Fort Myers Beach
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Fort Myers Beach clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-01-02.

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% 4 2 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 46%	126934
	Night	7% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 43%	124432
Transparency	Day	20% 42% 13% 15% 8% 2	130678
	Night	23% 41% 11% 14% 8% 2	128757
Seeing	Day	6% 3 14% 27% 29% 20%	17225
	Night	7% 3 15% 33% 30% 11%	27308

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	7% 6% 3 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 9% 50%	4065
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 8% 3 8% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 34%	4060
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 45%	4898
February	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 50%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 4 3 4 3 3 5% 8% 61%	1948
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 1 4 3 4 4 3 5% 10% 57%	1771
March	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 53%	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 6% 8% 66%	4980
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 56%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 11% 60%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 5% 10% 57%	2176
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 10% 58%	2365
May	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 2 2 2 3 3 6% 9% 70%	5607
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 2 4 3 4 4 3 6% 9% 56%	5861
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 10% 61%	6433
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 3 7% 6% 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 32%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 1 5% 6% 6% 7% 5% 10% 13% 32%	2600
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 8% 6% 7% 8% 7% 11% 12% 28%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 5% 2 8% 6% 7% 8% 7% 10% 13% 29%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 7% 6% 7% 8% 8% 11% 14% 29%	5900
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 5% 5% 6% 8% 7% 10% 15% 37%	6424
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 3 9% 8% 8% 8% 6% 10% 12% 28%	4187
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 2 7% 5% 7% 7% 6% 11% 15% 33%	3717
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 7% 7% 6% 7% 6% 10% 14% 30%	3949
September	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 7% 7% 7% 9% 7% 11% 13% 28%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 2 7% 7% 8% 7% 6% 9% 11% 30%	2200
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 7% 6% 6% 7% 6% 10% 12% 31%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 36%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 9% 44%	2025
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 6% 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 7% 49%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 2 4 4 4 4 3 7% 8% 53%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 10% 49%	2100
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 1 4 5% 4 4 4 6% 10% 53%	2063
December	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 64%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 9% 47%	3463
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 2 8% 5% 5% 6% 5% 6% 10% 37%	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 8% 10% 46%	5903
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 9% 4 9% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 30%	5900
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 43%	6053
February	1st to 10th	Night	8% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 7% 48%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 4 3 4 3 3 6% 8% 54%	2338
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 2 4 3 4 4 3 6% 7% 59%	1856
March	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 9% 53%	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 9% 59%	4980
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 6% 10% 49%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 7% 11% 55%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 5% 5% 3 4 4 7% 10% 54%	2173
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 7% 8% 53%	2035
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 1 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 50%	4316
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 2 4 3 3 4 4 5% 8% 58%	4032
	21st to end	Night	3 4 1 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 53%	4421
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 3 8% 6% 5% 6% 5% 9% 9% 33%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 6% 3 6% 5% 6% 7% 7% 9% 13% 33%	1800
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 3 7% 7% 7% 8% 6% 9% 13% 30%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 3 10% 8% 8% 8% 6% 9% 12% 25%	4058
	11th to 20th	Night	4 6% 3 9% 7% 8% 9% 7% 10% 13% 23%	4057
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 3 9% 7% 7% 8% 6% 9% 12% 31%	4427
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 3 10% 7% 7% 7% 7% 9% 12% 29%	2942
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 2 8% 7% 7% 8% 7% 11% 14% 26%	3298
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 3 8% 6% 6% 8% 7% 11% 16% 25%	3949
September	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 2 8% 7% 6% 9% 8% 9% 14% 28%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 7% 3 8% 6% 6% 7% 5% 9% 12% 30%	2200
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 3 9% 6% 7% 7% 5% 8% 10% 29%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 39%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 45%	2371
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 46%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 51%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 9% 51%	2520
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 50%	2552
December	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 9% 61%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 51%	4952
	21st to end	Night	10% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 35%	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	23% 28% 6% 19% 17% 6%	4066
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 31% 8% 15% 7%	4060
	21st to end	Day	28% 30% 4 23% 15% 1	4898
February	1st to 10th	Day	9% 63% 8% 10% 7% 3	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 61% 4 11% 13% 5%	1958
	21st to end	Day	10% 63% 7% 9% 8% 3	1771
March	1st to 10th	Day	22% 34% 10% 15% 16% 3	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 32% 11% 17% 16% 16%	4980
	21st to end	Day	21% 30% 7% 21% 14% 6%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	7% 63% 6% 14% 8% 3	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 64% 6% 7% 8% 6%	2176
	21st to end	Day	9% 63% 5% 10% 13% 1	2365
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 31% 18% 28% 12% 2	5639
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 32% 13% 29% 9% 2	5865
	21st to end	Day	10% 32% 17% 32% 8%	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	19% 66% 9% 6% 1	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 68% 9% 4	2600
	21st to end	Day	16% 67% 11% 5%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	32% 35% 26% 6%	5835
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 37% 26% 8%	5831
	21st to end	Day	23% 34% 27% 15% 1	6240
August	1st to 10th	Day	30% 43% 19% 6% 2	4174
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 45% 22% 11% 1	3753
	21st to end	Day	24% 44% 25% 6%	3949
