Marshall
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Marshall 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	9% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 53%	101364
	Night	9% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 56%	98197
Transparency	Day	30% 5% 10% 26% 23% 6%	105120
	Night	27% 4 10% 26% 25% 8%	102568
Seeing	Day	11% 8% 26% 31% 20% 5%	15498
	Night	11% 7% 32% 37% 13% 1	25388

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	9% 7% 3 7% 4 5% 4 3 5% 6% 47%	2847
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 56%	2850
	21st to end	Day	17% 9% 4 5% 2 2 2 2 4 6% 47%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	12% 9% 3 6% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 47%	1781
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 4 6% 54%	1849
	21st to end	Day	10% 10% 3 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 52%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 2 4 2 3 3 2 4 6% 58%	3346
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 55%	3480
	21st to end	Day	12% 10% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 41%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 52%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 3 4 5% 6% 48%	2280
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 47%	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 43%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 50%	4082
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 45%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 5% 2 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 9% 51%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 4 4 5% 4 4 6% 9% 54%	2470
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 4 3 3 3 4 5% 8% 61%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 48%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 2 4 3 4 4 4 5% 8% 57%	4120
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 3 3 4 4 4 7% 11% 55%	4465
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 2 4 4 3 4 4 6% 9% 55%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 9% 53%	4041
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 62%	4245
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 7% 58%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 50%	2090
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 1 5% 3 4 4 2 4 6% 59%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 4 3 2 4 2 4 5% 61%	2055
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 68%	1900
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 5% 60%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 3 2 3 3 3 4 6% 62%	1839
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 6% 64%	1800
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 4 3 3 2 2 5% 5% 59%	1746
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 8% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 6% 56%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 7% 3 6% 4 4 3 2 5% 5% 51%	2161
	21st to end	Day	10% 8% 4 8% 5% 5% 5% 3 4 7% 41%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	11% 8% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 52%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 1 4 3 4 4 4 5% 7% 57%	4120
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 5% 51%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 50%	2415
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 54%	2218
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 55%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 58%	3510
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 2 4 3 2 2 2 3 5% 62%	3480
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 49%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 2 4 2 3 4 3 4 7% 57%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 1 5% 3 3 3 2 5% 7% 52%	1845
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 5% 3 2 3 3 4 7% 53%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 47%	2823
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 4 4 7% 9% 44%	2823
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 1 3 3 3 3 3 6% 9% 57%	3090
June	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 1 4 2 3 4 4 8% 8% 57%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 2 3 4 4 4 3 7% 10% 56%	1710
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 4 2 2 3 3 6% 10% 62%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 7% 10% 53%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 4 4 3 3 4 6% 10% 60%	2850
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 6% 10% 62%	3098
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 10% 59%	2836
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 4 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 10% 51%	2798
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 3 3 3 3 4 6% 9% 62%	3387
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 2 4 3 3 2 2 4 6% 62%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 4 3 2 4 3 5% 7% 54%	2090
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 1 4 3 3 3 4 4 7% 61%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 62%	2104
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 1 4 2 2 2 2 3 5% 66%	2280
	21st to end	Night	11% 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 4 64%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 5% 66%	2454
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 4 2 3 3 3 4 5% 63%	2600
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 2 3 3 2 2 2 4 6% 59%	2529
December	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 4 2 2 3 3 4 7% 59%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 56%	3036
	21st to end	Night	13% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 51%	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% 4 9% 26% 20% 3	2848
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 3 15% 24% 23% 6%	2850
	21st to end	Day	41% 3 7% 24% 23% 3	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	40% 3 10% 23% 19% 5%	1781
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 4 7% 29% 21% 6%	1859
	21st to end	Day	36% 3 6% 24% 23% 9%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	29% 3 6% 20% 27% 14%	3346
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 4 11% 24% 27% 5%	3480
	21st to end	Day	43% 5% 10% 24% 15% 3	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	31% 6% 10% 25% 20% 7%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 5% 10% 23% 18% 8%	2280
	21st to end	Day	37% 5% 11% 26% 19% 2	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	44% 5% 8% 18% 20% 5%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 6% 14% 27% 18% 3	4086
	21st to end	Day	39% 7% 9% 19% 18% 8%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	27% 7% 18% 28% 16% 4	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 7% 14% 26% 21% 6%	2470
	21st to end	Day	21% 6% 14% 27% 26% 7%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	31% 6% 12% 26% 19% 5%	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 5% 10% 31% 26% 4	4051
	21st to end	Day	20% 7% 14% 34% 22% 2	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	25% 5% 11% 27% 26% 6%	4090
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 7% 16% 29% 19% 3	4080
	21st to end	Day	21% 5% 12% 38% 18% 4	4244
September	1st to 10th	Day	28% 4 9% 24% 25% 11%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 7% 8% 23% 23% 6%	2090
	21st to end	Day	27% 4 9% 23% 30% 8%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	16% 3 5% 17% 44% 15%	3419
