Salt Lake City Effective Observing Hours
Number of effective hours of dark skies and lunar observing for Salt Lake City, Utah
2008 observing hours times climate percent clear sky
For temperature limited, exclude Dec., Jan. Feb. Mar. and one-half Nov. hours
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
% Clear 16% 18% 23% 23% 29% 47% 55% 52% 57% 45% 30% 19%
2008 dark sky hours 209 172 164 132 119 109 117 135 155 190 209 214
2008 effective dark sky hours 33 31 38 30 35 51 64 70 88 86 63 41
2008 lunar obs hours 151 126 112 86 73 62 76 88 111 118 140 140
2008 effective lunar obs hours 24 23 26 20 21 29 42 46 63 53 42 27
% Cldy 61% 57% 52% 47% 39% 20% 13% 13% 17% 29% 47% 58%
% Partly Cldy 23% 25% 26% 30% 32% 33% 32% 35% 27% 26% 23% 23%
Ave Min Mo Temp F 19 25 31 38 46 55 64 62 51 40 31 22
Mean Clear Days 5 5 7 7 9 14 17 16 17 14 9 6
Mean Partly Cldy Days 7 7 8 9 10 10 10 11 8 8 7 7
Mean Cldy Days 19 16 16 14 12 6 4 4 5 9 14 18