Van Meter State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Van Meter State Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-05.

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 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 43%	101239
	Night	12% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 45%	97875
Transparency	Day	38% 6% 12% 25% 16% 2	104884
	Night	38% 5% 12% 25% 18% 3	102371
Seeing	Day	14% 8% 26% 28% 18% 6%	15693
	Night	15% 8% 30% 33% 13% 1	25507

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	14% 11% 4 10% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 33%	2719
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 12% 4 10% 5% 6% 6% 2 3 5% 35%	2850
	21st to end	Day	16% 17% 5% 11% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 28%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 11% 4 8% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 34%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 10% 4 8% 5% 3 4 3 6% 6% 40%	1664
	21st to end	Day	13% 9% 4 7% 5% 3 3 3 6% 6% 41%	1588
March	1st to 10th	Day	16% 10% 3 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 46%	3436
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 7% 3 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 48%	3480
	21st to end	Day	19% 13% 3 9% 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 31%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 6% 43%	2266
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 9% 3 7% 4 3 4 4 5% 5% 40%	2254
	21st to end	Day	21% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 5% 35%	2312
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 8% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 37%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 8% 3 7% 5% 3 4 3 5% 7% 39%	4159
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 7% 45%	4824
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 11% 47%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 46%	2660
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 7% 9% 48%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 3 7% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 41%	4440
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 54%	4138
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 11% 45%	4465
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 2 4 3 4 5% 4 7% 11% 51%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 46%	4014
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 4 4 3 5% 4 7% 8% 54%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 53%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 52%	2229
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 1 5% 4 4 3 4 4 6% 55%	2009
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 53%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 1 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 54%	1900
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 45%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 52%	1870
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 2 5% 6% 48%	1606
	21st to end	Day	17% 10% 3 7% 3 3 2 3 4 5% 43%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 10% 4 9% 5% 4 3 4 4 7% 42%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 9% 3 8% 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 41%	1918
	21st to end	Day	17% 15% 7% 12% 5% 5% 4 3 4 5% 24%	2783
January	1st to 10th	Night	9% 11% 5% 13% 5% 5% 4 3 4 4 36%	4232
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 11% 5% 9% 4 8% 5% 5% 5% 5% 32%	4120
	21st to end	Night	17% 13% 6% 11% 4 4 4 3 3 4 31%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	14% 10% 4 8% 6% 4 5% 3 6% 5% 36%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 42%	2403
	21st to end	Night	14% 9% 4 6% 3 3 2 4 5% 6% 44%	1878
March	1st to 10th	Night	16% 10% 3 6% 3 3 4 2 4 4 45%	3419
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 53%	3480
	21st to end	Night	17% 10% 4 9% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 7% 31%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 6% 49%	1914
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 2 5% 5% 4 4 3 3 7% 46%	1875
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 41%	1864
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 38%	2823
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 41%	2742
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 7% 50%	2743
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 1 4 4 3 4 4 5% 10% 54%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 3 4 5% 5% 4 3 6% 11% 50%	1520
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 4 4 3 4 5% 7% 9% 56%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 46%	2530
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 4 3 4 4 3 7% 9% 58%	2813
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 47%	3098
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 11% 60%	2836
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 2 5% 8% 52%	2824
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 5% 3 4 5% 4 6% 8% 57%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 1 5% 3 2 3 3 4 6% 58%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 54%	1947
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 57%	2152
October	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 5% 59%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 55%	2280
	21st to end	Night	16% 8% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 50%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 57%	2305
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 5% 6% 52%	2571
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 5% 47%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 43%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 8% 3 8% 4 4 4 2 5% 6% 42%	3279
	21st to end	Night	21% 16% 6% 10% 5% 4 3 2 3 4 27%	4884

