Colleton State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

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

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 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 39%	101212
	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 42%	97907
Transparency	Day	40% 8% 12% 17% 16% 6%	104902
	Night	37% 8% 12% 18% 17% 8%	102356
Seeing	Day	14% 10% 25% 25% 18% 8%	15479
	Night	14% 9% 24% 32% 19% 3	25549

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% 4 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 44%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 49%	2840
	21st to end	Day	15% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 43%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 40%	1717
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 2 6% 3 3 4 2 5% 6% 46%	1848
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 3 7% 3 4 4 3 5% 5% 44%	1672
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 10% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 5% 5% 34%	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 1 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 8% 53%	3480
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 4 6% 43%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 1 6% 4 4 5% 3 5% 7% 51%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 3 4 7% 47%	2240
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 2 4 5% 4 4 4 6% 8% 52%	2313
May	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 2 7% 6% 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 39%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 36%	4081
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 4 7% 9% 44%	4476
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 7% 3 9% 7% 7% 6% 5% 8% 8% 29%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 6% 6% 7% 6% 9% 11% 35%	2470
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 3 7% 7% 6% 7% 6% 10% 11% 31%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 3 9% 6% 7% 8% 6% 8% 9% 23%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 3 9% 9% 8% 8% 6% 9% 13% 23%	4120
	21st to end	Day	8% 7% 3 10% 8% 8% 8% 7% 9% 12% 20%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	21% 7% 3 8% 7% 7% 7% 5% 7% 10% 18%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 3 8% 6% 8% 7% 5% 8% 11% 30%	3994
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 3 9% 6% 6% 6% 4 7% 10% 34%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 7% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 8% 35%	2106
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 3 8% 6% 5% 6% 4 6% 7% 34%	2090
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 2 7% 4 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 38%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 3 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 45%	1967
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 57%	1900
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 4 5% 57%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 1 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 52%	1957
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 8% 3 5% 4 3 2 3 5% 6% 48%	1872
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 4 7% 49%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 41%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 51%	2153
	21st to end	Day	18% 9% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 44%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 43%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 7% 42%	4120
	21st to end	Night	14% 8% 2 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 5% 44%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 3 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 43%	2460
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 44%	2218
	21st to end	Night	12% 7% 2 7% 3 4 4 3 6% 6% 45%	1780
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 12% 4 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 33%	3418
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 50%	3480
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 45%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 50%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 50%	1886
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 53%	1881
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 7% 10% 47%	2813
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 43%	2812
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 6% 4 3 5% 4 6% 9% 51%	3079
June	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 3 7% 6% 5% 5% 5% 9% 11% 35%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 2 7% 6% 4 6% 5% 7% 13% 38%	1710
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 6% 10% 12% 37%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 9% 30%	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 3 9% 6% 6% 7% 6% 10% 13% 29%	2840
	21st to end	Night	9% 8% 3 9% 8% 7% 7% 6% 9% 11% 22%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	20% 7% 3 6% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 12% 24%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 11% 34%	2801
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 7% 5% 4 6% 4 8% 9% 45%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 2 8% 6% 5% 5% 4 7% 12% 38%	2068
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 3 8% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 37%	2090
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 39%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 50%	2212
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 4 2 3 3 3 4 6% 57%	2280
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 56%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 52%	2341
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 51%	2310
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 48%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 41%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 6% 2 4 3 2 3 2 4 5% 49%	3042
	21st to end	Night	18% 8% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 40%	4532

