Lockhart State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Lockhart 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 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 44%	101076
	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 49%	98200
Transparency	Day	35% 7% 11% 20% 18% 8%	104870
	Night	33% 7% 12% 20% 18% 11%	102520
Seeing	Day	13% 6% 18% 28% 25% 10%	14824
	Night	15% 6% 25% 36% 17% 1	24721

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	15% 9% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 47%	2847
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 5% 1 4 2 2 2 2 4 5% 54%	2850
	21st to end	Day	20% 8% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 41%	3304
February	1st to 10th	Day	21% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 3 4 43%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 9% 2 5% 3 4 3 2 4 6% 42%	1849
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 2 4 5% 46%	1575
March	1st to 10th	Day	15% 8% 3 8% 4 4 5% 3 4 6% 39%	3436
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 8% 3 9% 5% 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 31%	3480
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 2 6% 4 3 4 2 4 6% 44%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 4 6% 42%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 3 6% 5% 5% 3 3 5% 6% 40%	2066
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 3 5% 3 5% 4 3 5% 6% 44%	2387
May	1st to 10th	Day	20% 9% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 31%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 41%	4082
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 6% 7% 9% 38%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 6% 5% 4 5% 6% 8% 10% 45%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 10% 45%	2470
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 2 6% 7% 6% 7% 5% 7% 10% 37%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 10% 47%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 12% 42%	4120
	21st to end	Day	11% 7% 2 7% 5% 6% 6% 4 7% 11% 35%	4465
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 9% 67%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 13% 54%	3793
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 12% 46%	3938
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 3 6% 7% 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 44%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 2 7% 6% 5% 5% 4 7% 7% 40%	2090
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 1 5% 4 4 6% 4 7% 8% 49%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 7% 55%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 52%	1935
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 2 4 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 56%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 9% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 46%	1958
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 50%	1828
	21st to end	Day	18% 8% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 44%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	17% 8% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 44%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 4 5% 4 43%	2161
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 4 51%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	20% 7% 2 4 3 2 2 2 4 6% 49%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 63%	4120
	21st to end	Night	22% 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 41%	4390
February	1st to 10th	Night	20% 7% 2 5% 4 3 2 3 4 5% 45%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 2 4 3 2 3 2 3 5% 49%	2218
	21st to end	Night	21% 7% 2 4 3 2 4 2 5% 6% 44%	1876
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 9% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 38%	3419
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 10% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 31%	3480
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 44%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 7% 45%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 3 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 44%	2063
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 47%	1786
May	1st to 10th	Night	24% 8% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 4 7% 35%	2823
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 47%	2823
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 7% 10% 42%	3090
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 1 3 2 3 3 3 6% 9% 60%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 5% 11% 57%	1710
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 3 6% 4 4 5% 5% 6% 7% 50%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 10% 54%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 6% 4 3 4 4 7% 10% 51%	2850
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 3 5% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 10% 42%	3098
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 5% 7% 74%	2836
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 8% 11% 57%	3041
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 7% 11% 56%	3718
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 6% 8% 49%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 5% 6% 4 4 4 6% 7% 47%	2090
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 2 6% 3 4 5% 4 6% 8% 52%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 62%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 55%	2223
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 60%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 52%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 4 53%	2355
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 2 5% 7% 45%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 48%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 2 5% 5% 45%	3036
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 2 4 3 2 2 2 3 5% 53%	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	38% 6% 5% 14% 24% 13%	2848
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 3 7% 17% 25% 14%	2850
	21st to end	Day	43% 4 5% 10% 28% 10%	3304
February	1st to 10th	Day	45% 4 6% 11% 19% 14%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 4 7% 16% 17% 12%	1859
	21st to end	Day	41% 6% 7% 15% 17% 14%	1575
March	1st to 10th	Day	43% 8% 8% 16% 16% 8%	3436
	11th to 20th	Day	53% 9% 7% 7% 16% 8%	3480
	21st to end	Day	39% 7% 9% 16% 20% 9%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	42% 7% 8% 16% 14% 13%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 5% 7% 14% 18% 11%	2066
	21st to end	Day	40% 6% 8% 19% 18% 9%	2387
May	1st to 10th	Day	49% 10% 10% 14% 11% 5%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 9% 9% 17% 20% 6%	4086
	21st to end	Day	34% 10% 17% 28% 10% 1	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	28% 10% 15% 25% 19% 3	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 8% 13% 25% 17% 4	2470
	21st to end	Day	37% 11% 14% 23% 12% 2	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	32% 8% 18% 35% 6% 1	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 10% 20% 25% 13% 1	4051
	21st to end	Day	39% 10% 18% 25% 6% 1	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 13% 41% 24% 1	4090
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 9% 26% 34% 10% 2	3831
	21st to end	Day	29% 12% 19% 23% 16% 2	3937
September	1st to 10th	Day	38% 10% 10% 20% 16% 7%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 9% 13% 16% 17% 5%	2090