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 3 6% 23% 38% 15%	3140
	21st to end	Day	22% 3 7% 29% 30% 9%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	24% 4 8% 24% 30% 11%	1839
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 3 8% 28% 28% 10%	1800
	21st to end	Day	29% 2 7% 29% 25% 8%	1746
December	1st to 10th	Day	31% 4 9% 31% 22% 3	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 4 8% 22% 26% 5%	2159
	21st to end	Day	42% 4 8% 25% 18% 3	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	35% 3 7% 28% 21% 5%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 4 15% 24% 27% 4	4120
	21st to end	Night	38% 3 8% 22% 24% 5%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	38% 3 9% 24% 20% 7%	2415
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 3 10% 26% 23% 7%	2218
	21st to end	Night	32% 4 6% 21% 26% 12%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	29% 4 6% 18% 24% 18%	3510
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 3 8% 30% 26% 6%	3480
	21st to end	Night	34% 5% 11% 29% 17% 4	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	27% 4 11% 20% 25% 12%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 5% 9% 26% 18% 10%	1845
	21st to end	Night	31% 5% 12% 26% 23% 4	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	40% 5% 9% 16% 23% 6%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 7% 14% 25% 16% 2	2824
	21st to end	Night	24% 7% 13% 24% 24% 9%	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	22% 7% 19% 31% 16% 5%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 5% 14% 32% 21% 5%	1710
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 14% 31% 22% 11%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	24% 6% 15% 30% 21% 4	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 5% 10% 33% 30% 4	2796
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 16% 34% 26% 3	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	18% 6% 14% 28% 26% 8%	2826
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 6% 13% 28% 22% 4	2825
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 14% 37% 21% 5%	3387
September	1st to 10th	Night	24% 4 8% 27% 25% 11%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 5% 9% 22% 25% 9%	2090
	21st to end	Night	23% 4 7% 24% 32% 10%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	16% 3 6% 13% 40% 21%	3507
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 2 5% 21% 38% 19%	3779
	21st to end	Night	20% 2 6% 26% 35% 11%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	22% 4 8% 23% 30% 12%	2454
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 3 6% 25% 29% 11%	2600
	21st to end	Night	29% 3 6% 23% 29% 10%	2529
December	1st to 10th	Night	27% 3 11% 29% 25% 5%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 3 8% 24% 27% 7%	3037
	21st to end	Night	35% 4 7% 26% 22% 6%	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	14% 9% 37% 27% 13% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 18% 32% 29% 4 1	270
	21st to end	Day	11% 12% 45% 26% 6%	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 15% 36% 26% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 14% 43% 20% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	16% 19% 44% 19% 1	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	13% 18% 40% 21% 8%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 20% 40% 18% 8%	270
	21st to end	Day	18% 15% 40% 19% 7%	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 19% 39% 22% 9%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 16% 42% 23% 3	478
	21st to end	Day	18% 13% 35% 22% 10% 2	650
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 10% 39% 26% 9% 1	653
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 9% 29% 27% 18% 2	675
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 29% 29% 18% 3	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 20% 38% 26% 6%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 26% 40% 22% 3	680
	21st to end	Day	4 2 22% 44% 23% 5%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 13% 32% 34% 12%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 12% 39% 36% 9%	668
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 5% 36% 39% 13%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 1 11% 42% 32% 7%	676
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 13% 34% 37% 8%	665
	21st to end	Day	4 1 11% 34% 40% 10%	591
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 1 9% 33% 37% 12%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 13% 36% 31% 10%	300
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 17% 35% 22% 9%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 25% 31% 22% 9%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 9% 34% 33% 15% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	19% 11% 28% 25% 14% 3	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 8% 34% 33% 12% 2	300
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 14% 33% 25% 13% 3	300
	21st to end	Day	17% 11% 33% 25% 12% 1	282
December	1st to 10th	Day	10% 9% 38% 31% 9% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 10% 34% 29% 12% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	13% 16% 40% 25% 5%	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	10% 9% 38% 35% 8%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 11% 38% 34% 6%	950
	21st to end	Night	12% 9% 37% 37% 6%	1045
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 10% 39% 30% 4	895
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 12% 42% 29% 4	744
	21st to end	Night	13% 13% 42% 29% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	11% 10% 39% 36% 3	627
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 10% 35% 32% 5%	570
	21st to end	Night	15% 13% 40% 26% 6%	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 11% 44% 28% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 11% 41% 28% 5%	563
	21st to end	Night	15% 12% 38% 28% 6% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 11% 41% 29% 7%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 32% 33% 16% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 32% 38% 15% 2	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 26% 43% 19% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 31% 45% 14% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	2 2 27% 51% 16% 1	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 15% 45% 31% 2	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 15% 47% 33% 2	552
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 9% 50% 32% 2	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 14% 52% 29% 2	567
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 14% 49% 28% 1	564
	21st to end	Night	2 1 11% 45% 38% 2	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 1 15% 47% 27% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 1 21% 40% 24% 2	570
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 24% 42% 20% 3	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 28% 38% 20% 2	584
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 39% 34% 10% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 33% 34% 11% 1	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 35% 37% 11% 1	894
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 11% 36% 35% 8% 1	1000
	21st to end	Night	14% 10% 31% 34% 10%	973
December	1st to 10th	Night	12% 8% 36% 35% 9%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 8% 38% 33% 6%	950
	21st to end	Night	13% 10% 37% 35% 5%	1045

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