Lake Hartwell State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Lake Hartwell State Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-11.

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% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 43%	101112
	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 43%	98001
Transparency	Day	38% 6% 11% 20% 19% 6%	104893
	Night	38% 5% 10% 19% 20% 7%	102359
Seeing	Day	18% 8% 21% 25% 19% 9%	15055
	Night	17% 8% 21% 30% 20% 4	25089

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	16% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 7% 45%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 53%	2840
	21st to end	Day	27% 5% 1 4 2 2 2 3 4 5% 45%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 3 4 6% 5% 42%	1862
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 5% 5% 43%	1848
	21st to end	Day	20% 7% 2 5% 5% 4 3 3 4 6% 41%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	24% 8% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 38%	3334
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 52%	3480
	21st to end	Day	20% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 41%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 2 5% 4 5% 4 4 6% 7% 47%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 48%	2244
	21st to end	Day	11% 4 2 4 3 4 3 3 6% 7% 51%	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 9% 40%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 8% 3 7% 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 37%	4081
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 11% 44%	4476
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 7% 6% 5% 6% 6% 8% 11% 34%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 12% 41%	2470
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 5% 5% 6% 7% 6% 9% 11% 38%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 3 7% 6% 6% 7% 6% 9% 11% 31%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 5% 9% 11% 37%	4120
	21st to end	Day	10% 7% 3 10% 8% 7% 8% 6% 9% 10% 22%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 32%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 41%	4044
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 51%	4070
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 3 6% 5% 5% 7% 5% 7% 8% 41%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 2 7% 4 4 5% 4 5% 7% 41%	2090
	21st to end	Day	17% 4 2 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 7% 46%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 4 2 4 2 3 2 2 4 6% 55%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 3 3 5% 58%	1905
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 1 5% 3 3 3 2 3 4 58%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 2 4 3 2 2 2 4 6% 55%	1864
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 52%	1710
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 50%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	22% 6% 3 6% 4 3 3 4 5% 6% 39%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 48%	2153
	21st to end	Day	24% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 42%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	18% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 3 6% 48%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 47%	4120
	21st to end	Night	25% 6% 2 4 3 2 3 2 4 5% 43%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 3 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 47%	2314
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 4 44%	2218
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 42%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 37%	3519
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 2 4 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 51%	3480
	21st to end	Night	20% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 42%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 50%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 6% 5% 3 3 3 5% 8% 50%	1898
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 1 5% 5% 4 3 4 5% 7% 51%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 3 6% 8% 39%	2813
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 3 5% 5% 4 4 3 6% 8% 39%	2812
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 8% 10% 44%	3079
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 3 7% 6% 5% 5% 5% 9% 11% 33%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 7% 4 8% 12% 41%	1710
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 6% 9% 10% 39%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 3 9% 7% 6% 7% 5% 8% 9% 29%	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 7% 5% 6% 6% 7% 10% 13% 30%	2840
	21st to end	Night	13% 10% 3 10% 7% 7% 7% 5% 8% 10% 21%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 12% 31%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 3 8% 7% 6% 7% 4 7% 9% 30%	2785
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 2 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 43%	3535
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 39%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 3 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 37%	2090
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 46%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 4 2 4 3 3 3 4 5% 6% 53%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 2 5% 3 2 4 3 4 5% 56%	2274
	21st to end	Night	12% 3 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 59%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 5% 55%	2431
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 2 4 3 3 2 2 4 6% 52%	2477
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 2 4 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 47%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 2 5% 5% 42%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 5% 2 4 3 2 3 2 4 5% 53%	3042
	21st to end	Night	20% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 37%	4532