	21st to end	Day	31% 8% 12% 20% 16% 14%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	17% 5% 7% 12% 23% 36%	3480
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 5% 9% 18% 28% 18%	3188
	21st to end	Day	26% 5% 7% 18% 28% 16%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	38% 6% 9% 17% 19% 11%	1958
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 5% 9% 17% 19% 14%	1828
	21st to end	Day	43% 4 7% 14% 19% 13%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	41% 5% 9% 18% 19% 7%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 7% 6% 10% 21% 13%	2159
	21st to end	Day	38% 3 5% 17% 24% 13%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	37% 4 7% 14% 20% 18%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 4 6% 16% 31% 16%	4120
	21st to end	Night	45% 4 5% 11% 24% 10%	4390
February	1st to 10th	Night	42% 5% 7% 12% 18% 17%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 3 7% 16% 19% 14%	2218
	21st to end	Night	43% 5% 7% 15% 16% 15%	1876
March	1st to 10th	Night	45% 7% 10% 15% 15% 8%	3419
	11th to 20th	Night	53% 8% 10% 10% 12% 8%	3480
	21st to end	Night	39% 7% 10% 15% 19% 9%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	37% 7% 10% 17% 16% 12%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 5% 11% 14% 15% 15%	2063
	21st to end	Night	39% 6% 9% 20% 17% 9%	1786
May	1st to 10th	Night	48% 8% 10% 17% 12% 6%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 8% 12% 21% 17% 7%	2824
	21st to end	Night	33% 10% 16% 29% 11%	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	21% 8% 18% 30% 22% 3	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 7% 16% 32% 20% 4	1710
	21st to end	Night	30% 10% 16% 27% 15% 2	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	25% 8% 23% 37% 5%	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 9% 21% 29% 13% 1	2796
	21st to end	Night	35% 9% 23% 26% 6%	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 18% 45% 21% 1	2826
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 10% 32% 32% 8% 1	3069
	21st to end	Night	20% 14% 23% 28% 14% 2	3718
September	1st to 10th	Night	31% 9% 17% 21% 15% 7%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 9% 14% 22% 15% 6%	2090
	21st to end	Night	28% 8% 15% 20% 16% 13%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 4 8% 16% 20% 38%	3480
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 4 10% 18% 28% 21%	3683
	21st to end	Night	22% 4 6% 23% 29% 17%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	33% 7% 10% 18% 19% 14%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 5% 10% 18% 19% 15%	2355
	21st to end	Night	39% 4 9% 17% 18% 14%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	38% 5% 8% 20% 18% 11%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 5% 7% 11% 19% 17%	3037
	21st to end	Night	36% 4 6% 14% 28% 12%	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% 10% 33% 28% 7% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 14% 23% 27% 9% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	22% 11% 32% 24% 10%	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	30% 14% 26% 19% 11%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 14% 32% 21% 7% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	25% 13% 40% 20% 2	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 12% 39% 22% 7%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 15% 37% 22% 7% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	18% 13% 35% 26% 8% 1	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	21% 12% 37% 24% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 16% 32% 23% 9% 1	264
	21st to end	Day	18% 11% 34% 26% 10% 1	567
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 13% 32% 30% 10%	653
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 25% 33% 17% 2	675
	21st to end	Day	12% 7% 21% 38% 19% 3	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 10% 40% 34% 9%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 11% 42% 32% 6%	680
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 9% 33% 34% 15%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 1 7% 30% 38% 16%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 5% 25% 49% 17%	668
	21st to end	Day	4 2 4 26% 46% 18%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 2 23% 49% 22%	676
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 24% 46% 23%	520
	21st to end	Day	4 2 5% 18% 34% 36%	401
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 1 5% 19% 39% 26%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 1 22% 43% 26%	300
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 7% 21% 37% 24%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 9% 28% 40% 16%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 2 16% 33% 28% 10%	300
	21st to end	Day	15% 10% 20% 27% 20% 8%	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 21% 32% 18% 6%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 5% 24% 28% 20% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	25% 11% 29% 19% 14% 2	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	19% 6% 28% 30% 11% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 14% 26% 26% 11% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	21% 10% 30% 27% 10% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 7% 30% 33% 9% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 9% 30% 31% 9%	950
	21st to end	Night	22% 9% 28% 34% 7%	955
February	1st to 10th	Night	25% 10% 30% 29% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 10% 34% 27% 3	744
	21st to end	Night	25% 15% 37% 21% 3	620
March	1st to 10th	Night	22% 11% 37% 26% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 9% 36% 27% 5%	570
	21st to end	Night	17% 11% 40% 28% 4 1	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	15% 9% 44% 29% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 11% 40% 27% 5%	563
	21st to end	Night	17% 11% 39% 26% 8%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	17% 8% 41% 29% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 3 34% 38% 11%	561
	21st to end	Night	12% 3 32% 39% 13%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 20% 49% 24% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 26% 49% 17% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 14% 45% 29% 4	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 11% 47% 31% 3	555
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 10% 49% 34% 3	552
	21st to end	Night	3 1 7% 48% 37% 4	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 5% 51% 38% 4	567
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 5% 49% 36% 4	564
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 5% 37% 45% 6%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 5% 41% 38% 6%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 2 7% 36% 41% 4	570
	21st to end	Night	9% 1 13% 34% 39% 4	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 11% 46% 32% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 2 19% 42% 21% 2	703
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 24% 34% 20% 1	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 21% 39% 20% 1	780
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 24% 38% 17% 1	831
	21st to end	Night	20% 8% 27% 31% 13% 1	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	21% 6% 24% 36% 12% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 9% 27% 31% 8%	950
	21st to end	Night	20% 8% 28% 36% 8%	1045

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