Lockhart State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Lockhart State Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-12-18.

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	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 45%	127139
	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 49%	124191
Transparency	Day	36% 7% 11% 20% 17% 9%	130894
	Night	34% 6% 11% 20% 18% 11%	128486
Seeing	Day	13% 7% 19% 28% 25% 9%	16266
	Night	15% 6% 25% 36% 17% 1	26201

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	18% 10% 3 6% 3 3 2 2 4 4 45%	4077
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 5% 2 4 2 2 3 3 4 5% 52%	4080
	21st to end	Day	28% 7% 2 4 3 2 2 2 4 6% 40%	4741
February	1st to 10th	Day	21% 7% 2 7% 4 3 3 3 3 4 44%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 9% 2 4 3 4 3 2 4 6% 42%	1949
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 3 5% 3 3 4 2 4 5% 46%	1656
March	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 7% 4 4 4 2 4 6% 49%	4936
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 49%	4980
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 44%	5462
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 4 6% 42%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 3 6% 5% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 41%	2176
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 3 5% 4 5% 4 3 5% 6% 43%	2513
May	1st to 10th	Day	19% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 6% 6% 34%	5862
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 45%	5862
	21st to end	Day	11% 7% 2 7% 5% 6% 6% 6% 7% 9% 35%	6434
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 7% 10% 46%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 45%	2600
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 2 6% 7% 6% 7% 5% 7% 10% 38%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 2 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 37%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 13% 39%	5900
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 4 8% 11% 39%	6422
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 9% 67%	4234
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 13% 54%	3915
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 11% 46%	4063
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 3 6% 7% 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 44%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 2 6% 6% 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 42%	2200
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 1 5% 4 5% 6% 4 7% 8% 49%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 2 4 4 3 4 4 6% 7% 56%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 54%	2037
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 2 4 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 56%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 8% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 48%	2058
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 52%	2020
	21st to end	Day	17% 8% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 44%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	28% 8% 3 5% 3 3 3 3 3 5% 37%	3030
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 7% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 42%	3454
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 4 54%	4488
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 7% 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 6% 48%	5888
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 5% 61%	5900
	21st to end	Night	30% 6% 2 5% 3 2 2 3 4 5% 39%	6278
February	1st to 10th	Night	20% 7% 2 5% 4 3 2 3 4 5% 46%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 5% 48%	2338
	21st to end	Night	22% 7% 2 4 3 2 4 2 4 6% 43%	1971
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 44%	4919
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 47%	4980
	21st to end	Night	20% 10% 3 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 42%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 7% 45%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 45%	2173
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 46%	1880
May	1st to 10th	Night	25% 8% 2 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 33%	4053
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 6% 3 4 5% 4 6% 8% 46%	4053
	21st to end	Night	13% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 10% 37%	4443
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 1 3 2 3 3 3 6% 10% 59%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 5% 10% 57%	1800
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 51%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 10% 42%	4078
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 6% 4 3 4 4 7% 12% 48%	4077
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 3 5% 4 4 5% 4 7% 10% 45%	4449
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 5% 7% 74%	2926
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 4 3 3 4 4 8% 11% 56%	3139
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 7% 11% 56%	3835
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 8% 49%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 48%	2200
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 2 6% 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 52%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 63%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 57%	2340
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 61%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 2 5% 5% 54%	2460
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 1 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 5% 55%	2596
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 5% 7% 46%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	26% 8% 3 6% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 37%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 4 47%	4908
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 2 4 3 2 2 2 3 4 56%	6490

