Louisville
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Louisville clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-04-02.

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% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 43%	131515
	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 44%	130300
Transparency	Day	37% 7% 12% 19% 18% 7%	135239
	Night	37% 6% 11% 18% 20% 9%	134646
Seeing	Day	14% 8% 22% 25% 20% 12%	17024
	Night	14% 7% 23% 32% 21% 3	27151

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% 4 2 4 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 50%	5258
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 4 3 2 2 2 4 6% 57%	5280
	21st to end	Day	15% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 43%	5780
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 41%	2061
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 44%	2048
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 2 7% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 45%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 8% 3 7% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 39%	5016
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 1 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 55%	5090
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 2 4 5% 47%	5586
April	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 50%	2211
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 3 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 6% 50%	2270
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 54%	2600
May	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 41%	5862
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 34%	5861
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 44%	6433
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 6% 6% 6% 7% 5% 8% 10% 35%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 42%	2600
	21st to end	Day	4 6% 2 7% 6% 6% 7% 6% 9% 11% 37%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 3 8% 6% 7% 7% 6% 9% 11% 25%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 2 5% 5% 5% 7% 6% 10% 15% 38%	5900
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 3 8% 6% 7% 8% 6% 10% 12% 29%	6424
August	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 2 7% 6% 7% 8% 6% 8% 11% 23%	4234
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 11% 41%	4174
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 6% 4 7% 10% 45%	4113
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 2 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 8% 40%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 7% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 8% 41%	2200
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 7% 42%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 4 6% 50%	2182
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 1 5% 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 59%	2000
	21st to end	Day	11% 4 1 4 4 4 3 2 4 5% 58%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 4 4 5% 52%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 4 3 2 2 2 4 6% 57%	1907
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 3 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 47%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 50%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 49%	3463
	21st to end	Day	20% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 44%	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 50%	7635
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 50%	7680
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 41%	8401
February	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 46%	2556
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 5% 5% 45%	2458
	21st to end	Night	12% 8% 2 5% 4 5% 4 4 6% 5% 45%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 4 6% 40%	5041
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 2 4 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 54%	5090
	21st to end	Night	15% 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 49%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 4 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 49%	2212
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 51%	2093
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 1 5% 3 4 5% 4 6% 7% 54%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 11% 40%	4033
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 8% 10% 36%	4032
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 7% 9% 47%	4421
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 2 7% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 11% 34%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 4 7% 11% 42%	1800
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 6% 5% 7% 7% 10% 12% 34%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	14% 8% 3 9% 6% 7% 6% 5% 8% 10% 25%	4058
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 2 7% 6% 6% 7% 7% 10% 14% 32%	4057
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 3 9% 7% 7% 6% 6% 9% 12% 26%	4427
August	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 9% 11% 23%	2915
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 12% 37%	2875
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 10% 49%	3732
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 38%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 40%	2200
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 4 8% 44%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 51%	2215
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 1 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 60%	2400
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 1 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 57%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 54%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 53%	2709
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 50%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 3 3 2 2 4 5% 55%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 47%	4952
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 43%	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 8% 20% 27% 7%	5259
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 2 4 15% 33% 16%	5280
	21st to end	Day	43% 3 5% 18% 20% 11%	5780
February	1st to 10th	Day	40% 5% 8% 19% 21% 7%	2061
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 4 6% 18% 24% 7%	2058
	21st to end	Day	40% 5% 8% 15% 22% 11%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	46% 4 7% 11% 24% 8%	5016
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 4 10% 15% 22% 21%	5090
	21st to end	Day	42% 3 6% 19% 20% 10%	5586
April	1st to 10th	Day	34% 5% 10% 21% 20% 9%	2211
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 6% 9% 20% 21% 12%	2270
	21st to end	Day	28% 6% 12% 25% 25% 5%	2600
May	1st to 10th	Day	37% 8% 15% 23% 15% 2	5897
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 8% 17% 19% 11% 1	5865
	21st to end	Day	34% 8% 15% 19% 22% 2	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	40% 11% 16% 19% 12% 2	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 11% 17% 24% 15% 1	2600
	21st to end	Day	36% 12% 20% 18% 13% 2	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	47% 12% 19% 17% 3 1	5835
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 15% 32% 20% 3 1	5831
	21st to end	Day	41% 15% 22% 18% 3	6240
August	1st to 10th	Day	50% 11% 19% 17% 3	4221
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 11% 17% 26% 12% 1	4213
	21st to end	Day	32% 9% 15% 30% 13% 1	4113
September	1st to 10th	Day	39% 9% 16% 17% 15% 5%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 8% 11% 19% 19% 4	2200
