Trussville
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Trussville clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-02-01.

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% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 41%	127271
	Night	13% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 44%	124781
Transparency	Day	39% 7% 12% 20% 18% 5%	131036
	Night	37% 6% 10% 20% 20% 7%	129075
Seeing	Day	16% 11% 24% 24% 18% 8%	16139
	Night	15% 8% 23% 29% 20% 4	26174

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% 10% 5% 6% 3 3 3 2 3 4 45%	4146
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 4 6% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 51%	4309
	21st to end	Day	23% 9% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 39%	5082
February	1st to 10th	Day	18% 10% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 5% 38%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 9% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 4 39%	1948
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 2 8% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 38%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 5% 36%	4480
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 2 6% 3 4 4 4 5% 7% 46%	4794
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 3 7% 4 5% 4 4 4 7% 41%	5691
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 46%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 47%	2374
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 8% 48%	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 3 7% 5% 6% 5% 4 7% 8% 34%	5811
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 2 8% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 31%	5861
	21st to end	Day	11% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 40%	6433
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 3 8% 6% 5% 7% 5% 7% 10% 32%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 1 6% 5% 5% 7% 5% 8% 12% 40%	2600
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 6% 6% 6% 6% 8% 11% 39%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 2 7% 6% 7% 8% 6% 9% 11% 33%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 7% 6% 7% 7% 6% 10% 13% 31%	5900
	21st to end	Day	8% 7% 3 9% 6% 7% 8% 6% 10% 11% 24%	6336
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 4 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 11% 48%	3905
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 46%	3849
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 49%	4312
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 2 7% 5% 6% 6% 4 6% 7% 41%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 43%	2200
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 49%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 2 5% 4 5% 4 4 5% 5% 53%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 3 5% 7% 58%	2200
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 1 6% 4 3 3 3 3 5% 55%	2070
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 53%	1852
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 53%	1890
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 4 5% 6% 45%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 8% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 44%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 4 4 42%	3463
	21st to end	Day	20% 9% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 39%	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 10% 4 6% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 43%	6019
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 8% 4 6% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 46%	5866
	21st to end	Night	18% 10% 3 6% 3 4 4 2 4 4 43%	6116
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 43%	2401
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 8% 3 6% 4 3 3 2 3 4 42%	2338
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 40%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 10% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 33%	5373
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 50%	5164
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 3 8% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 44%	5266
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 1 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 46%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 7% 50%	1975
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 51%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 37%	4081
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 9% 3 9% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 31%	4032
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 41%	4421
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 6% 9% 10% 39%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 4 5% 3 5% 5% 7% 13% 50%	1800
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 12% 44%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 2 8% 6% 6% 7% 5% 8% 12% 37%	4058
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 1 6% 4 5% 6% 5% 10% 15% 37%	4057
	21st to end	Night	7% 7% 3 9% 7% 6% 6% 6% 9% 12% 27%	4510
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 4 4 4 5% 3 7% 11% 56%	3244
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 52%	3200
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 4 3 4 5% 4 6% 8% 55%	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 3 7% 5% 6% 6% 4 6% 8% 44%	2038
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 6% 7% 46%	2200
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 53%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 4 4 3 2 3 5% 5% 60%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 57%	2200
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 3 2 3 2 3 4 55%	2765
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 56%	2666
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 4 3 3 2 3 4 6% 55%	2730
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 48%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 46%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 9% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 4 45%	4952
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 4 7% 39%	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	43% 4 5% 24% 22% 3	4147
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 4 6% 23% 28% 4	4309
	21st to end	Day	49% 3 6% 15% 19% 8%	5082
February	1st to 10th	Day	48% 4 8% 18% 18% 5%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 4 5% 17% 19% 7%	1958
	21st to end	Day	48% 5% 6% 13% 21% 7%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	49% 5% 8% 12% 20% 6%	4480
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 5% 7% 15% 21% 15%	4794
	21st to end	Day	43% 6% 8% 19% 20% 5%	5693
April	1st to 10th	Day	38% 5% 11% 20% 19% 8%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 5% 6% 20% 23% 7%	2374
	21st to end	Day	33% 7% 11% 24% 22% 3	2400
May	1st to 10th	Day	42% 9% 13% 22% 12% 2	5847
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 9% 16% 20% 8% 1	5865
	21st to end	Day	39% 8% 11% 24% 16% 1	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	42% 10% 15% 17% 14% 1	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 10% 18% 24% 15% 2	2600
	21st to end	Day	35% 11% 18% 21% 11% 4	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	38% 13% 20% 21% 8%	5835
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 15% 28% 16% 3 1	5831
	21st to end	Day	46% 14% 20% 16% 3	6153
August	1st to 10th	Day	24% 10% 14% 34% 17% 1	3893
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 9% 17% 25% 15% 2	3885