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	42% 5% 5% 18% 20% 9%	4078
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 3 5% 18% 22% 17%	4080
	21st to end	Day	48% 3 4 9% 23% 13%	4741
February	1st to 10th	Day	45% 4 6% 11% 19% 15%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 4 7% 17% 16% 11%	1959
	21st to end	Day	42% 5% 7% 15% 17% 14%	1656
March	1st to 10th	Day	35% 6% 6% 20% 14% 19%	4936
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 6% 5% 7% 17% 27%	4980
	21st to end	Day	42% 6% 8% 19% 18% 8%	5464
April	1st to 10th	Day	42% 7% 8% 16% 15% 13%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 5% 7% 14% 19% 11%	2176
	21st to end	Day	41% 6% 8% 19% 18% 9%	2513
May	1st to 10th	Day	46% 9% 10% 19% 13% 4	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 8% 11% 19% 21% 6%	5866
	21st to end	Day	37% 10% 14% 25% 13% 1	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	28% 10% 15% 27% 18% 3	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 8% 13% 25% 18% 4	2600
	21st to end	Day	36% 11% 15% 23% 12% 2	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	41% 8% 18% 27% 4 1	5836
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 11% 21% 26% 10% 1	5831
	21st to end	Day	35% 9% 17% 24% 13% 2	6240
August	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 13% 42% 24% 1	4220
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 9% 26% 34% 10% 2	3953
	21st to end	Day	29% 12% 19% 23% 16% 1	4062
September	1st to 10th	Day	38% 9% 10% 20% 16% 8%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 9% 13% 17% 18% 5%	2200
	21st to end	Day	30% 8% 12% 20% 16% 14%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	17% 5% 7% 12% 23% 35%	3590
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 5% 9% 18% 28% 18%	3290
	21st to end	Day	26% 5% 7% 18% 27% 16%	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	36% 6% 9% 17% 20% 12%	2058
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 5% 8% 17% 20% 15%	2020
	21st to end	Day	43% 4 8% 14% 19% 12%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	51% 4 6% 16% 15% 8%	3030
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 8% 7% 10% 22% 12%	3452
	21st to end	Day	34% 4 5% 18% 24% 15%	4488
January	1st to 10th	Night	39% 4 6% 18% 21% 13%	5888
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 3 5% 18% 30% 17%	5900
	21st to end	Night	49% 3 4 10% 20% 14%	6278
February	1st to 10th	Night	41% 4 7% 12% 18% 17%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 3 7% 17% 18% 14%	2338
	21st to end	Night	43% 4 6% 15% 16% 15%	1971
March	1st to 10th	Night	40% 6% 8% 16% 16% 15%	4919
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 6% 8% 10% 13% 24%	4980
	21st to end	Night	43% 6% 8% 17% 17% 10%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	37% 7% 10% 17% 16% 13%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 5% 11% 14% 15% 15%	2173
	21st to end	Night	39% 7% 9% 20% 16% 9%	1880
May	1st to 10th	Night	49% 7% 9% 18% 12% 5%	4080
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 8% 12% 21% 18% 8%	4054
	21st to end	Night	38% 10% 16% 27% 9%	4452
June	1st to 10th	Night	21% 8% 17% 30% 21% 2	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 7% 15% 32% 20% 4	1800
	21st to end	Night	30% 10% 17% 27% 14% 2	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	37% 9% 24% 26% 4	4035
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 9% 24% 30% 10%	4026
	21st to end	Night	32% 9% 20% 25% 11% 3	4320
August	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 17% 45% 21% 1	2916
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 10% 32% 31% 8% 1	3167
	21st to end	Night	20% 14% 23% 28% 13% 2	3835
September	1st to 10th	Night	31% 8% 17% 21% 15% 7%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 9% 14% 24% 15% 6%	2200
	21st to end	Night	28% 8% 15% 21% 16% 13%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 4 7% 16% 20% 37%	3590
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 4 10% 19% 28% 21%	3800
	21st to end	Night	22% 4 6% 23% 28% 17%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	31% 7% 9% 17% 21% 14%	2460
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 5% 10% 18% 20% 16%	2596
	21st to end	Night	39% 4 9% 17% 17% 14%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	52% 4 6% 14% 15% 9%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 5% 8% 9% 21% 16%	4909
	21st to end	Night	33% 4 5% 14% 29% 14%	6490

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	21% 11% 33% 27% 7% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 14% 25% 27% 9% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	24% 12% 32% 23% 9%	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	28% 13% 26% 21% 11%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 15% 32% 19% 6% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	25% 12% 39% 20% 4	249
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 14% 38% 22% 7%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 16% 39% 22% 7% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	17% 13% 36% 26% 8% 1	330
April	1st to 10th	Day	21% 12% 36% 25% 6%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 16% 32% 23% 10% 1	294
	21st to end	Day	18% 12% 33% 25% 9% 1	613
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 12% 33% 29% 10%	703
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 27% 32% 17% 2	725
	21st to end	Day	12% 8% 21% 38% 19% 3	789
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 11% 41% 32% 8%	730
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 12% 41% 31% 6%	730
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 9% 33% 34% 15%	730
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 1 7% 31% 37% 15%	721
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 5% 26% 47% 15%	718
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 5% 25% 46% 18%	794
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 2 23% 49% 22%	726
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 24% 46% 23%	562
	21st to end	Day	4 2 5% 18% 35% 36%	438
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 1 6% 19% 39% 24%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 1 23% 43% 26%	330
	21st to end	Day	9% 2 7% 21% 37% 24%	330
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 1 8% 27% 40% 19%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 2 16% 31% 27% 13%	330
	21st to end	Day	14% 10% 20% 27% 22% 7%	363
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 21% 31% 19% 7%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 4 24% 30% 20% 4	330
	21st to end	Day	22% 12% 29% 20% 13% 3	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	22% 7% 30% 27% 10% 5%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 13% 24% 25% 14% 1	321
	21st to end	Day	20% 11% 30% 27% 12% 2	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 7% 30% 32% 8% 1	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 9% 31% 31% 9%	1000
	21st to end	Night	23% 8% 28% 33% 7%	1005
February	1st to 10th	Night	25% 10% 30% 30% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 10% 34% 26% 3	784
	21st to end	Night	25% 14% 37% 22% 2	651
March	1st to 10th	Night	22% 12% 37% 26% 4	600
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 11% 37% 27% 5%	600
	21st to end	Night	17% 11% 39% 28% 3 1	660
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 10% 43% 29% 3	600
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 12% 39% 28% 5%	593
	21st to end	Night	17% 11% 39% 26% 7%	600
May	1st to 10th	Night	17% 8% 41% 29% 5%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 34% 37% 10%	591
	21st to end	Night	11% 3 34% 39% 13%	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 21% 48% 24% 1	600
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 26% 49% 17% 1	600
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 13% 45% 29% 4	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 11% 46% 32% 3	585
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 10% 49% 34% 2	582
	21st to end	Night	3 1 8% 48% 37% 4	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 6% 50% 38% 3	597
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 6% 48% 37% 4	594
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 5% 36% 45% 7%	660
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 5% 40% 38% 6%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 7% 36% 42% 4	600
	21st to end	Night	9% 1 13% 35% 39% 4	600
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 11% 47% 33% 4	600
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 2 19% 42% 22% 2	740
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 24% 35% 19% 1	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 21% 39% 20% 1	820
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 24% 39% 17% 1	916
	21st to end	Night	20% 8% 28% 31% 13% 1	1050
December	1st to 10th	Night	22% 7% 24% 35% 11% 1	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 9% 26% 31% 8%	1036
	21st to end	Night	20% 8% 28% 36% 8%	1100

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