Barnwell State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Barnwell State Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-12-03.

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	12% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 42%	126997
	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 44%	123715
Transparency	Day	39% 5% 12% 19% 18% 6%	130669
	Night	38% 5% 11% 18% 20% 8%	128112
Seeing	Day	14% 6% 20% 25% 22% 14%	16791
	Night	14% 6% 22% 33% 22% 3	26844

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	13% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 54%	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 6% 55%	4060
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 7% 44%	4466
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 3 5% 5% 5% 3 3 6% 7% 42%	1859
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 7% 2 5% 3 3 2 3 5% 5% 44%	1948
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 45%	1705
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 8% 3 6% 4 3 3 4 5% 6% 38%	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 1 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 56%	4980
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 47%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 2 4 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 52%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 48%	2320
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 1 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 52%	2520
May	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 40%	5862
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 34%	5861
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 9% 44%	6433
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 3 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 10% 35%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 12% 41%	2600
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 6% 6% 7% 6% 8% 12% 38%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	12% 8% 3 10% 6% 7% 6% 5% 8% 10% 24%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 2 8% 6% 7% 8% 6% 11% 15% 30%	5900
	21st to end	Day	7% 7% 3 8% 6% 6% 7% 5% 9% 12% 30%	6424
August	1st to 10th	Day	20% 7% 3 8% 5% 6% 6% 6% 9% 9% 22%	4234
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 6% 8% 11% 35%	4174
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 11% 39%	4256
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 7% 6% 6% 5% 5% 7% 9% 41%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 7% 4 6% 5% 4 6% 8% 39%	2200
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 2 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 42%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 47%	2110
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 59%	2000
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 4 4 3 3 3 4 5% 57%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 1 3 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 54%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 54%	1995
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 49%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 51%	2948
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 47%	3373
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 44%	4466
January	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 57%	5889
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 46%	5900
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 5% 46%	6490
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 45%	2538
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 5% 45%	2338
	21st to end	Night	13% 7% 3 5% 4 4 5% 3 5% 7% 46%	1923
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 39%	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 1 4 3 2 4 3 5% 8% 54%	4980
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 49%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 49%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 1 4 3 3 4 2 5% 8% 53%	2027
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 54%	1895
May	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 3 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 41%	4033
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 8% 10% 36%	4032
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 45%	4421
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 6% 5% 8% 11% 35%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 2 6% 4 6% 5% 6% 8% 11% 39%	1800
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 3 7% 6% 5% 7% 6% 10% 11% 36%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 3 8% 6% 7% 7% 5% 8% 10% 24%	4058
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 8% 5% 6% 6% 6% 10% 14% 31%	4057
	21st to end	Night	9% 8% 3 10% 7% 7% 6% 6% 7% 11% 26%	4427
August	1st to 10th	Night	20% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 7% 5% 8% 9% 23%	2915
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 6% 9% 11% 35%	2875
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 1 6% 4 4 4 5% 8% 13% 44%	3603
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 6% 4 7% 11% 40%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 8% 3 9% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 40%	2200
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 3 7% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 40%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 49%	2289
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 2 4 3 2 3 2 4 5% 58%	2400
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 57%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 53%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 5% 53%	2620
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 50%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 1 5% 3 4 3 3 4 5% 56%	4277
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 3 7% 4 3 4 2 4 5% 46%	4822
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 5% 5% 43%	6490