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	51% 6% 11% 22% 9% 1	2720
	11th to 20th	Day	54% 3 13% 21% 9%	2850
	21st to end	Day	59% 5% 10% 15% 10% 1	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	51% 5% 12% 20% 10% 1	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 5% 12% 22% 14% 3	1673
	21st to end	Day	43% 5% 12% 22% 14% 2	1588
March	1st to 10th	Day	42% 4 9% 26% 18% 2	3436
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 6% 12% 27% 17% 4	3480
	21st to end	Day	53% 7% 16% 19% 5% 1	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	41% 6% 12% 26% 14% 1	2266
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 5% 12% 25% 13% 2	2254
	21st to end	Day	50% 6% 11% 21% 11%	2312
May	1st to 10th	Day	42% 9% 14% 23% 12% 1	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 7% 12% 26% 10%	4163
	21st to end	Day	37% 8% 10% 29% 16% 1	4837
June	1st to 10th	Day	30% 8% 16% 30% 14% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 8% 13% 28% 16% 2	2660
	21st to end	Day	30% 7% 17% 28% 13% 4	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	39% 7% 12% 25% 15% 3	4371
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 6% 14% 33% 18% 2	4068
	21st to end	Day	30% 9% 18% 30% 13% 1	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	25% 7% 18% 32% 17% 1	4090
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 6% 14% 28% 15% 1	4053
	21st to end	Day	27% 6% 16% 33% 13% 5%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	30% 6% 13% 25% 20% 7%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 7% 11% 25% 23% 4	2229
	21st to end	Day	31% 5% 10% 29% 22% 3	2009
October	1st to 10th	Day	19% 3 7% 20% 41% 10%	3160
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 3 4 23% 40% 9%	3140
	21st to end	Day	36% 3 8% 24% 26% 2	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	33% 4 14% 25% 20% 4	1870
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 4 10% 25% 20% 2	1606
	21st to end	Day	45% 3 9% 27% 15%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	43% 6% 11% 26% 12% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 5% 14% 27% 8% 2	1915
	21st to end	Day	63% 5% 9% 15% 7% 1	2783
January	1st to 10th	Night	51% 5% 11% 22% 10% 1	4232
	11th to 20th	Night	53% 5% 12% 19% 10% 1	4120
	21st to end	Night	58% 4 11% 17% 8% 1	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	49% 5% 12% 20% 12% 3	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 5% 12% 22% 17% 2	2404
	21st to end	Night	40% 4 11% 21% 19% 4	1878
March	1st to 10th	Night	43% 5% 10% 22% 17% 3	3419
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 4 9% 27% 22% 4	3480
	21st to end	Night	52% 7% 14% 22% 5% 1	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	35% 6% 10% 27% 19% 4	1914
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 5% 9% 27% 16% 4	1875
	21st to end	Night	44% 6% 9% 23% 17% 1	1864
May	1st to 10th	Night	41% 10% 14% 20% 14% 1	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 7% 14% 27% 11% 1	2743
	21st to end	Night	31% 7% 11% 24% 24% 2	2751
June	1st to 10th	Night	26% 7% 15% 30% 17% 4	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 8% 12% 27% 21% 5%	1520
	21st to end	Night	22% 7% 16% 32% 19% 5%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	37% 5% 11% 26% 18% 3	2490
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 15% 34% 21% 2	2761
	21st to end	Night	28% 8% 20% 31% 12% 1	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	18% 6% 20% 30% 24% 2	2826
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 5% 12% 28% 22% 1	2851
	21st to end	Night	23% 7% 15% 34% 17% 4	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	27% 5% 11% 24% 26% 7%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 5% 10% 26% 25% 5%	1947
	21st to end	Night	28% 5% 9% 28% 26% 4	2152
October	1st to 10th	Night	16% 3 6% 21% 45% 9%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 3 5% 23% 31% 14%	3779
	21st to end	Night	34% 4 8% 27% 26% 2	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	29% 4 13% 26% 22% 5%	2305
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 3 9% 27% 23% 4	2571
	21st to end	Night	42% 4 9% 26% 16% 2	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	42% 5% 13% 26% 13% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 4 12% 28% 12% 1	3281
	21st to end	Night	62% 5% 8% 16% 8% 1	4884

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	18% 16% 34% 23% 9%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 13% 35% 19% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	16% 15% 41% 22% 6%	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	25% 11% 41% 19% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 17% 38% 19% 8%	270
	21st to end	Day	17% 17% 42% 17% 6%	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	17% 12% 47% 21% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 14% 31% 26% 5%	270
	21st to end	Day	33% 20% 28% 16% 4	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	19% 16% 33% 25% 7% 1	446
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 14% 32% 26% 7% 1	452
	21st to end	Day	23% 11% 32% 24% 10% 1	492
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 12% 35% 28% 9% 1	653
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 7% 27% 28% 13% 4	675
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 25% 27% 19% 6%	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 17% 36% 28% 10%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 22% 37% 23% 7%	680
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 30% 35% 19% 4	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	11% 3 14% 28% 31% 14%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 18% 35% 28% 11%	668
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 13% 32% 34% 11%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 16% 37% 31% 8%	676
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 15% 34% 29% 9%	651
	21st to end	Day	9% 1 12% 28% 34% 16%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 1 14% 32% 29% 11%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 2 13% 33% 31% 12%	439
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 26% 29% 21% 8%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 27% 28% 14% 10%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 16% 37% 25% 10% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	25% 15% 28% 25% 6% 1	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 6% 34% 28% 11% 4	282
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 17% 32% 24% 10% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	25% 13% 28% 27% 7%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	11% 16% 36% 24% 11% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 16% 35% 22% 9% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	23% 16% 41% 18% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 12% 39% 27% 7%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 13% 39% 25% 5% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	17% 11% 38% 29% 4	1045
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 12% 41% 27% 4	950
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 12% 39% 28% 4	929
	21st to end	Night	20% 11% 44% 20% 4	622
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 13% 39% 26% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 9% 36% 28% 6% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	26% 11% 35% 25% 4	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	15% 12% 38% 30% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 10% 34% 30% 8%	563
	21st to end	Night	19% 9% 35% 29% 8%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 32% 36% 9%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 4 28% 36% 15% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 26% 35% 20% 2	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 18% 47% 22% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 22% 48% 20% 2	570
	21st to end	Night	4 4 25% 46% 20% 1	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 8% 40% 35% 3	555
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 15% 40% 36% 2	552
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 13% 42% 36% 1	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 13% 47% 31% 2	567
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 2 13% 41% 34% 3	564
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 9% 42% 38% 3	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 1 15% 41% 27% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 2 16% 40% 27% 4	570
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 21% 39% 24% 3	632
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 26% 35% 19% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 8% 33% 32% 10%	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 10% 33% 27% 9%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 9% 31% 36% 10%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 11% 38% 28% 8%	861
	21st to end	Night	21% 10% 34% 29% 6%	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	17% 10% 38% 29% 6% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 8% 34% 33% 5%	950
	21st to end	Night	22% 13% 36% 27% 3	1045

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