Marion
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Marion 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	12% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 42%	131777
	Night	13% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 44%	131273
Transparency	Day	39% 5% 11% 25% 17% 3	135379
	Night	39% 5% 10% 24% 18% 3	135736
Seeing	Day	16% 10% 25% 25% 17% 7%	17526
	Night	17% 9% 26% 30% 15% 2	27412

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% 10% 4 11% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 5% 35%	4691
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 6% 46%	4890
	21st to end	Day	17% 11% 4 8% 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 35%	5812
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 11% 4 8% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 37%	2022
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 9% 3 8% 4 4 5% 2 4 6% 37%	2048
	21st to end	Day	15% 9% 3 8% 4 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 38%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	17% 11% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 3 5% 42%	4580
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 8% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 7% 51%	4891
	21st to end	Day	12% 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 7% 40%	6068
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 4 3 5% 3 5% 8% 44%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 2 7% 4 4 5% 3 5% 6% 41%	2494
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 40%	2520
May	1st to 10th	Day	17% 8% 2 8% 6% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 28%	5848
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 35%	5939
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 40%	6889
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 5% 6% 9% 47%	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 10% 49%	2800
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 1 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 11% 46%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 10% 46%	6360
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 12% 43%	6360
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 7% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 12% 37%	6795
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 2 5% 3 4 4 3 6% 9% 55%	3977
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 42%	3849
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 1 4 4 3 4 3 6% 9% 56%	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 7% 49%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 7% 49%	2295
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 53%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	9% 3 1 5% 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 59%	2135
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 53%	2000
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 47%	2102
November	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 5% 52%	1852
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 46%	1890
	21st to end	Day	18% 11% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 41%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	10% 10% 2 7% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 49%	2860
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 10% 5% 8% 4 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 37%	3088
	21st to end	Day	24% 15% 4 9% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 25%	4070
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 10% 4 9% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 38%	8232
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 9% 4 9% 4 4 4 3 4 4 44%	8085
	21st to end	Night	17% 10% 4 7% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 37%	8402
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 12% 5% 8% 5% 4 3 3 4 6% 34%	2595
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 8% 3 7% 5% 3 4 3 5% 5% 40%	2458
	21st to end	Night	18% 9% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 4 40%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	17% 10% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 38%	5493
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 49%	5332
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 7% 38%	5101
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 7% 48%	2100
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 7% 45%	2075
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 39%	2100
May	1st to 10th	Night	17% 8% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 6% 9% 33%	4267
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 38%	4086
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 8% 40%	3971
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 47%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 1 4 3 4 4 5% 5% 10% 53%	1600
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 4 4 5% 4 4 8% 11% 53%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 51%	3618
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 7% 9% 50%	3617
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 8% 13% 42%	4072
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 59%	3171
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 52%	3200
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 10% 59%	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 6% 5% 3 4 2 4 6% 53%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 6% 8% 53%	2085
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 1 4 3 3 4 3 4 7% 53%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 60%	2260
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 6% 56%	2400
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 2 6% 2 3 2 2 4 5% 48%	2736
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 3 3 2 3 5% 6% 56%	2666
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 51%	2730
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 3 6% 4 3 3 2 3 5% 45%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 3 7% 4 3 3 2 4 4 45%	4540
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 8% 3 5% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 44%	5339
	21st to end	Night	24% 12% 4 8% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 27%	7150

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	52% 3 13% 24% 7% 1	4692
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 4 8% 29% 19% 2	4890
	21st to end	Day	51% 3 10% 18% 12% 6%	5812
February	1st to 10th	Day	48% 5% 12% 23% 11% 1	2022
	11th to 20th	Day	50% 4 8% 20% 14% 3	2058
	21st to end	Day	49% 4 9% 21% 13% 4	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	47% 3 5% 20% 21% 4	4580
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 4 8% 28% 21% 5%	4891
	21st to end	Day	42% 5% 13% 27% 12% 1	6070
April	1st to 10th	Day	38% 5% 13% 25% 17% 1	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 5% 11% 22% 15% 3	2494
	21st to end	Day	44% 5% 11% 27% 12% 2	2520
May	1st to 10th	Day	50% 8% 11% 20% 10%	5884
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 7% 11% 23% 12% 1	5943
	21st to end	Day	42% 7% 10% 20% 19% 3	6903
June	1st to 10th	Day	34% 7% 13% 26% 18% 2	2800
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 7% 11% 27% 22% 3	2800
	21st to end	Day	31% 7% 16% 23% 18% 5%	2800
July	1st to 10th	Day	34% 6% 11% 28% 19% 2	6291
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 10% 15% 30% 12% 1	6285
	21st to end	Day	37% 10% 18% 26% 9% 1	6601
August	1st to 10th	Day	26% 6% 14% 33% 20% 1	3963
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 7% 13% 26% 18% 1	3885
	21st to end	Day	25% 5% 12% 36% 20% 3	4311
September	1st to 10th	Day	36% 5% 9% 27% 19% 5%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 5% 10% 24% 26% 2	2295
	21st to end	Day	32% 5% 8% 24% 28% 4	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	17% 3 5% 23% 46% 7%	3473
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 3 8% 23% 34% 8%	3240
	21st to end	Day	33% 3 5% 26% 29% 4	3379
November	1st to 10th	Day	34% 5% 9% 28% 19% 5%	1852
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 4 7% 23% 21% 5%	1890
	21st to end	Day	47% 3 8% 24% 16% 2	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	37% 4 10% 32% 16% 1	2860
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 3 9% 24% 13% 2	3085
	21st to end	Day	62% 4 11% 15% 7% 1	4070
January	1st to 10th	Night	49% 4 13% 25% 9%	8233
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 3 5% 25% 20% 3	8085
	21st to end	Night	48% 3 11% 21% 15% 2	8402
February	1st to 10th	Night	54% 3 9% 21% 12% 2	2595
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 4 7% 23% 16% 3	2459
	21st to end	Night	47% 5% 8% 21% 15% 4	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	50% 3 6% 18% 19% 4	5493
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 5% 9% 21% 20% 8%	5332
	21st to end	Night	44% 6% 12% 25% 11% 1	5101
April	1st to 10th	Night	36% 5% 12% 27% 18% 3	2100
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 4 11% 23% 19% 5%	2075
	21st to end	Night	44% 6% 10% 24% 15% 2	2100
May	1st to 10th	Night	47% 8% 14% 21% 9% 1	4296
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 8% 12% 22% 13% 1	4087
	21st to end	Night	41% 6% 11% 25% 13% 3	3979
June	1st to 10th	Night	34% 5% 13% 24% 21% 3	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 6% 12% 26% 25% 6%	1600
	21st to end	Night	24% 6% 17% 27% 18% 7%	1600
July	1st to 10th	Night	32% 6% 10% 25% 23% 3	3580
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 9% 17% 30% 13% 3	3572
	21st to end	Night	31% 9% 21% 28% 12% 1	3955
August	1st to 10th	Night	22% 6% 18% 34% 19% 1	3161
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 6% 13% 28% 20% 3	3230
	21st to end	Night	21% 5% 12% 37% 22% 3	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	33% 5% 8% 27% 21% 7%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 5% 8% 29% 24% 5%	2085
	21st to end	Night	32% 5% 9% 21% 27% 6%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	16% 2 5% 16% 49% 12%	3689
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 3 5% 21% 42% 7%	3899
	21st to end	Night	32% 3 6% 25% 25% 9%	4409
November	1st to 10th	Night	30% 3 10% 26% 25% 6%	2666
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 4 7% 25% 22% 7%	2730
	21st to end	Night	43% 3 7% 24% 21% 2	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	44% 3 8% 27% 17% 1	4540
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 4 11% 22% 19% 1	5341
	21st to end	Night	59% 5% 10% 17% 7% 1	7150

