Cheraw State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Cheraw State Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-12-18.

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% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 43%	127160
	Night	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 44%	123880
Transparency	Day	38% 7% 12% 19% 18% 6%	130766
	Night	38% 6% 10% 18% 20% 7%	128330
Seeing	Day	15% 9% 23% 25% 19% 8%	16974
	Night	15% 7% 23% 33% 19% 2	27064

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% 5% 2 5% 3 2 3 2 3 6% 56%	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 4 3 2 2 2 3 4 60%	4060
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 5% 5% 45%	4466
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 43%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 5% 5% 45%	1852
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 43%	1780
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 7% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 4 6% 40%	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 54%	4980
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 49%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 6% 8% 53%	2250
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 1 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 51%	2374
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 51%	2425
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 7% 3 8% 6% 5% 6% 4 7% 10% 37%	5862
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 7% 3 8% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 31%	5861
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 44%	6433
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 7% 5% 6% 6% 6% 7% 10% 37%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 41%	2600
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 6% 6% 4 6% 6% 8% 11% 40%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 7% 3 9% 6% 7% 7% 6% 8% 10% 28%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 6% 2 8% 6% 6% 7% 6% 10% 14% 29%	5900
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 3 8% 5% 6% 7% 6% 9% 12% 30%	6424
August	1st to 10th	Day	23% 8% 2 8% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 9% 21%	4234
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 7% 5% 6% 5% 5% 7% 10% 36%	4110
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 7% 11% 48%	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 8% 44%	2335
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 42%	2200
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 4 7% 41%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 1 4 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 49%	2019
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 57%	2000
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 6% 57%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 56%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 55%	2058
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 5% 51%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 4 50%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 4 6% 47%	3436
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 2 5% 5% 46%	4466
January	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 3 4 58%	5889
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 4 5% 52%	5900
	21st to end	Night	14% 9% 3 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 47%	6490
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 45%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 42%	2429
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 47%	1850
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 40%	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 2 4 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 54%	4980
	21st to end	Night	14% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 49%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 50%	2148
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 2 5% 6% 54%	1975
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 7% 50%	1990
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 40%	4033
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 35%	4032
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 40%	4421
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 6% 6% 7% 5% 7% 9% 34%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 2 7% 6% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 37%	1800
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 7% 7% 4 6% 6% 9% 13% 36%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	11% 8% 3 9% 7% 7% 7% 5% 8% 11% 25%	4058
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 3 9% 6% 7% 7% 5% 9% 14% 24%	4057
	21st to end	Night	12% 9% 4 10% 7% 7% 6% 5% 7% 11% 22%	4427
August	1st to 10th	Night	24% 7% 2 8% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 24%	2915
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 9% 32%	2903
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 10% 48%	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 2 6% 6% 6% 4 5% 7% 10% 42%	2060
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 8% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 6% 41%	2200
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 38%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 2 6% 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 51%	2380
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 4 3 3 2 2 4 6% 56%	2400
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 57%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 4 55%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 53%	2557
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 50%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 53%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 8% 2 6% 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 44%	4914
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 45%	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	32% 3 4 20% 33% 7%	4057
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 3 5% 16% 35% 11%	4060
	21st to end	Day	42% 3 4 18% 23% 11%	4466
February	1st to 10th	Day	40% 5% 9% 20% 19% 5%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 4 6% 19% 23% 7%	1861
	21st to end	Day	44% 4 8% 16% 20% 8%	1780
March	1st to 10th	Day	47% 4 5% 14% 20% 10%	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 4 7% 14% 28% 16%	4980
	21st to end	Day	38% 5% 7% 20% 21% 8%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	29% 6% 12% 21% 26% 6%	2250
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 6% 10% 22% 21% 9%	2374
	21st to end	Day	33% 6% 12% 24% 21% 4	2425
May	1st to 10th	Day	40% 9% 17% 23% 11% 1	5897
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 8% 12% 19% 12%	5865
	21st to end	Day	36% 8% 13% 20% 20% 4	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	37% 10% 16% 22% 12% 2	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 11% 19% 21% 14% 2	2600
	21st to end	Day	34% 11% 17% 23% 15% 1	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	45% 10% 19% 18% 7% 1	5835
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 15% 30% 13% 2 1	5831
	21st to end	Day	42% 13% 16% 19% 9%	6240
August	1st to 10th	Day	57% 10% 18% 11% 5%	4221
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 11% 16% 22% 11%	4149
	21st to end	Day	28% 7% 15% 31% 17% 2	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	34% 10% 15% 19% 18% 4	2335
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 6% 11% 17% 21% 4	2200
