Eldon Russell Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Eldon Russell Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-09-14.

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	16% 11% 4 9% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 31%	100541
	Night	16% 12% 5% 9% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 31%	97273
Transparency	Day	52% 6% 11% 19% 10% 1	100353
	Night	54% 6% 11% 18% 10% 1	97131
Seeing	Day	23% 17% 28% 19% 10% 3	14390
	Night	23% 14% 27% 24% 11% 1	24119

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	17% 22% 10% 14% 5% 3 3 2 3 5% 15%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 23% 8% 15% 7% 6% 3 3 4 5% 13%	2840
	21st to end	Day	24% 20% 11% 16% 6% 4 2 2 3 3 8%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 20% 6% 12% 8% 4 3 2 4 4 19%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 16% 7% 15% 7% 5% 4 3 4 5% 19%	1687
	21st to end	Day	18% 16% 4 13% 6% 4 5% 3 4 4 22%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	22% 12% 8% 8% 5% 4 3 3 4 6% 25%	3389
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 15% 6% 9% 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 32%	3480
	21st to end	Day	20% 12% 5% 10% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 29%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	14% 14% 4 8% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 31%	2147
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 12% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 33%	2387
	21st to end	Day	20% 12% 4 7% 4 4 3 4 3 6% 33%	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	20% 9% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 30%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 9% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 33%	4081
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 4 6% 7% 40%	4635
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 7% 6% 5% 6% 4 6% 8% 36%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 9% 38%	2660
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 10% 39%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 39%	4220
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 42%	4120
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 9% 39%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 33%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 8% 35%	4044
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 4 6% 10% 40%	4422
September	1st to 10th	Day	17% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 6% 7% 41%	2211
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 3 6% 4 5% 4 4 7% 9% 42%	2014
	21st to end	Day	19% 8% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 7% 38%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	17% 7% 3 7% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 37%	1843
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 11% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 5% 31%	1800
	21st to end	Day	23% 13% 3 8% 6% 5% 4 2 6% 6% 25%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 13% 3 7% 6% 4 4 4 5% 7% 35%	1686
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 18% 4 8% 5% 4 4 3 4 7% 26%	1635
	21st to end	Day	18% 19% 6% 9% 7% 4 4 4 5% 6% 19%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 24% 8% 12% 6% 5% 4 3 3 4 15%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 19% 7% 15% 5% 4 4 4 5% 5% 14%	1910
	21st to end	Day	25% 25% 7% 12% 6% 4 3 3 3 3 9%	2833
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 24% 11% 15% 5% 4 3 3 4 4 12%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 19% 10% 19% 6% 5% 6% 3 4 3 11%	4120
	21st to end	Night	24% 19% 9% 16% 6% 3 2 2 3 3 12%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 16% 5% 13% 8% 4 4 3 4 5% 19%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 15% 7% 14% 7% 6% 5% 4 4 5% 20%	2375
	21st to end	Night	20% 12% 5% 12% 6% 5% 5% 3 4 4 23%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 14% 4 7% 4 3 3 3 4 4 32%	3462
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 12% 7% 9% 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 32%	3480
	21st to end	Night	19% 12% 5% 8% 5% 4 4 3 4 4 33%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	17% 15% 3 8% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 31%	2033
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 10% 2 8% 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 34%	1758
	21st to end	Night	15% 10% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 36%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	24% 9% 3 7% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 30%	2813
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 10% 3 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 36%	2812
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 6% 11% 45%	2902
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 41%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 7% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 7% 43%	1520
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 10% 42%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 10% 46%	2734
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 4 3 6% 8% 49%	2840
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 9% 45%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	12% 8% 3 7% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 40%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 9% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 7% 43%	2785
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 7% 45%	3188
September	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 46%	1966
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 51%	2024
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 5% 41%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 42%	2116
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 9% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 6% 6% 33%	2160
	21st to end	Night	25% 10% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 28%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 10% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 6% 6% 38%	2389
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 18% 4 9% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 26%	2541
	21st to end	Night	17% 18% 5% 8% 5% 4 6% 3 5% 6% 22%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 21% 7% 9% 6% 4 4 3 4 5% 17%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 20% 7% 12% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 19%	3285
	21st to end	Night	25% 22% 8% 10% 6% 4 4 3 4 4 10%	4820

