Lake Cypress Springs
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Lake Cypress Springs clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-01-22.

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 3 5% 7% 47%	105456
	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 52%	104039
Transparency	Day	34% 6% 10% 23% 20% 6%	109134
	Night	31% 5% 9% 21% 23% 10%	108488
Seeing	Day	13% 7% 21% 27% 24% 9%	15422
	Night	14% 7% 24% 33% 20% 2	25371

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	16% 9% 3 5% 3 3 2 2 3 5% 48%	2937
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 4 2 3 2 3 3 3 4 5% 56%	2940
	21st to end	Day	23% 9% 3 6% 2 3 2 2 3 3 44%	3144
February	1st to 10th	Day	20% 9% 2 8% 4 4 3 3 4 4 41%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 8% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 4 43%	1820
	21st to end	Day	21% 8% 2 6% 2 3 3 2 3 4 47%	1703
March	1st to 10th	Day	15% 10% 3 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 42%	3436
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 6% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 3 6% 6% 39%	3480
	21st to end	Day	15% 9% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 38%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 7% 5% 4 4 3 4 7% 46%	2104
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 3 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 43%	2254
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 7% 44%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	17% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 6% 36%	4039
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 46%	4082
	21st to end	Day	15% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 35%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 1 6% 5% 4 6% 4 7% 10% 47%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 2 5% 4 5% 6% 6% 6% 9% 48%	2470
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 1 4 3 4 5% 5% 8% 10% 51%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 9% 44%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 4 3 4 4 3 6% 10% 59%	4120
	21st to end	Day	9% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 36%	4465
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 2 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 68%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 1 4 3 4 5% 5% 8% 10% 55%	3982
	21st to end	Day	4 4 1 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 46%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 1 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 50%	2157
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 8% 3 4 4 4 5% 8% 46%	2090
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 1 3 3 4 4 4 5% 8% 58%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 61%	1942
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 2 4 2 3 3 3 4 5% 57%	1900
	21st to end	Day	15% 5% 2 4 3 2 2 2 3 4 57%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 6% 52%	1958
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 56%	2000
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 2 4 3 3 2 3 3 5% 51%	1809
December	1st to 10th	Day	18% 5% 2 5% 2 3 3 2 3 5% 51%	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 42%	3391
	21st to end	Day	18% 9% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 3 5% 44%	4488
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 8% 3 5% 3 3 3 3 3 4 50%	4238
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 2 4 3 2 2 2 3 5% 58%	4250
	21st to end	Night	24% 8% 2 4 3 2 3 2 3 4 45%	4546
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 3 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 48%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 3 5% 47%	2261
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 2 5% 4 2 3 2 3 5% 50%	1750
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 9% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 39%	3419
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 43%	3480
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 6% 45%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 4 6% 7% 51%	2075
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 7% 49%	1875
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 4 4 8% 52%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 8% 2 7% 5% 4 4 3 6% 7% 39%	2861
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 3 3 5% 8% 48%	2823
	21st to end	Night	12% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 6% 8% 43%	3090
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 6% 10% 56%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 1 4 3 2 2 3 5% 8% 63%	1710
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 3 4 4 4 4 6% 10% 58%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 6% 11% 53%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 6% 11% 65%	2850
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 46%	3098
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 2 2 3 2 4 8% 75%	2836
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 6% 10% 63%	2855
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 4 3 4 5% 5% 7% 8% 57%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 1 4 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 56%	2019
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 54%	2090
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 7% 63%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 7% 66%	2218
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 6% 62%	2280
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 3 3 2 2 1 3 4 60%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 2 4 3 4 3 2 4 5% 58%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 6% 58%	2400
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 3 5% 53%	2588
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 53%	4250
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 3 6% 4 4 3 2 3 4 48%	4816
	21st to end	Night	14% 9% 3 6% 3 3 2 2 3 4 50%	6490