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	33% 1 4 21% 32% 8%	4057
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 1 5% 17% 34% 11%	4060
	21st to end	Day	41% 3 4 18% 21% 13%	4466
February	1st to 10th	Day	42% 3 8% 22% 19% 7%	1859
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 2 5% 18% 24% 7%	1958
	21st to end	Day	41% 3 7% 17% 22% 11%	1705
March	1st to 10th	Day	48% 2 6% 12% 23% 9%	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 2 9% 17% 25% 19%	4980
	21st to end	Day	42% 2 6% 17% 22% 10%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	32% 3 10% 23% 25% 8%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 2 9% 21% 21% 11%	2320
	21st to end	Day	29% 3 11% 28% 25% 5%	2520
May	1st to 10th	Day	40% 5% 14% 27% 12% 2	5897
	11th to 20th	Day	47% 5% 16% 19% 12% 1	5865
	21st to end	Day	38% 4 14% 20% 23% 1	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	44% 5% 17% 21% 11% 1	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 6% 19% 26% 14% 1	2600
	21st to end	Day	35% 8% 20% 23% 11% 2	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	50% 10% 19% 16% 4 1	5835
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 16% 31% 13% 3 1	5831
	21st to end	Day	42% 13% 21% 18% 6%	6240
August	1st to 10th	Day	53% 9% 20% 14% 3	4221
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 9% 19% 23% 11% 1	4213
	21st to end	Day	35% 7% 16% 31% 10% 1	4256
September	1st to 10th	Day	39% 7% 17% 17% 16% 5%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 6% 12% 17% 19% 5%	2200
	21st to end	Day	43% 4 10% 20% 18% 5%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	36% 4 7% 15% 28% 10%	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 2 4 14% 32% 30%	3240
	21st to end	Day	24% 3 4 18% 35% 15%	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	33% 2 7% 18% 24% 15%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 2 6% 21% 26% 12%	1995
	21st to end	Day	36% 3 8% 22% 22% 9%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	34% 3 9% 19% 28% 8%	2948
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 3 8% 23% 22% 6%	3370
	21st to end	Day	44% 1 5% 23% 24% 3	4466
January	1st to 10th	Night	32% 1 4 18% 36% 9%	5889
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 2 4 18% 30% 8%	5900
	21st to end	Night	42% 2 6% 12% 27% 11%	6490
February	1st to 10th	Night	40% 2 8% 19% 21% 10%	2538
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 3 6% 18% 21% 10%	2339
	21st to end	Night	40% 2 8% 17% 19% 14%	1923
March	1st to 10th	Night	47% 2 8% 13% 21% 9%	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 2 7% 13% 28% 20%	4980
	21st to end	Night	36% 3 7% 19% 22% 13%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	33% 4 11% 21% 22% 10%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 2 8% 23% 24% 11%	2027
	21st to end	Night	30% 4 12% 26% 23% 6%	1895
May	1st to 10th	Night	39% 4 16% 26% 13% 2	4060
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 6% 19% 20% 12% 1	4033
	21st to end	Night	35% 5% 14% 24% 21% 2	4429
June	1st to 10th	Night	40% 7% 18% 23% 11% 1	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 8% 20% 26% 9% 2	1800
	21st to end	Night	37% 10% 23% 19% 9% 3	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	50% 12% 20% 13% 3 1	4015
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 14% 33% 13% 3 1	4006
	21st to end	Night	50% 12% 18% 15% 5%	4297
August	1st to 10th	Night	55% 9% 20% 13% 3	2904
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 11% 22% 21% 7% 1	2902
	21st to end	Night	29% 7% 20% 33% 10% 1	3603
September	1st to 10th	Night	38% 7% 16% 21% 12% 6%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 6% 12% 18% 16% 4	2200
	21st to end	Night	43% 6% 13% 18% 16% 5%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	34% 5% 8% 17% 28% 9%	3744
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 1 4 14% 25% 36%	3899
	21st to end	Night	23% 3 6% 19% 31% 18%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	32% 3 9% 16% 25% 15%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 2 6% 17% 26% 14%	2620
	21st to end	Night	35% 3 8% 20% 24% 11%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	33% 2 7% 15% 32% 10%	4277
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 3 9% 18% 20% 8%	4824
	21st to end	Night	44% 2 5% 21% 25% 3	6490

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	17% 13% 46% 19% 4	300
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 16% 36% 23% 9% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	23% 16% 37% 18% 5% 1	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 13% 44% 20% 8%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 10% 36% 21% 3	300
	21st to end	Day	16% 14% 38% 23% 7% 1	304
March	1st to 10th	Day	18% 13% 29% 25% 13% 2	500
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 8% 40% 27% 9% 1	500
	21st to end	Day	15% 11% 36% 25% 10% 1	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 12% 30% 30% 12% 3	500
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 11% 23% 28% 20% 7%	492
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 22% 28% 23% 12%	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 8% 25% 28% 20% 10%	503
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 3 16% 25% 25% 16%	527
	21st to end	Day	12% 3 15% 23% 25% 21%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 12% 24% 30% 19%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 12% 23% 28% 25%	530
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 6% 30% 28% 27%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 1 4 19% 32% 35%	525
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 1 13% 41% 35%	524
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 5% 18% 37% 31%	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	14% 4 8% 20% 28% 26%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 3 4 18% 32% 33%	519
	21st to end	Day	13% 4 7% 21% 30% 26%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 9% 28% 30% 21%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 3 10% 25% 33% 14%	530
	21st to end	Day	18% 2 10% 26% 31% 14%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 4 18% 30% 23% 10%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 20% 32% 22% 11%	530
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 20% 28% 25% 8%	583
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 5% 25% 28% 19% 6%	535
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 33% 29% 11% 3	435
	21st to end	Day	11% 10% 32% 30% 15% 2	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	21% 10% 31% 25% 11% 1	306
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 8% 34% 25% 10% 3	300
	21st to end	Day	23% 10% 35% 20% 10% 2	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 12% 34% 30% 7%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 13% 31% 32% 8%	800
	21st to end	Night	19% 10% 38% 30% 4	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 9% 31% 34% 7%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 10% 35% 31% 3	783
	21st to end	Night	16% 12% 35% 32% 4	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	16% 8% 34% 36% 7%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 9% 36% 33% 8%	800
	21st to end	Night	13% 9% 35% 33% 10%	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 11% 33% 35% 10%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 8% 29% 34% 14% 1	791
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 25% 45% 14%	695
May	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 27% 42% 16% 2	600
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 2 23% 37% 23% 3	591
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 13% 37% 34% 4	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 11% 40% 29% 5%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 10% 34% 36% 10%	600
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 8% 34% 43% 7%	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 5% 29% 43% 9%	585
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 1 26% 53% 10%	582
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 4 32% 46% 7%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 5% 25% 46% 10%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 1 3 31% 43% 10%	594
	21st to end	Night	12% 2 6% 28% 43% 9%	830
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 8% 29% 44% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 8% 34% 40% 5%	800
	21st to end	Night	16% 4 12% 35% 30% 5%	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 4 15% 36% 26% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 4 20% 32% 25% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 24% 34% 25% 2	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 21% 37% 19% 3	820
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 28% 34% 15% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 30% 33% 15% 1	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 29% 33% 11% 1	809
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 26% 35% 12% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	24% 9% 25% 32% 10%	880

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