Cedar Key
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Cedar Key clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-05.

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	8% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 44%	100939
	Night	8% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 43%	98054
Transparency	Day	33% 6% 19% 21% 15% 5%	104756
	Night	37% 6% 16% 21% 16% 5%	102376
Seeing	Day	9% 2 9% 22% 33% 24%	15296
	Night	10% 3 13% 30% 32% 12%	25311

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	14% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 6% 6% 43%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 10% 4 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 38%	2840
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 45%	3389
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 43%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 7% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 51%	1848
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 48%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	10% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 9% 41%	3425
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 7% 10% 49%	3480
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 1 4 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 51%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 6% 9% 53%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 1 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 49%	2066
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 3 3 3 3 4 6% 8% 62%	2379
May	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 9% 63%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 8% 42%	4081
	21st to end	Day	4 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 5% 10% 60%	4476
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 7% 4 4 6% 6% 9% 10% 36%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 9% 13% 39%	2470
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 7% 10% 12% 36%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 2 5% 4 5% 6% 7% 13% 18% 31%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 2 7% 6% 7% 8% 7% 10% 13% 32%	4120
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 6% 6% 6% 8% 8% 11% 16% 30%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 7% 6% 10% 13% 33%	4044
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 2 6% 4 5% 6% 5% 9% 12% 41%	3729
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 9% 12% 37%	3934
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 7% 6% 6% 7% 6% 9% 11% 30%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 7% 6% 7% 12% 33%	2090
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 10% 43%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 3 6% 8% 45%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 1 4 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 61%	1970
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 5% 3 4 4 3 6% 9% 55%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 4 3 2 4 3 6% 9% 55%	1898
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 50%	1824
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 1 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 49%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 3 4 4 4 5% 9% 49%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 7% 3 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 46%	2153
	21st to end	Day	16% 8% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 42%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 8% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 41%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 9% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 35%	4120
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 41%	4262
February	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 45%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 3 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 48%	2218
	21st to end	Night	9% 8% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 3 4 6% 48%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	11% 9% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 38%	3428
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 1 5% 4 4 5% 4 7% 11% 46%	3480
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 49%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 2 4 4 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 47%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 50%	2063
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 5% 3 3 3 3 6% 8% 59%	1812
May	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 3 2 4 3 4 6% 10% 62%	2813
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 10% 46%	2812
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 4 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 63%	3079
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 9% 41%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 5% 5% 4 6% 5% 9% 14% 40%	1710
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 1 6% 5% 6% 5% 5% 8% 14% 36%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 2 7% 7% 8% 9% 7% 11% 16% 23%	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 2 6% 6% 6% 7% 7% 10% 15% 35%	2840
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 3 9% 6% 8% 9% 7% 12% 14% 24%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 1 7% 6% 6% 8% 7% 9% 13% 34%	2878
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 8% 16% 44%	3100
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 3 9% 7% 6% 6% 6% 9% 13% 28%	3690
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 3 9% 7% 8% 8% 6% 8% 11% 28%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 3 9% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 11% 29%	2090
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 4 7% 10% 40%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 4 7% 9% 43%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 4 4 3 3 4 6% 8% 57%	2209
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 6% 8% 52%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 1 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 7% 56%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 52%	2351
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 47%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 3 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 49%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 3 8% 5% 3 4 3 5% 7% 45%	3042
	21st to end	Night	14% 9% 3 7% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 37%	4532

