Everglades Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Everglades Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-11-18.

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	6% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 40%	126361
	Night	7% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 42%	124038
Transparency	Day	20% 42% 13% 14% 8% 2	130042
	Night	23% 41% 12% 13% 8% 2	128426
Seeing	Day	6% 3 13% 26% 30% 22%	17242
	Night	8% 3 16% 33% 30% 11%	27317

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	6% 5% 2 6% 4 3 5% 4 5% 7% 53%	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 8% 4 9% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 32%	4060
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 40%	4576
February	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 10% 48%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 1 4 3 3 5% 4 5% 9% 56%	1988
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 5% 3 4 5% 4 6% 10% 52%	1815
March	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 4 7% 8% 46%	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 4 3 4 4 3 6% 8% 63%	4980
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 49%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 1 4 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 11% 50%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 2 4 4 4 6% 5% 8% 9% 48%	2244
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 2 4 5% 4 4 5% 8% 9% 51%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 11% 59%	5405
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 11% 46%	5805
	21st to end	Day	4 3 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 6% 8% 12% 45%	6433
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 9% 4 9% 7% 6% 7% 6% 9% 11% 22%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 3 8% 7% 9% 9% 6% 10% 13% 25%	2600
	21st to end	Day	7% 7% 3 7% 7% 8% 10% 7% 9% 10% 25%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 6% 3 9% 7% 6% 8% 7% 10% 13% 25%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 7% 6% 7% 8% 7% 10% 14% 29%	5900
	21st to end	Day	3 4 2 7% 5% 6% 7% 7% 11% 15% 32%	6424
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 5% 3 9% 8% 8% 9% 7% 11% 13% 22%	4234
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 6% 5% 6% 7% 7% 10% 15% 36%	3891
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 2 8% 8% 8% 9% 7% 10% 15% 23%	3949
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 6% 3 9% 7% 7% 10% 7% 9% 13% 22%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 7% 3 9% 8% 8% 9% 7% 9% 10% 24%	2200
	21st to end	Day	9% 8% 4 9% 6% 7% 8% 6% 9% 11% 25%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 3 8% 7% 6% 6% 5% 9% 10% 32%	2135
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 6% 6% 6% 7% 5% 8% 10% 40%	2000
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 10% 43%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 2 7% 5% 6% 6% 4 6% 8% 44%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 2 7% 4 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 42%	2070
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 9% 46%	2000
December	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 59%	3000
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 40%	3373
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 7% 6% 5% 6% 5% 8% 9% 35%	4466
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 47%	5889
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 11% 4 10% 6% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 30%	5900
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 42%	6375
February	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 3 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 8% 46%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 2 5% 3 4 5% 4 6% 8% 53%	2296
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 56%	1815
March	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 50%	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 10% 59%	4980
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 50%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 2 4 4 3 4 4 6% 10% 56%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 8% 9% 52%	2104
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 56%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 9% 53%	4490
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 2 6% 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 50%	4128
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 44%	4421
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 9% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 5% 8% 10% 30%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 6% 3 7% 7% 7% 6% 6% 10% 13% 30%	1800
	21st to end	Night	6% 8% 3 7% 6% 6% 7% 6% 9% 11% 33%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 7% 3 9% 6% 7% 6% 5% 9% 12% 28%	4058
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 3 8% 6% 6% 7% 6% 10% 13% 33%	4057
	21st to end	Night	4 6% 3 7% 5% 6% 6% 6% 8% 12% 38%	4427
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 6% 3 9% 6% 6% 6% 5% 9% 13% 35%	2915
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 8% 5% 5% 6% 6% 10% 14% 35%	3114
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 3 7% 6% 7% 8% 8% 10% 13% 28%	3949
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 7% 3 9% 7% 7% 8% 6% 9% 13% 25%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 9% 3 10% 7% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 28%	2200
	21st to end	Night	10% 7% 4 9% 7% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 28%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 3 7% 6% 5% 5% 5% 8% 10% 34%	2262
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 7% 2 6% 4 6% 6% 4 5% 9% 44%	2400
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 10% 46%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 4 4 6% 8% 48%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 46%	2485
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 2 5% 6% 4 4 4 6% 8% 47%	2400
December	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 1 4 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 61%	4175
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 7% 42%	4822
	21st to end	Night	10% 8% 4 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 8% 34%	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	23% 28% 7% 16% 20% 6%	4057
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 29% 9% 13% 8% 1	4060
	21st to end	Day	29% 31% 4 22% 11% 2	4576
February	1st to 10th	Day	9% 65% 7% 10% 7% 2	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 62% 4 11% 11% 4	1998
	21st to end	Day	11% 64% 5% 8% 8% 3	1815
March	1st to 10th	Day	25% 35% 10% 13% 13% 4	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 31% 9% 18% 17% 14%	4980
	21st to end	Day	23% 32% 7% 21% 11% 6%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	7% 64% 7% 11% 9% 2	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 64% 5% 8% 9% 5%	2244
	21st to end	Day	8% 63% 4 12% 12% 1	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	11% 32% 15% 26% 13% 2	5437
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 33% 13% 23% 12% 1	5809
	21st to end	Day	14% 34% 16% 26% 9%	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	18% 67% 10% 5% 1	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 68% 8% 6%	2600
	21st to end	Day	16% 67% 11% 5%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	29% 35% 25% 9% 1	5835
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 36% 28% 9%	5831
	21st to end	Day	21% 35% 24% 20% 1	6240
August	1st to 10th	Day	30% 45% 19% 5% 1	4221
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 44% 22% 14% 5%	3929
	21st to end	Day	24% 47% 23% 5% 1	3949
