Tarleton Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Tarleton Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-08-30.

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	10% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 53%	95542
	Night	9% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 57%	93580
Transparency	Day	31% 4 10% 23% 23% 9%	95318
	Night	28% 4 9% 23% 24% 12%	93410
Seeing	Day	10% 7% 23% 30% 22% 8%	14869
	Night	11% 7% 30% 36% 15% 1	24720

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	10% 7% 2 5% 3 2 2 2 3 4 60%	2847
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 1 3 2 3 2 2 5% 5% 61%	2850
	21st to end	Day	17% 8% 2 5% 3 2 3 2 3 5% 51%	3208
February	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 3 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 51%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 2 6% 4 4 3 2 3 5% 51%	1849
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 2 4 2 2 2 1 3 5% 56%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 52%	3367
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 6% 45%	3480
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 8% 48%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 50%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 5% 52%	2128
	21st to end	Day	11% 4 1 6% 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 54%	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 44%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 50%	4082
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 5% 6% 8% 42%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 1 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 56%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 4 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 57%	2470
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 1 3 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 57%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 54%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 4 3 4 3 3 6% 9% 63%	4120
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 10% 49%	4465
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 3 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 65%	2458
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 6% 8% 51%	2338
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 4 4 5% 4 3 6% 9% 56%	2415
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 2 4 3 5% 5% 3 4 6% 54%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 48%	1980
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 6% 60%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 4 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 62%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 5% 63%	1832
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 2 5% 2 2 2 2 2 4 63%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 2 4 2 2 3 3 4 6% 59%	1844
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 1 4 2 3 4 3 6% 5% 61%	1710
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 3 4 55%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	12% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 53%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 8% 2 6% 3 3 4 4 5% 4 50%	2161
	21st to end	Day	14% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 4 55%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 5% 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 61%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 65%	4120
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 50%	4486
February	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 4 3 2 3 4 6% 54%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 2 5% 4 3 2 2 4 6% 52%	2218
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 3 2 3 2 3 4 5% 55%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	10% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 50%	3488
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 6% 7% 47%	3480
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 50%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 57%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 53%	1998
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 1 4 3 2 3 3 6% 6% 58%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	18% 9% 2 5% 4 2 3 3 4 6% 44%	2823
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 6% 7% 49%	2823
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 4 3 2 4 3 6% 9% 53%	3090
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 4 3 3 4 4 5% 9% 62%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 4 5% 9% 65%	1710
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 4 3 3 4 6% 9% 62%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 4 3 2 3 3 5% 9% 62%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 1 2 2 3 2 3 5% 10% 70%	2850
	21st to end	Night	2 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 6% 10% 57%	3098
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 2 2 2 2 2 5% 10% 74%	1701
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 9% 58%	1777
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 10% 58%	2147
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 1 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 55%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 6% 7% 52%	1980
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 7% 62%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 6% 66%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 5% 63%	2109
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 1 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 61%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 5% 62%	2229
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 1 4 3 3 4 3 4 5% 63%	2470
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 55%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 57%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 53%	3036
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 2 4 2 2 3 2 4 5% 56%	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	30% 3 4 18% 33% 13%	2848
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 3 6% 20% 33% 12%	2850
	21st to end	Day	39% 2 4 16% 27% 12%	3208
February	1st to 10th	Day	34% 4 5% 18% 23% 15%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 2 6% 19% 21% 13%	1859
	21st to end	Day	35% 2 4 14% 26% 19%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	33% 3 6% 15% 28% 15%	3367
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 4 15% 16% 17% 7%	3480
	21st to end	Day	34% 4 12% 20% 19% 9%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	33% 5% 9% 20% 18% 14%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 4 9% 20% 21% 12%	2128
	21st to end	Day	33% 4 8% 20% 27% 8%	2470
May	1st to 10th	Day	42% 4 10% 19% 17% 8%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 4 9% 19% 27% 3	4086