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	37% 6% 8% 19% 22% 9%	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 3 7% 18% 26% 11%	2840
	21st to end	Day	41% 6% 5% 17% 20% 11%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	41% 6% 9% 17% 20% 7%	1717
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 5% 7% 17% 23% 9%	1858
	21st to end	Day	40% 6% 8% 17% 18% 11%	1672
March	1st to 10th	Day	50% 6% 9% 14% 13% 8%	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 5% 10% 17% 24% 14%	3480
	21st to end	Day	43% 5% 7% 16% 23% 7%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	32% 6% 12% 18% 23% 9%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 5% 9% 19% 17% 13%	2240
	21st to end	Day	29% 6% 10% 26% 24% 5%	2313
May	1st to 10th	Day	36% 11% 14% 23% 13% 3	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 8% 12% 19% 16% 1	4085
	21st to end	Day	31% 10% 16% 20% 20% 2	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	47% 11% 15% 15% 10% 1	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 12% 19% 22% 8% 1	2470
	21st to end	Day	41% 13% 19% 17% 9% 1	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	51% 12% 16% 16% 4 1	4055
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 16% 25% 10% 3	4051
	21st to end	Day	50% 16% 17% 14% 3	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	58% 11% 18% 10% 3	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 11% 16% 20% 9%	4033
	21st to end	Day	42% 10% 13% 28% 6% 1	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	44% 10% 16% 14% 12% 5%	2106
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 9% 10% 15% 15% 4	2090
	21st to end	Day	44% 8% 12% 17% 15% 5%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	40% 4 8% 13% 27% 8%	3266
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 3 5% 13% 32% 28%	3140
	21st to end	Day	25% 4 5% 18% 35% 14%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	32% 5% 9% 18% 23% 13%	1957
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 4 7% 17% 23% 13%	1872
	21st to end	Day	36% 3 9% 22% 21% 9%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	41% 6% 12% 17% 17% 7%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 4 7% 21% 25% 8%	2150
	21st to end	Day	43% 4 7% 17% 24% 4	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	38% 6% 8% 16% 22% 9%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 6% 8% 17% 23% 7%	4120
	21st to end	Night	42% 6% 7% 11% 23% 11%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	40% 5% 9% 18% 19% 9%	2460
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 5% 9% 15% 21% 10%	2219
	21st to end	Night	38% 6% 10% 18% 16% 11%	1780
March	1st to 10th	Night	52% 7% 9% 12% 12% 7%	3418
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 6% 10% 13% 24% 15%	3480
	21st to end	Night	37% 6% 11% 19% 18% 9%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	33% 6% 11% 19% 21% 9%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 6% 9% 21% 20% 12%	1886
	21st to end	Night	27% 7% 14% 24% 22% 6%	1881
May	1st to 10th	Night	29% 10% 18% 26% 13% 3	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 9% 15% 22% 17% 1	2813
	21st to end	Night	27% 9% 16% 26% 19% 2	3087
June	1st to 10th	Night	37% 13% 19% 20% 10%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 11% 22% 24% 8% 1	1710
	21st to end	Night	33% 15% 23% 20% 8% 1	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	48% 10% 18% 19% 4 1	2795
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 16% 28% 11% 4	2786
	21st to end	Night	50% 14% 19% 13% 2	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	50% 13% 23% 12% 2	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 12% 20% 21% 7%	2828
	21st to end	Night	32% 10% 17% 34% 6%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	38% 12% 17% 18% 11% 4	2068
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 11% 13% 18% 14% 3	2090
	21st to end	Night	42% 8% 14% 18% 15% 3	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	37% 4 9% 17% 26% 7%	3693
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 3 6% 13% 24% 37%	3779
	21st to end	Night	25% 4 6% 20% 29% 17%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	33% 5% 9% 15% 25% 13%	2341
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 4 7% 17% 23% 13%	2310
	21st to end	Night	36% 5% 9% 18% 22% 11%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	41% 7% 13% 16% 17% 7%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 4 8% 17% 27% 7%	3044
	21st to end	Night	44% 5% 7% 18% 22% 4	4532

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	20% 20% 45% 11% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 21% 40% 18% 6% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	28% 25% 35% 10% 2	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	22% 22% 34% 17% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 24% 41% 7% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	21% 19% 41% 16% 3	327
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 17% 33% 22% 8%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 22% 37% 18% 7% 1	460
	21st to end	Day	16% 19% 37% 19% 8% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	17% 20% 32% 20% 10% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 16% 31% 23% 14% 4	452
	21st to end	Day	10% 11% 30% 26% 16% 7%	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 16% 32% 25% 12% 6%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 24% 29% 19% 9%	487
	21st to end	Day	10% 8% 17% 33% 20% 13%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 4 22% 30% 22% 10%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 18% 28% 24% 15%	490
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 18% 31% 27% 12%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 9% 25% 38% 18%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 7% 29% 36% 20%	484
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 13% 33% 35% 11%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	15% 3 15% 24% 26% 18%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 11% 25% 34% 19%	479
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 13% 27% 28% 16%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 2 14% 30% 28% 14%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 13% 33% 25% 6%	490
	21st to end	Day	19% 2 19% 28% 24% 8%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	17% 3 26% 26% 19% 8%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 8% 26% 29% 19% 8%	490
	21st to end	Day	13% 8% 25% 30% 20% 4	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 8% 31% 24% 17% 3	495
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 13% 37% 22% 8% 2	432
	21st to end	Day	11% 20% 30% 30% 9%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 17% 33% 24% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 17% 39% 16% 7% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	26% 15% 31% 19% 8% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 17% 32% 28% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 16% 30% 29% 8%	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 18% 35% 25% 3	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	20% 15% 29% 31% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 16% 37% 25% 2	743
	21st to end	Night	15% 18% 36% 25% 5%	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	16% 13% 37% 29% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 15% 36% 27% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	14% 15% 38% 27% 6%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 18% 34% 29% 7% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 13% 32% 27% 13% 1	751
	21st to end	Night	10% 11% 32% 34% 12%	741
May	1st to 10th	Night	7% 9% 28% 41% 15% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 26% 38% 18% 2	561
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 16% 39% 29% 3	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 16% 42% 25% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 12% 39% 29% 9%	570
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 15% 36% 34% 6%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 10% 39% 35% 6%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 1 7% 36% 42% 6%	552
	21st to end	Night	4 1 9% 41% 38% 6%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 7% 35% 38% 8%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 1 8% 31% 43% 8%	567
	21st to end	Night	12% 3 10% 31% 36% 8%	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 11% 33% 39% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 16% 36% 29% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 3 14% 33% 27% 4	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 4 22% 33% 22% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 8% 24% 31% 22% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	11% 8% 23% 33% 22% 2	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 8% 25% 34% 17% 3	780
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 12% 29% 29% 13% 1	763
	21st to end	Night	14% 10% 29% 30% 15% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 12% 28% 32% 10% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 11% 28% 29% 11% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	22% 14% 27% 28% 9%	836

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