Colleton State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Colleton 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 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 39%	127144
	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 44%	123894
Transparency	Day	40% 8% 12% 17% 17% 6%	130790
	Night	37% 7% 12% 18% 19% 8%	128317
Seeing	Day	14% 10% 26% 25% 18% 7%	16962
	Night	14% 9% 24% 32% 18% 3	27042

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% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 53%	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 53%	4060
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 3 6% 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 44%	4466
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 41%	1808
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 7% 2 6% 3 3 4 2 4 5% 45%	1948
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 3 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 5% 46%	1758
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 9% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 37%	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 54%	4980
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 47%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 51%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 3 4 7% 48%	2360
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 2 5% 5% 5% 4 4 7% 8% 51%	2435
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 36%	5862
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 33%	5861
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 4 7% 8% 42%	6433
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 3 9% 7% 7% 6% 5% 8% 9% 29%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 6% 6% 7% 6% 9% 11% 34%	2600
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 3 7% 7% 6% 7% 6% 10% 11% 32%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 3 10% 7% 8% 9% 6% 9% 9% 20%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 2 8% 8% 8% 8% 7% 10% 14% 26%	5900
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 3 8% 7% 7% 8% 7% 9% 12% 26%	6424
August	1st to 10th	Day	21% 8% 3 8% 7% 7% 7% 5% 7% 9% 18%	4234
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 3 8% 6% 8% 7% 5% 8% 12% 29%	4123
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 4 7% 10% 34%	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 7% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 8% 36%	2217
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 3 8% 6% 5% 6% 4 6% 7% 35%	2200
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 2 7% 4 4 5% 4 5% 7% 38%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 44%	2070
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 2 5% 4 3 3 2 4 6% 57%	2000
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 4 4 57%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 1 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 54%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 3 5% 3 3 2 3 4 6% 51%	2068
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 5% 7% 50%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 51%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 48%	3436
	21st to end	Day	19% 9% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 42%	4466
January	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 56%	5889
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 44%	5900
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 2 7% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 46%	6490
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 3 5% 3 4 4 3 6% 7% 44%	2589
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 43%	2338
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 2 7% 3 4 4 3 6% 7% 46%	1870
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 10% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 38%	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 9% 53%	4980
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 50%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 50%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 51%	1986
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 52%	1980
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 7% 2 7% 5% 4 4 5% 7% 10% 44%	4033
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 7% 10% 39%	4032
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 2 6% 4 3 5% 4 6% 9% 45%	4421
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 3 7% 6% 5% 5% 5% 9% 11% 35%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 6% 2 7% 6% 5% 6% 5% 7% 13% 38%	1800
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 7% 4 5% 6% 6% 10% 13% 38%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 3 9% 7% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 28%	4058
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 2 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 10% 14% 32%	4057
	21st to end	Night	9% 7% 3 9% 7% 6% 7% 6% 8% 12% 26%	4427
August	1st to 10th	Night	20% 8% 3 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 12% 23%	2915
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 11% 34%	2891
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 7% 5% 4 6% 4 7% 9% 45%	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 2 8% 6% 5% 5% 4 7% 11% 39%	2177
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 38%	2200
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 39%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 4 6% 49%	2329
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 2 4 2 3 3 3 4 6% 57%	2400
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 56%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 53%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 51%	2546
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 48%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 54%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 8% 3 7% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 45%	4914
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 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	32% 5% 6% 17% 32% 9%	4057
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 3 6% 16% 31% 11%	4060
	21st to end	Day	40% 4 5% 19% 20% 12%	4466
February	1st to 10th	Day	40% 6% 9% 19% 20% 6%	1808
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 4 7% 17% 22% 8%	1958
	21st to end	Day	39% 5% 8% 18% 19% 11%	1758
March	1st to 10th	Day	48% 4 7% 11% 19% 10%	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 5% 9% 16% 22% 19%	4980
	21st to end	Day	40% 4 7% 16% 22% 11%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	32% 6% 12% 20% 22% 9%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 5% 8% 21% 17% 13%	2360
	21st to end	Day	29% 7% 10% 26% 23% 5%	2435
May	1st to 10th	Day	39% 9% 15% 23% 11% 2	5897
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 7% 16% 18% 12% 1	5865
	21st to end	Day	37% 9% 14% 18% 21% 2	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	47% 11% 16% 16% 10% 1	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 12% 20% 22% 8% 1	2600
	21st to end	Day	40% 13% 19% 18% 8% 1	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	54% 12% 17% 13% 2 1	5835
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 17% 30% 9% 2	5831
	21st to end	Day	45% 14% 18% 19% 4	6240
August	1st to 10th	Day	59% 11% 17% 10% 3	4221
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 12% 16% 20% 9%	4162
	21st to end	Day	42% 10% 13% 28% 7% 1	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	43% 9% 15% 15% 13% 5%	2217