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	40% 4 6% 21% 25% 4	2938
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 4 9% 24% 27% 4	2940
	21st to end	Day	46% 3 4 16% 23% 8%	3144
February	1st to 10th	Day	48% 4 5% 17% 19% 7%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 3 6% 18% 19% 8%	1830
	21st to end	Day	44% 3 5% 15% 24% 10%	1703
March	1st to 10th	Day	42% 6% 7% 14% 22% 7%	3436
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 7% 8% 23% 15% 4	3480
	21st to end	Day	45% 6% 9% 18% 20% 3	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	39% 5% 9% 21% 18% 8%	2104
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 7% 9% 18% 19% 8%	2254
	21st to end	Day	38% 8% 9% 20% 21% 4	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	46% 8% 10% 22% 10% 3	4077
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 7% 10% 23% 21% 1	4086
	21st to end	Day	45% 10% 12% 18% 11% 3	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	30% 10% 15% 28% 15% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 8% 16% 25% 18% 3	2470
	21st to end	Day	25% 8% 14% 29% 20% 3	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	34% 10% 23% 25% 9%	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 7% 15% 38% 19% 1	4051
	21st to end	Day	41% 9% 14% 26% 9%	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 14% 31% 29% 6%	4090
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 7% 19% 38% 12% 1	4021
	21st to end	Day	29% 12% 18% 27% 13% 1	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	33% 7% 10% 21% 18% 10%	2157
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 7% 12% 17% 20% 7%	2090
	21st to end	Day	25% 7% 9% 21% 27% 11%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 4 7% 11% 28% 36%	3228
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 3 4 18% 32% 23%	3140
	21st to end	Day	24% 5% 6% 24% 32% 8%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	33% 6% 8% 20% 25% 9%	1958
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 4 9% 18% 28% 12%	2000
	21st to end	Day	38% 4 6% 18% 26% 9%	1809
December	1st to 10th	Day	37% 4 6% 26% 23% 5%	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 4 5% 15% 25% 7%	3389
	21st to end	Day	43% 4 5% 20% 23% 5%	4488
January	1st to 10th	Night	37% 5% 6% 15% 30% 7%	4238
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 4 8% 18% 28% 11%	4250
	21st to end	Night	44% 4 6% 15% 23% 8%	4546
February	1st to 10th	Night	39% 4 7% 19% 20% 11%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 4 6% 16% 23% 9%	2261
	21st to end	Night	39% 5% 7% 15% 21% 13%	1750
March	1st to 10th	Night	46% 5% 7% 14% 17% 11%	3419
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 7% 9% 17% 19% 8%	3480
	21st to end	Night	38% 6% 9% 19% 24% 4	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	32% 5% 11% 20% 19% 12%	2075
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 6% 9% 19% 20% 12%	1875
	21st to end	Night	32% 6% 10% 22% 26% 5%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	42% 9% 10% 21% 13% 5%	2888
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 7% 14% 22% 21% 3	2824
	21st to end	Night	35% 10% 14% 24% 13% 4	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	22% 7% 16% 29% 22% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 6% 14% 33% 22% 5%	1710
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 15% 29% 26% 4	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	24% 7% 23% 34% 12%	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 14% 41% 21% 3	2796
	21st to end	Night	33% 8% 16% 30% 12% 1	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 13% 30% 36% 7%	2826
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 15% 41% 17% 4	2882
	21st to end	Night	21% 9% 18% 28% 22% 2	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	27% 7% 12% 23% 22% 10%	2019
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 6% 10% 25% 20% 10%	2090
	21st to end	Night	22% 4 8% 21% 29% 15%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 6% 14% 23% 43%	3699
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 2 5% 14% 36% 27%	3779
	21st to end	Night	24% 4 4 23% 29% 16%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	30% 4 8% 17% 27% 13%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 4 7% 19% 26% 16%	2400
	21st to end	Night	36% 4 7% 18% 26% 10%	2588
December	1st to 10th	Night	37% 4 7% 20% 26% 7%	4250
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 4 6% 14% 23% 11%	4817
	21st to end	Night	39% 4 6% 18% 26% 7%	6490

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	23% 13% 38% 19% 8%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 18% 36% 19% 7%	300
	21st to end	Day	22% 17% 35% 21% 6%	300
February	1st to 10th	Day	24% 13% 39% 19% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 16% 38% 16% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	33% 20% 32% 10% 4	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 16% 37% 23% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 16% 36% 20% 3 1	270
	21st to end	Day	20% 18% 35% 21% 7%	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	21% 14% 36% 23% 5%	284
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 14% 31% 22% 11% 1	452
	21st to end	Day	17% 10% 32% 27% 11% 3	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 10% 32% 32% 12%	623
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 25% 35% 18% 4	675
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 21% 35% 19% 6%	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 13% 30% 34% 11%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 13% 38% 33% 10%	680
	21st to end	Day	3 1 12% 30% 37% 17%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 1 10% 27% 40% 16%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 5% 29% 43% 19%	668
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 4 27% 44% 18%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 5% 25% 47% 19%	676
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 25% 44% 16%	632
	21st to end	Day	8% 1 6% 19% 40% 26%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 1 6% 24% 38% 21%	367
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 11% 24% 34% 26%	300
	21st to end	Day	11% 2 10% 27% 32% 18%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 1 16% 38% 29% 11%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 30% 27% 19% 6%	300
	21st to end	Day	24% 8% 21% 27% 15% 5%	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	19% 6% 30% 28% 14% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 9% 28% 35% 11% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	20% 15% 28% 24% 12% 1	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	19% 13% 32% 23% 11% 2	300
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 14% 39% 22% 7% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	23% 13% 38% 19% 5% 1	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 15% 30% 31% 7%	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 13% 34% 26% 7% 1	1000
	21st to end	Night	21% 11% 35% 29% 5%	1051
February	1st to 10th	Night	20% 12% 35% 27% 6%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 12% 35% 25% 3	787
	21st to end	Night	22% 17% 36% 21% 3	494
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 10% 33% 29% 6%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 10% 33% 33% 6%	570
	21st to end	Night	15% 11% 35% 33% 7%	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 10% 41% 30% 6%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 12% 35% 28% 11%	563
	21st to end	Night	14% 8% 35% 33% 9% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 35% 37% 10% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 27% 38% 18% 2	561
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 24% 41% 22% 3	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 12% 37% 41% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 12% 45% 35% 2	570
	21st to end	Night	4 1 9% 35% 43% 8%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 6% 40% 44% 6%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 34% 51% 7%	552
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 37% 48% 7%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 4 36% 51% 5%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 31% 50% 7%	564
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 31% 51% 7%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 7% 32% 42% 7%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 1 8% 33% 43% 4	570
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 10% 39% 39% 4	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 12% 44% 32% 3	698
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 24% 39% 19% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 25% 32% 17% 2	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 4 24% 42% 15% 2	780
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 30% 39% 10% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	18% 11% 30% 28% 13%	988
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 12% 31% 34% 7%	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 11% 29% 35% 7%	1000
	21st to end	Night	20% 11% 32% 30% 7%	1100

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