Arkansas Sky Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Arkansas Sky Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-06-16.

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	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 45%	136655
	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 49%	135597
Transparency	Day	37% 5% 10% 24% 19% 5%	140261
	Night	35% 4 9% 23% 21% 7%	140071
Seeing	Day	15% 8% 22% 26% 21% 8%	17528
	Night	15% 6% 24% 34% 18% 2	27350

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover SE (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	17% 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 47%	5289
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 8% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 3 4 56%	5310
	21st to end	Day	20% 7% 2 4 3 2 3 2 3 4 49%	5812
February	1st to 10th	Day	23% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 4 43%	1890
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 8% 2 6% 4 3 3 2 5% 5% 43%	1974
	21st to end	Day	21% 8% 3 5% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 41%	1777
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 8% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 38%	5046
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 53%	5090
	21st to end	Day	15% 8% 3 7% 3 4 4 2 5% 5% 45%	5583
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 43%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 5% 45%	2494
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 7% 38%	2520
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 8% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 38%	7021
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 38%	7602
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 3 8% 6% 6% 5% 5% 6% 8% 27%	8409
June	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 9% 41%	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 1 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 44%	2871
	21st to end	Day	4 4 1 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 51%	2687
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 12% 39%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 1 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 10% 54%	5900
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 42%	6422
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 4 3 3 3 4 5% 8% 62%	4234
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 10% 42%	3886
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 54%	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 4 4 5% 3 5% 8% 47%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 45%	2400
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 2 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 6% 52%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 59%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 4 1 4 2 2 3 2 4 5% 58%	2000
	21st to end	Day	19% 5% 2 6% 2 3 3 2 4 5% 50%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 2 4 2 3 2 2 3 5% 57%	2058
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 2 5% 6% 54%	2002
	21st to end	Day	20% 7% 2 4 4 3 3 3 4 6% 45%	1823
December	1st to 10th	Day	17% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 3 4 50%	2690
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 8% 2 7% 4 3 3 3 3 4 44%	3088
	21st to end	Day	21% 8% 3 7% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 38%	4415
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 47%	7634
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 1 4 2 2 3 2 3 5% 64%	7680
	21st to end	Night	23% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 4 45%	8402
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 42%	2730
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 44%	2531
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 48%	2045
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 4 44%	5029
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 7% 52%	5090
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 2 7% 4 4 3 3 4 8% 46%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 49%	2100
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 7% 49%	2075
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 45%	2100
May	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 37%	5832
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 8% 3 8% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 38%	5273
	21st to end	Night	20% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 6% 32%	5739
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 2 4 3 4 5% 4 7% 11% 51%	1680
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 4 4 3 3 4 6% 9% 57%	1640
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 4 3 4 3 6% 9% 60%	1703
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 42%	4078
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 4 4 3 4 4 5% 10% 58%	4077
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 48%	4449
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 4 3 3 4 2 6% 8% 66%	2926
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 2 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 9% 55%	3161
	21st to end	Night	3 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 56%	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 55%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 52%	2000
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 3 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 59%	2286
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 62%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 4 63%	2400
	21st to end	Night	18% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 2 2 3 53%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 3 5% 56%	2460
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 1 3 3 2 3 2 4 6% 58%	2614
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 3 3 2 3 4 5% 51%	2793
December	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 4 51%	4720
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 3 3 47%	5339
	21st to end	Night	21% 7% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 3 5% 42%	6797

