Night	1 8% 3 7% 3 2 3 2 4 7% 59%	8201
	11th to 20th	Night	1 5% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 63%	8153
	21st to end	Night	2 5% 3 7% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 62%	8370
February	1st to 10th	Night	2 8% 3 6% 3 3 4 3 4 7% 57%	2730
	11th to 20th	Night	2 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 54%	2484
	21st to end	Night	3 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 61%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	4 10% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 56%	5494
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 9% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 55%	5160
	21st to end	Night	7% 9% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 51%	5246
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 57%	2100
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 8% 2 4 3 4 3 4 5% 7% 52%	2077
	21st to end	Night	12% 7% 2 5% 3 4 3 4 5% 6% 49%	2100
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 45%	5498
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 49%	4702
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 53%	5181
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 1 2 3 3 3 4 5% 10% 59%	1680
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 2 3 3 3 3 6% 8% 64%	1680
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 3 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 60%	1680
July	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 3 4 3 5% 8% 66%	4740
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 7% 9% 60%	4740
	21st to end	Night	3 3 2 5% 4 5% 6% 5% 9% 11% 48%	5287
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 7% 9% 56%	5273
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 4 3 4 5% 4 8% 10% 54%	5848
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 6% 4 4 6% 5% 8% 11% 45%	6465
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 2 4 4 2 4 3 5% 7% 60%	2100
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 8% 65%	2051
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 5% 64%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 74%	3887
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 4 2 2 3 2 4 7% 64%	3898
	21st to end	Night	6% 6% 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 6% 66%	4343
November	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 1 3 2 2 3 2 5% 7% 68%	2665
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 1 4 2 2 3 3 4 6% 66%	2730
	21st to end	Night	4 7% 2 4 2 2 3 3 5% 6% 62%	2839
December	1st to 10th	Night	1 4 2 3 3 2 2 1 3 5% 73%	4710
	11th to 20th	Night	1 4 2 4 3 2 2 2 4 8% 67%	5321
	21st to end	Night	4 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 54%	7128

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	24% 5% 7% 31% 23% 9%	4723
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 5% 9% 27% 28% 10%	4894
	21st to end	Day	22% 4 9% 27% 27% 11%	5844
February	1st to 10th	Day	28% 5% 12% 26% 22% 8%	1890
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 5% 9% 28% 26% 6%	2031
	21st to end	Day	24% 5% 8% 21% 29% 13%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	27% 4 7% 18% 29% 16%	4600
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 8% 11% 21% 26% 5%	5052
	21st to end	Day	26% 7% 13% 35% 17% 3	5954
April	1st to 10th	Day	26% 5% 12% 25% 23% 9%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 7% 10% 21% 20% 9%	2494
	21st to end	Day	32% 7% 13% 24% 21% 3	2520
May	1st to 10th	Day	33% 7% 12% 26% 17% 5%	7433
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 8% 10% 19% 21% 8%	8190
	21st to end	Day	30% 9% 14% 24% 17% 6%	9027
June	1st to 10th	Day	26% 9% 15% 23% 18% 8%	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 8% 11% 19% 24% 15%	2940
	21st to end	Day	25% 7% 12% 21% 23% 12%	2940
July	1st to 10th	Day	21% 6% 7% 16% 29% 21%	8181
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 7% 11% 19% 21% 23%	8175
	21st to end	Day	30% 7% 14% 20% 16% 12%	8608
August	1st to 10th	Day	29% 7% 11% 18% 18% 16%	5978
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 7% 15% 21% 20% 10%	5524
	21st to end	Day	26% 7% 17% 23% 19% 9%	6078
September	1st to 10th	Day	22% 5% 8% 21% 26% 18%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 6% 7% 21% 28% 16%	2415
	21st to end	Day	21% 4 7% 20% 36% 13%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 6% 15% 37% 26%	3285
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 4 8% 25% 30% 10%	3250
	21st to end	Day	21% 3 5% 22% 38% 11%	3425
November	1st to 10th	Day	19% 3 9% 26% 29% 15%	1853
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 5% 7% 26% 34% 10%	1890
	21st to end	Day	24% 3 8% 23% 29% 12%	1779
December	1st to 10th	Day	18% 3 7% 33% 28% 10%	2700
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 6% 31% 34% 9%	3104
	21st to end	Day	26% 6% 7% 24% 27% 9%	4092
January	1st to 10th	Night	26% 4 6% 32% 25% 7%	8202
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 5% 8% 25% 26% 14%	8153
	21st to end	Night	25% 5% 9% 23% 28% 11%	8370
February	1st to 10th	Night	27% 5% 9% 27% 26% 6%	2730
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 6% 8% 27% 22% 7%	2484
	21st to end	Night	25% 4 5% 24% 27% 14%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	29% 4 6% 17% 33% 10%	5494
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 6% 9% 15% 28% 13%	5160
	21st to end	Night	31% 7% 9% 33% 18% 3	5246
April	1st to 10th	Night	26% 6% 11% 24% 23% 9%	2100
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 7% 9% 22% 21% 9%	2077
	21st to end	Night	35% 7% 10% 24% 20% 5%	2100
May	1st to 10th	Night	37% 7% 12% 25% 14% 5%	5496
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 7% 13% 23% 16% 6%	4703
	21st to end	Night	30% 8% 18% 24% 16% 4	5182
June	1st to 10th	Night	21% 6% 19% 31% 15% 8%	1680
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 5% 14% 21% 25% 17%	1680
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 11% 24% 27% 11%	1680
July	1st to 10th	Night	16% 5% 9% 22% 38% 10%	4700
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 6% 14% 23% 23% 16%	4692
	21st to end	Night	27% 7% 19% 21% 16% 9%	5171
August	1st to 10th	Night	27% 6% 12% 23% 24% 8%	4168
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 9% 22% 23% 16% 7%	4608
	21st to end	Night	24% 7% 22% 24% 19% 4	5069
September	1st to 10th	Night	23% 6% 9% 22% 25% 16%	2100
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 6% 10% 23% 27% 15%	2051
	21st to end	Night	23% 4 7% 21% 32% 13%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	16% 3 6% 19% 32% 24%	3887
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 3 9% 25% 31% 10%	3898
	21st to end	Night	22% 3 5% 23% 34% 13%	4343
November	1st to 10th	Night	18% 5% 8% 25% 29% 15%	2665
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 4 6% 27% 34% 9%	2730
	21st to end	Night	24% 4 9% 23% 31% 10%	2839
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 3 7% 33% 33% 7%	4710
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 4 6% 33% 34% 6%	5322
	21st to end	Night	28% 6% 8% 22% 27% 8%	7128