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 9% 10% 17% 15% 4	2200
	21st to end	Day	44% 8% 12% 17% 14% 5%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	41% 4 8% 13% 27% 8%	3369
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 3 5% 13% 33% 28%	3240
	21st to end	Day	25% 4 5% 17% 35% 14%	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	31% 5% 9% 17% 24% 13%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 3 7% 18% 24% 13%	2068
	21st to end	Day	35% 3 10% 21% 23% 9%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	34% 4 9% 17% 24% 12%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 4 8% 24% 21% 6%	3433
	21st to end	Day	44% 3 6% 21% 22% 3	4466
January	1st to 10th	Night	30% 4 6% 16% 35% 8%	5889
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 4 6% 16% 28% 7%	5900
	21st to end	Night	41% 5% 7% 12% 25% 11%	6490
February	1st to 10th	Night	39% 5% 9% 19% 19% 9%	2589
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 5% 9% 15% 21% 9%	2339
	21st to end	Night	37% 6% 10% 18% 17% 12%	1870
March	1st to 10th	Night	47% 6% 7% 12% 19% 10%	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 5% 8% 12% 28% 18%	4980
	21st to end	Night	34% 4 11% 18% 21% 12%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	34% 6% 11% 20% 20% 9%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 5% 9% 23% 21% 12%	1986
	21st to end	Night	28% 7% 15% 24% 22% 5%	1980
May	1st to 10th	Night	33% 9% 19% 25% 11% 2	4060
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 8% 21% 20% 12%	4033
	21st to end	Night	34% 8% 15% 23% 18% 2	4429
June	1st to 10th	Night	38% 13% 19% 20% 10%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 11% 23% 22% 8% 1	1800
	21st to end	Night	32% 15% 24% 21% 8% 1	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	49% 11% 21% 15% 3 1	4015
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 15% 33% 10% 3	4006
	21st to end	Night	47% 12% 19% 18% 3	4297
August	1st to 10th	Night	52% 13% 22% 11% 2	2904
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 12% 20% 21% 6%	2918
	21st to end	Night	33% 10% 17% 34% 6%	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	37% 12% 16% 20% 11% 4	2177
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 11% 13% 19% 14% 2	2200
	21st to end	Night	42% 8% 14% 19% 15% 3	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	37% 4 9% 17% 25% 7%	3810
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 3 6% 12% 25% 36%	3899
	21st to end	Night	25% 4 6% 19% 29% 17%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	32% 5% 9% 15% 25% 14%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 4 6% 17% 25% 12%	2546
	21st to end	Night	35% 5% 9% 18% 22% 11%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	33% 4 8% 13% 31% 11%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 5% 9% 16% 20% 8%	4916
	21st to end	Night	41% 5% 6% 20% 24% 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% 43% 12% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 21% 38% 17% 5% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	28% 25% 35% 10% 2	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	20% 23% 35% 16% 5%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 22% 41% 7% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	20% 18% 41% 17% 3	357
March	1st to 10th	Day	22% 17% 33% 21% 8%	500
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 21% 37% 19% 6% 1	500
	21st to end	Day	17% 18% 37% 19% 7% 1	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	17% 19% 34% 20% 9% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 17% 31% 24% 13% 4	492
	21st to end	Day	10% 11% 29% 27% 16% 8%	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 15% 33% 26% 12% 6%	503
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 26% 28% 18% 8%	527
	21st to end	Day	11% 8% 18% 32% 18% 12%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 23% 31% 21% 9%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 18% 29% 25% 14%	530
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 17% 31% 28% 14%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 3 10% 25% 37% 17%	525
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 7% 28% 36% 21%	524
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 12% 32% 36% 13%	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	16% 3 15% 25% 25% 17%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 11% 24% 33% 20%	519
	21st to end	Day	13% 4 15% 27% 27% 14%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 2 17% 30% 27% 13%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 15% 33% 24% 7%	530
	21st to end	Day	19% 2 19% 29% 23% 8%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	18% 4 26% 26% 18% 8%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 8% 25% 30% 19% 8%	530
	21st to end	Day	15% 8% 26% 29% 19% 4	583
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 8% 31% 24% 16% 3	535
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 15% 36% 22% 8% 2	508
	21st to end	Day	13% 20% 32% 28% 8%	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	22% 18% 34% 22% 5%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 16% 40% 17% 7% 1	321
	21st to end	Day	27% 15% 32% 17% 7% 1	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 18% 32% 27% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 17% 31% 28% 8%	800
	21st to end	Night	19% 18% 35% 25% 3	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	20% 15% 31% 31% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 16% 36% 24% 2	783
	21st to end	Night	15% 17% 37% 26% 5%	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	17% 14% 36% 28% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 16% 36% 27% 7%	800
	21st to end	Night	14% 14% 38% 27% 6%	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 18% 35% 28% 7% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 13% 32% 28% 13% 1	791
	21st to end	Night	9% 11% 31% 35% 13% 1	780
May	1st to 10th	Night	7% 9% 27% 42% 15% 1	600
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 27% 37% 18% 2	591
	21st to end	Night	10% 3 18% 38% 28% 3	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 17% 41% 25% 4	600
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 12% 40% 28% 8%	600
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 14% 37% 35% 6%	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 10% 39% 35% 6%	585
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 7% 36% 42% 7%	582
	21st to end	Night	4 1 9% 40% 39% 7%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 7% 35% 36% 8%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 7% 30% 43% 10%	597
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 11% 31% 34% 8%	880
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 12% 33% 38% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 16% 37% 29% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	19% 3 14% 33% 27% 4	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 22% 33% 21% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 8% 23% 32% 22% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	13% 9% 23% 32% 21% 2	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 25% 34% 17% 2	820
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 12% 29% 30% 13% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	14% 11% 30% 29% 15% 1	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 12% 28% 31% 9%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 11% 29% 28% 12% 1	829
	21st to end	Night	22% 14% 28% 28% 9%	880

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