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	42% 3 9% 29% 16% 2	5290
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 2 7% 21% 30% 6%	5310
	21st to end	Day	41% 2 4 19% 26% 7%	5812
February	1st to 10th	Day	47% 3 10% 22% 15% 3	1890
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 4 6% 21% 18% 5%	1983
	21st to end	Day	46% 4 7% 16% 18% 9%	1777
March	1st to 10th	Day	50% 3 6% 15% 14% 12%	5046
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 4 7% 20% 24% 12%	5090
	21st to end	Day	42% 4 8% 26% 19% 1	5585
April	1st to 10th	Day	40% 5% 9% 22% 21% 4	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 5% 10% 22% 16% 6%	2494
	21st to end	Day	44% 6% 10% 21% 17% 2	2520
May	1st to 10th	Day	46% 6% 8% 21% 18% 2	7056
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 7% 12% 23% 15% 2	7606
	21st to end	Day	52% 8% 11% 15% 12% 1	8423
June	1st to 10th	Day	35% 8% 14% 25% 16% 1	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 9% 16% 25% 17% 2	2871
	21st to end	Day	26% 9% 13% 29% 20% 4	2687
July	1st to 10th	Day	34% 8% 14% 29% 13% 1	5836
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 6% 15% 37% 16% 1	5831
	21st to end	Day	37% 7% 14% 28% 13%	6240
August	1st to 10th	Day	20% 6% 15% 32% 22% 6%	4220
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 7% 14% 30% 13% 1	3922
	21st to end	Day	27% 7% 11% 32% 20% 3	4311
September	1st to 10th	Day	35% 6% 11% 22% 19% 8%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 7% 11% 20% 22% 5%	2400
	21st to end	Day	32% 6% 9% 19% 28% 6%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	16% 3 5% 14% 38% 24%	3260
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 2 4 20% 38% 16%	3240
	21st to end	Day	33% 3 5% 28% 25% 6%	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	31% 3 9% 25% 24% 8%	2058
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 4 8% 23% 26% 9%	2002
	21st to end	Day	42% 3 6% 20% 23% 5%	1823
December	1st to 10th	Day	41% 2 7% 27% 21% 3	2690
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 3 6% 23% 20% 3	3085
	21st to end	Day	47% 4 7% 24% 14% 4	4415
January	1st to 10th	Night	40% 2 8% 30% 17% 2	7635
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 3 7% 20% 36% 9%	7680
	21st to end	Night	45% 2 7% 17% 22% 6%	8402
February	1st to 10th	Night	45% 4 8% 22% 18% 5%	2730
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 3 7% 21% 19% 6%	2532
	21st to end	Night	39% 3 7% 19% 22% 9%	2045
March	1st to 10th	Night	43% 4 7% 14% 18% 13%	5029
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 3 7% 23% 19% 13%	5090
	21st to end	Night	38% 4 9% 26% 20% 3	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	35% 4 9% 24% 20% 8%	2100
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 6% 8% 23% 20% 9%	2075
	21st to end	Night	38% 5% 10% 23% 21% 3	2100
May	1st to 10th	Night	46% 5% 12% 21% 14% 2	5862
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 6% 11% 20% 13% 4	5274
	21st to end	Night	52% 7% 12% 16% 9% 3	5750
June	1st to 10th	Night	26% 7% 14% 29% 21% 2	1680
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 5% 13% 30% 25% 3	1640
	21st to end	Night	21% 6% 14% 29% 23% 7%	1703
July	1st to 10th	Night	35% 7% 14% 25% 18% 1	4035
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 16% 37% 17% 3	4026
	21st to end	Night	31% 8% 15% 28% 18%	4320
August	1st to 10th	Night	16% 5% 16% 35% 24% 4	2916
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 6% 19% 34% 16% 2	3191
	21st to end	Night	24% 6% 12% 30% 25% 3	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	28% 6% 11% 26% 21% 9%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 6% 10% 22% 24% 6%	2000
	21st to end	Night	27% 5% 9% 21% 30% 8%	2286
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 3 6% 15% 32% 29%	3920
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 2 4 15% 40% 22%	3899
	21st to end	Night	31% 2 5% 21% 29% 11%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	31% 3 8% 22% 26% 9%	2460
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 3 6% 26% 26% 10%	2614
	21st to end	Night	37% 3 7% 22% 25% 5%	2793
December	1st to 10th	Night	38% 3 7% 32% 18% 3	4720
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 2 5% 21% 21% 7%	5341
	21st to end	Night	45% 4 9% 25% 15% 3	6797

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	24% 12% 34% 23% 7% 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 17% 42% 17% 3	330
	21st to end	Day	20% 18% 38% 18% 6%	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	28% 12% 36% 17% 6% 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 24% 33% 16% 3 1	330
	21st to end	Day	32% 15% 34% 14% 4 1	273
March	1st to 10th	Day	25% 16% 32% 21% 6%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 17% 37% 19% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	24% 16% 43% 13% 4 1	363
April	1st to 10th	Day	22% 13% 32% 24% 8% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 14% 32% 22% 9%	532
	21st to end	Day	19% 11% 31% 26% 11% 2	540
May	1st to 10th	Day	18% 11% 31% 28% 12% 1	543
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 24% 30% 18% 5%	762
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 22% 34% 21% 6%	844
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 18% 28% 29% 11%	780
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 13% 35% 31% 10%	756
	21st to end	Day	4 2 14% 36% 31% 13%	730
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 9% 28% 38% 15%	721
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 9% 32% 31% 21%	718
	21st to end	Day	8% 1 8% 26% 38% 18%	794
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 1 10% 33% 36% 13%	726
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 3 7% 23% 38% 15%	544
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 7% 21% 39% 21%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 11% 22% 39% 15%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 3 11% 24% 36% 16%	530
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 16% 33% 24% 10%	340
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 23% 35% 26% 6%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 8% 29% 29% 17% 4	330
	21st to end	Day	25% 11% 27% 24% 11% 2	363
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 9% 32% 23% 15% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 11% 34% 31% 10% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	24% 14% 30% 21% 11% 1	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	22% 16% 32% 19% 9% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 16% 30% 18% 9% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	25% 15% 36% 20% 4	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	22% 8% 33% 32% 5%	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 10% 37% 29% 4	1050
	21st to end	Night	21% 8% 37% 30% 3	1155
February	1st to 10th	Night	24% 11% 32% 30% 4	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 11% 39% 27% 2	896
	21st to end	Night	20% 14% 38% 26% 2	661
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 10% 34% 33% 4	630
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 11% 33% 31% 4	630
	21st to end	Night	18% 8% 37% 30% 8%	693
April	1st to 10th	Night	17% 10% 35% 31% 7%	630
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 10% 35% 32% 9% 1	623
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 35% 32% 10%	630
May	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 24% 45% 11%	630
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 28% 30% 19% 1	621
	21st to end	Night	12% 3 17% 40% 24% 4	683
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 13% 41% 34% 4	630
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 9% 45% 37% 3	615
	21st to end	Night	4 1 8% 38% 43% 6%	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 8% 32% 45% 8%	585
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 6% 32% 47% 8%	582
	21st to end	Night	4 1 6% 34% 45% 10%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 7% 38% 45% 7%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 6% 38% 41% 7%	594
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 7% 29% 49% 7%	660
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 6% 38% 43% 4	600
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 1 9% 36% 40% 4	600
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 13% 37% 34% 3	700
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 15% 38% 33% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 25% 38% 20% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	19% 6% 25% 33% 15% 1	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 25% 40% 16% 1	820
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 8% 28% 38% 11%	840
	21st to end	Night	17% 11% 28% 32% 12%	903
December	1st to 10th	Night	21% 7% 31% 36% 6%	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 9% 27% 35% 6%	1050
	21st to end	Night	22% 11% 31% 30% 6%	1155

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