	21st to end	Day	43% 6% 9% 21% 16% 5%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	34% 5% 7% 19% 27% 9%	3279
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 3 5% 18% 27% 28%	3240
	21st to end	Day	26% 3 6% 22% 26% 17%	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	31% 3 8% 19% 29% 10%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 3 8% 19% 27% 9%	2058
	21st to end	Day	35% 4 8% 20% 24% 9%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	37% 4 7% 16% 26% 10%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 4 11% 20% 21% 6%	3433
	21st to end	Day	41% 4 8% 23% 22% 2	4466
January	1st to 10th	Night	30% 3 5% 16% 38% 7%	5889
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 4 6% 15% 33% 7%	5900
	21st to end	Night	40% 4 4 15% 27% 9%	6490
February	1st to 10th	Night	41% 4 8% 19% 21% 7%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 4 6% 15% 22% 7%	2431
	21st to end	Night	38% 5% 8% 18% 21% 10%	1850
March	1st to 10th	Night	46% 5% 5% 12% 25% 7%	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 5% 7% 12% 27% 19%	4980
	21st to end	Night	36% 5% 8% 21% 21% 10%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	33% 4 9% 22% 22% 9%	2148
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 5% 10% 23% 21% 10%	1975
	21st to end	Night	31% 7% 13% 24% 21% 4	1990
May	1st to 10th	Night	38% 8% 17% 21% 14% 2	4060
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 8% 16% 19% 11% 1	4033
	21st to end	Night	37% 8% 13% 24% 16% 2	4429
June	1st to 10th	Night	42% 10% 15% 22% 10% 2	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 11% 16% 19% 11% 2	1800
	21st to end	Night	36% 13% 18% 19% 11% 3	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	49% 11% 20% 14% 5% 1	4015
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 16% 25% 9% 3 1	4006
	21st to end	Night	54% 10% 15% 16% 5%	4297
August	1st to 10th	Night	56% 8% 18% 14% 3 1	2904
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 10% 20% 19% 6% 1	2930
	21st to end	Night	29% 7% 14% 29% 17% 3	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	36% 8% 15% 21% 14% 6%	2060
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 8% 13% 16% 18% 3	2200
	21st to end	Night	46% 6% 12% 18% 14% 5%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	36% 5% 8% 20% 24% 7%	3887
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 3 5% 16% 28% 26%	3899
	21st to end	Night	27% 3 6% 20% 27% 17%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	34% 3 7% 16% 26% 13%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 3 7% 17% 27% 12%	2557
	21st to end	Night	34% 4 7% 22% 25% 9%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	35% 3 7% 17% 28% 10%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 5% 9% 16% 19% 9%	4916
	21st to end	Night	41% 3 9% 23% 21% 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	20% 22% 39% 16% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 22% 33% 19% 7%	300
	21st to end	Day	21% 19% 38% 17% 4 1	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	18% 20% 33% 22% 6%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 17% 31% 13% 3	300
	21st to end	Day	22% 20% 30% 22% 6%	379
March	1st to 10th	Day	22% 17% 27% 25% 9%	500
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 15% 39% 20% 6% 1	500
	21st to end	Day	19% 15% 34% 22% 8% 1	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	17% 17% 34% 20% 12% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 16% 29% 22% 16% 4	492
	21st to end	Day	15% 9% 29% 25% 18% 5%	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 14% 32% 23% 16% 5%	503
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 5% 23% 24% 23% 8%	527
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 18% 23% 24% 14%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 21% 30% 25% 11%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 14% 30% 26% 16%	530
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 12% 32% 30% 14%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 8% 24% 34% 23%	525
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 2 7% 25% 36% 19%	524
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 10% 29% 39% 13%	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	17% 4 10% 26% 24% 18%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 2 8% 26% 33% 19%	519
	21st to end	Day	12% 1 11% 27% 29% 20%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 15% 28% 27% 19%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 13% 25% 29% 13%	530
	21st to end	Day	21% 4 15% 28% 24% 8%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 20% 27% 23% 10%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 9% 24% 26% 22% 8%	530
	21st to end	Day	13% 8% 26% 27% 21% 5%	583
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 7% 26% 30% 15% 5%	535
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 11% 31% 27% 11% 2	498
	21st to end	Day	12% 16% 35% 22% 12% 2	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	21% 16% 38% 19% 6%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 12% 34% 21% 11% 1	321
	21st to end	Day	24% 13% 35% 19% 7% 3	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 12% 33% 27% 7%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 12% 33% 32% 7%	800
	21st to end	Night	19% 9% 35% 34% 3	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	20% 11% 32% 33% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 13% 38% 25% 2	783
	21st to end	Night	17% 13% 36% 28% 5%	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 10% 33% 32% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 11% 36% 28% 8% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	16% 9% 37% 30% 7%	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	15% 15% 34% 29% 8% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 13% 29% 34% 12% 1	791
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 31% 39% 12%	790
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 29% 40% 13%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 21% 39% 20% 1	591
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 12% 38% 32% 2	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	14% 3 16% 37% 27% 4	600
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 14% 34% 31% 6%	600
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 12% 40% 33% 6%	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 10% 34% 40% 6%	585
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 2 6% 33% 43% 6%	582
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 6% 38% 39% 5%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	16% 2 8% 28% 40% 7%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 2 5% 34% 38% 7%	609
	21st to end	Night	13% 2 8% 33% 39% 5%	880
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 10% 31% 40% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 4 10% 33% 33% 5%	800
	21st to end	Night	20% 4 13% 34% 27% 3	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 19% 30% 28% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 22% 33% 23% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 22% 32% 22% 3	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 24% 34% 16% 3	820
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 9% 28% 34% 12% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	14% 9% 28% 33% 15% 1	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	22% 8% 25% 36% 8% 1	840
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 9% 25% 36% 10%	829
	21st to end	Night	23% 11% 25% 32% 9% 1	880

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