September	1st to 10th	Day	20% 66% 8% 5%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 64% 10% 7% 1	2200
	21st to end	Day	17% 64% 9% 7% 3	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	37% 41% 11% 8% 2	3473
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 39% 9% 17% 15% 2	3240
	21st to end	Day	17% 38% 7% 20% 15% 3	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 56% 9% 11% 6% 2	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 58% 5% 8% 8% 4	2070
	21st to end	Day	14% 60% 5% 10% 7% 5%	2000
December	1st to 10th	Day	14% 37% 12% 20% 9% 8%	3000
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 35% 9% 13% 13% 6%	3370
	21st to end	Day	35% 31% 12% 13% 8%	4466
January	1st to 10th	Night	24% 29% 7% 19% 16% 5%	5889
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 29% 9% 12% 6% 1	5900
	21st to end	Night	31% 30% 5% 20% 12% 3	6375
February	1st to 10th	Night	12% 63% 6% 11% 7% 1	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 61% 5% 9% 12% 5%	2297
	21st to end	Night	11% 63% 5% 8% 10% 3	1815
March	1st to 10th	Night	25% 33% 8% 14% 16% 3	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 33% 13% 16% 14% 12%	4980
	21st to end	Night	27% 31% 8% 15% 16% 2	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	7% 62% 8% 13% 7% 2	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 64% 6% 8% 10% 4	2104
	21st to end	Night	7% 63% 6% 13% 9% 1	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	18% 35% 17% 20% 7% 2	4520
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 32% 14% 25% 9%	4129
	21st to end	Night	22% 33% 16% 22% 8%	4429
June	1st to 10th	Night	17% 66% 10% 6% 1	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 67% 9% 7%	1800
	21st to end	Night	14% 65% 13% 7% 1	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	33% 35% 23% 9%	4015
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 35% 29% 8%	4006
	21st to end	Night	26% 33% 22% 16% 2	4297
August	1st to 10th	Night	25% 43% 23% 6% 3	2904
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 42% 20% 13% 3	3142
	21st to end	Night	23% 46% 27% 4	3949
September	1st to 10th	Night	20% 65% 11% 5%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 63% 10% 6%	2200
	21st to end	Night	19% 62% 9% 8% 3	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	40% 42% 9% 6% 2	3704
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 38% 8% 15% 16% 1	3899
	21st to end	Night	21% 36% 7% 19% 13% 4	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 55% 7% 12% 8% 2	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 58% 5% 9% 8% 4	2485
	21st to end	Night	15% 59% 5% 8% 9% 4	2400
December	1st to 10th	Night	14% 36% 11% 22% 10% 7%	4175
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 34% 10% 12% 13% 6%	4824
	21st to end	Night	36% 31% 13% 12% 5% 2	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	7% 6% 28% 38% 20% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 11% 23% 33% 18% 4	300
	21st to end	Day	13% 12% 28% 36% 12% 1	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	6% 8% 18% 36% 25% 6%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 22% 35% 26% 6%	340
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 19% 38% 29% 4	414
March	1st to 10th	Day	1 6% 28% 42% 22% 2	500
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 21% 40% 28% 2	500
	21st to end	Day	4 3 21% 38% 31% 4	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	3 5% 23% 41% 23% 5%	500
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 17% 40% 26% 7%	492
	21st to end	Day	3 2 14% 35% 35% 10%	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 11% 32% 40% 12%	503
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 1 13% 26% 35% 16%	527
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 6% 20% 37% 28%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 2 11% 17% 35% 24%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 3 15% 30% 44%	530
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 3 8% 30% 52%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 1 1 8% 27% 58%	525
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 3 9% 29% 55%	524
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 3 10% 28% 53%	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 3 9% 31% 51%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	2 1 4 6% 28% 59%	519
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 6% 13% 31% 40%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 5% 11% 29% 47%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 6% 13% 35% 37%	530
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 7% 17% 36% 31%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 10% 28% 38% 13%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 12% 29% 36% 14%	530
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 15% 31% 35% 10%	583
November	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 16% 28% 32% 12%	535
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 19% 36% 26% 8%	528
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 20% 37% 30% 4	500
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 18% 37% 27% 6%	344
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 19% 40% 23% 5%	300
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 18% 35% 29% 5%	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 25% 38% 20% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 26% 40% 17% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 29% 40% 13%	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 24% 42% 18% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 26% 42% 18% 2	783
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 24% 49% 17%	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	3 5% 32% 44% 15% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 23% 45% 22% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 25% 48% 19%	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 23% 45% 22% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 21% 47% 21% 1	791
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 22% 45% 25% 1	800
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 15% 49% 28% 3	800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 13% 38% 34% 5%	635
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 7% 30% 45% 10%	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	14% 1 6% 25% 41% 14%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 4 17% 48% 25%	600
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 4 11% 43% 34%	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 4 7% 46% 36%	585
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 3 9% 39% 42%	582
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 2 9% 42% 41%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 11% 43% 38%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 3 10% 44% 37%	728
	21st to end	Night	11% 1 5% 19% 38% 26%	880
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 5% 15% 42% 28%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 2 6% 22% 37% 22%	800
	21st to end	Night	12% 2 7% 24% 39% 16%	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 10% 36% 33% 8%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 13% 31% 39% 6%	800
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 16% 38% 29% 5%	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 19% 37% 29% 3	820
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 18% 42% 25% 3	829
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 21% 40% 26% 1	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 19% 40% 29% 2	800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 19% 38% 27% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 21% 39% 25% 2	880

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