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	74% 4 11% 9% 2	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	76% 3 10% 9% 2	2840
	21st to end	Day	84% 4 6% 5% 2	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	69% 4 9% 12% 5%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	68% 4 9% 12% 6%	1696
	21st to end	Day	64% 5% 11% 12% 7% 2	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	59% 6% 9% 21% 4	3389
	11th to 20th	Day	54% 6% 14% 19% 6% 1	3480
	21st to end	Day	57% 4 10% 16% 11% 1	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	52% 6% 12% 16% 13% 1	2147
	11th to 20th	Day	52% 6% 10% 17% 13% 2	2387
	21st to end	Day	53% 4 10% 20% 10% 2	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	53% 8% 9% 20% 9% 1	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 8% 10% 22% 9% 1	4085
	21st to end	Day	40% 9% 12% 20% 15% 5%	4649
June	1st to 10th	Day	44% 8% 11% 24% 12% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 8% 13% 21% 15% 1	2660
	21st to end	Day	38% 8% 12% 24% 15% 2	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	40% 6% 12% 23% 15% 3	4155
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 7% 12% 26% 18% 1	4051
	21st to end	Day	40% 8% 14% 18% 18% 1	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	45% 8% 13% 23% 11%	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 9% 11% 29% 8% 1	4083
	21st to end	Day	38% 7% 14% 28% 11% 2	4422
September	1st to 10th	Day	41% 7% 14% 20% 15% 3	2211
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 8% 13% 25% 15% 1	2014
	21st to end	Day	46% 5% 10% 24% 14% 1	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	46% 6% 12% 21% 14% 1	1843
	11th to 20th	Day	56% 5% 11% 20% 8% 1	1800
	21st to end	Day	60% 5% 12% 12% 9% 1	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	47% 5% 13% 20% 13% 1	1686
	11th to 20th	Day	58% 6% 11% 15% 7% 3	1635
	21st to end	Day	67% 5% 10% 12% 6%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	75% 5% 8% 10% 3	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	72% 6% 8% 12% 3	1906
	21st to end	Day	82% 4 8% 6% 1	2833
January	1st to 10th	Night	76% 4 8% 10% 3	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	79% 4 8% 7% 2	4120
	21st to end	Night	79% 3 7% 8% 2	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	68% 5% 9% 13% 5%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	67% 4 9% 15% 6%	2377
	21st to end	Night	64% 5% 8% 14% 8% 1	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	56% 5% 11% 20% 8%	3462
	11th to 20th	Night	53% 5% 16% 16% 8% 1	3480
	21st to end	Night	53% 4 11% 20% 11% 1	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	54% 6% 11% 15% 12% 2	2033
	11th to 20th	Night	49% 6% 11% 19% 14% 2	1758
	21st to end	Night	47% 5% 11% 20% 13% 3	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	54% 6% 9% 19% 9% 2	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 8% 11% 23% 12% 2	2813
	21st to end	Night	31% 7% 15% 26% 18% 3	2909
June	1st to 10th	Night	39% 9% 10% 24% 15% 2	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 8% 13% 22% 18% 2	1520
	21st to end	Night	36% 10% 12% 24% 17% 1	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	38% 5% 11% 24% 18% 4	2689
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 7% 12% 29% 18% 2	2786
	21st to end	Night	36% 7% 13% 19% 24% 2	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	42% 7% 12% 24% 13% 1	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 7% 10% 30% 11% 1	2812
	21st to end	Night	36% 7% 12% 29% 15% 2	3188
September	1st to 10th	Night	36% 7% 12% 26% 16% 3	1966
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 6% 14% 26% 20% 1	2024
	21st to end	Night	43% 6% 11% 22% 17% 1	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	39% 7% 14% 21% 18% 1	2116
	11th to 20th	Night	50% 6% 11% 21% 11% 1	2160
	21st to end	Night	55% 5% 12% 17% 9% 1	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	44% 6% 13% 22% 12% 3	2389
	11th to 20th	Night	59% 4 11% 16% 7% 3	2541
	21st to end	Night	63% 6% 11% 15% 5%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	70% 4 11% 10% 4	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	68% 4 12% 13% 2	3288
	21st to end	Night	78% 5% 9% 7% 1	4820

