Dark Sky New Mexico
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Dark Sky New Mexico clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-08-30.

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	2 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 66%	152071
	Night	2 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 64%	147761
Transparency	Day	17% 3 6% 15% 28% 31%	147021
	Night	19% 3 6% 14% 28% 29%	143818
Seeing	Day	5% 9% 20% 30% 25% 10%	17033
	Night	4 4 19% 44% 26% 3	27012

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 4 1 4 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 63%	5318
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 4 82%	5340
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 4 2 3 4 4 5% 8% 59%	5844
February	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 3 2 2 4 3 4 6% 69%	1890
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 1 3 3 2 4 3 4 6% 66%	2018
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 3 3 2 3 2 4 6% 71%	1903
March	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 73%	5064
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 70%	5110
	21st to end	Day	1 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 64%	5607
April	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 5% 6% 74%	2399
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 4 79%	2491
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 5% 80%	2520
May	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 82%	7057
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 2 2 2 2 4 5% 80%	7533
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 82%	8370
June	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 4 7% 70%	2730
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 5% 75%	2730
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 4 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 8% 55%	2730
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 4 3 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 58%	7649
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 5% 5% 5% 6% 6% 9% 12% 47%	7650
	21st to end	Day	3 3 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 9% 12% 45%	8304
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 3 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 11% 54%	5909
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 4 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 12% 51%	5556
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 49%	6093
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 49%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 4 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 57%	2212
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 7% 68%	2190
October	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 6% 78%	3270
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 79%	3250
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 87%	3548
November	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 6% 77%	2059
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 3 2 2 2 3 5% 5% 73%	2100
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 7% 64%	2079
December	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 70%	3040
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 6% 69%	3499
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 71%	4609
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 60%	7605
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 4 84%	7650
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 56%	8370
February	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 6% 6% 69%	2730
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 1 4 3 2 2 2 4 6% 68%	2483
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 71%	1903
March	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 6% 73%	5050
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 5% 6% 73%	5110
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 67%	5610
April	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 4 5% 74%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 6% 76%	2077
	21st to end	Night	1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 80%	2100
May	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 5% 78%	5890
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 5% 77%	5354
	21st to end	Night	1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 82%	5837
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 6% 71%	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 4 6% 73%	1890
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 4 4 4 6% 5% 8% 8% 53%	1890
July	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 2 5% 5% 5% 7% 6% 8% 11% 45%	5340
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 8% 8% 8% 9% 7% 10% 11% 29%	5340
	21st to end	Night	3 4 3 8% 6% 8% 9% 8% 11% 14% 28%	5805
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 2 7% 6% 6% 7% 7% 10% 12% 37%	4123
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 8% 7% 7% 9% 7% 11% 12% 31%	4509
	21st to end	Night	2 4 2 7% 5% 7% 7% 7% 9% 11% 39%	5083
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 44%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 58%	2182
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 5% 69%	2210
October	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 78%	3920
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 76%	3898
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 4 85%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 6% 78%	2460
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5% 73%	2520
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 65%	2538
December	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 4 75%	4370
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 3 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 69%	4941
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 6% 70%	6611

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 17% 37% 18%	5321
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 3 11% 45% 32%	5340
	21st to end	Day	23% 4 4 16% 28% 25%	5844
February	1st to 10th	Day	18% 3 4 14% 30% 32%	1890
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 3 4 15% 31% 26%	2027
	21st to end	Day	16% 2 3 11% 30% 38%	1903
March	1st to 10th	Day	12% 2 2 9% 34% 40%	5064
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 4 16% 33% 31%	5110
	21st to end	Day	15% 4 4 12% 35% 29%	5607
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 2 3 9% 37% 38%	2399
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 1 2 7% 28% 51%	2494
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 2 9% 29% 49%	2520
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 2 9% 26% 52%	7057
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 2 10% 25% 52%	7536
	21st to end	Day	9% 1 1 5% 17% 67%	8371
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 2 3 8% 26% 47%	2730
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 2 2 6% 19% 59%	2730
	21st to end	Day	24% 5% 8% 12% 20% 32%	2730
July	1st to 10th	Day	20% 4 9% 15% 27% 24%	7586
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 6% 21% 23% 17% 6%	7581
	21st to end	Day	28% 6% 18% 25% 17% 6%	8120
August	1st to 10th	Day	28% 6% 15% 25% 20% 6%	4338
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 6% 12% 22% 28% 8%	4048
	21st to end	Day	30% 6% 15% 22% 18% 10%	4420
September	1st to 10th	Day	31% 6% 11% 15% 21% 16%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 5% 7% 17% 25% 21%	2212
	21st to end	Day	17% 3 5% 18% 32% 25%	2190
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 4 10% 23% 51%	3270
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 2 2 11% 30% 43%	3250
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 2 11% 33% 47%	3548
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 2 4 17% 36% 30%	2059
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 2 4 18% 33% 29%	2100
	21st to end	Day	21% 3 5% 19% 30% 22%	2079
December	1st to 10th	Day	19% 3 4 18% 37% 20%	3040
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 2 4 14% 39% 23%	3498
	21st to end	Day	14% 4 5% 17% 41% 19%	4609
January	1st to 10th	Night	24% 3 5% 16% 39% 13%	7605
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 2 13% 41% 36%	7650
	21st to end	Night	26% 4 5% 15% 24% 26%	8370
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 3 4 15% 27% 35%	2730
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 2 4 17% 32% 26%	2484
	21st to end	Night	14% 3 4 12% 30% 36%	1903
March	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 4 9% 34% 39%	5050
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 4 18% 37% 27%	5110
	21st to end	Night	15% 4 4 15% 34% 28%	5610
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 2 3 12% 36% 33%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 2 9% 30% 45%	2077
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 2 10% 31% 46%	2100
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 3 10% 26% 48%	5888
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 2 3 9% 24% 51%	5355
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 1 4 18% 66%	5838
June	1st to 10th	Night	16% 2 3 7% 27% 44%	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 2 3 6% 20% 56%	1890
	21st to end	Night	25% 6% 8% 13% 18% 30%	1890
July	1st to 10th	Night	29% 6% 11% 16% 21% 18%	5295
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 7% 17% 17% 11% 5%	5286
	21st to end	Night	42% 6% 21% 17% 10% 5%	5677
August	1st to 10th	Night	38% 7% 17% 20% 12% 5%	3018
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 7% 14% 16% 21% 6%	3293
	21st to end	Night	36% 7% 21% 17% 13% 6%	3687
September	1st to 10th	Night	34% 7% 13% 14% 17% 15%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 5% 9% 18% 24% 21%	2182
	21st to end	Night	18% 4 6% 17% 34% 22%	2210
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 4 9% 22% 50%	3920
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 3 3 12% 23% 45%	3898
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 2 9% 31% 51%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 4 17% 36% 31%	2460
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 2 4 18% 32% 30%	2520
	21st to end	Night	19% 3 6% 17% 32% 22%	2538
December	1st to 10th	Night	15% 2 4 18% 42% 19%	4370
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 2 5% 13% 37% 26%	4941
	21st to end	Night	16% 3 5% 17% 40% 21%	6611

