De Soto National Memorial
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the De Soto National Memorial 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	7% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 10% 44%	126864
	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 43%	123843
Transparency	Day	32% 10% 19% 20% 13% 4	130637
	Night	34% 10% 17% 20% 14% 4	128139
Seeing	Day	8% 4 18% 29% 26% 14%	16924
	Night	9% 4 17% 32% 28% 11%	26945

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	8% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 48%	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 9% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 32%	4060
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 45%	4944
February	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 7% 7% 46%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 6% 56%	1948
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 4 4 3 3 3 6% 7% 57%	1693
March	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 50%	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 6% 9% 60%	4980
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 4 3 5% 3 6% 9% 52%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 4 4 3 4 5% 7% 10% 54%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 1 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 52%	2176
	21st to end	Day	4 2 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 60%	2371
May	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 6% 11% 62%	5862
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 1 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 9% 52%	5861
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 7% 11% 58%	6433
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 3 7% 5% 4 6% 5% 8% 11% 36%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 2 5% 5% 6% 7% 6% 10% 14% 34%	2600
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 7% 6% 6% 7% 7% 10% 11% 33%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 7% 6% 6% 8% 8% 11% 16% 28%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 7% 6% 7% 9% 8% 12% 14% 28%	5900
	21st to end	Day	3 3 2 6% 6% 6% 8% 7% 11% 15% 33%	6424
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 8% 6% 7% 8% 7% 10% 13% 29%	4113
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 2 6% 4 5% 7% 6% 10% 13% 41%	3849
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 7% 6% 7% 8% 7% 12% 14% 28%	3954
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 7% 7% 8% 7% 7% 10% 12% 27%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 3 6% 6% 6% 7% 5% 9% 10% 33%	2200
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 7% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 12% 37%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 3 7% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 11% 38%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 6% 8% 54%	2066
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 9% 52%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 1 5% 5% 3 5% 4 6% 8% 53%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 4 4 8% 52%	2100
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 4 4 4 5% 3 7% 8% 51%	1930
December	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 6% 8% 61%	2948
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 6% 7% 49%	3373
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 9% 39%	4466
January	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 10% 46%	5889
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 11% 4 9% 6% 5% 4 4 6% 7% 28%	5900
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 2 7% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 41%	6007
February	1st to 10th	Night	10% 8% 3 6% 4 4 3 4 6% 8% 45%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 8% 51%	2338
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 6% 6% 8% 53%	1935
March	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 50%	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 3 3 4 4 4 7% 10% 57%	4980
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 50%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 3 4 3 4 5% 7% 9% 54%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 2 5% 3 4 5% 5% 6% 9% 52%	2173
	21st to end	Night	4 3 2 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 58%	2041
May	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 10% 56%	4033
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 54%	4032
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 7% 10% 58%	4421
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 11% 40%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 5% 6% 5% 6% 6% 9% 12% 40%	1800
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 7% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 14% 36%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 2 9% 6% 7% 8% 8% 11% 14% 25%	4058
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 7% 6% 7% 8% 7% 11% 15% 29%	4057
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 3 10% 7% 8% 9% 7% 10% 13% 24%	4427
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 7% 5% 6% 6% 6% 10% 14% 34%	3030
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 6% 11% 17% 35%	3200
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 8% 6% 8% 8% 7% 10% 14% 26%	3910
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 6% 2 7% 7% 8% 8% 7% 9% 13% 30%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 7% 3 8% 7% 7% 7% 5% 8% 10% 30%	2200
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 3 9% 7% 6% 7% 5% 7% 11% 33%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 39%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 4 4 6% 8% 52%	2331
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 1 6% 4 5% 4 4 6% 8% 48%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 51%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 8% 50%	2520
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 7% 4 3 4 4 6% 9% 48%	2686
December	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 3 3 3 3 4 5% 9% 62%	4277
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 50%	4822
	21st to end	Night	12% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 35%	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	31% 7% 10% 18% 24% 9%	4057
	11th to 20th	Day	50% 5% 7% 18% 15% 4	4060
	21st to end	Day	35% 6% 9% 29% 17% 4	4944
February	1st to 10th	Day	33% 7% 12% 20% 18% 10%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 7% 12% 21% 25% 9%	1958
	21st to end	Day	27% 5% 13% 20% 26% 8%	1693
March	1st to 10th	Day	31% 9% 13% 21% 21% 6%	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 7% 13% 25% 20% 16%	4980
	21st to end	Day	27% 5% 11% 30% 21% 6%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	23% 8% 20% 24% 18% 6%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 7% 15% 18% 23% 8%	2176
	21st to end	Day	20% 7% 15% 27% 27% 4	2371
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 29% 30% 15% 3	5897
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 9% 20% 29% 16% 1	5865
	21st to end	Day	19% 8% 23% 35% 13% 1	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	39% 13% 25% 19% 4	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 14% 27% 19% 3	2600
	21st to end	Day	40% 17% 27% 14% 3	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	41% 17% 34% 7% 1	5835
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 18% 33% 8%	5831
	21st to end	Day	35% 19% 28% 16% 1	6240
August	1st to 10th	Day	41% 17% 30% 9% 3	4100
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 17% 30% 18% 4	3885
	21st to end	Day	41% 18% 30% 10% 1	3954
September	1st to 10th	Day	45% 18% 25% 11% 1	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 14% 25% 14% 4	2200
