Fayetteville
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Fayetteville clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-10-29.

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 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 42%	149071
	Night	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 43%	143031
Transparency	Day	38% 7% 12% 20% 17% 5%	152675
	Night	38% 6% 11% 19% 19% 6%	147499
Seeing	Day	15% 8% 23% 25% 20% 9%	18303
	Night	15% 7% 24% 34% 18% 2	28365

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% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 3 5% 55%	5258
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 4 3 3 2 2 3 4 60%	5280
	21st to end	Day	16% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 41%	5780
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 6% 7% 43%	1890
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 44%	1877
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 3 3 5% 6% 41%	1903
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 5% 6% 39%	5045
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 53%	5090
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 49%	5586
April	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 2 4 3 4 3 3 6% 8% 52%	2431
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 1 4 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 51%	2494
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 49%	2520
May	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 2 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 10% 37%	7438
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 41%	7626
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 3 7% 5% 6% 5% 4 7% 8% 37%	8391
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 38%	2730
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 11% 42%	2730
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 9% 11% 39%	2730
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 7% 5% 6% 7% 6% 9% 12% 34%	7680
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 3 8% 6% 6% 7% 6% 9% 12% 28%	7680
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 11% 29%	8340
August	1st to 10th	Day	16% 9% 4 10% 6% 6% 7% 6% 8% 10% 17%	6014
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 13% 36%	5720
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 10% 43%	6080
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 45%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 7% 4 4 5% 3 6% 8% 42%	2368
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 38%	2267
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 47%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 1 4 3 2 3 3 5% 5% 58%	2100
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 6% 58%	2280
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 54%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 1 4 3 2 4 3 5% 6% 53%	2100
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 50%	1918
December	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 2 6% 4 4 3 4 4 5% 51%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 46%	3463
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 45%	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 55%	7635
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 54%	7680
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 3 6% 3 4 3 3 4 5% 43%	8401
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 46%	2730
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 5% 42%	2622
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 46%	1903
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 5% 40%	5028
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 2 4 3 3 5% 3 5% 7% 52%	5090
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 5% 49%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 49%	2187
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 52%	2075
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 6% 7% 48%	2100
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 10% 37%	5457
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 43%	5234
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 6% 8% 34%	5761
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 9% 10% 36%	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 11% 38%	1890
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 9% 11% 39%	1890
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 3 8% 6% 5% 7% 6% 8% 11% 32%	5278
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 8% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 9% 13% 26%	5277
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 4 9% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 11% 25%	5736
August	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 3 9% 5% 5% 6% 4 8% 11% 24%	4135
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 8% 5% 5% 7% 5% 9% 14% 34%	4278
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 3 7% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 42%	5045
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 46%	2100
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 8% 40%	2247
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 2 8% 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 39%	2352
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 48%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 56%	2520
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 7% 57%	2737
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 4 54%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 50%	2520
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 2 5% 6% 52%	2699
December	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 54%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 42%	4952
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 47%	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	34% 3 9% 22% 26% 7%	5259
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 2 3 15% 34% 14%	5280
	21st to end	Day	47% 4 4 17% 19% 10%	5780
February	1st to 10th	Day	40% 4 11% 20% 19% 6%	1890
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 4 7% 18% 22% 6%	1886
	21st to end	Day	44% 5% 8% 17% 20% 6%	1903
March	1st to 10th	Day	46% 4 6% 15% 19% 10%	5045
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 5% 7% 15% 28% 13%	5090
	21st to end	Day	37% 4 9% 22% 21% 7%	5586
April	1st to 10th	Day	30% 4 13% 23% 24% 7%	2431
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 5% 11% 25% 21% 8%	2494
	21st to end	Day	33% 7% 13% 24% 19% 4	2520
May	1st to 10th	Day	42% 8% 15% 23% 11% 2	7471
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 7% 12% 24% 16% 2	7630
	21st to end	Day	42% 9% 13% 18% 16% 3	8405
June	1st to 10th	Day	39% 9% 14% 21% 15% 1	2730
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 10% 18% 23% 14% 2	2730
	21st to end	Day	34% 11% 19% 22% 13% 2	2730
July	1st to 10th	Day	36% 11% 19% 26% 8% 1	7615
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 14% 23% 13% 6% 1	7611
	21st to end	Day	45% 11% 15% 17% 12%	8156
August	1st to 10th	Day	57% 11% 19% 8% 4	6001
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 10% 21% 25% 7%	5759
	21st to end	Day	35% 7% 15% 29% 13% 1	6080
September	1st to 10th	Day	33% 10% 15% 20% 19% 4	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 7% 12% 18% 21% 4	2368
