Kickapoo Cavern State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Kickapoo Cavern State Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-05-17.

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% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 52%	132208
	Night	10% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 57%	130968
Transparency	Day	31% 5% 9% 20% 20% 14%	136110
	Night	28% 5% 10% 20% 21% 16%	135128
Seeing	Day	13% 7% 24% 34% 19% 3	16680
	Night	12% 7% 30% 39% 12% 1	26748

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	9% 5% 1 4 2 2 2 2 3 5% 63%	5289
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 3 2 2 3 2 4 5% 61%	5786
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 6% 50%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Day	10% 8% 3 5% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 52%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 3 3 2 3 5% 6% 52%	2049
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 8% 57%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 2 3 3 2 4 5% 55%	4636
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 2 4 2 3 3 2 3 4 57%	5090
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 52%	5583
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 6% 6% 50%	2402
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 51%	2494
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 4 6% 49%	2520
May	1st to 10th	Day	17% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 44%	5849
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 1 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 53%	5941
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 40%	6434
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 9% 55%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 1 3 4 4 4 4 7% 7% 53%	2600
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 4 7% 8% 45%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 8% 44%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 7% 10% 50%	5900
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 52%	6085
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 7% 71%	3905
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 5% 9% 65%	3846
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 52%	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 42%	2245
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 7% 43%	2200
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 3 6% 7% 52%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 7% 56%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 54%	2200
	21st to end	Day	14% 4 1 4 2 2 3 2 3 4 61%	2253
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 6% 53%	1913
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 55%	1890
	21st to end	Day	13% 8% 2 4 2 3 3 3 4 4 52%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	22% 9% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 3 4 42%	3030
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 45%	3481
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 63%	4587
January	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 6% 64%	7634
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 1 3 2 1 2 2 4 5% 67%	7260
	21st to end	Night	22% 7% 2 5% 3 2 2 2 3 5% 47%	7746
February	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 1 4 2 2 3 3 4 6% 59%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 4 2 2 3 3 5% 4 56%	2458
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 1 5% 3 2 4 3 5% 6% 56%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 57%	5453
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 2 5% 2 2 3 3 4 5% 59%	5090
	21st to end	Night	10% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 56%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 55%	2212
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 51%	2077
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 3 4 6% 52%	2100
May	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 5% 47%	4282
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 2 4 3 3 4 4 5% 8% 58%	4107
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 3 4 5% 4 7% 10% 46%	4443
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 7% 11% 61%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 2 3 4 4 4 7% 8% 61%	1800
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 1 3 4 4 4 3 7% 11% 54%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 10% 47%	4078
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 2 4 3 4 3 4 5% 9% 59%	4077
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 1 4 3 4 4 3 6% 8% 58%	4766
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 5% 9% 75%	3255
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 9% 65%	3213
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 2 4 4 3 4 3 7% 10% 54%	3597
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 49%	2152
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 10% 50%	2200
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 2 4 3 4 4 4 6% 7% 56%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 62%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 59%	2200
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 68%	2565
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 1 3 3 2 3 2 3 4 62%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 2 4 2 3 2 3 5% 5% 61%	2730
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 53%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	24% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 42%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 2 5% 3 3 2 2 4 5% 52%	4946
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 6% 61%	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	26% 2 5% 23% 25% 20%	5290
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 2 4 17% 26% 24%	5786
	21st to end	Day	38% 3 5% 13% 28% 12%	6468
February	1st to 10th	Day	35% 3 6% 13% 21% 21%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 4 6% 19% 21% 16%	2059
	21st to end	Day	29% 4 9% 14% 25% 20%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	33% 4 5% 15% 15% 29%	4636
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 4 4 9% 15% 36%	5090
	21st to end	Day	32% 5% 8% 16% 19% 20%	5585
April	1st to 10th	Day	34% 5% 8% 16% 18% 18%	2402
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 6% 7% 18% 16% 18%	2494
	21st to end	Day	37% 6% 8% 18% 16% 15%	2520
May	1st to 10th	Day	39% 7% 8% 17% 18% 11%	5885
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 6% 10% 18% 22% 15%	5945
	21st to end	Day	39% 7% 10% 22% 16% 4	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	24% 8% 13% 30% 20% 5%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 7% 12% 25% 22% 7%	2600
	21st to end	Day	35% 9% 14% 22% 16% 4	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	39% 6% 17% 27% 10% 1	5836
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 6% 19% 32% 12% 1	5831
	21st to end	Day	27% 7% 19% 27% 18% 2	5913
August	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 11% 39% 31% 1	3892
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 22% 42% 12% 2	3882
	21st to end	Day	27% 9% 14% 27% 22% 2	4311
September	1st to 10th	Day	38% 8% 12% 18% 16% 7%	2245
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 8% 13% 20% 17% 4	2200
	21st to end	Day	31% 7% 11% 21% 18% 12%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	19% 4 7% 14% 22% 34%	3590