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	34% 24% 30% 8% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 33% 26% 8% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	31% 32% 27% 8% 2	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	37% 22% 35% 6% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 32% 27% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	37% 31% 28% 4	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	29% 24% 30% 13% 4	425
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 22% 32% 12% 3 1	460
	21st to end	Day	34% 24% 24% 14% 3	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	27% 25% 28% 13% 5% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 19% 27% 13% 8% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	30% 18% 30% 15% 5% 1	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	27% 22% 28% 16% 5% 3	463
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 13% 30% 21% 8% 3	487
	21st to end	Day	14% 12% 30% 26% 13% 5%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	15% 14% 37% 22% 11% 2	490
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 14% 28% 26% 12% 3	490
	21st to end	Day	14% 13% 34% 23% 11% 4	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 25% 29% 20% 7%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 9% 29% 27% 16% 7%	484
	21st to end	Day	10% 8% 32% 27% 16% 7%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	13% 9% 23% 29% 19% 7%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 9% 28% 25% 15% 9%	479
	21st to end	Day	11% 7% 25% 29% 20% 8%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 10% 23% 26% 20% 7%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 22% 29% 22% 10%	463
	21st to end	Day	22% 13% 26% 20% 14% 5%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 14% 30% 20% 18% 4	450
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 20% 32% 17% 4 1	450
	21st to end	Day	33% 19% 29% 16% 3	495
November	1st to 10th	Day	26% 20% 27% 16% 9% 2	284
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 20% 27% 13% 5%	234
	21st to end	Day	29% 22% 41% 8% 1	180
December	1st to 10th	Day	31% 27% 26% 12% 2 2	180
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 28% 32% 8% 1	180
	21st to end	Day	36% 27% 27% 10%	215
January	1st to 10th	Night	30% 25% 31% 11% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 23% 29% 13% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	27% 24% 30% 17% 2	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	32% 20% 30% 17% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 22% 32% 15% 1	743
	21st to end	Night	32% 23% 29% 14% 2	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	25% 20% 31% 20% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 20% 28% 19% 6% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	26% 17% 30% 21% 6%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	26% 15% 33% 21% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 15% 34% 19% 8% 1	634
	21st to end	Night	19% 13% 35% 27% 6%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	23% 11% 26% 30% 10%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 10% 28% 33% 10% 2	561
	21st to end	Night	13% 4 28% 35% 18% 2	517
June	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 32% 38% 12% 1	380
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 26% 41% 14% 1	380
	21st to end	Night	11% 8% 29% 35% 17%	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 20% 38% 27% 4	488
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 23% 36% 25% 3	552
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 18% 42% 25% 2	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 19% 39% 27% 2	567
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 16% 35% 29% 3	564
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 21% 32% 28% 3	665
September	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 19% 31% 25% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 17% 36% 26% 4	736
	21st to end	Night	18% 9% 24% 28% 17% 4	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	19% 10% 26% 25% 18% 2	720
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 15% 29% 24% 8% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	31% 15% 30% 21% 4	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	21% 16% 27% 26% 10% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 20% 27% 17% 6% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	32% 18% 31% 14% 5%	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	33% 21% 27% 14% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 24% 29% 15% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	33% 19% 32% 15% 1	836

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