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	24% 17% 33% 21% 4 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 24% 34% 13% 3	330
	21st to end	Day	22% 21% 40% 12% 4	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	23% 17% 43% 13% 4	330
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 22% 38% 11% 2 1	330
	21st to end	Day	27% 23% 33% 14% 4	273
March	1st to 10th	Day	23% 17% 41% 15% 3 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 19% 37% 12% 3	330
	21st to end	Day	26% 18% 32% 18% 5% 1	576
April	1st to 10th	Day	20% 18% 32% 23% 6% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 17% 27% 22% 10%	532
	21st to end	Day	20% 14% 33% 22% 10% 2	540
May	1st to 10th	Day	20% 12% 33% 24% 8% 3	543
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 9% 26% 25% 14% 6%	551
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 26% 29% 18% 8%	769
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 4 20% 26% 24% 14%	730
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 19% 34% 28% 8%	730
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 24% 35% 23% 9%	730
July	1st to 10th	Day	11% 3 12% 29% 26% 21%	721
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 15% 32% 29% 15%	718
	21st to end	Day	7% 3 13% 31% 32% 13%	794
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 14% 31% 30% 15%	573
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 14% 28% 29% 13%	519
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 10% 28% 34% 16%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 4 11% 31% 30% 14%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 2 9% 27% 35% 17%	530
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 20% 24% 22% 11%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 20% 36% 23% 8%	465
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 11% 33% 24% 12% 4	330
	21st to end	Day	28% 12% 31% 22% 7%	363
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 12% 34% 25% 11% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 18% 31% 24% 8% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	29% 12% 29% 21% 7% 1	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	18% 17% 41% 14% 8% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 17% 36% 18% 5%	330
	21st to end	Day	28% 17% 38% 15% 2 1	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	23% 17% 31% 25% 3	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 20% 34% 17% 4	1050
	21st to end	Night	20% 15% 40% 22% 2	1155
February	1st to 10th	Night	24% 16% 35% 23% 2	915
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 18% 34% 22% 2	823
	21st to end	Night	25% 16% 36% 21% 2	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	22% 16% 34% 24% 4	840
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 13% 34% 24% 6%	742
	21st to end	Night	24% 13% 30% 27% 6%	693
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 12% 37% 28% 6%	630
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 12% 30% 26% 12% 1	623
	21st to end	Night	22% 8% 30% 30% 9% 1	630
May	1st to 10th	Night	18% 6% 28% 35% 11% 1	630
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 24% 35% 18% 2	609
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 21% 41% 22% 3	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 17% 38% 28% 3	600
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 14% 49% 27% 2	600
	21st to end	Night	4 2 18% 43% 31% 3	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 1 9% 32% 39% 10%	585
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 10% 41% 35% 6%	582
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 12% 37% 37% 6%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 8% 37% 40% 5%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 9% 38% 37% 5%	594
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 8% 36% 40% 7%	660
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 12% 32% 37% 6%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 11% 32% 40% 6%	685
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 18% 34% 23% 6%	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 17% 38% 26% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 28% 31% 18% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	24% 8% 32% 26% 9% 1	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 35% 34% 10% 1	820
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 13% 31% 31% 9%	840
	21st to end	Night	23% 12% 31% 25% 10%	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	23% 13% 33% 27% 4 1	935
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 11% 33% 27% 6% 1	1050
	21st to end	Night	26% 13% 36% 22% 3	1155

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