Georgia Southern Planetarium
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Georgia Southern Planetarium clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-01-17.

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	11% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 41%	127333
	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 44%	124351
Transparency	Day	37% 8% 13% 18% 17% 7%	131031
	Night	36% 7% 12% 18% 19% 9%	128722
Seeing	Day	12% 8% 22% 25% 21% 12%	16901
	Night	13% 7% 24% 33% 21% 3	26990

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	11% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 54%	4146
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 2 5% 3 2 3 2 4 8% 51%	4114
	21st to end	Day	13% 8% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 45%	4466
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 6% 7% 41%	1930
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 46%	1948
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 46%	1685
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 38%	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 56%	4980
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 4 6% 47%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 49%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 5% 7% 49%	2274
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 53%	2538
May	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 2 7% 6% 5% 6% 4 6% 8% 41%	5862
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 38%	5861
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 4 7% 10% 45%	6433
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 3 7% 5% 6% 7% 5% 9% 10% 33%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 6% 5% 6% 7% 8% 11% 38%	2600
	21st to end	Day	5% 6% 2 7% 7% 6% 8% 7% 9% 11% 32%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 8% 3 10% 7% 8% 8% 6% 9% 10% 20%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 6% 6% 7% 7% 6% 10% 16% 34%	5900
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 3 7% 6% 7% 8% 6% 10% 15% 29%	6424
August	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 3 9% 6% 7% 7% 6% 9% 10% 22%	4234
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 7% 5% 6% 7% 6% 9% 13% 36%	4174
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 3 7% 6% 6% 7% 6% 8% 12% 32%	4130
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 7% 3 8% 6% 7% 6% 5% 7% 8% 35%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 3 7% 5% 6% 5% 4 7% 8% 39%	2200
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 3 8% 6% 4 5% 3 5% 7% 39%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 3 7% 5% 4 3 3 5% 6% 47%	2149
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 3 3 2 3 2 5% 7% 59%	2000
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 1 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 57%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 4 3 5% 6% 52%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 2 5% 4 56%	1990
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 49%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 51%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 50%	3463
	21st to end	Day	18% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 41%	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 1 4 3 3 4 3 4 5% 56%	6019
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 45%	5979
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 4 7% 45%	6490
February	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 45%	2466
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 3 5% 4 3 3 4 4 5% 46%	2338
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 47%	1942
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 41%	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 1 4 3 3 4 4 7% 8% 53%	4980
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 49%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 49%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 52%	2074
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 5% 5% 3 4 3 5% 7% 56%	1876
May	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 7% 4 4 5% 4 7% 11% 42%	4033
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 4 3 5% 4 6% 11% 39%	4032
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 5% 7% 10% 45%	4421
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 2 8% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 34%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 9% 11% 39%	1800
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 6% 6% 7% 6% 10% 13% 34%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	11% 8% 3 9% 6% 7% 6% 6% 8% 11% 23%	4058
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 3 8% 6% 6% 7% 6% 9% 13% 34%	4057
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 3 9% 6% 7% 7% 6% 9% 12% 28%	4427
August	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 3 7% 6% 6% 6% 4 8% 11% 24%	2915
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 7% 6% 5% 6% 5% 7% 12% 38%	2875
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 11% 43%	3713
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 2 6% 4 5% 6% 5% 6% 11% 37%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 9% 39%	2200
	21st to end	Night	12% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 8% 40%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 48%	2250
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 4 3 3 2 2 3 5% 60%	2400
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 55%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 5% 53%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 2 4 4 3 4 3 4 6% 52%	2625
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 6% 6% 50%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 55%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 46%	4952
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 44%	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	32% 4 6% 15% 33% 10%	4147
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 3 5% 18% 27% 13%	4114
	21st to end	Day	39% 5% 4 19% 21% 12%	4466
February	1st to 10th	Day	41% 5% 9% 18% 20% 7%	1930
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 4 7% 15% 26% 9%	1958
	21st to end	Day	37% 5% 7% 18% 20% 13%	1685
March	1st to 10th	Day	45% 5% 8% 11% 21% 10%	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 6% 10% 16% 21% 21%	4980
	21st to end	Day	40% 4 6% 18% 20% 12%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	33% 7% 10% 20% 20% 12%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 5% 9% 19% 21% 12%	2274
	21st to end	Day	28% 6% 11% 25% 24% 6%	2538
May	1st to 10th	Day	38% 9% 13% 25% 13% 2	5897
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 7% 17% 21% 12% 1	5865
	21st to end	Day	32% 8% 17% 21% 20% 1	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	42% 12% 16% 17% 12% 1	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 11% 19% 23% 12% 1	2600
	21st to end	Day	39% 14% 19% 17% 10% 1	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	53% 13% 19% 12% 2 1	5835
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 16% 34% 15% 2	5831
	21st to end	Day	39% 15% 25% 18% 3	6240
August	1st to 10th	Day	53% 12% 21% 12% 2	4221
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 12% 18% 24% 10% 1	4213
	21st to end	Day	40% 10% 17% 27% 5% 1	4130
September	1st to 10th	Day	41% 13% 15% 14% 12% 5%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 9% 12% 17% 16% 4	2200
	21st to end	Day	44% 5% 11% 18% 17% 5%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	41% 4 8% 13% 21% 13%	3500