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	6% 9% 29% 41% 11% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 8% 37% 34% 13% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	4 9% 41% 32% 12% 2	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	5% 14% 43% 30% 6% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	4 6% 46% 35% 8% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	8% 13% 39% 33% 7%	273
March	1st to 10th	Day	6% 9% 32% 39% 12% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 17% 31% 27% 12% 2	508
	21st to end	Day	12% 19% 32% 29% 7% 2	594
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 16% 31% 29% 10% 2	540
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 18% 35% 23% 7% 2	532
	21st to end	Day	15% 15% 31% 27% 11% 1	540
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 10% 28% 31% 13% 2	674
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 8% 23% 30% 16% 5%	775
	21st to end	Day	9% 9% 25% 32% 19% 6%	844
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 21% 32% 25% 9%	780
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 8% 27% 34% 20% 5%	780
	21st to end	Day	6% 7% 26% 33% 23% 6%	780
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 17% 30% 33% 10%	771
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 14% 31% 38% 10%	768
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 14% 28% 38% 11%	797
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 24% 30% 24% 11%	567
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 23% 31% 27% 11%	557
	21st to end	Day	7% 3 19% 38% 24% 8%	627
September	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 21% 35% 26% 9%	570
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 24% 36% 22% 8%	521
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 22% 32% 24% 10%	330
October	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 22% 30% 24% 9%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 8% 29% 37% 15% 5%	330
	21st to end	Day	11% 9% 27% 36% 15% 2	363
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 7% 34% 36% 13% 4	330
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 9% 28% 40% 13% 3	330
	21st to end	Day	7% 9% 30% 37% 14% 2	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 11% 32% 34% 14% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 11% 37% 39% 7% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	6% 9% 36% 40% 7% 2	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 42% 38% 9% 2	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	4 6% 48% 33% 8% 1	1018
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 43% 39% 8% 1	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 49% 36% 6%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 47% 38% 6%	824
	21st to end	Night	6% 7% 46% 38% 3	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 43% 39% 9%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 35% 40% 10%	840
	21st to end	Night	9% 7% 39% 38% 5%	767
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 9% 39% 38% 5%	630
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 8% 34% 37% 9%	623
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 30% 36% 11% 1	630
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 24% 41% 13% 1	630
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 4 18% 45% 15% 2	621
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 24% 38% 22% 1	683
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 17% 45% 25% 2	630
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 24% 50% 16% 1	630
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 17% 46% 27% 1	630
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 13% 41% 34% 2	615
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 10% 46% 37% 2	612
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 7% 44% 39% 3	690
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 10% 44% 36% 2	627
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 14% 47% 32% 2	624
	21st to end	Night	4 1 11% 47% 33% 3	693
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 12% 48% 27% 5%	630
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 14% 51% 22% 3	609
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 20% 46% 22% 3	600
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 22% 42% 18% 3	780
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 29% 46% 15% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 30% 41% 13% 2	935
November	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 35% 44% 11% 1	1025
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 6% 38% 44% 6% 1	1050
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 35% 44% 10% 1	1050
December	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 41% 40% 8%	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 6% 44% 37% 7% 1	1050
	21st to end	Night	6% 6% 43% 37% 7% 1	1155

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