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% 10% 27% 36% 15% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 26% 40% 20% 4	330
	21st to end	Day	7% 11% 25% 37% 17% 3	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	4 9% 23% 36% 23% 5%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 16% 25% 32% 14%	401
	21st to end	Day	10% 21% 35% 23% 9% 1	446
March	1st to 10th	Day	6% 21% 32% 28% 10% 2	540
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 17% 29% 26% 13% 6%	540
	21st to end	Day	8% 19% 29% 26% 13% 4	594
April	1st to 10th	Day	6% 14% 30% 28% 16% 5%	540
	11th to 20th	Day	4 22% 31% 27% 14% 3	532
	21st to end	Day	5% 18% 33% 27% 14% 4	540
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 16% 33% 28% 15% 4	543
	11th to 20th	Day	3 14% 28% 31% 19% 6%	568
	21st to end	Day	3 8% 31% 32% 22% 4	617
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 5% 24% 35% 27% 7%	570
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 21% 39% 26% 10%	570
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 10% 37% 32% 13%	570
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 5% 31% 42% 16%	566
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 3 24% 47% 21%	564
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 2 22% 41% 26%	619
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 2 22% 36% 34%	567
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 4 25% 43% 23%	557
	21st to end	Day	4 1 4 23% 41% 27%	620
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 1 9% 35% 33% 14%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 9% 33% 36% 16%	530
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 15% 33% 30% 13%	520
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 19% 29% 30% 16%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 19% 32% 25% 12%	330
	21st to end	Day	3 6% 18% 30% 28% 14%	363
November	1st to 10th	Day	4 8% 22% 34% 23% 9%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	2 7% 22% 33% 28% 8%	330
	21st to end	Day	7% 9% 29% 33% 19% 3	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 24% 39% 20% 6%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 8% 27% 39% 16% 5%	330
	21st to end	Day	9% 8% 28% 35% 15% 5%	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 22% 48% 19% 2	840
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 22% 49% 20% 2	840
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 25% 45% 16% 2	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	3 6% 24% 44% 21% 2	840
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 7% 29% 44% 12% 1	824
	21st to end	Night	3 9% 34% 44% 11%	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	4 8% 33% 44% 11% 1	840
	11th to 20th	Night	4 6% 30% 40% 17% 3	840
	21st to end	Night	3 7% 26% 46% 17% 1	924
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 6% 29% 46% 15% 1	750
	11th to 20th	Night	3 8% 32% 44% 13% 1	623
	21st to end	Night	1 7% 32% 45% 13% 1	630
May	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 30% 50% 13% 1	630
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 25% 50% 17% 1	621
	21st to end	Night	2 2 24% 53% 18%	683
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 15% 58% 22% 1	630
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 16% 56% 25%	630
	21st to end	Night	4 2 9% 48% 36% 1	630
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 6% 41% 44% 4	615
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 35% 47% 6%	612
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 4 29% 53% 8%	690
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 2 27% 54% 11%	627
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 4 27% 54% 7%	624
	21st to end	Night	4 2 3 29% 53% 8%	687
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 4 37% 46% 3	600
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 6% 37% 45% 5%	782
	21st to end	Night	3 1 11% 44% 36% 5%	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 13% 47% 32% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 16% 50% 26% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	3 3 13% 44% 32% 6%	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 16% 46% 27% 6%	820
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 18% 47% 27% 2	840
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 25% 43% 20% 3	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 20% 48% 20% 3	840
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 23% 48% 21% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	6% 6% 23% 44% 17% 4	924

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