September	1st to 10th	Day	19% 64% 12% 5%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 62% 11% 8% 2	2200
	21st to end	Day	16% 63% 10% 6% 3 1	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	35% 40% 12% 9% 3	3590
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 39% 10% 17% 14% 2	3278
	21st to end	Day	18% 37% 6% 22% 15% 4	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 55% 9% 13% 7% 2	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 56% 5% 9% 9% 5%	2100
	21st to end	Day	12% 57% 6% 10% 10% 5%	2063
December	1st to 10th	Day	12% 35% 9% 21% 14% 8%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 34% 8% 15% 14% 7%	3460
	21st to end	Day	34% 29% 13% 16% 8%	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	24% 29% 6% 17% 20% 4	5903
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 30% 9% 12% 6% 1	5900
	21st to end	Night	28% 29% 4 21% 15% 2	6053
February	1st to 10th	Night	13% 63% 6% 11% 6% 1	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 61% 4 10% 11% 6%	2339
	21st to end	Night	9% 62% 6% 9% 12% 3	1856
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 32% 8% 16% 15% 5%	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 32% 11% 17% 14% 13%	4980
	21st to end	Night	25% 31% 8% 17% 14% 4	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	8% 63% 6% 14% 7% 2	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 64% 8% 8% 9% 4	2173
	21st to end	Night	9% 63% 7% 10% 10% 1	2035
May	1st to 10th	Night	22% 35% 16% 20% 6% 2	4346
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 31% 12% 32% 9% 1	4033
	21st to end	Night	16% 32% 15% 26% 11%	4429
June	1st to 10th	Night	16% 65% 10% 9%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 67% 11% 5%	1800
	21st to end	Night	15% 66% 13% 5% 1	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	37% 35% 23% 5%	4015
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 38% 21% 5%	4006
	21st to end	Night	31% 33% 23% 13% 1	4297
August	1st to 10th	Night	29% 43% 18% 6% 4	2931
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 46% 20% 8%	3328
	21st to end	Night	24% 47% 26% 3 1	3949
September	1st to 10th	Night	18% 64% 12% 6%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 62% 13% 7% 2	2200
	21st to end	Night	17% 64% 9% 7% 3	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	40% 40% 11% 6% 2	3590
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 38% 9% 13% 16% 1	3857
	21st to end	Night	21% 37% 6% 20% 13% 3	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 56% 9% 12% 8% 2	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 56% 6% 10% 10% 4	2520
	21st to end	Night	14% 56% 6% 10% 11% 4	2552
December	1st to 10th	Night	13% 36% 9% 24% 9% 9%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 33% 7% 18% 16% 5%	4954
	21st to end	Night	36% 31% 13% 11% 9% 1	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	8% 6% 35% 35% 16% 1	303
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 10% 31% 32% 15% 4	300
	21st to end	Day	11% 11% 34% 36% 9%	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	4 7% 21% 38% 25% 4	300
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 24% 43% 20% 4	300
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 23% 39% 25% 3	370
March	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 32% 40% 19% 2	500
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 6% 26% 37% 24% 3	500
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 23% 43% 24% 3	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	3 5% 26% 41% 21% 5%	500
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 20% 40% 26% 4	492
	21st to end	Day	4 3 16% 37% 36% 4	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 14% 39% 32% 12%	503
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 2 15% 31% 29% 14%	527
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 9% 23% 36% 24%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 2 8% 21% 36% 21%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 6% 15% 33% 34%	530
	21st to end	Day	4 1 4 12% 31% 49%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 1 2 10% 31% 52%	525
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 2 11% 32% 51%	524
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 2 13% 31% 47%	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 11% 33% 48%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 8% 35% 50%	519
	21st to end	Day	9% 1 5% 15% 32% 38%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 3 12% 34% 44%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 5% 16% 35% 36%	530
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 4 18% 37% 33%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 10% 29% 37% 13%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 12% 32% 33% 12%	530
	21st to end	Day	7% 3 17% 32% 32% 9%	583
November	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 18% 30% 33% 9%	535
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 17% 36% 26% 9%	540
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 19% 40% 28% 6%	503
December	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 27% 35% 23% 6%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 7% 22% 37% 25% 4	330
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 23% 33% 26% 7%	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 25% 39% 21% 1	805
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 26% 40% 18% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 27% 40% 15%	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 23% 41% 19% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 22% 43% 22% 1	783
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 20% 48% 22% 1	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 27% 45% 19% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 23% 42% 25%	800
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 23% 48% 20% 1	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 20% 48% 23% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 21% 49% 21% 2	791
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 21% 47% 23% 2	800
May	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 12% 47% 33% 3	730
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 10% 39% 38% 3	591
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 6% 34% 44% 7%	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	13% 1 6% 21% 45% 15%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 5% 13% 46% 29%	600
	21st to end	Night	4 1 3 12% 44% 37%	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 3 7% 39% 45%	585
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 3 8% 40% 44%	582
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 10% 37% 46%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 2 11% 42% 39%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 2 6% 39% 45%	653
	21st to end	Night	10% 1 7% 15% 40% 27%	880
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 5% 15% 46% 28%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 2 5% 17% 43% 24%	800
	21st to end	Night	12% 2 6% 21% 41% 18%	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 10% 36% 33% 8%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 14% 34% 34% 7%	800
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 17% 39% 27% 5%	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 22% 39% 26% 4	820
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 21% 38% 27% 3	840
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 17% 42% 28% 1	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 19% 40% 27% 3	840
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 21% 38% 26% 2	840
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 21% 39% 27% 2	924

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