Johnson City
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Johnson City 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	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 48%	100467
	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 53%	97549
Transparency	Day	33% 7% 11% 21% 19% 9%	100278
	Night	31% 6% 12% 21% 20% 11%	97409
Seeing	Day	13% 8% 23% 31% 20% 5%	14691
	Night	13% 7% 28% 36% 14% 1	24575

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	11% 10% 2 4 3 3 2 2 4 6% 54%	2847
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 1 3 2 2 2 3 4 5% 57%	2850
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 7% 47%	3389
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 3 6% 3 2 4 2 4 6% 48%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 47%	1849
	21st to end	Day	17% 5% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 5% 51%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 8% 3 8% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 44%	3367
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 7% 3 9% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 34%	3480
	21st to end	Day	12% 7% 2 6% 3 4 4 4 5% 7% 46%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 45%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 44%	2099
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 4 6% 47%	2408
May	1st to 10th	Day	20% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 7% 33%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 4 6% 44%	4082
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 5% 6% 7% 6% 8% 9% 37%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 2 5% 4 4 6% 5% 7% 9% 49%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 4 3 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 50%	2470
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 1 5% 6% 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 43%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 1 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 10% 49%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 3 4 4 5% 4 7% 12% 54%	4120
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 10% 42%	4465
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 8% 72%	4051
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 1 4 3 3 4 4 5% 10% 61%	3726
	21st to end	Day	3 3 1 5% 4 5% 6% 5% 7% 11% 49%	4034
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 6% 6% 47%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 4 5% 6% 4 6% 8% 41%	2013
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 52%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5% 6% 56%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 6% 53%	1876
	21st to end	Day	11% 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 5% 58%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 3 4 2 3 6% 6% 48%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 2 7% 3 4 4 3 6% 5% 52%	1744
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 3 6% 48%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 3 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 50%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 3 5% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 46%	2161
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 4 57%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 2 4 2 2 1 2 3 5% 55%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 67%	4120
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 3 7% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 44%	4308
February	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 3 6% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 50%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 3 2 3 3 4 6% 51%	2218
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 48%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 2 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 44%	3489
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 10% 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 5% 6% 36%	3480
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 47%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 3 6% 8% 48%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 3 3 4 6% 46%	2024
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 2 5% 6% 50%	1768
May	1st to 10th	Night	22% 9% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 40%	2823
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 51%	2823
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 3 4 5% 4 7% 9% 45%	3090
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 5% 9% 62%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 6% 10% 60%	1710
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 10% 56%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 2 3 3 3 4 4 6% 10% 57%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 61%	2850
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 11% 45%	3098
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 7% 76%	2884
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 2 3 4 6% 10% 63%	3113
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 10% 57%	3627
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 1 4 3 4 4 4 5% 8% 54%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 4 4 6% 8% 47%	2024
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 53%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 4 2 3 4 7% 63%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 1 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 55%	2065
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 1 4 3 2 2 2 3 4 61%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 56%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 6% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 56%	2432
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 48%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 54%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 9% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 47%	3036
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 5% 56%	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	33% 3 5% 18% 25% 16%	2848
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 3 7% 14% 30% 16%	2850
	21st to end	Day	38% 5% 6% 10% 29% 13%	3389
February	1st to 10th	Day	40% 4 5% 13% 21% 17%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 4 7% 18% 18% 14%	1859
	21st to end	Day	36% 4 7% 16% 21% 16%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	40% 6% 7% 13% 20% 14%	3367
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 9% 7% 9% 16% 9%	3480
	21st to end	Day	34% 8% 10% 15% 20% 12%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	39% 5% 9% 17% 17% 13%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 5% 8% 15% 19% 11%	2099
	21st to end	Day	38% 6% 6% 21% 19% 10%	2408
May	1st to 10th	Day	47% 9% 10% 14% 15% 5%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 7% 8% 16% 22% 7%	4086
	21st to end	Day	36% 11% 14% 26% 11% 2	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	27% 9% 13% 27% 20% 4	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 7% 14% 26% 19% 6%	2470
	21st to end	Day	34% 9% 12% 23% 18% 4	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	28% 7% 18% 38% 7% 1	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 8% 17% 33% 18% 3	4051
	21st to end	Day	31% 10% 18% 30% 11% 1	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 12% 39% 32% 1	4037
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 22% 38% 12% 3	3762
	21st to end	Day	25% 12% 19% 25% 17% 2	4033