	21st to end	Day	31% 8% 16% 20% 22% 3	4311
September	1st to 10th	Day	39% 9% 13% 18% 15% 6%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 8% 11% 20% 18% 4	2200
	21st to end	Day	35% 6% 12% 20% 22% 6%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	23% 4 7% 12% 33% 20%	3590
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 2 5% 15% 32% 27%	3568
	21st to end	Day	25% 4 6% 19% 35% 12%	3307
November	1st to 10th	Day	34% 4 7% 17% 27% 11%	1852
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 5% 7% 19% 27% 11%	1890
	21st to end	Day	39% 5% 7% 17% 25% 7%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	44% 3 5% 17% 26% 5%	3020
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 4 8% 18% 17% 6%	3460
	21st to end	Day	45% 4 6% 25% 18% 1	4565
January	1st to 10th	Night	44% 3 5% 23% 22% 3	6019
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 3 4 19% 24% 8%	5866
	21st to end	Night	46% 3 4 16% 26% 6%	6116
February	1st to 10th	Night	44% 3 6% 18% 20% 8%	2401
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 4 5% 17% 18% 9%	2339
	21st to end	Night	44% 6% 7% 14% 21% 10%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	51% 4 7% 14% 17% 7%	5373
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 5% 7% 16% 21% 17%	5164
	21st to end	Night	43% 4 6% 23% 18% 6%	5266
April	1st to 10th	Night	35% 6% 12% 21% 19% 8%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 5% 7% 20% 23% 11%	1975
	21st to end	Night	32% 6% 12% 24% 21% 6%	2000
May	1st to 10th	Night	40% 11% 14% 18% 15% 2	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	50% 7% 15% 19% 8% 1	4033
	21st to end	Night	34% 10% 14% 26% 15% 2	4429
June	1st to 10th	Night	35% 11% 15% 20% 18% 2	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 10% 22% 26% 16% 3	1800
	21st to end	Night	31% 11% 16% 22% 16% 4	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	37% 11% 21% 20% 9% 1	4015
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 14% 33% 17% 4 1	4006
	21st to end	Night	44% 14% 24% 14% 4 1	4379
August	1st to 10th	Night	20% 8% 15% 40% 15% 2	3232
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 10% 17% 29% 15% 3	3230
	21st to end	Night	26% 8% 14% 22% 26% 4	3586
September	1st to 10th	Night	37% 9% 16% 17% 16% 6%	2038
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 9% 10% 20% 20% 5%	2200
	21st to end	Night	29% 6% 10% 23% 24% 8%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	22% 4 7% 16% 30% 21%	3590
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 3 5% 17% 30% 28%	3571
	21st to end	Night	24% 3 4 22% 32% 15%	4466
November	1st to 10th	Night	30% 4 8% 18% 26% 13%	2666
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 3 7% 18% 28% 13%	2730
	21st to end	Night	37% 5% 7% 18% 24% 9%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	41% 4 5% 20% 26% 5%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 4 9% 15% 24% 5%	4954
	21st to end	Night	44% 4 7% 25% 17% 2	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	28% 25% 31% 13% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 25% 28% 15% 4 1	330
	21st to end	Day	27% 25% 34% 10% 3	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	26% 21% 36% 14% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 20% 28% 10% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	30% 26% 36% 7% 1	249
March	1st to 10th	Day	28% 24% 31% 13% 4	300
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 21% 34% 16% 6%	418
	21st to end	Day	22% 19% 34% 19% 6%	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	23% 15% 31% 21% 10% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 15% 33% 23% 11% 1	492
	21st to end	Day	12% 14% 31% 29% 13% 1	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 10% 29% 28% 14% 4	503
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 8% 31% 26% 17% 8%	527
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 24% 28% 19% 11%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 21% 29% 22% 11%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 17% 28% 27% 18%	530
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 14% 30% 28% 16%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 11% 27% 33% 21%	525
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 8% 23% 33% 26%	524
	21st to end	Day	8% 1 11% 25% 34% 22%	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 9% 27% 32% 20%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 10% 29% 35% 15%	519
	21st to end	Day	13% 3 12% 27% 30% 15%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 14% 35% 29% 11%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 15% 28% 32% 9%	530
	21st to end	Day	11% 4 19% 31% 28% 7%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 28% 33% 18% 5%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 9% 27% 35% 18% 2	530
	21st to end	Day	19% 11% 27% 29% 13% 1	398
November	1st to 10th	Day	19% 11% 33% 26% 8% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 16% 42% 21% 6%	330
	21st to end	Day	16% 22% 36% 19% 7% 1	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	30% 20% 32% 16% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 22% 36% 14% 5% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	29% 17% 33% 17% 5%	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	22% 16% 36% 22% 4	840
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 16% 30% 24% 6%	840
	21st to end	Night	20% 16% 38% 23% 3	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 13% 34% 29% 4	801
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 15% 33% 22% 3	783
	21st to end	Night	21% 17% 36% 24% 2	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 15% 30% 29% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 13% 37% 24% 8% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	17% 14% 33% 27% 9%	795
April	1st to 10th	Night	14% 14% 32% 28% 12%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 11% 33% 28% 12% 1	593
	21st to end	Night	12% 10% 28% 32% 18% 1	600
May	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 26% 33% 20% 3	600
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 25% 33% 23% 4	591
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 14% 36% 34% 5%	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 13% 38% 33% 6%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 10% 30% 40% 14%	600
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 10% 29% 43% 11%	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 6% 28% 42% 16%	585
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 5% 23% 46% 20%	582
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 8% 27% 44% 14%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 5% 28% 47% 14%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 1 8% 29% 42% 11%	594
	21st to end	Night	12% 2 8% 30% 38% 10%	660
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 11% 32% 38% 8%	638
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 3 11% 31% 37% 5%	800
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 14% 35% 36% 3	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 22% 35% 23% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 24% 36% 21% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	15% 9% 21% 34% 19% 2	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 21% 37% 18% 3	820
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 9% 31% 33% 12% 1	840
	21st to end	Night	16% 11% 30% 32% 10% 1	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	23% 13% 29% 28% 7% 1	840
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 12% 29% 27% 9%	840
	21st to end	Night	24% 13% 30% 27% 6%	924

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