Smithville Reservoir
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Smithville Reservoir clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-04.

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% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 45%	101087
	Night	11% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 47%	97992
Transparency	Day	38% 4 13% 26% 17% 2	104738
	Night	37% 3 12% 26% 19% 3	102481
Seeing	Day	14% 10% 29% 28% 16% 4	15698
	Night	14% 9% 32% 32% 12% 1	25519

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	14% 9% 4 11% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 35%	2847
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 12% 4 10% 5% 7% 6% 3 3 5% 36%	2850
	21st to end	Day	14% 15% 6% 11% 4 4 3 3 5% 5% 30%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	13% 11% 4 8% 5% 4 3 3 6% 6% 36%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 11% 3 8% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 42%	1664
	21st to end	Day	12% 9% 3 8% 3 3 4 3 4 7% 44%	1603
March	1st to 10th	Day	15% 9% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 47%	3436
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 51%	3480
	21st to end	Day	16% 12% 5% 7% 5% 4 3 3 5% 6% 33%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	14% 8% 2 7% 3 4 3 3 4 6% 45%	2206
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 40%	2254
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 36%	2415
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 4 7% 39%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 8% 39%	4082
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 46%	4687
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 4 4 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 49%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 9% 48%	2660
	21st to end	Day	7% 3 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 50%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 2 7% 4 4 5% 4 7% 8% 41%	4225
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 9% 54%	4120
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 47%	4465
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 53%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 46%	4041
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 5% 3 4 5% 4 6% 7% 54%	4262
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 2 4 3 3 5% 3 5% 7% 53%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 50%	2124
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 1 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 56%	2067
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 1 5% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 52%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 55%	1900
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 47%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 4 3 4 4 2 4 7% 54%	1884
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 4 4 3 3 3 4 6% 50%	1596
	21st to end	Day	17% 9% 3 5% 3 3 3 2 3 6% 46%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 8% 4 6% 6% 4 4 4 5% 6% 44%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 10% 4 8% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 41%	1918
	21st to end	Day	16% 15% 7% 14% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 24%	2826
January	1st to 10th	Night	9% 9% 3 15% 6% 5% 3 3 5% 6% 36%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 10% 4 8% 4 6% 6% 4 6% 5% 36%	4120
	21st to end	Night	16% 13% 5% 11% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 32%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	11% 12% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 6% 38%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 8% 3 8% 4 3 5% 4 4 6% 43%	2403
	21st to end	Night	12% 8% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 4 6% 47%	1864
March	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 3 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 5% 48%	3419
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 56%	3480
	21st to end	Night	15% 9% 4 9% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 34%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 7% 50%	1973
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 8% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 47%	1875
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 41%	1762
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 41%	2823
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 3 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 43%	2823
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 4 4 6% 52%	2878
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 2 3 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 56%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 2 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 9% 51%	1520
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 61%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 3 4 5% 7% 48%	2740
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 6% 10% 61%	2850
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 8% 11% 48%	3098
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 4 5% 4 6% 11% 60%	2836
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 6% 4 3 4 2 4 6% 53%	2798
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 58%	3383
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 1 5% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 57%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 2 4 3 3 3 4 6% 7% 55%	2052
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 58%	2092
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 58%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 4 3 3 2 2 5% 6% 56%	2280
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 2 5% 3 2 3 2 3 5% 51%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 1 3 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 61%	2265
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 2 4 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 54%	2581
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 2 5% 3 2 3 3 4 6% 50%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	11% 9% 3 5% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 45%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 8% 3 8% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 45%	3279
	21st to end	Night	20% 16% 6% 10% 4 3 3 3 3 4 28%	4823

