Georgia Southern Planetarium
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Georgia Southern Planetarium clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-25.

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	11% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 40%	101268
	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 43%	98145
Transparency	Day	38% 8% 13% 18% 17% 7%	105010
	Night	37% 8% 12% 18% 18% 8%	102542
Seeing	Day	12% 8% 22% 25% 21% 12%	15385
	Night	12% 7% 23% 33% 22% 3	25441

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	12% 6% 3 5% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 45%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 9% 50%	2840
	21st to end	Day	13% 8% 3 7% 5% 3 3 3 5% 6% 44%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 3 6% 4 4 5% 3 6% 7% 40%	1833
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 47%	1848
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 45%	1603
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 3 3 5% 6% 35%	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 53%	3480
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 43%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 48%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 5% 7% 47%	2159
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 53%	2411
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 6% 6% 5% 6% 4 6% 8% 45%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 39%	4081
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 10% 49%	4476
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 3 7% 5% 6% 7% 5% 9% 9% 33%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 6% 5% 6% 7% 8% 11% 39%	2470
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 2 7% 7% 6% 8% 8% 10% 11% 31%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	11% 8% 3 10% 7% 7% 7% 6% 9% 10% 23%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 2 8% 7% 7% 7% 7% 10% 15% 30%	4120
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 3 8% 7% 7% 8% 7% 10% 14% 23%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 3 9% 6% 7% 7% 6% 9% 10% 22%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 7% 5% 6% 7% 6% 9% 12% 36%	4044
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 3 7% 6% 6% 7% 6% 8% 12% 32%	4004
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 7% 3 9% 6% 7% 6% 5% 7% 8% 33%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 3 7% 5% 6% 5% 4 6% 8% 38%	2090
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 7% 39%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 3 7% 5% 4 3 3 5% 6% 48%	2042
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 2 3 3 2 3 2 5% 7% 59%	1900
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 1 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 57%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 4 3 5% 6% 51%	1957
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 2 5% 4 54%	1895
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 49%	1746
December	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 43%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 4 6% 49%	2153
	21st to end	Day	17% 10% 3 6% 4 4 4 2 4 5% 42%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 44%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 45%	4120
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 43%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 44%	2343
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 3 5% 4 3 3 4 4 5% 47%	2218
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 3 6% 4 3 5% 4 5% 6% 46%	1848
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 11% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 36%	3418
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 3 3 5% 4 6% 7% 51%	3480
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 44%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 3 4 4 4 6% 7% 50%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 8% 51%	1969
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 1 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 57%	1782
May	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 2 6% 3 4 5% 4 7% 10% 48%	2813
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 9% 43%	2812
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 5% 7% 9% 51%	3079
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 2 8% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 34%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 9% 11% 40%	1710
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 6% 6% 7% 6% 10% 13% 34%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 8% 3 9% 6% 6% 6% 6% 7% 11% 26%	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 3 9% 7% 7% 8% 6% 9% 12% 29%	2840
	21st to end	Night	8% 7% 3 9% 7% 8% 7% 6% 10% 12% 23%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 3 7% 7% 6% 6% 4 9% 11% 25%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 7% 6% 5% 6% 5% 7% 12% 39%	2785
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 11% 44%	3599
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 2 6% 4 5% 6% 6% 7% 12% 35%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 39%	2090
	21st to end	Night	12% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 8% 40%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 49%	2137
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 3 3 2 2 3 5% 60%	2280
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 56%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 52%	2341
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 8% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 50%	2500
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 50%	2529
December	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 44%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 3 5% 49%	3042
	21st to end	Night	16% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 5% 39%	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% 5% 8% 17% 21% 11%	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 4 7% 20% 25% 11%	2840
	21st to end	Day	40% 6% 6% 15% 22% 12%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	42% 5% 9% 17% 19% 7%	1833
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 4 8% 14% 26% 9%	1858
	21st to end	Day	38% 5% 8% 17% 19% 12%	1603
March	1st to 10th	Day	48% 6% 9% 13% 15% 8%	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 6% 11% 18% 22% 13%	3480
	21st to end	Day	42% 5% 7% 20% 19% 7%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	33% 6% 10% 19% 20% 12%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 5% 9% 18% 20% 12%	2159
	21st to end	Day	28% 6% 11% 25% 25% 6%	2411
May	1st to 10th	Day	33% 10% 13% 26% 15% 3	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 8% 12% 21% 16% 1	4085
	21st to end	Day	28% 8% 19% 22% 21% 2	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	42% 12% 16% 16% 12% 1	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 11% 18% 24% 12% 1	2470
	21st to end	Day	39% 14% 19% 16% 10% 1	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	50% 13% 19% 13% 3 1	4055
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 17% 28% 13% 3 1	4051
	21st to end	Day	45% 18% 23% 11% 3	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	52% 13% 21% 12% 2	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 12% 18% 24% 10% 1	4083
	21st to end	Day	40% 11% 17% 27% 5% 1	4004
September	1st to 10th	Day	43% 13% 16% 12% 11% 5%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 9% 12% 16% 15% 4	2090
