Spring City Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Spring City Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-07-16.

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% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 39%	137780
	Night	14% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 42%	134918
Transparency	Day	41% 7% 12% 22% 15% 3	141518
	Night	39% 6% 12% 22% 17% 4	139251
Seeing	Day	16% 10% 23% 23% 19% 8%	16955
	Night	16% 9% 24% 30% 19% 3	26967

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% 11% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 38%	5258
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 4 8% 3 4 4 2 4 5% 48%	5280
	21st to end	Day	20% 8% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 37%	5960
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 10% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 37%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 36%	2048
	21st to end	Day	19% 8% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 37%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	18% 10% 3 6% 4 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 34%	4618
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 48%	5090
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 44%	5586
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 7% 42%	2462
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 4 7% 46%	2494
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 3 7% 6% 43%	2688
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 9% 3 7% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 33%	7616
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 35%	7626
	21st to end	Day	19% 9% 3 9% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 30%	8391
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 39%	2730
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 1 5% 5% 6% 6% 6% 9% 11% 41%	2730
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 6% 6% 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 40%	2730
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 6% 9% 11% 40%	6030
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 2 7% 6% 7% 7% 6% 9% 13% 31%	5965
	21st to end	Day	12% 9% 3 9% 6% 7% 7% 6% 8% 9% 24%	6424
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 6% 9% 11% 40%	4234
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 12% 41%	3923
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 1 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 51%	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 6% 5% 7% 8% 40%	2260
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 7% 43%	2200
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 2 4 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 48%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 2 4 3 4 4 6% 55%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 56%	2100
	21st to end	Day	16% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 49%	2115
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 1 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 5% 53%	1852
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 7% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 49%	1890
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 44%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 44%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 12% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 3 4 6% 31%	3463
	21st to end	Day	19% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 8% 33%	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 8% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 43%	7635
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 48%	7680
	21st to end	Night	17% 10% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 39%	8206
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 39%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 8% 4 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 4 36%	2458
	21st to end	Night	21% 9% 3 7% 5% 3 3 3 5% 6% 35%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 9% 3 6% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 7% 34%	5454
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 51%	5090
	21st to end	Night	13% 7% 2 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 42%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 47%	2174
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 51%	2075
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 46%	1932
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 8% 3 7% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 33%	5237
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 37%	5234
	21st to end	Night	19% 9% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 31%	5761
June	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 2 6% 6% 6% 5% 5% 7% 9% 41%	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 1 4 4 4 5% 4 8% 12% 50%	1890
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 5% 6% 11% 44%	1890
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 6% 8% 11% 38%	4148
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 4 9% 12% 39%	4102
	21st to end	Night	10% 8% 3 9% 6% 6% 7% 6% 8% 12% 25%	4427
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 1 5% 4 5% 5% 4 9% 11% 47%	2915
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 3 6% 9% 50%	3121
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 1 4 4 3 4 4 6% 9% 55%	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 7% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 43%	2119
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 8% 44%	2200
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 4 3 5% 3 4 7% 50%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 6% 58%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 56%	2297
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 3 5% 52%	2722
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 52%	2666
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 7% 50%	2730
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 43%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 9% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 41%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 38%	4952
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 32%	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	47% 5% 10% 23% 14% 1	5259
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 3 6% 21% 27% 4	5280
	21st to end	Day	48% 4 8% 23% 14% 3	5960
February	1st to 10th	Day	49% 4 9% 19% 16% 2	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 5% 7% 19% 15% 3	2058
	21st to end	Day	47% 5% 9% 16% 17% 6%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	49% 6% 8% 13% 16% 8%	4618
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 4 8% 21% 21% 10%	5090
	21st to end	Day	40% 5% 9% 31% 14% 1	5586
April	1st to 10th	Day	37% 8% 12% 24% 17% 3	2462
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 5% 10% 20% 24% 5%	2494
	21st to end	Day	39% 6% 12% 26% 15% 2	2688
May	1st to 10th	Day	47% 7% 12% 20% 12% 1	7651
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 8% 15% 21% 9% 1	7630
	21st to end	Day	54% 7% 9% 16% 12% 2	8405
June	1st to 10th	Day	37% 10% 16% 21% 14% 2	2730
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 11% 18% 24% 14% 2	2730
	21st to end	Day	34% 12% 20% 19% 13% 3	2730
July	1st to 10th	Day	33% 12% 20% 20% 14% 1	5965
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 13% 25% 19% 4 1	5896
	21st to end	Day	50% 12% 17% 16% 4	6240
August	1st to 10th	Day	32% 11% 17% 30% 10%	4221
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 9% 18% 26% 14% 2	3961