	21st to end	Day	38% 13% 19% 19% 9% 2	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	50% 13% 14% 10% 8% 4	3590
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 6% 9% 22% 33% 4	3345
	21st to end	Day	27% 6% 8% 26% 27% 7%	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	28% 7% 13% 23% 19% 10%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 6% 11% 22% 21% 9%	2100
	21st to end	Day	30% 7% 13% 22% 19% 9%	1930
December	1st to 10th	Day	22% 5% 16% 29% 21% 8%	2948
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 6% 10% 19% 21% 10%	3370
	21st to end	Day	41% 7% 13% 21% 14% 3	4466
January	1st to 10th	Night	32% 6% 9% 20% 25% 7%	5889
	11th to 20th	Night	54% 6% 10% 15% 13% 3	5900
	21st to end	Night	38% 8% 9% 23% 17% 5%	6007
February	1st to 10th	Night	36% 6% 11% 20% 20% 8%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 6% 12% 20% 22% 9%	2339
	21st to end	Night	28% 7% 13% 21% 26% 7%	1935
March	1st to 10th	Night	31% 8% 13% 22% 18% 8%	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 17% 21% 19% 16%	4980
	21st to end	Night	31% 5% 10% 27% 22% 4	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	23% 7% 19% 27% 17% 7%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 9% 16% 21% 23% 6%	2173
	21st to end	Night	22% 7% 14% 27% 26% 4	2041
May	1st to 10th	Night	19% 11% 24% 29% 14% 4	4060
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 9% 18% 31% 15%	4033
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 21% 35% 16% 1	4429
June	1st to 10th	Night	37% 10% 26% 21% 6%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 13% 29% 21% 4	1800
	21st to end	Night	36% 17% 27% 15% 5%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	45% 17% 31% 7% 1	4015
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 19% 35% 7%	4006
	21st to end	Night	46% 15% 25% 13%	4297
August	1st to 10th	Night	36% 16% 31% 11% 6%	3019
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 16% 35% 17% 1	3230
	21st to end	Night	42% 19% 28% 9% 1	3910
September	1st to 10th	Night	41% 20% 25% 13% 2	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 14% 24% 15% 2	2200
	21st to end	Night	42% 13% 19% 18% 8% 1	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	54% 11% 13% 11% 8% 4	3590
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 6% 9% 28% 25% 5%	3791
	21st to end	Night	29% 6% 9% 26% 25% 5%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	29% 7% 13% 21% 20% 10%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 7% 11% 22% 20% 8%	2520
	21st to end	Night	31% 7% 12% 23% 19% 8%	2686
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 5% 18% 30% 17% 11%	4277
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 6% 11% 21% 21% 8%	4824
	21st to end	Night	42% 9% 14% 18% 14% 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	11% 10% 41% 30% 7%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 14% 33% 29% 11% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	15% 11% 43% 25% 5%	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	7% 11% 31% 34% 16% 2	300
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 7% 40% 31% 15% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	7% 9% 31% 38% 13% 1	292
March	1st to 10th	Day	6% 8% 42% 31% 11% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 10% 33% 31% 18% 1	500
	21st to end	Day	7% 7% 33% 34% 16% 3	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	7% 7% 34% 35% 14% 2	500
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 8% 31% 36% 14% 3	492
	21st to end	Day	4 4 25% 41% 22% 5%	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 23% 41% 21% 8%	503
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 2 18% 37% 24% 9%	527
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 10% 35% 33% 15%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 7% 31% 30% 16%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 6% 30% 33% 22%	530
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 4 17% 38% 35%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 1 14% 39% 38%	525
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 2 15% 36% 41%	524
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 3 16% 36% 35%	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 1 3 16% 40% 33%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 1 13% 38% 39%	519
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 4 17% 38% 31%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 3 18% 37% 33%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 2 3 28% 34% 24%	530
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 4 27% 37% 25%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 12% 35% 30% 8%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 18% 35% 31% 8%	530
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 17% 42% 25% 4	583
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 19% 36% 27% 5%	535
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 22% 36% 21% 5%	540
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 28% 36% 20% 4	370
December	1st to 10th	Day	5% 8% 32% 35% 16% 4	306
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 35% 32% 17% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	7% 7% 32% 38% 14% 2	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	11% 8% 26% 37% 16% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 25% 37% 17% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	15% 10% 29% 33% 14%	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 29% 32% 19% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 24% 37% 19% 2	783
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 25% 44% 18% 1	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	6% 7% 34% 41% 11% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 23% 41% 22% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 27% 39% 20% 2	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	6% 7% 24% 42% 20% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 27% 41% 18% 2	791
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 24% 46% 20% 1	772
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 13% 44% 34% 4	600
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 14% 39% 31% 6%	591
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 10% 36% 39% 9%	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 1 4 25% 44% 15%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 5% 18% 41% 29%	600
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 3 12% 42% 34%	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 2 9% 42% 40%	585
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 1 9% 39% 45%	582
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 10% 44% 38%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 1 10% 44% 39%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 1 9% 39% 43%	594
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 3 21% 39% 26%	854
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 3 21% 44% 24%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 2 3 26% 39% 19%	800
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 6% 29% 39% 14%	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 14% 35% 31% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 14% 37% 33% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 20% 39% 24% 3	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 26% 40% 20% 3	820
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 21% 41% 22% 2	840
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 25% 39% 21% 2	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 24% 36% 24% 2	809
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 22% 38% 21% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 26% 36% 21% 1	880

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