Lake Wateree State Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Lake Wateree 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	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 42%	101248
	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 43%	97873
Transparency	Day	38% 7% 12% 19% 18% 6%	104938
	Night	38% 7% 11% 19% 19% 7%	102322
Seeing	Day	16% 10% 25% 24% 18% 7%	15367
	Night	16% 9% 25% 31% 18% 2	25430

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% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 5% 7% 49%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 54%	2840
	21st to end	Day	19% 9% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 4 4 43%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 8% 3 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 42%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 45%	1833
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 42%	1636
March	1st to 10th	Day	24% 7% 3 6% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 39%	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 53%	3480
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 43%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 1 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 49%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 48%	2244
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 51%	2388
May	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 39%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 37%	4081
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 49%	4476
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 8% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 11% 35%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 1 6% 4 6% 6% 4 7% 11% 42%	2470
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 6% 6% 6% 6% 9% 11% 38%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 8% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 31%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 6% 7% 7% 6% 9% 13% 30%	4120
	21st to end	Day	10% 8% 4 9% 6% 6% 6% 6% 9% 12% 24%	4466
August	1st to 10th	Day	23% 7% 3 7% 4 6% 6% 5% 8% 9% 23%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 11% 34%	4044
	21st to end	Day	7% 3 2 4 4 4 5% 4 8% 11% 48%	4212
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 41%	2111
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 3 7% 4 6% 4 4 6% 7% 38%	2090
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 6% 41%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	16% 5% 1 4 4 3 3 3 5% 4 51%	1971
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 2 5% 4 3 2 2 4 5% 57%	1900
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 5% 57%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 53%	1957
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 2 4 3 2 2 2 5% 6% 54%	1796
	21st to end	Day	15% 5% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 49%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 6% 39%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 5% 52%	2153
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 44%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 49%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 6% 45%	4120
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 4 4 44%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 5% 46%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 44%	2228
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 45%	1818
March	1st to 10th	Night	24% 9% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 5% 5% 34%	3418
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 51%	3480
	21st to end	Night	19% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 43%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 51%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 51%	1884
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 52%	1806
May	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 5% 3 5% 3 6% 9% 43%	2813
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 38%	2812
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 1 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 9% 46%	3079
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 3 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 10% 34%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 11% 37%	1710
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 7% 6% 5% 6% 6% 9% 11% 35%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 3 10% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 10% 29%	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 2 7% 5% 6% 7% 5% 10% 11% 30%	2840
	21st to end	Night	13% 9% 4 10% 7% 7% 6% 5% 8% 9% 23%	3087
August	1st to 10th	Night	23% 8% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 24%	2825
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 33%	2785
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 5% 3 4 4 4 7% 11% 50%	3409
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 4 7% 9% 42%	2064
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 8% 6% 4 5% 3 5% 6% 40%	2090
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 42%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 2 3 3 3 3 6% 53%	2208
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 2 3 6% 56%	2280
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 58%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 6% 54%	2341
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 53%	2386
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 4 4 4 3 3 6% 6% 49%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 8% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 4 5% 42%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 2 5% 3 2 2 3 4 5% 52%	3042
	21st to end	Night	19% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 5% 42%	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	36% 4 6% 24% 23% 7%	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 3 5% 17% 31% 9%	2840
	21st to end	Day	45% 3 3 16% 24% 7%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	43% 4 9% 20% 19% 5%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 4 6% 18% 24% 6%	1843
	21st to end	Day	45% 4 8% 15% 20% 8%	1636
March	1st to 10th	Day	49% 5% 7% 15% 14% 10%	3435
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 5% 9% 14% 30% 11%	3480
	21st to end	Day	43% 5% 7% 19% 22% 5%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	32% 5% 11% 19% 27% 6%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 7% 10% 18% 20% 11%	2244
	21st to end	Day	32% 6% 11% 24% 22% 4	2388
May	1st to 10th	Day	39% 7% 16% 22% 14% 2	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 7% 11% 20% 16% 1	4085
	21st to end	Day	30% 9% 15% 21% 21% 4	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	40% 9% 16% 24% 9% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 10% 17% 24% 14% 2	2470
	21st to end	Day	35% 12% 17% 20% 14% 2	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	44% 11% 20% 17% 7% 2	4055
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 14% 27% 16% 4 1	4051
	21st to end	Day	48% 14% 17% 16% 5%	4324
August	1st to 10th	Day	54% 9% 18% 14% 4	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 12% 16% 19% 13% 1	4083
	21st to end	Day	27% 9% 16% 32% 15% 2	4212
September	1st to 10th	Day	36% 10% 14% 17% 18% 4	2111
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 8% 11% 16% 19% 3	2090
	21st to end	Day	42% 6% 10% 20% 15% 7%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	31% 5% 7% 20% 27% 9%	3270