	21st to end	Day	30% 7% 14% 32% 16% 2	4311
September	1st to 10th	Day	38% 9% 14% 18% 16% 6%	2260
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 9% 12% 22% 17% 3	2200
	21st to end	Day	36% 6% 13% 21% 18% 6%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	22% 5% 8% 21% 32% 12%	3590
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 3 6% 26% 32% 11%	3405
	21st to end	Day	28% 6% 9% 24% 24% 8%	3391
November	1st to 10th	Day	33% 5% 9% 23% 26% 5%	1852
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 5% 8% 26% 23% 5%	1890
	21st to end	Day	40% 4 9% 24% 19% 4	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	41% 5% 6% 25% 21% 2	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	54% 5% 8% 19% 12% 2	3460
	21st to end	Day	47% 5% 15% 23% 9% 1	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	42% 5% 14% 23% 14% 1	7636
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 4 7% 19% 27% 4	7680
	21st to end	Night	48% 3 9% 18% 16% 6%	8206
February	1st to 10th	Night	45% 5% 10% 22% 16% 3	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	51% 4 8% 18% 14% 4	2459
	21st to end	Night	51% 4 8% 17% 16% 4	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	48% 6% 8% 16% 18% 4	5454
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 5% 7% 22% 21% 12%	5090
	21st to end	Night	43% 4 8% 27% 15% 3	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	33% 5% 13% 24% 21% 3	2174
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 4 9% 24% 23% 6%	2075
	21st to end	Night	34% 7% 14% 27% 17% 1	1932
May	1st to 10th	Night	46% 8% 13% 21% 10% 1	5264
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 7% 16% 18% 14% 1	5235
	21st to end	Night	51% 8% 12% 18% 11% 1	5771
June	1st to 10th	Night	36% 9% 15% 24% 13% 2	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 9% 23% 27% 15% 2	1890
	21st to end	Night	32% 10% 16% 25% 13% 4	1890
July	1st to 10th	Night	36% 11% 20% 22% 11% 1	4105
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 11% 27% 21% 5% 2	4051
	21st to end	Night	47% 12% 19% 15% 5% 1	4297
August	1st to 10th	Night	28% 9% 17% 33% 12% 1	2904
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 9% 21% 26% 13% 1	3149
	21st to end	Night	25% 8% 15% 36% 16% 1	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	37% 8% 16% 18% 16% 6%	2119
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 8% 13% 19% 21% 1	2200
	21st to end	Night	34% 7% 11% 21% 21% 5%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	23% 4 10% 20% 29% 15%	3590
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 3 6% 24% 33% 15%	3731
	21st to end	Night	26% 4 6% 26% 28% 9%	4396
November	1st to 10th	Night	34% 4 9% 22% 23% 8%	2666
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 4 8% 22% 26% 7%	2730
	21st to end	Night	41% 4 7% 25% 20% 4	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	45% 5% 8% 20% 21% 2	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 4 9% 21% 17% 1	4954
	21st to end	Night	48% 6% 14% 20% 10% 1	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	24% 22% 33% 18% 3 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 25% 34% 12% 3 2	330
	21st to end	Day	22% 23% 40% 11% 3	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	25% 21% 34% 16% 4	330
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 18% 34% 9% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	31% 22% 33% 12% 1	273
March	1st to 10th	Day	24% 20% 35% 15% 5% 1	342
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 17% 33% 21% 5% 1	540
	21st to end	Day	22% 14% 38% 20% 6%	594
April	1st to 10th	Day	18% 18% 28% 23% 12% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 15% 32% 23% 11% 2	532
	21st to end	Day	16% 11% 33% 26% 11% 4	540
May	1st to 10th	Day	18% 12% 31% 23% 12% 4	543
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 10% 28% 26% 19% 8%	567
	21st to end	Day	16% 8% 20% 24% 18% 13%	617
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 19% 28% 25% 11%	570
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 6% 16% 28% 28% 17%	570
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 16% 28% 25% 20%	570
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 10% 23% 33% 22%	565
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 3 9% 24% 32% 21%	544
	21st to end	Day	11% 3 9% 22% 35% 19%	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 11% 25% 32% 18%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 9% 31% 32% 12%	519
	21st to end	Day	13% 2 10% 21% 33% 20%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 11% 28% 33% 15%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 3 10% 24% 34% 16%	530
	21st to end	Day	18% 4 16% 24% 30% 8%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 18% 27% 27% 10%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 10% 26% 29% 22% 3	530
	21st to end	Day	18% 9% 22% 30% 17% 3	498
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 10% 27% 27% 15% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 15% 38% 29% 7%	330
	21st to end	Day	16% 14% 35% 23% 11% 1	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	26% 17% 35% 16% 5% 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 15% 33% 23% 8%	330
	21st to end	Day	27% 15% 30% 21% 6% 1	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	23% 15% 36% 23% 4	840
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 18% 33% 24% 5%	840
	21st to end	Night	20% 15% 34% 30% 1	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 14% 33% 29% 5%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 17% 34% 22% 2	823
	21st to end	Night	27% 17% 32% 22% 2	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 14% 33% 30% 4	840
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 13% 33% 27% 7% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	18% 13% 32% 31% 7%	924
April	1st to 10th	Night	15% 11% 32% 33% 9%	704
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 9% 31% 34% 12%	623
	21st to end	Night	13% 7% 29% 39% 12% 1	630
May	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 30% 34% 15% 2	630
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 20% 36% 21% 4	621
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 15% 31% 33% 4	683
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 14% 36% 32% 6%	630
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 14% 32% 38% 9%	630
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 8% 34% 38% 11%	630
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 7% 26% 42% 13%	615
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 6% 27% 40% 12%	597
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 8% 28% 43% 11%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 7% 28% 44% 11%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 9% 32% 42% 5%	594
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 8% 30% 41% 8%	660
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 13% 31% 36% 8%	719
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 3 12% 29% 37% 6%	800
	21st to end	Night	14% 3 17% 33% 32% 2	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 18% 29% 29% 7%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 24% 34% 20% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 22% 38% 15% 2	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 9% 23% 35% 17% 2	820
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 10% 34% 31% 10% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	18% 12% 29% 31% 11%	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	24% 13% 28% 28% 7%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 10% 32% 31% 7%	840
	21st to end	Night	24% 12% 27% 31% 6%	924

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