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 7% 18% 20% 10%	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 2 6% 15% 17% 12%	2840
	21st to end	Day	35% 3 12% 21% 20% 8%	3389
February	1st to 10th	Day	42% 3 9% 15% 18% 13%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 3 9% 18% 25% 11%	1858
	21st to end	Day	34% 4 11% 18% 23% 11%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	40% 3 14% 23% 15% 6%	3425
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 2 16% 23% 21% 6%	3480
	21st to end	Day	31% 3 11% 31% 18% 7%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	28% 5% 16% 22% 21% 9%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 4 11% 24% 23% 6%	2066
	21st to end	Day	20% 4 13% 28% 26% 8%	2379
May	1st to 10th	Day	18% 3 19% 35% 19% 5%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 5% 17% 26% 13% 2	4085
	21st to end	Day	20% 4 19% 37% 19% 1	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	38% 6% 24% 26% 7%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 8% 27% 26% 6%	2470
	21st to end	Day	35% 10% 31% 18% 5%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	32% 13% 44% 10% 1	4055
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 16% 40% 8% 1	4051
	21st to end	Day	34% 16% 39% 9% 1	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	37% 11% 31% 17% 4	4031
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 9% 32% 21% 6%	3765
	21st to end	Day	37% 10% 30% 19% 3	3934
September	1st to 10th	Day	43% 11% 26% 14% 6%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 9% 25% 18% 7% 1	2090
	21st to end	Day	35% 7% 17% 24% 13% 4	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	48% 7% 12% 14% 11% 7%	3480
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 3 6% 23% 39% 12%	3249
	21st to end	Day	21% 3 8% 27% 32% 9%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	26% 4 12% 26% 20% 12%	1898
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 3 10% 19% 25% 9%	1824
	21st to end	Day	34% 3 9% 24% 23% 7%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	32% 3 13% 28% 18% 6%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 3 10% 19% 17% 13%	2150
	21st to end	Day	44% 3 7% 24% 17% 6%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	42% 2 8% 17% 20% 11%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 3 6% 19% 18% 7%	4120
	21st to end	Night	44% 3 11% 14% 20% 8%	4262
February	1st to 10th	Night	37% 4 10% 18% 20% 12%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 4 8% 18% 23% 11%	2219
	21st to end	Night	36% 4 10% 18% 23% 9%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	47% 2 11% 18% 15% 5%	3428
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 2 17% 24% 17% 7%	3480
	21st to end	Night	34% 2 10% 26% 21% 8%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	33% 5% 15% 21% 18% 8%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 4 11% 26% 22% 7%	2063
	21st to end	Night	24% 4 12% 31% 22% 7%	1812
May	1st to 10th	Night	19% 4 19% 37% 16% 5%	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 4 23% 25% 13% 1	2813
	21st to end	Night	20% 4 13% 41% 20% 1	3087
June	1st to 10th	Night	40% 5% 22% 26% 6%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 9% 31% 24% 4	1710
	21st to end	Night	35% 10% 28% 21% 6%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	44% 14% 32% 9% 1	2795
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 17% 40% 7% 1	2786
	21st to end	Night	45% 15% 30% 9% 1	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	37% 11% 35% 14% 3	2867
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 10% 33% 26% 5%	3130
	21st to end	Night	45% 12% 26% 13% 4	3690
September	1st to 10th	Night	47% 11% 25% 13% 4	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 8% 22% 18% 5% 1	2090
	21st to end	Night	39% 7% 17% 21% 12% 4	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	53% 7% 11% 14% 9% 6%	3480
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 2 7% 24% 38% 9%	3669
	21st to end	Night	25% 3 6% 22% 36% 8%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	28% 4 9% 25% 22% 13%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 3 8% 22% 21% 13%	2351
	21st to end	Night	35% 3 10% 24% 20% 9%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	34% 3 12% 29% 16% 6%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 3 9% 17% 22% 10%	3044
	21st to end	Night	47% 3 9% 22% 15% 4	4532

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	10% 4 20% 41% 21% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 15% 37% 29% 5%	270
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 24% 38% 20% 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 16% 29% 31% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 11% 32% 32% 5%	270
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 20% 32% 35% 5%	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 23% 37% 25% 4	450
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 3 17% 35% 27% 6%	460
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 17% 36% 31% 5%	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 18% 35% 28% 5%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 15% 33% 33% 7%	452
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 11% 36% 34% 13%	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	5% 1 10% 32% 39% 14%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 1 6% 21% 41% 22%	487
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 4 15% 43% 29%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 1 3 14% 44% 25%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 6% 14% 39% 36%	490
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 2 7% 37% 47%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 1 4 5% 34% 50%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 2 5% 26% 59%	484
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 4 7% 31% 52%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	11% 1 3 8% 30% 46%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 2 2 6% 25% 54%	479
	21st to end	Day	9% 1 3 8% 32% 47%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	13% 3 4 9% 29% 43%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 2 3 11% 41% 33%	490
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 4 12% 39% 34%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 1 8% 25% 37% 16%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 9% 29% 38% 20%	490
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 10% 24% 41% 17%	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 1 12% 26% 36% 16%	472
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 2 15% 33% 32% 9%	384
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 9% 30% 40% 11%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 18% 30% 31% 11%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 15% 31% 28% 7%	270
	21st to end	Day	12% 3 12% 30% 29% 12%	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 24% 35% 19% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 25% 34% 24% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 25% 36% 15% 1	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	14% 4 23% 36% 21% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 24% 38% 19% 3	743
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 21% 43% 21%	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 19% 46% 20% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 18% 37% 27% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 20% 41% 24% 3	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 16% 39% 27% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 18% 36% 30% 2	751
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 16% 38% 33% 4	615
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 12% 39% 36% 6%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 9% 32% 38% 11%	561
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 5% 23% 50% 14%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 5% 22% 44% 15%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 4 16% 45% 27%	570
	21st to end	Night	9% 1 2 13% 41% 34%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 2 10% 39% 42%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 3 4 35% 51%	552
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 3 8% 41% 43%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 3 7% 44% 38%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 3 10% 37% 43%	564
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 4 13% 41% 30%	750
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 1 4 14% 41% 30%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 4 19% 44% 18%	760
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 6% 25% 43% 14%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 11% 34% 37% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 12% 35% 39% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 12% 36% 35% 6%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 13% 42% 31% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 17% 41% 25% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 18% 41% 25% 3	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 21% 30% 30% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 20% 38% 23% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 18% 36% 27% 2	836

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