Climate at the Cosmic Campground IDSS

The CCIDSS has a high percentage of nights which allow visitors one of the best chances in the world to view the natural night sky.

The data which are in the tables summarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Cosmic Campground clear sky chart from 2005-11-05 to 2017-12-20. These data are 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!).

Overall Cosmic Campground IDSS

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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.