	21st to end	Day	44% 5% 11% 18% 17% 5%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	40% 4 8% 13% 21% 14%	3393
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 3 6% 14% 28% 34%	3140
	21st to end	Day	22% 3 7% 18% 35% 16%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	33% 5% 9% 16% 23% 14%	1957
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 4 6% 18% 25% 14%	1895
	21st to end	Day	35% 5% 8% 20% 22% 10%	1746
December	1st to 10th	Day	39% 7% 12% 16% 18% 8%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 4 6% 19% 27% 7%	2150
	21st to end	Day	45% 4 6% 16% 25% 5%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	39% 5% 7% 15% 21% 13%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 5% 6% 17% 26% 10%	4120
	21st to end	Night	42% 6% 7% 11% 24% 11%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	39% 5% 10% 17% 20% 10%	2343
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 5% 7% 16% 21% 12%	2219
	21st to end	Night	37% 6% 8% 17% 17% 14%	1848
March	1st to 10th	Night	50% 6% 10% 13% 14% 7%	3418
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 6% 10% 15% 23% 15%	3480
	21st to end	Night	40% 6% 9% 17% 19% 10%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	32% 7% 11% 17% 20% 12%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 6% 9% 21% 21% 12%	1969
	21st to end	Night	26% 6% 13% 25% 23% 7%	1782
May	1st to 10th	Night	28% 9% 16% 28% 14% 4	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 9% 14% 24% 15% 2	2813
	21st to end	Night	25% 11% 14% 28% 19% 3	3087
June	1st to 10th	Night	38% 12% 19% 20% 10% 1	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 12% 19% 26% 9% 1	1710
	21st to end	Night	36% 15% 24% 16% 9% 1	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	48% 12% 20% 15% 3 1	2795
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 15% 28% 13% 3	2786
	21st to end	Night	49% 17% 19% 13% 2	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	50% 12% 24% 11% 2	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 13% 20% 25% 6% 1	2812
	21st to end	Night	31% 10% 20% 34% 4	3599
September	1st to 10th	Night	40% 12% 19% 14% 12% 4	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 10% 16% 18% 13% 3	2090
	21st to end	Night	41% 8% 14% 15% 19% 3	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	38% 5% 10% 14% 23% 10%	3566
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 3 4 12% 26% 38%	3779
	21st to end	Night	23% 4 6% 17% 32% 18%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	33% 5% 10% 14% 24% 15%	2341
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 4 8% 17% 23% 14%	2500
	21st to end	Night	35% 4 8% 19% 23% 11%	2529
December	1st to 10th	Night	38% 6% 13% 16% 20% 6%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 4 7% 16% 26% 8%	3044
	21st to end	Night	45% 5% 7% 16% 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	13% 19% 48% 15% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 19% 37% 20% 11% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	22% 26% 39% 10% 4	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 22% 38% 17% 7%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 15% 32% 24% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	14% 19% 43% 17% 7%	258
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 17% 30% 25% 12% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 12% 40% 26% 8% 1	460
	21st to end	Day	17% 14% 31% 27% 9% 2	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	16% 15% 30% 26% 12% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 13% 30% 22% 17% 7%	452
	21st to end	Day	7% 10% 23% 32% 20% 9%	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	7% 12% 29% 25% 19% 9%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 3 21% 28% 24% 14%	487
	21st to end	Day	10% 3 15% 29% 25% 18%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 18% 24% 30% 17%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 14% 23% 26% 27%	490
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 10% 29% 28% 24%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 6% 19% 39% 28%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 5% 18% 37% 34%	484
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 6% 23% 37% 26%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 2 10% 22% 30% 24%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 5% 20% 34% 31%	479
	21st to end	Day	12% 1 9% 24% 30% 23%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 3 8% 29% 30% 19%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 14% 29% 28% 11%	490
	21st to end	Day	14% 2 13% 28% 32% 11%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 22% 31% 19% 9%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 24% 31% 21% 9%	490
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 25% 29% 24% 6%	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 24% 28% 20% 5%	495
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 9% 36% 23% 11% 3	395
	21st to end	Day	12% 15% 28% 31% 13% 1	282
December	1st to 10th	Day	17% 14% 35% 23% 9% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 17% 33% 21% 8% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	28% 9% 34% 17% 11% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 12% 36% 29% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 13% 31% 32% 9%	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 13% 39% 25% 4	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 11% 34% 33% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 11% 36% 29% 3	743
	21st to end	Night	14% 13% 39% 30% 4	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	13% 10% 33% 38% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 12% 33% 32% 8% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	11% 11% 36% 32% 9%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 10% 34% 33% 10% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 9% 32% 34% 14%	751
	21st to end	Night	7% 7% 29% 40% 17%	642
May	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 23% 46% 17% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 23% 41% 20% 4	561
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 13% 37% 35% 3	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 13% 37% 34% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 2 11% 35% 34% 11%	570
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 10% 38% 38% 8%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 1 7% 28% 46% 9%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 4 25% 50% 11%	552
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 6% 34% 46% 5%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 8% 29% 43% 10%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 6% 27% 47% 10%	564
	21st to end	Night	11% 1 10% 27% 39% 11%	774
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 8% 28% 44% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 2 13% 32% 39% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	15% 2 13% 35% 31% 4	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 4 19% 35% 25% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 22% 35% 23% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 22% 38% 24% 2	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 20% 36% 22% 2	780
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 8% 28% 32% 15% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	14% 8% 28% 32% 17%	779
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 8% 29% 33% 13% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 10% 30% 30% 12% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	21% 11% 29% 30% 10%	836

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