Cotulla City Hall
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Cotulla City Hall clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-06-01.

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	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 50%	132567
	Night	11% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 54%	130917
Transparency	Day	32% 5% 10% 22% 19% 11%	136414
	Night	30% 5% 12% 22% 19% 13%	135122
Seeing	Day	11% 4 18% 33% 26% 8%	16616
	Night	12% 4 26% 42% 15% 1	26649

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% 6% 2 4 3 3 2 2 3 5% 55%	5289
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 2 5% 3 2 2 2 4 4 55%	5610
	21st to end	Day	21% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 42%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 8% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 48%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 7% 47%	2049
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 3 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 52%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 52%	4858
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 2 3 3 2 3 4 55%	5090
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 51%	5583
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 3 5% 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 49%	2310
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 4 7% 46%	2374
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 7% 47%	2532
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 2 8% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 38%	5992
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 54%	5992
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 10% 44%	6577
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 3 4 4 4 4 7% 11% 55%	2601
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 4 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 9% 54%	2600
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 6% 5% 7% 6% 5% 7% 9% 44%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 7% 3 8% 6% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 42%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 49%	5900
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 49%	6297
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 8% 76%	3905
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 7% 10% 62%	3846
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 5% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 11% 50%	4217
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 3 6% 6% 4 6% 5% 6% 9% 41%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 3 7% 6% 5% 6% 4 5% 9% 42%	2200
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 3 4 5% 3 6% 8% 52%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 1 4 4 4 5% 3 5% 6% 60%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 1 3 4 4 4 3 4 6% 55%	2177
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 5% 5% 62%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 48%	2058
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 1 5% 2 3 4 3 4 7% 52%	1924
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 2 7% 3 3 5% 2 3 6% 46%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	32% 9% 3 6% 3 2 3 2 3 4 33%	3030
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 4 6% 43%	3481
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 57%	4587
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 2 4 2 2 2 2 4 5% 55%	7634
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 1 4 3 3 3 2 3 5% 59%	7423
	21st to end	Night	24% 6% 2 5% 3 2 3 2 4 5% 44%	7746
February	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 3 4 6% 54%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 5% 2 4 2 3 3 2 4 6% 51%	2458
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 53%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 7% 51%	5223
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 4 3 2 2 2 4 5% 55%	5090
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 2 4 2 2 3 3 4 6% 56%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 8% 51%	2310
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 49%	2189
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 3 5% 4 3 4 4 4 7% 47%	2084
May	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 2 7% 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 42%	4143
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 6% 9% 54%	4143
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 10% 46%	4542
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 3 3 3 4 7% 9% 63%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 4 2 2 4 3 6% 9% 64%	1800
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 5% 3 4 4 4 7% 10% 54%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 46%	4078
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 2 4 4 4 5% 4 6% 10% 55%	4077
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 56%	4556
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 7% 79%	3255
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 3 4 3 6% 13% 61%	3213
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 4 3 4 4 3 5% 11% 59%	3688
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 10% 45%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 9% 46%	2200
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 1 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 57%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 8% 66%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 1 4 3 3 2 2 4 6% 60%	2200
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 1 3 3 2 2 2 3 5% 65%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 1 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 58%	2460
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 57%	2692
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 2 4 5% 50%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	34% 8% 2 4 2 2 3 2 3 4 36%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 49%	4946
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 57%	6633

