Florida Caverns State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Florida Caverns State Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-25.

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	10% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 40%	101044
	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 44%	98383
Transparency	Day	37% 8% 13% 17% 17% 8%	104951
	Night	35% 8% 13% 17% 18% 9%	102614
Seeing	Day	11% 5% 18% 24% 24% 18%	14929
	Night	11% 4 20% 33% 26% 6%	24907

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	12% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 6% 7% 44%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 6% 9% 50%	2950
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 38%	3476
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 9% 2 7% 5% 4 4 2 5% 7% 42%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 46%	1848
	21st to end	Day	15% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 42%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 37%	3152
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 46%	3480
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 45%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 3 7% 5% 3 5% 4 6% 6% 46%	2185
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 46%	2254
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 6% 53%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 47%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 38%	4081
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 47%	4476
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 3 8% 7% 7% 7% 6% 8% 10% 30%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 2 7% 6% 8% 8% 7% 10% 12% 31%	2470
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 3 9% 7% 7% 8% 5% 8% 11% 30%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 6% 3 9% 8% 8% 10% 8% 11% 12% 20%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 2 6% 7% 7% 7% 7% 9% 13% 33%	4120
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 3 9% 7% 9% 9% 8% 11% 14% 22%	4408
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 7% 6% 6% 8% 7% 10% 12% 30%	3785
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 11% 44%	3729
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 3 7% 7% 8% 7% 6% 9% 12% 29%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 7% 3 7% 7% 7% 6% 6% 9% 8% 31%	2114
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 3 8% 6% 6% 5% 4 6% 9% 33%	2090
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 47%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 48%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 7% 61%	2090
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 4 7% 56%	2100
November	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 56%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 54%	1800
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 4 8% 48%	1746
December	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 3 4 6% 47%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 8% 3 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 5% 42%	2153
	21st to end	Day	17% 9% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 43%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 44%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 7% 4 5% 4 4 5% 7% 47%	3992
	21st to end	Night	19% 9% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 39%	4180
February	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 2 7% 5% 3 3 4 5% 6% 45%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 47%	2218
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 46%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 11% 4 7% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 34%	3701
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 6% 9% 46%	3480
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 46%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 7% 7% 47%	2009
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 2 7% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 47%	1875
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 58%	1898
May	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 48%	2813
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 7% 4 4 5% 4 5% 7% 44%	2812
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 11% 52%	3079
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 2 8% 5% 4 6% 6% 9% 12% 36%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 5% 6% 5% 7% 6% 8% 12% 44%	1710
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 7% 5% 6% 6% 7% 9% 10% 39%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 3 9% 7% 8% 8% 7% 10% 12% 24%	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 5% 4 5% 6% 6% 8% 14% 44%	2840
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 3 8% 6% 6% 8% 6% 10% 15% 30%	3139
August	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 6% 6% 8% 14% 38%	3144
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 6% 4 6% 6% 5% 8% 12% 44%	3100
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 8% 6% 6% 7% 6% 9% 12% 32%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 2 7% 6% 6% 7% 6% 9% 10% 31%	2044
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 4 6% 9% 37%	2090
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 50%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 52%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 1 3 3 2 4 3 5% 6% 61%	2090
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 2 6% 3 4 3 3 5% 5% 56%	2497
November	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 56%	2493
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 4 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 54%	2600
	21st to end	Night	12% 7% 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 49%	2529
December	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 6% 6% 47%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 46%	3042
	21st to end	Night	18% 9% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 40%	4532