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	40% 3 6% 21% 22% 8%	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 3 6% 19% 29% 8%	2840
	21st to end	Day	44% 2 3 19% 23% 9%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	44% 3 7% 20% 20% 6%	1862
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 3 5% 19% 22% 7%	1858
	21st to end	Day	45% 3 7% 15% 20% 9%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	49% 3 7% 16% 15% 11%	3334
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 4 7% 16% 26% 13%	3480
	21st to end	Day	45% 3 6% 21% 21% 4	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	35% 3 10% 21% 24% 6%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 4 7% 19% 22% 10%	2244
	21st to end	Day	31% 4 10% 29% 21% 4	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	40% 5% 14% 22% 16% 4	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 5% 12% 23% 14% 1	4085
	21st to end	Day	32% 7% 15% 23% 21% 2	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	41% 8% 18% 22% 10% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 9% 19% 26% 13% 2	2470
	21st to end	Day	36% 9% 17% 20% 14% 4	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	41% 13% 19% 20% 6% 1	4055
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 11% 25% 20% 5% 2	4051
	21st to end	Day	53% 12% 16% 13% 6%	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	43% 8% 17% 26% 6%	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 8% 21% 19% 14% 2	4083
	21st to end	Day	31% 6% 15% 24% 21% 3	4070
September	1st to 10th	Day	39% 7% 13% 17% 19% 4	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 6% 10% 19% 22% 2	2090
	21st to end	Day	38% 4 10% 22% 19% 7%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	27% 3 6% 17% 35% 11%	3480
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 2 5% 14% 29% 28%	3145
	21st to end	Day	27% 4 4 21% 30% 14%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	33% 2 8% 17% 28% 11%	1864
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 4 5% 23% 26% 9%	1710
	21st to end	Day	36% 3 6% 22% 26% 7%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	46% 4 7% 19% 17% 7%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 2 6% 20% 22% 11%	2150
	21st to end	Day	43% 3 6% 22% 23% 3	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	40% 3 5% 17% 27% 8%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 3 4 20% 24% 10%	4120
	21st to end	Night	45% 3 3 16% 26% 7%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	40% 2 7% 21% 23% 7%	2314
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 2 5% 18% 23% 8%	2219
	21st to end	Night	43% 3 7% 19% 19% 9%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	47% 3 8% 16% 17% 8%	3519
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 5% 8% 14% 29% 14%	3480
	21st to end	Night	44% 3 6% 18% 19% 9%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	34% 4 9% 21% 24% 8%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 2 6% 22% 24% 11%	1898
	21st to end	Night	33% 5% 9% 27% 21% 5%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	41% 5% 13% 22% 16% 2	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 6% 13% 22% 15% 1	2813
	21st to end	Night	31% 7% 14% 27% 19% 2	3087
June	1st to 10th	Night	39% 9% 17% 20% 12% 2	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 7% 19% 25% 15% 1	1710
	21st to end	Night	34% 10% 19% 19% 14% 4	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	47% 10% 20% 16% 6% 1	2795
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 16% 24% 18% 4 1	2786
	21st to end	Night	55% 10% 17% 12% 4 1	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	42% 9% 23% 20% 5%	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 12% 17% 17% 9% 1	2812
	21st to end	Night	35% 8% 13% 21% 20% 2	3535
September	1st to 10th	Night	38% 8% 15% 19% 16% 4	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 8% 11% 19% 17% 3	2090
	21st to end	Night	37% 4 12% 20% 21% 6%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	25% 4 10% 17% 35% 9%	3480
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 2 5% 17% 31% 25%	3773
	21st to end	Night	24% 3 5% 22% 28% 18%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	33% 3 7% 18% 26% 12%	2431
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 3 5% 18% 27% 13%	2477
	21st to end	Night	39% 3 5% 20% 25% 8%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	45% 3 6% 20% 19% 7%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 2 7% 18% 28% 9%	3044
	21st to end	Night	47% 3 6% 22% 18% 4	4532

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	23% 16% 37% 20% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 20% 26% 20% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	27% 20% 32% 16% 3 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	23% 17% 40% 16% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 17% 29% 17% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	36% 16% 36% 9% 2	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	24% 12% 29% 26% 9% 1	393
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 15% 38% 16% 10%	460
	21st to end	Day	24% 15% 32% 20% 9% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	22% 15% 28% 23% 12% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 12% 36% 22% 12% 3	452
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 29% 23% 17% 7%	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 13% 30% 22% 15% 7%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 17% 29% 19% 11%	487
	21st to end	Day	16% 5% 17% 26% 24% 13%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 3 15% 34% 23% 13%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 15% 29% 25% 19%	490
	21st to end	Day	9% 2 17% 31% 25% 16%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 9% 22% 30% 26%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 1 8% 25% 37% 18%	484
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 7% 30% 35% 19%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 11% 25% 26% 19%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 6% 30% 30% 17%	479
	21st to end	Day	15% 2 8% 26% 29% 20%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 1 12% 29% 30% 16%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 3 10% 22% 33% 12%	490
	21st to end	Day	20% 4 17% 24% 24% 11%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	19% 4 17% 31% 19% 10%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 23% 30% 23% 5%	490
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 21% 29% 22% 3	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	24% 7% 22% 26% 16% 4	402
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 13% 34% 26% 6% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	16% 10% 36% 24% 13% 2	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	32% 10% 30% 22% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 11% 37% 19% 6% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	34% 13% 27% 16% 7% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	23% 16% 28% 27% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 15% 29% 28% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	22% 17% 32% 28% 3	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	18% 13% 29% 34% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 14% 33% 25% 4	743
	21st to end	Night	22% 15% 32% 27% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 11% 30% 33% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 13% 35% 24% 10% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 12% 30% 29% 9% 1	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	15% 15% 29% 29% 11%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 11% 27% 32% 15% 1	636
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 25% 33% 21% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 8% 24% 34% 22% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 4 19% 34% 22% 5%	561
	21st to end	Night	13% 3 11% 36% 32% 5%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 11% 34% 34% 7%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 13% 29% 35% 12%	570
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 11% 33% 35% 10%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 7% 28% 37% 13%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 5% 27% 44% 13%	552
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 6% 31% 43% 10%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	14% 2 7% 28% 37% 12%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 2 8% 29% 40% 10%	564
	21st to end	Night	15% 3 6% 24% 41% 11%	665
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 10% 28% 38% 10%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 3 10% 27% 36% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	16% 4 13% 32% 31% 3	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 4 18% 28% 28% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 21% 34% 21% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 22% 34% 22% 2	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 21% 34% 19% 3	780
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 11% 27% 31% 12% 1	763
	21st to end	Night	18% 9% 25% 32% 15% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	22% 12% 25% 31% 10%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 12% 25% 30% 11% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	27% 12% 25% 30% 7%	836

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