	21st to end	Day	42% 6% 10% 18% 18% 6%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	34% 3 7% 13% 32% 11%	3559
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 2 5% 16% 29% 32%	3240
	21st to end	Day	23% 3 5% 18% 36% 16%	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	34% 5% 9% 14% 24% 14%	2057
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 3 7% 20% 25% 14%	1907
	21st to end	Day	36% 5% 9% 19% 23% 9%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	36% 5% 7% 17% 27% 9%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 3 7% 24% 22% 7%	3460
	21st to end	Day	43% 3 7% 22% 22% 3	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	35% 3 8% 21% 26% 7%	7636
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 3 5% 15% 28% 13%	7680
	21st to end	Night	46% 3 5% 13% 23% 10%	8401
February	1st to 10th	Night	38% 4 8% 17% 22% 10%	2556
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 4 7% 16% 21% 10%	2459
	21st to end	Night	39% 5% 7% 16% 18% 15%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	44% 4 9% 14% 18% 10%	5041
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 4 9% 13% 27% 19%	5090
	21st to end	Night	36% 5% 7% 18% 21% 14%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	33% 5% 11% 20% 21% 11%	2212
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 5% 7% 21% 24% 12%	2093
	21st to end	Night	28% 7% 12% 24% 22% 7%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	35% 9% 14% 26% 14% 3	4060
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 8% 18% 21% 11% 1	4033
	21st to end	Night	32% 8% 14% 22% 21% 3	4429
June	1st to 10th	Night	40% 12% 17% 19% 12% 1	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 11% 18% 23% 12% 1	1800
	21st to end	Night	36% 14% 19% 17% 11% 3	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	52% 12% 18% 13% 4 1	4015
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 15% 31% 15% 2	4006
	21st to end	Night	47% 15% 19% 16% 4	4297
August	1st to 10th	Night	50% 13% 18% 16% 3	2904
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 12% 19% 24% 8% 1	2902
	21st to end	Night	29% 9% 19% 31% 12% 1	3732
September	1st to 10th	Night	38% 11% 16% 16% 13% 5%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 8% 14% 16% 17% 5%	2200
	21st to end	Night	39% 7% 13% 17% 18% 6%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	34% 4 10% 13% 28% 12%	3618
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 2 5% 12% 27% 36%	3899
	21st to end	Night	22% 3 5% 17% 33% 20%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	32% 4 8% 15% 25% 16%	2461
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 4 7% 16% 26% 14%	2709
	21st to end	Night	34% 4 9% 18% 24% 11%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	32% 4 6% 17% 32% 8%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 4 10% 18% 19% 9%	4954
	21st to end	Night	44% 3 5% 20% 25% 3	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% 20% 42% 19% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 21% 32% 20% 6% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	22% 21% 40% 13% 4	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 17% 44% 18% 5%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 15% 34% 20% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	25% 18% 35% 16% 5% 1	273
March	1st to 10th	Day	18% 15% 29% 23% 14% 1	524
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 11% 39% 24% 9% 1	540
	21st to end	Day	16% 14% 34% 26% 9% 1	594
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 17% 27% 28% 12% 1	504
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 11% 28% 25% 17% 5%	492
	21st to end	Day	8% 9% 24% 30% 23% 6%	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 12% 26% 29% 16% 9%	503
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 20% 27% 23% 14%	527
	21st to end	Day	15% 3 16% 24% 25% 16%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 2 14% 27% 27% 17%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 13% 25% 26% 27%	530
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 10% 28% 31% 22%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 6% 18% 33% 32%	525
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 3 20% 37% 32%	524
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 7% 25% 34% 28%	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 11% 27% 28% 20%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 7% 20% 33% 29%	519
	21st to end	Day	12% 2 10% 22% 29% 25%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 12% 24% 32% 18%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 2 13% 27% 30% 13%	530
	21st to end	Day	17% 3 12% 27% 25% 15%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	16% 4 22% 31% 18% 10%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 21% 30% 24% 10%	530
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 23% 30% 23% 5%	583
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 5% 25% 27% 20% 5%	535
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 10% 37% 25% 10% 2	347
	21st to end	Day	12% 17% 29% 26% 14% 2	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	22% 16% 34% 20% 8% 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 15% 33% 22% 8% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	28% 11% 32% 21% 6% 2	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 12% 37% 27% 5%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 12% 33% 29% 8%	840
	21st to end	Night	19% 11% 39% 28% 3	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 11% 31% 35% 7%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 11% 36% 28% 4	823
	21st to end	Night	16% 14% 37% 29% 4	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	14% 11% 32% 36% 7%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 12% 33% 33% 8% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	12% 10% 39% 28% 11%	924
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 11% 32% 33% 11% 1	805
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 10% 29% 32% 16% 1	779
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 26% 43% 18% 1	600
May	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 29% 39% 18% 1	600
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 22% 40% 21% 3	591
	21st to end	Night	11% 3 14% 34% 35% 3	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 14% 36% 32% 4	600
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 11% 36% 34% 10%	600
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 9% 36% 39% 8%	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 6% 28% 45% 10%	585
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 5% 26% 48% 11%	582
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 7% 33% 44% 9%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	11% 1 7% 29% 42% 10%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 1 7% 28% 43% 8%	594
	21st to end	Night	13% 2 8% 26% 42% 9%	764
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 9% 31% 39% 8%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 2 12% 29% 40% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	16% 3 13% 33% 31% 4	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 3 17% 38% 24% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 21% 33% 24% 4	800
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 23% 35% 23% 1	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 22% 35% 21% 3	820
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 10% 26% 33% 13% 2	840
	21st to end	Night	14% 8% 28% 33% 15% 1	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	15% 10% 30% 34% 10% 2	840
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 8% 29% 32% 12% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	23% 9% 27% 31% 9%	924

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