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 2 4 18% 28% 28%	3140
	21st to end	Day	27% 3 5% 22% 28% 15%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	33% 4 6% 17% 28% 11%	1957
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 3 8% 21% 25% 10%	1796
	21st to end	Day	36% 5% 8% 19% 23% 9%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	45% 5% 7% 20% 17% 5%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 3 7% 21% 23% 11%	2150
	21st to end	Day	42% 4 7% 22% 23% 3	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	37% 4 6% 20% 25% 7%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 5% 8% 17% 24% 7%	4120
	21st to end	Night	45% 4 4 16% 26% 6%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	40% 4 8% 19% 21% 8%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 5% 7% 16% 22% 7%	2229
	21st to end	Night	39% 4 10% 17% 20% 9%	1818
March	1st to 10th	Night	51% 5% 9% 14% 14% 7%	3418
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 5% 8% 15% 25% 15%	3480
	21st to end	Night	40% 5% 8% 20% 19% 8%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	32% 6% 10% 19% 23% 9%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 5% 10% 21% 21% 11%	1884
	21st to end	Night	31% 5% 12% 26% 21% 5%	1806
May	1st to 10th	Night	38% 7% 13% 25% 14% 3	2840
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 9% 13% 21% 15% 1	2813
	21st to end	Night	28% 10% 15% 27% 18% 2	3087
June	1st to 10th	Night	42% 10% 15% 21% 11% 2	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 11% 17% 21% 12% 2	1710
	21st to end	Night	37% 14% 16% 20% 10% 3	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	46% 12% 20% 14% 7% 2	2795
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 17% 24% 13% 4 1	2786
	21st to end	Night	55% 12% 15% 13% 5%	2988
August	1st to 10th	Night	55% 9% 18% 14% 3 1	2814
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 12% 20% 19% 7% 1	2812
	21st to end	Night	27% 8% 15% 29% 18% 3	3409
September	1st to 10th	Night	36% 9% 15% 19% 15% 5%	2064
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 7% 12% 15% 20% 3	2090
	21st to end	Night	42% 7% 12% 18% 17% 5%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	33% 5% 9% 20% 28% 6%	3689
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 3 5% 16% 27% 28%	3779
	21st to end	Night	25% 4 6% 19% 27% 18%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	34% 3 8% 16% 26% 13%	2341
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 4 6% 17% 25% 13%	2386
	21st to end	Night	35% 4 7% 20% 25% 9%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	44% 4 9% 18% 19% 6%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 3 7% 18% 25% 10%	3044
	21st to end	Night	43% 5% 7% 20% 21% 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	19% 24% 44% 11% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 21% 35% 18% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	22% 25% 36% 14% 3	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 25% 40% 11% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 15% 42% 7% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	23% 23% 36% 14% 4	291
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 18% 35% 20% 7%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 18% 40% 16% 4 1	460
	21st to end	Day	21% 18% 36% 18% 6% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	19% 17% 34% 18% 11% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 16% 32% 25% 10% 3	452
	21st to end	Day	15% 12% 30% 26% 15% 3	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	11% 15% 36% 22% 12% 4	463
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 22% 28% 19% 7%	487
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 19% 28% 23% 11%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 3 20% 34% 24% 7%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 19% 27% 28% 12%	490
	21st to end	Day	9% 1 16% 34% 29% 10%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 1 12% 24% 35% 19%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 2 10% 30% 33% 15%	484
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 12% 36% 32% 11%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	15% 4 15% 26% 28% 13%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 3 14% 28% 29% 14%	479
	21st to end	Day	13% 2 14% 30% 26% 16%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 2 12% 32% 31% 11%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 3 14% 25% 31% 9%	490
	21st to end	Day	19% 6% 17% 29% 23% 7%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	17% 4 22% 28% 21% 8%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 10% 25% 28% 21% 5%	490
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 25% 28% 20% 5%	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 29% 25% 16% 4	495
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 12% 36% 23% 8% 2	356
	21st to end	Day	13% 13% 37% 25% 10% 1	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	26% 15% 39% 16% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 13% 36% 21% 6% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	27% 15% 36% 14% 7% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	22% 15% 31% 26% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 14% 32% 29% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 16% 35% 26% 3	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	20% 13% 32% 31% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 14% 39% 23% 1	743
	21st to end	Night	18% 17% 37% 24% 4	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 12% 38% 27% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 15% 35% 24% 8%	760
	21st to end	Night	17% 14% 37% 25% 7%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	14% 16% 34% 27% 8%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 14% 29% 30% 12% 1	751
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 32% 35% 12%	666
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 8% 30% 38% 12% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 27% 37% 17% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	11% 3 16% 34% 32% 4	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	13% 4 16% 38% 24% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 15% 35% 29% 8%	570
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 15% 38% 31% 5%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 1 10% 35% 35% 8%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 1 6% 36% 39% 8%	552
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 11% 34% 39% 6%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 11% 28% 40% 5%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 2 9% 33% 37% 6%	564
	21st to end	Night	12% 3 11% 29% 39% 6%	795
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 11% 32% 38% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 3 14% 29% 33% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 4 16% 34% 24% 3	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	17% 4 20% 29% 26% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 25% 30% 21% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 23% 31% 22% 2	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 8% 25% 32% 16% 4	780
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 11% 28% 32% 11% 1	763
	21st to end	Night	16% 8% 28% 33% 14% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 12% 31% 30% 7% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 9% 27% 32% 12% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	25% 13% 27% 27% 8%	836

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