	21st to end	Day	45% 6% 9% 20% 16% 4	2267
October	1st to 10th	Day	36% 4 7% 21% 25% 7%	3360
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 3 6% 19% 27% 26%	3340
	21st to end	Day	24% 3 5% 24% 26% 18%	3618
November	1st to 10th	Day	32% 4 8% 20% 27% 8%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 4 8% 22% 25% 8%	2100
	21st to end	Day	34% 4 7% 24% 23% 8%	1918
December	1st to 10th	Day	35% 5% 8% 18% 24% 11%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 3 12% 18% 21% 6%	3460
	21st to end	Day	40% 4 10% 24% 21% 2	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	30% 4 10% 22% 29% 6%	7636
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 3 5% 14% 33% 11%	7680
	21st to end	Night	44% 3 4 17% 22% 9%	8401
February	1st to 10th	Night	40% 4 9% 19% 21% 7%	2730
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 5% 9% 15% 21% 7%	2624
	21st to end	Night	39% 4 8% 17% 23% 9%	1903
March	1st to 10th	Night	46% 5% 6% 12% 24% 7%	5028
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 5% 7% 13% 26% 17%	5090
	21st to end	Night	36% 5% 9% 22% 22% 7%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	35% 5% 11% 19% 21% 8%	2187
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 5% 10% 24% 22% 8%	2075
	21st to end	Night	33% 7% 12% 24% 19% 5%	2100
May	1st to 10th	Night	41% 7% 18% 21% 11% 2	5486
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 6% 14% 22% 17% 1	5235
	21st to end	Night	45% 9% 13% 20% 12% 2	5771
June	1st to 10th	Night	38% 10% 17% 20% 12% 2	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 9% 19% 20% 12% 1	1890
	21st to end	Night	35% 11% 18% 23% 11% 2	1890
July	1st to 10th	Night	43% 11% 19% 22% 6% 1	5235
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 13% 23% 12% 5%	5226
	21st to end	Night	50% 10% 16% 15% 8% 1	5606
August	1st to 10th	Night	51% 11% 22% 12% 3	4124
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 11% 24% 23% 4	4305
	21st to end	Night	37% 7% 13% 28% 13% 2	5045
September	1st to 10th	Night	34% 8% 15% 22% 16% 5%	2100
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 7% 13% 18% 18% 3	2247
	21st to end	Night	47% 6% 12% 17% 15% 4	2352
October	1st to 10th	Night	38% 5% 7% 21% 23% 7%	4040
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 3 5% 16% 27% 26%	4019
	21st to end	Night	24% 3 7% 24% 24% 18%	4349
November	1st to 10th	Night	34% 4 6% 18% 26% 11%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 4 8% 16% 26% 11%	2520
	21st to end	Night	33% 4 7% 21% 26% 8%	2699
December	1st to 10th	Night	34% 4 7% 16% 29% 10%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 5% 9% 16% 16% 9%	4954
	21st to end	Night	38% 4 10% 24% 22% 2	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	15% 20% 39% 22% 4	330
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 23% 36% 17% 6% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	19% 18% 38% 19% 5%	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	18% 16% 39% 21% 5%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 14% 38% 14% 2	359
	21st to end	Day	24% 14% 33% 21% 8%	446
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 16% 30% 26% 9% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 14% 37% 22% 6% 1	540
	21st to end	Day	18% 12% 34% 25% 9% 1	594
April	1st to 10th	Day	16% 16% 30% 24% 11% 3	540
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 14% 29% 28% 15% 4	532
	21st to end	Day	14% 10% 26% 25% 21% 3	540
May	1st to 10th	Day	11% 13% 35% 23% 13% 5%	543
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 20% 29% 23% 8%	567
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 17% 25% 23% 14%	617
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 20% 30% 25% 11%	570
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 2 15% 28% 29% 14%	570
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 15% 28% 33% 16%	570
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 5% 25% 36% 22%	565
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 1 8% 23% 38% 22%	564
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 10% 29% 38% 14%	620
August	1st to 10th	Day	15% 4 10% 24% 29% 17%	566
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 2 9% 22% 33% 23%	559
	21st to end	Day	12% 2 9% 27% 28% 22%	627
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 3 14% 26% 26% 23%	570
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 3 12% 26% 31% 14%	570
	21st to end	Day	21% 4 19% 26% 22% 8%	570
October	1st to 10th	Day	19% 6% 19% 23% 24% 9%	570
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 27% 26% 21% 6%	570
	21st to end	Day	12% 8% 24% 30% 22% 5%	615
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 7% 23% 32% 16% 4	535
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 9% 34% 28% 11% 1	540
	21st to end	Day	13% 13% 29% 29% 14% 2	358
December	1st to 10th	Day	21% 12% 41% 19% 7%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 11% 35% 23% 11% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	21% 12% 36% 21% 8% 2	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	18% 12% 35% 29% 7% 1	840
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 12% 34% 31% 7%	840
	21st to end	Night	19% 9% 38% 30% 3	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 10% 36% 32% 4	840
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 13% 38% 25% 1	823
	21st to end	Night	19% 13% 36% 28% 4	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	17% 12% 34% 31% 6%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 11% 37% 28% 7% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	17% 11% 35% 31% 6%	924
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 12% 33% 32% 7%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 11% 34% 33% 11%	831
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 31% 40% 10%	840
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 10% 32% 37% 12%	709
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 22% 41% 17% 1	621
	21st to end	Night	12% 2 18% 36% 30% 2	683
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 18% 44% 22% 3	630
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 13% 39% 28% 6%	630
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 14% 39% 34% 3	630
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 9% 36% 39% 5%	615
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 1 7% 37% 41% 6%	612
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 10% 39% 35% 4	690
August	1st to 10th	Night	14% 3 8% 33% 37% 4	627
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 2 8% 34% 40% 6%	703
	21st to end	Night	12% 2 9% 34% 37% 6%	924
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 10% 34% 37% 5%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 2 12% 32% 34% 5%	840
	21st to end	Night	22% 5% 16% 31% 23% 3	840
October	1st to 10th	Night	17% 4 16% 30% 28% 5%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 25% 32% 22% 2	840
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 25% 32% 22% 3	913
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 23% 37% 16% 3	820
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 9% 28% 33% 13%	840
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 29% 34% 15% 1	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 9% 27% 36% 7%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 28% 36% 10%	840
	21st to end	Night	19% 10% 27% 36% 8%	924

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