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 4 7% 15% 17% 26%	3568
	21st to end	Day	27% 3 4 17% 36% 13%	3616
November	1st to 10th	Day	34% 5% 9% 18% 21% 13%	1913
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 4 6% 19% 20% 19%	1890
	21st to end	Day	36% 5% 6% 18% 20% 15%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	49% 3 5% 14% 17% 11%	3030
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 5% 6% 13% 19% 16%	3479
	21st to end	Day	28% 2 4 16% 27% 23%	4587
January	1st to 10th	Night	24% 3 7% 18% 31% 19%	7635
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 2 4 15% 29% 29%	7260
	21st to end	Night	42% 2 4 12% 21% 18%	7746
February	1st to 10th	Night	28% 4 8% 15% 20% 25%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 4 8% 18% 21% 17%	2458
	21st to end	Night	29% 4 8% 15% 23% 21%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	26% 6% 9% 20% 18% 22%	5453
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 6% 5% 10% 16% 33%	5090
	21st to end	Night	30% 5% 9% 18% 19% 18%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	28% 6% 11% 19% 16% 20%	2212
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 6% 10% 16% 15% 19%	2077
	21st to end	Night	35% 5% 11% 19% 16% 15%	2100
May	1st to 10th	Night	38% 7% 8% 18% 16% 13%	4308
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 7% 12% 18% 23% 15%	4108
	21st to end	Night	33% 7% 13% 24% 15% 7%	4452
June	1st to 10th	Night	16% 8% 17% 34% 21% 4	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 13% 29% 25% 7%	1800
	21st to end	Night	25% 7% 17% 28% 18% 6%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	31% 8% 22% 29% 10% 1	4035
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 7% 20% 33% 15% 2	4026
	21st to end	Night	24% 7% 20% 30% 19% 2	4628
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 15% 40% 30% 2	3244
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 25% 41% 11% 2	3243
	21st to end	Night	25% 9% 18% 27% 19% 2	3597
September	1st to 10th	Night	31% 10% 13% 22% 17% 8%	2152
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 9% 17% 23% 15% 6%	2200
	21st to end	Night	26% 7% 13% 24% 18% 12%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	17% 4 9% 14% 21% 35%	3590
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 3 7% 14% 22% 27%	3570
	21st to end	Night	20% 2 5% 15% 41% 17%	4140
November	1st to 10th	Night	29% 4 7% 19% 25% 17%	2600
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 4 8% 20% 21% 20%	2730
	21st to end	Night	33% 5% 8% 17% 20% 17%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	46% 3 9% 14% 14% 15%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 4 6% 15% 22% 18%	4947
	21st to end	Night	26% 3 5% 19% 27% 20%	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	16% 9% 34% 31% 9% 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 12% 34% 29% 8% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	18% 9% 38% 27% 7%	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 14% 26% 26% 14% 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 12% 36% 25% 7%	330
	21st to end	Day	19% 12% 38% 27% 4	273
March	1st to 10th	Day	22% 19% 37% 19% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 14% 38% 23% 8% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	20% 13% 37% 22% 7% 1	363
April	1st to 10th	Day	14% 16% 40% 26% 5%	422
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 16% 40% 24% 4	532
	21st to end	Day	14% 15% 42% 24% 5%	540
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 10% 39% 32% 4	686
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 39% 30% 6% 1	756
	21st to end	Day	16% 8% 33% 34% 7% 1	789
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 25% 49% 15% 2	730
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 24% 49% 16% 1	730
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 19% 38% 29% 5%	730
July	1st to 10th	Day	12% 2 11% 38% 33% 5%	721
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 7% 45% 38% 3	718
	21st to end	Day	4 1 7% 43% 39% 7%	649
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 3 47% 40% 9%	527
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 6% 37% 43% 8%	517
	21st to end	Day	4 1 7% 34% 42% 12%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 1 7% 36% 37% 10%	375
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 5% 32% 45% 12%	330
	21st to end	Day	9% 2 6% 34% 39% 10%	330
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 12% 37% 36% 6%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 16% 42% 24% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	18% 10% 23% 29% 18% 2	363
November	1st to 10th	Day	21% 4 29% 28% 16% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 8% 22% 22% 22% 4	330
	21st to end	Day	21% 8% 35% 26% 8% 2	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	23% 9% 25% 29% 13% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 14% 28% 27% 11% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	19% 9% 29% 30% 12% 2	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 33% 37% 8% 1	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 10% 31% 37% 8%	903
	21st to end	Night	18% 11% 31% 32% 8%	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 10% 34% 34% 7%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 12% 38% 27% 6%	824
	21st to end	Night	13% 10% 47% 28% 2	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 13% 42% 24% 3	825
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 12% 40% 30% 4	630
	21st to end	Night	11% 13% 49% 24% 3	693
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 11% 51% 26% 2	630
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 14% 52% 19% 1	623
	21st to end	Night	13% 14% 50% 21% 2	630
May	1st to 10th	Night	13% 10% 49% 26% 3	630
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 9% 44% 32% 4	609
	21st to end	Night	9% 8% 48% 29% 6%	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 36% 50% 8%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 44% 45% 6%	600
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 29% 49% 14% 1	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 13% 58% 17% 1	585
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 15% 58% 20% 1	582
	21st to end	Night	4 2 12% 59% 23% 1	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 7% 63% 28% 1	597
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 12% 56% 28% 1	594
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 9% 54% 29% 2	660
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 10% 49% 31% 3	600
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 12% 48% 30% 2	600
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 17% 47% 25% 3	600
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 20% 50% 21% 1	600
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 22% 44% 17% 1	600
	21st to end	Night	9% 8% 26% 38% 17% 2	805
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 23% 38% 18% 1	960
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 28% 41% 14% 1	1050
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 28% 37% 11% 1	1050
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 5% 26% 40% 10% 1	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 8% 26% 36% 9%	1050
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 30% 38% 9% 1	1155

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