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	38% 4 7% 16% 23% 12%	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 4 7% 18% 26% 14%	2950
	21st to end	Day	46% 4 6% 14% 19% 10%	3476
February	1st to 10th	Day	43% 4 8% 15% 21% 9%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 4 5% 16% 24% 13%	1858
	21st to end	Day	40% 6% 9% 16% 19% 10%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	45% 6% 9% 19% 15% 6%	3152
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 7% 13% 15% 21% 12%	3480
	21st to end	Day	36% 6% 10% 21% 16% 10%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	38% 6% 9% 18% 16% 13%	2185
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 5% 7% 17% 22% 11%	2254
	21st to end	Day	30% 5% 8% 23% 23% 11%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	32% 8% 11% 21% 21% 7%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 7% 11% 21% 16% 3	4085
	21st to end	Day	29% 9% 15% 24% 21% 2	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	44% 11% 14% 21% 8% 1	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 13% 16% 20% 11% 1	2470
	21st to end	Day	44% 12% 18% 15% 9% 2	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	47% 16% 27% 8% 1	4055
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 15% 32% 12% 3	4051
	21st to end	Day	44% 19% 23% 12% 2	4267
August	1st to 10th	Day	39% 11% 19% 19% 10% 1	3773
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 9% 16% 25% 16% 1	3765
	21st to end	Day	43% 10% 22% 16% 8% 1	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	44% 13% 14% 16% 11% 3	2114
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 8% 13% 15% 13% 5%	2090
	21st to end	Day	34% 7% 11% 19% 21% 8%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	39% 4 7% 11% 18% 22%	3480
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 3 5% 18% 25% 33%	3458
	21st to end	Day	20% 2 5% 15% 39% 19%	3438
November	1st to 10th	Day	30% 4 8% 20% 23% 15%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 4 6% 17% 27% 14%	1800
	21st to end	Day	35% 4 6% 21% 22% 12%	1746
December	1st to 10th	Day	39% 4 11% 16% 22% 8%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 4 6% 15% 23% 8%	2150
	21st to end	Day	45% 3 6% 18% 22% 7%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	41% 4 7% 10% 23% 16%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 5% 6% 14% 28% 11%	3992
	21st to end	Night	46% 4 7% 14% 21% 8%	4180
February	1st to 10th	Night	40% 4 8% 14% 21% 13%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 4 7% 13% 20% 16%	2219
	21st to end	Night	39% 5% 7% 17% 17% 14%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	52% 6% 7% 14% 14% 7%	3701
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 6% 11% 18% 20% 11%	3480
	21st to end	Night	38% 5% 9% 18% 19% 11%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	34% 6% 11% 17% 18% 14%	2009
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 5% 9% 16% 25% 10%	1875
	21st to end	Night	24% 5% 9% 28% 24% 10%	1898
May	1st to 10th	Night	31% 9% 16% 20% 18% 6%	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 7% 13% 22% 16% 3	2813
	21st to end	Night	24% 10% 15% 31% 16% 3	3087
June	1st to 10th	Night	35% 12% 19% 23% 9% 2	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 14% 22% 26% 9% 3	1710
	21st to end	Night	35% 13% 25% 15% 10% 2	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	46% 17% 25% 10% 2	2795
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 17% 39% 15% 2	2786
	21st to end	Night	38% 20% 26% 13% 3	3039
August	1st to 10th	Night	33% 12% 22% 23% 9% 1	3132
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 12% 23% 23% 13% 1	3130
	21st to end	Night	39% 12% 26% 15% 7% 1	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	42% 15% 17% 14% 10% 3	2044
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 10% 14% 15% 15% 4	2090
	21st to end	Night	32% 8% 15% 19% 19% 8%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	35% 5% 9% 11% 20% 20%	3480
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 2 5% 15% 31% 31%	3461
	21st to end	Night	21% 3 5% 14% 39% 19%	4109
November	1st to 10th	Night	29% 4 8% 19% 24% 17%	2493
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 4 6% 14% 29% 15%	2600
	21st to end	Night	34% 5% 8% 18% 20% 15%	2529
December	1st to 10th	Night	37% 6% 11% 17% 23% 7%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 4 7% 14% 24% 12%	3044
	21st to end	Night	47% 4 6% 17% 22% 5%	4532

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	13% 13% 40% 26% 7% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 14% 34% 30% 12% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	18% 15% 40% 22% 5%	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 11% 39% 23% 9% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 9% 30% 29% 9%	270
	21st to end	Day	10% 15% 41% 24% 11%	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	13% 10% 38% 27% 11% 1	289
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 9% 35% 29% 15% 2	460
	21st to end	Day	13% 9% 30% 29% 18% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 13% 26% 28% 20% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 10% 26% 28% 22% 4	452
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 23% 28% 26% 9%	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 19% 29% 27% 14%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 15% 26% 27% 19%	487
	21st to end	Day	9% 2 8% 27% 26% 28%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 2 8% 21% 32% 25%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 10% 18% 30% 33%	490
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 5% 20% 29% 37%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 4 12% 30% 47%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 1 3 9% 32% 49%	484
	21st to end	Day	4 1 3 13% 34% 45%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 1 5% 14% 29% 43%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 1 4 10% 34% 43%	479
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 6% 18% 33% 31%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 6% 17% 30% 32%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 2 7% 25% 30% 21%	490
	21st to end	Day	12% 2 7% 21% 35% 23%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 4 18% 37% 23% 8%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 15% 32% 30% 13%	490
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 19% 33% 28% 5%	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 2 18% 30% 25% 10%	338
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 8% 28% 33% 15% 3	300
	21st to end	Day	12% 9% 24% 34% 15% 5%	282
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 8% 29% 26% 14% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 9% 29% 26% 14%	270
	21st to end	Day	19% 6% 29% 29% 15% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 33% 34% 7% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 9% 31% 36% 12%	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 8% 33% 31% 7%	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 28% 41% 8% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 31% 35% 8%	743
	21st to end	Night	16% 9% 36% 35% 5%	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	14% 8% 26% 43% 10%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 34% 33% 15% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 30% 38% 13%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 31% 42% 13%	679
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 3 25% 42% 17% 1	563
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 23% 41% 24% 2	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 23% 38% 29% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 14% 37% 34% 6%	561
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 7% 36% 42% 7%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 8% 33% 43% 8%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 6% 27% 47% 14%	570
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 5% 27% 46% 15%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 3 16% 51% 22%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 15% 50% 28%	552
	21st to end	Night	4 1 2 18% 55% 20%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 5% 17% 46% 24%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 3 15% 53% 21%	564
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 5% 21% 46% 18%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 7% 23% 43% 15%	714
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 10% 27% 41% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	9% 1 12% 28% 42% 8%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 19% 36% 29% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 16% 36% 30% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 18% 39% 28% 1	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 21% 42% 21% 2	780
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 8% 24% 38% 18% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 25% 37% 18% 1	779
December	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 27% 34% 17% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 5% 28% 34% 15% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 26% 33% 13%	836

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