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	50% 2 12% 25% 10% 1	2848
	11th to 20th	Day	54% 2 13% 20% 10% 1	2850
	21st to end	Day	57% 3 12% 17% 11% 1	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	50% 3 12% 21% 11% 2	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 4 13% 24% 14% 2	1673
	21st to end	Day	42% 3 12% 22% 18% 3	1603
March	1st to 10th	Day	42% 3 11% 22% 22% 2	3436
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 3 12% 28% 20% 3	3480
	21st to end	Day	53% 3 17% 21% 5% 1	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	40% 4 14% 24% 16% 2	2206
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 4 12% 23% 16% 1	2254
	21st to end	Day	48% 4 11% 25% 10% 1	2415
May	1st to 10th	Day	45% 5% 11% 24% 14% 1	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 4 14% 23% 14%	4086
	21st to end	Day	38% 5% 11% 31% 14% 2	4700
June	1st to 10th	Day	30% 6% 16% 31% 15% 2	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 6% 15% 29% 18% 1	2660
	21st to end	Day	30% 6% 16% 30% 15% 4	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	40% 4 14% 25% 13% 3	4161
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 4 11% 37% 18% 2	4051
	21st to end	Day	31% 3 16% 33% 14% 2	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	28% 5% 15% 31% 20% 1	4090
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 4 16% 27% 16% 1	4080
	21st to end	Day	30% 3 16% 32% 14% 6%	4261
September	1st to 10th	Day	31% 5% 11% 26% 20% 6%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 6% 12% 26% 22% 3	2124
	21st to end	Day	30% 4 8% 32% 23% 3	2067
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 2 7% 22% 43% 6%	3160
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 1 4 26% 37% 9%	3140
	21st to end	Day	34% 2 11% 26% 25% 3	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	32% 4 13% 28% 19% 4	1884
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 3 11% 28% 19% 3	1596
	21st to end	Day	42% 2 9% 27% 19% 1	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	41% 4 14% 26% 14% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 3 14% 27% 8% 1	1915
	21st to end	Day	64% 3 10% 15% 7% 1	2826
January	1st to 10th	Night	50% 3 13% 22% 12% 1	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	50% 3 12% 22% 12% 1	4120
	21st to end	Night	56% 3 14% 17% 9% 1	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	47% 4 11% 21% 14% 3	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 4 11% 23% 17% 3	2404
	21st to end	Night	40% 4 9% 22% 20% 6%	1864
March	1st to 10th	Night	38% 3 11% 25% 21% 3	3419
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 2 8% 29% 24% 5%	3480
	21st to end	Night	51% 3 17% 22% 6% 1	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	35% 4 11% 26% 20% 4	1973
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 3 10% 29% 15% 3	1875
	21st to end	Night	43% 4 11% 25% 17% 1	1762
May	1st to 10th	Night	41% 5% 14% 23% 15% 1	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 4 12% 29% 14% 1	2824
	21st to end	Night	34% 3 12% 29% 20% 1	2886
June	1st to 10th	Night	24% 6% 18% 33% 17% 3	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 6% 15% 31% 20% 2	1520
	21st to end	Night	20% 4 16% 36% 21% 4	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	37% 3 12% 24% 21% 4	2695
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 3 15% 38% 22% 2	2796
	21st to end	Night	29% 3 19% 34% 14% 1	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	19% 3 21% 28% 25% 3	2826
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 2 12% 29% 22% 1	2825
	21st to end	Night	26% 3 14% 36% 17% 5%	3383
September	1st to 10th	Night	30% 4 8% 26% 23% 8%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 5% 10% 29% 24% 4	2052
	21st to end	Night	28% 4 7% 29% 28% 4	2092
October	1st to 10th	Night	19% 2 6% 20% 47% 6%	3800
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 2 5% 27% 32% 12%	3779
	21st to end	Night	36% 1 7% 29% 25% 2	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	26% 3 14% 28% 23% 6%	2265
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 3 9% 30% 22% 4	2581
	21st to end	Night	38% 2 11% 27% 18% 3	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	41% 3 12% 28% 15% 1	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 3 12% 30% 13% 1	3281
	21st to end	Night	62% 3 7% 18% 8% 1	4823

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% 19% 34% 23% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 15% 38% 18% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	15% 17% 43% 22% 3	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	22% 21% 41% 13% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 19% 44% 11% 8%	270
	21st to end	Day	16% 23% 40% 18% 2	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	18% 17% 46% 16% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 12% 34% 19% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	32% 21% 29% 15% 2 1	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	24% 15% 35% 20% 6%	386
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 16% 37% 21% 7%	452
	21st to end	Day	24% 17% 32% 18% 9% 1	595
May	1st to 10th	Day	19% 13% 36% 23% 7% 1	653
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 11% 29% 26% 12% 3	675
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 31% 25% 16% 3	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 22% 34% 26% 8%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 28% 36% 21% 5%	680
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 34% 37% 15% 2	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 16% 30% 31% 10%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 22% 38% 26% 6%	668
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 18% 36% 30% 6%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 18% 41% 27% 6%	676
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 19% 38% 27% 5%	665
	21st to end	Day	9% 2 17% 32% 31% 9%	595
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 17% 35% 26% 6%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 21% 37% 26% 6%	334
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 27% 36% 13% 6%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 26% 31% 18% 5%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 18% 39% 22% 8% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	18% 17% 35% 23% 6%	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 8% 39% 25% 8% 3	279
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 16% 37% 21% 7% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	22% 13% 35% 21% 8%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 18% 40% 24% 8% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 14% 35% 24% 5% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	19% 20% 43% 16% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 14% 38% 29% 7%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 15% 37% 25% 6%	950
	21st to end	Night	15% 12% 43% 27% 3	1045
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 13% 42% 24% 3	950
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 14% 37% 28% 4	929
	21st to end	Night	19% 14% 45% 17% 5% 1	608
March	1st to 10th	Night	15% 14% 41% 25% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 9% 36% 27% 6% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	26% 10% 39% 21% 3	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 14% 42% 27% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 13% 36% 28% 5%	563
	21st to end	Night	19% 9% 39% 26% 6% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 35% 32% 7% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 28% 36% 13% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 29% 37% 14% 2	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 20% 46% 22% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 26% 46% 18% 2	570
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 31% 46% 14%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 15% 43% 30% 4	555
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 16% 47% 28% 2	552
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 15% 44% 32% 2	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 17% 47% 30% 1	567
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 14% 45% 29% 3	564
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 15% 41% 33% 3	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 16% 42% 25% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 2 19% 43% 23% 3	570
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 23% 42% 20% 2	572
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 29% 32% 18% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 8% 38% 30% 9%	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 12% 33% 28% 8%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 10% 36% 34% 9% 1	757
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 15% 36% 28% 8%	950
	21st to end	Night	20% 10% 35% 29% 7%	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 13% 35% 29% 6% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 11% 37% 28% 6%	950
	21st to end	Night	20% 17% 35% 25% 4	1045

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