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% 4 7% 20% 24% 13%	5290
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 2 3 15% 26% 20%	5610
	21st to end	Day	43% 4 6% 16% 21% 10%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Day	40% 3 7% 13% 19% 18%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 4 7% 18% 18% 14%	2059
	21st to end	Day	32% 5% 8% 17% 22% 15%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	32% 4 9% 18% 14% 23%	4858
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 3 5% 8% 17% 33%	5090
	21st to end	Day	34% 4 8% 21% 19% 14%	5585
April	1st to 10th	Day	34% 5% 10% 19% 17% 15%	2310
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 6% 9% 17% 15% 15%	2374
	21st to end	Day	37% 6% 8% 19% 17% 13%	2532
May	1st to 10th	Day	43% 7% 10% 20% 15% 6%	6030
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 6% 12% 25% 19% 10%	5996
	21st to end	Day	33% 7% 10% 32% 17% 1	6590
June	1st to 10th	Day	22% 7% 16% 29% 22% 5%	2601
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 7% 12% 25% 24% 7%	2600
	21st to end	Day	33% 9% 15% 25% 15% 3	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	41% 7% 14% 30% 7% 1	5836
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 8% 18% 30% 12% 2	5831
	21st to end	Day	28% 8% 18% 29% 16% 2	6117
August	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 11% 42% 32% 2	3892
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 22% 42% 12% 2	3882
	21st to end	Day	25% 9% 18% 25% 20% 2	4216
September	1st to 10th	Day	38% 9% 13% 19% 15% 6%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 8% 13% 21% 17% 4	2200
	21st to end	Day	29% 6% 13% 23% 17% 12%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	17% 4 7% 14% 24% 35%	3590
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 5% 8% 17% 19% 23%	3521
	21st to end	Day	20% 3 7% 16% 34% 18%	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	36% 6% 7% 18% 20% 13%	2058
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 5% 8% 17% 21% 16%	1924
	21st to end	Day	42% 4 7% 18% 16% 14%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	56% 4 4 12% 16% 8%	3030
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 6% 8% 15% 15% 15%	3479
	21st to end	Day	30% 4 5% 20% 27% 15%	4587
January	1st to 10th	Night	32% 3 8% 18% 22% 17%	7635
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 2 4 16% 24% 23%	7423
	21st to end	Night	44% 3 5% 15% 22% 11%	7746
February	1st to 10th	Night	32% 4 8% 16% 18% 22%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 4 7% 19% 18% 17%	2458
	21st to end	Night	33% 5% 8% 17% 21% 16%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	34% 5% 9% 19% 14% 18%	5223
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 4 7% 12% 15% 29%	5090
	21st to end	Night	28% 5% 10% 24% 20% 12%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	30% 6% 13% 20% 17% 15%	2310
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 7% 13% 16% 14% 18%	2189
	21st to end	Night	37% 6% 12% 17% 17% 11%	2084
May	1st to 10th	Night	39% 6% 10% 21% 17% 8%	4170
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 6% 12% 20% 21% 14%	4144
	21st to end	Night	31% 8% 16% 30% 14% 1	4551
June	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 19% 33% 22% 3	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 12% 32% 28% 5%	1800
	21st to end	Night	24% 9% 19% 30% 16% 2	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	35% 8% 22% 30% 5%	4035
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 8% 24% 32% 12%	4026
	21st to end	Night	24% 7% 22% 31% 13% 2	4425
August	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 12% 50% 25% 1	3244
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 30% 38% 8% 1	3243
	21st to end	Night	20% 10% 24% 31% 13% 2	3688
September	1st to 10th	Night	32% 11% 20% 17% 15% 6%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 8% 16% 22% 18% 4	2200
	21st to end	Night	26% 6% 12% 27% 18% 11%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 4 8% 19% 20% 36%	3590
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 5% 11% 19% 22% 23%	3570
	21st to end	Night	19% 3 9% 17% 33% 19%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	29% 4 8% 19% 24% 15%	2460
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 5% 10% 18% 20% 17%	2692
	21st to end	Night	37% 4 7% 19% 18% 14%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	55% 3 6% 11% 13% 12%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 5% 8% 16% 18% 16%	4947
	21st to end	Night	28% 4 7% 16% 24% 20%	6633

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	18% 9% 24% 30% 15% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 8% 27% 32% 14% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 33% 27% 15% 1	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	20% 5% 28% 25% 18% 4	330
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 5% 33% 31% 9% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	18% 8% 34% 30% 10% 1	273
March	1st to 10th	Day	18% 6% 32% 31% 13%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 35% 34% 12% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 34% 36% 10% 2	363
April	1st to 10th	Day	17% 6% 35% 32% 10%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 10% 33% 33% 11%	412
	21st to end	Day	11% 9% 37% 35% 7%	552
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 32% 35% 11% 1	753
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 29% 35% 14% 1	775
	21st to end	Day	10% 3 24% 44% 18% 1	844
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 11% 47% 32% 4	731
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 11% 49% 29% 5%	730
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 9% 39% 34% 10%	730
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 8% 32% 38% 12%	721
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 5% 33% 48% 9%	718
	21st to end	Day	3 1 4 34% 44% 14%	744
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 33% 43% 19%	527
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 30% 43% 19%	517
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 24% 36% 31%	527
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 21% 38% 27%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 15% 43% 32%	330
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 4 15% 50% 23%	330
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 1 9% 19% 42% 21%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 1 6% 32% 36% 14%	330
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 20% 29% 28% 7%	363
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 4 17% 29% 27% 8%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 5% 17% 28% 25% 9%	330
	21st to end	Day	24% 4 26% 26% 16% 5%	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	22% 5% 20% 26% 20% 7%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 10% 19% 26% 25% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 26% 31% 23% 3	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	18% 6% 23% 40% 14% 1	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 6% 26% 41% 7%	962
	21st to end	Night	19% 6% 27% 40% 8%	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 30% 39% 8%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 8% 32% 33% 6%	824
	21st to end	Night	16% 8% 40% 33% 4	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	17% 10% 40% 29% 4	725
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 9% 40% 33% 4	630
	21st to end	Night	13% 7% 44% 33% 4	693
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 49% 33% 2	630
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 8% 49% 29% 2	623
	21st to end	Night	11% 10% 47% 27% 4	630
May	1st to 10th	Night	8% 7% 53% 29% 3	630
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 42% 38% 5%	621
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 43% 41% 6%	683
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 27% 55% 14%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 34% 52% 10% 1	600
	21st to end	Night	3 1 20% 56% 18% 1	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 14% 53% 21% 1	585
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 13% 61% 21% 2	582
	21st to end	Night	4 1 13% 57% 24% 1	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 10% 61% 25% 2	597
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 12% 58% 25% 2	594
	21st to end	Night	4 1 8% 52% 33% 2	660
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 7% 48% 32% 4	600
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 1 8% 38% 40% 3	600
	21st to end	Night	9% 1 9% 43% 34% 4	600
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 12% 48% 34% 2	600
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 2 18% 44% 24% 1	600
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 22% 41% 22% 1	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 18% 42% 23% 1	820
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 3 20% 42% 21% 1	1012
	21st to end	Night	18% 5% 22% 38% 17%	1050
December	1st to 10th	Night	21% 4 19% 40% 15% 1	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 5% 21% 41% 12%	1050
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 21% 44% 14%	1155

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