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 2 5% 13% 28% 34%	3240
	21st to end	Day	22% 3 7% 18% 35% 16%	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	32% 5% 9% 15% 23% 15%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 4 7% 18% 26% 13%	1990
	21st to end	Day	35% 4 9% 20% 22% 10%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	34% 5% 9% 16% 25% 11%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 4 6% 26% 22% 6%	3460
	21st to end	Day	45% 3 5% 19% 24% 3	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	30% 4 6% 15% 34% 12%	6019
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 4 5% 16% 26% 10%	5979
	21st to end	Night	40% 5% 7% 13% 25% 11%	6490
February	1st to 10th	Night	38% 5% 9% 18% 21% 9%	2466
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 5% 7% 16% 20% 11%	2339
	21st to end	Night	37% 6% 8% 16% 18% 15%	1942
March	1st to 10th	Night	45% 5% 8% 14% 17% 12%	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 5% 9% 14% 23% 22%	4980
	21st to end	Night	35% 5% 9% 17% 21% 13%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	32% 7% 11% 18% 19% 12%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 6% 9% 22% 22% 12%	2074
	21st to end	Night	27% 6% 14% 25% 22% 6%	1876
May	1st to 10th	Night	33% 8% 17% 27% 12% 3	4060
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 8% 19% 23% 11% 1	4033
	21st to end	Night	31% 9% 14% 26% 17% 2	4429
June	1st to 10th	Night	38% 12% 19% 20% 11% 1	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 12% 20% 25% 8% 1	1800
	21st to end	Night	36% 15% 24% 16% 9% 1	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	50% 13% 21% 12% 3 1	4015
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 14% 34% 12% 2	4006
	21st to end	Night	45% 15% 19% 17% 4	4297
August	1st to 10th	Night	51% 12% 24% 11% 2	2904
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 13% 21% 24% 6% 1	2902
	21st to end	Night	32% 10% 19% 33% 5%	3713
September	1st to 10th	Night	39% 12% 19% 16% 12% 3	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 10% 16% 19% 13% 3	2200
	21st to end	Night	42% 8% 14% 16% 18% 3	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	39% 5% 10% 15% 22% 10%	3679
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 3 4 12% 26% 37%	3899
	21st to end	Night	24% 3 6% 17% 32% 18%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	32% 5% 9% 14% 24% 15%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 4 7% 18% 24% 14%	2625
	21st to end	Night	34% 4 9% 19% 23% 11%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	32% 4 8% 16% 31% 9%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 4 9% 18% 19% 8%	4954
	21st to end	Night	42% 5% 6% 19% 25% 4	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	13% 18% 48% 15% 5%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 19% 35% 20% 10% 2	318
	21st to end	Day	20% 26% 40% 10% 4	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 21% 39% 18% 7% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 16% 32% 23% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	14% 18% 43% 18% 6%	284
March	1st to 10th	Day	15% 18% 29% 25% 11% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 13% 38% 27% 8% 1	500
	21st to end	Day	16% 14% 33% 26% 9% 2	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 14% 30% 28% 12% 2	500
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 14% 29% 22% 18% 7%	492
	21st to end	Day	7% 9% 23% 32% 21% 9%	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 12% 29% 25% 18% 9%	503
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 3 22% 28% 23% 13%	527
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 16% 28% 25% 17%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 19% 24% 29% 16%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 13% 23% 27% 25%	530
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 9% 29% 28% 26%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 6% 20% 37% 28%	525
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 4 17% 37% 34%	524
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 6% 22% 37% 27%	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 2 10% 23% 29% 23%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 5% 20% 33% 32%	519
	21st to end	Day	13% 2 11% 24% 28% 22%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 8% 30% 30% 18%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 3 14% 30% 28% 11%	530
	21st to end	Day	14% 3 13% 28% 31% 11%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 22% 31% 19% 9%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 23% 30% 23% 8%	530
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 26% 29% 22% 5%	583
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 24% 28% 20% 5%	535
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 10% 37% 24% 10% 2	430
	21st to end	Day	13% 14% 30% 30% 12% 1	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 14% 35% 22% 8% 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 16% 33% 21% 9% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	26% 10% 33% 20% 10% 1	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 13% 36% 30% 6%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 13% 32% 30% 9%	825
	21st to end	Night	18% 13% 39% 26% 4	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 10% 34% 34% 7%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 12% 35% 28% 4	783
	21st to end	Night	13% 13% 39% 31% 4	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	13% 11% 34% 37% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 12% 33% 32% 8% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	11% 12% 37% 31% 9%	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 10% 35% 32% 10% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 10% 32% 33% 14%	791
	21st to end	Night	7% 7% 27% 41% 17%	676
May	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 23% 47% 16% 1	600
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 23% 41% 19% 4	591
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 14% 36% 34% 3	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 15% 37% 33% 3	600
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 2 11% 36% 35% 10%	600
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 10% 38% 39% 8%	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 1 8% 28% 45% 8%	585
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 4 25% 51% 11%	582
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 6% 33% 47% 6%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 8% 29% 41% 9%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 6% 26% 48% 10%	594
	21st to end	Night	13% 1 11% 28% 37% 10%	815
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 9% 30% 42% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 2 13% 33% 39% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	15% 3 13% 34% 31% 4	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 4 19% 35% 24% 4	800
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 22% 35% 23% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 23% 37% 23% 2	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 20% 37% 21% 2	820
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 8% 28% 33% 15% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 30% 33% 16%	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	17% 8% 29% 33% 12% 1	840
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 11% 30% 30% 12% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	20% 11% 29% 31% 10%	924

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