September	1st to 10th	Day	37% 7% 10% 20% 17% 9%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 10% 11% 19% 16% 6%	2013
	21st to end	Day	30% 6% 12% 21% 19% 12%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	27% 6% 11% 21% 24% 11%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 5% 8% 15% 21% 17%	1876
	21st to end	Day	29% 5% 5% 16% 24% 21%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	36% 5% 9% 19% 20% 11%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 5% 8% 18% 21% 15%	1744
	21st to end	Day	39% 4 7% 15% 22% 14%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	36% 4 9% 19% 23% 9%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 6% 8% 11% 22% 15%	2159
	21st to end	Day	33% 4 5% 14% 28% 17%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	34% 3 4 14% 26% 19%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 3 4 17% 28% 23%	4120
	21st to end	Night	40% 6% 4 11% 24% 14%	4308
February	1st to 10th	Night	38% 4 7% 13% 21% 18%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 4 6% 17% 20% 17%	2218
	21st to end	Night	39% 4 6% 13% 20% 18%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	38% 8% 8% 15% 20% 11%	3489
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 9% 9% 11% 14% 10%	3480
	21st to end	Night	36% 8% 9% 16% 20% 10%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	33% 6% 10% 18% 17% 15%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 6% 10% 13% 18% 15%	2024
	21st to end	Night	37% 6% 8% 20% 19% 10%	1768
May	1st to 10th	Night	45% 7% 9% 17% 14% 8%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 8% 11% 22% 19% 9%	2824
	21st to end	Night	33% 10% 15% 28% 11% 4	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 17% 31% 22% 3	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 6% 16% 31% 23% 5%	1710
	21st to end	Night	24% 6% 19% 30% 17% 4	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	22% 8% 26% 37% 7% 1	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 8% 20% 35% 17% 1	2796
	21st to end	Night	28% 9% 25% 29% 8%	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 15% 42% 29% 1	2874
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 30% 33% 12% 2	3143
	21st to end	Night	21% 11% 21% 26% 18% 2	3627
September	1st to 10th	Night	28% 8% 14% 23% 19% 8%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 8% 14% 23% 15% 6%	2024
	21st to end	Night	28% 7% 15% 20% 19% 12%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	22% 5% 14% 26% 22% 12%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 5% 10% 15% 20% 19%	2065
	21st to end	Night	29% 3 6% 17% 23% 22%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	31% 5% 9% 19% 22% 14%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 4 9% 21% 20% 16%	2432
	21st to end	Night	37% 5% 8% 15% 20% 15%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	32% 4 10% 19% 23% 12%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 4 5% 11% 21% 19%	3037
	21st to end	Night	34% 3 5% 14% 29% 15%	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	18% 17% 38% 21% 5% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 14% 30% 26% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	16% 16% 38% 22% 8%	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	27% 16% 30% 21% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 19% 39% 17% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	24% 17% 42% 16%	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 14% 44% 19% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 17% 36% 22% 5%	270
	21st to end	Day	16% 17% 45% 17% 4	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	16% 19% 44% 16% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 16% 36% 20% 6%	297
	21st to end	Day	16% 16% 40% 23% 5%	588
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 13% 42% 24% 7%	653
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 8% 31% 31% 11% 1	675
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 28% 35% 14% 1	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 20% 43% 24% 4	680
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 1 18% 51% 19% 3	680
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 11% 42% 31% 7%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 10% 37% 33% 10%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 6% 42% 40% 7%	668
	21st to end	Day	4 1 5% 39% 42% 10%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 40% 41% 12%	649
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 1 5% 36% 39% 12%	477
	21st to end	Day	4 1 4 29% 39% 22%	458
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 1 6% 25% 40% 18%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 1 5% 30% 43% 15%	279
	21st to end	Day	13% 1 5% 31% 37% 13%	270
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 17% 34% 31% 10%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 25% 34% 20% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	21% 9% 28% 25% 13% 4	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	20% 4 27% 34% 11% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 8% 29% 33% 9% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	24% 17% 30% 19% 8% 2	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	15% 10% 35% 27% 10% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 16% 34% 24% 8% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	15% 13% 39% 26% 5% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 10% 35% 31% 6% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 12% 34% 31% 5%	950
	21st to end	Night	19% 10% 35% 30% 6%	912
February	1st to 10th	Night	20% 12% 36% 27% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 12% 41% 24% 3	744
	21st to end	Night	20% 13% 46% 20% 1	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 11% 39% 28% 2	618
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 11% 38% 29% 4	570
	21st to end	Night	14% 13% 44% 26% 3	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 12% 47% 28% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 12% 43% 26% 3	563
	21st to end	Night	17% 9% 44% 23% 7%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 11% 42% 28% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 38% 32% 10%	561
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 36% 36% 10%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 24% 48% 20% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 33% 46% 13% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	7% 19% 48% 23% 3	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 12% 50% 25% 3	555
	11th to 20th	Night	4 12% 56% 26% 3	552
	21st to end	Night	4 1 8% 56% 27% 3	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 8% 57% 31% 3	567
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 6% 54% 29% 4	564
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 5% 47% 36% 6%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 8% 43% 32% 6%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 2 8% 39% 37% 4	552
	21st to end	Night	10% 1 12% 40% 33% 3	540
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 15% 47% 28% 3	540
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 24% 40% 17% 2	625
	21st to end	Night	14% 8% 29% 29% 19% 1	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 24% 41% 16% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 29% 37% 13% 1	912
	21st to end	Night	17% 10% 33% 29% 10%	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 8% 30% 37% 9%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 9% 31% 33% 7%	950
	21st to end	Night	17% 11% 32% 33% 6%	1045

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