	21st to end	Day	39% 6% 13% 24% 12% 6%	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	27% 6% 14% 30% 19% 4	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 5% 14% 30% 20% 7%	2470
	21st to end	Day	25% 5% 13% 25% 25% 7%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	28% 6% 13% 39% 13% 1	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 4 12% 38% 24% 3	4051
	21st to end	Day	26% 7% 13% 34% 18% 1	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	17% 4 14% 34% 27% 4	2444
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 7% 14% 28% 19% 3	2338
	21st to end	Day	25% 6% 14% 31% 20% 4	2415
September	1st to 10th	Day	31% 5% 10% 21% 24% 9%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 6% 11% 21% 19% 8%	1980
	21st to end	Day	25% 5% 9% 19% 29% 13%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	24% 4 10% 24% 22% 16%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 3 7% 17% 28% 20%	1832
	21st to end	Day	28% 2 4 19% 26% 21%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	28% 4 6% 23% 25% 13%	1844
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 3 8% 22% 28% 14%	1710
	21st to end	Day	35% 3 4 20% 23% 14%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	33% 4 6% 22% 26% 9%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 3 6% 15% 25% 13%	2159
	21st to end	Day	34% 3 4 19% 25% 14%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	29% 2 4 17% 34% 15%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 2 4 19% 29% 20%	4120
	21st to end	Night	38% 3 5% 15% 25% 13%	4486
February	1st to 10th	Night	34% 3 7% 15% 23% 18%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 3 6% 15% 27% 15%	2218
	21st to end	Night	33% 4 5% 15% 22% 21%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	37% 4 5% 15% 23% 16%	3488
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 4 13% 22% 17% 9%	3480
	21st to end	Night	33% 5% 9% 20% 26% 7%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	28% 4 8% 24% 20% 17%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 4 11% 18% 21% 15%	1998
	21st to end	Night	27% 4 12% 20% 29% 8%	1710
May	1st to 10th	Night	43% 5% 7% 21% 15% 9%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 5% 12% 21% 23% 5%	2824
	21st to end	Night	30% 5% 13% 31% 15% 6%	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	20% 5% 15% 36% 19% 5%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 15% 32% 24% 8%	1710
	21st to end	Night	20% 6% 10% 29% 27% 7%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	19% 5% 13% 46% 16% 2	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 12% 41% 29% 4	2796
	21st to end	Night	22% 5% 14% 38% 20% 1	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 14% 37% 31% 6%	1691
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 4 12% 32% 22% 6%	1777
	21st to end	Night	20% 5% 16% 33% 22% 5%	2147
September	1st to 10th	Night	26% 5% 10% 24% 24% 10%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 5% 13% 20% 22% 9%	1980
	21st to end	Night	22% 4 7% 24% 26% 17%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	20% 3 10% 27% 20% 19%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 3 8% 16% 24% 24%	2109
	21st to end	Night	28% 2 5% 17% 26% 21%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	27% 3 6% 21% 26% 16%	2229
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 3 6% 23% 26% 17%	2470
	21st to end	Night	32% 3 6% 17% 26% 15%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	28% 4 8% 22% 25% 13%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 3 5% 14% 28% 16%	3037
	21st to end	Night	32% 3 5% 17% 25% 19%	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% 16% 38% 26% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 14% 35% 26% 7% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	15% 14% 38% 24% 8% 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 17% 39% 22% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 15% 41% 19% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	26% 14% 41% 16% 2	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	16% 14% 41% 25% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 15% 36% 25% 5% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	11% 17% 42% 23% 6%	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	16% 17% 39% 23% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 15% 40% 23% 5%	326
	21st to end	Day	14% 14% 40% 25% 7% 1	650
May	1st to 10th	Day	12% 12% 37% 31% 7%	653
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 7% 28% 32% 15% 3	675
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 31% 34% 16% 3	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 18% 41% 27% 7%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 19% 47% 23% 5%	680
	21st to end	Day	4 1 12% 38% 33% 12%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 7% 35% 37% 13%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	2 6% 34% 43% 15%	668
	21st to end	Day	2 1 6% 30% 45% 16%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 33% 44% 17%	676
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 1 6% 31% 41% 14%	572
	21st to end	Day	5% 6% 27% 36% 26%	462
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 1 4 18% 42% 27%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 4 22% 46% 23%	270
	21st to end	Day	11% 1 5% 27% 36% 19%	270
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 13% 37% 35% 9%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 28% 30% 21% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	20% 11% 27% 22% 18% 3	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 5% 31% 28% 14% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 11% 29% 33% 13% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	20% 13% 35% 23% 7% 1	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	16% 10% 36% 26% 11% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 10% 41% 24% 8% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	19% 11% 35% 26% 7% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	12% 9% 40% 31% 7%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 11% 34% 33% 7%	950
	21st to end	Night	14% 13% 35% 31% 7%	1012
February	1st to 10th	Night	14% 10% 42% 28% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 13% 42% 28% 3	744
	21st to end	Night	18% 14% 46% 20% 2	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	17% 13% 39% 27% 5%	617
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 10% 41% 29% 5%	570
	21st to end	Night	8% 14% 45% 30% 3	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 11% 45% 29% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 10% 45% 27% 5%	563
	21st to end	Night	8% 10% 47% 27% 7%	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 12% 42% 32% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 37% 32% 13% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 36% 37% 14% 1	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 22% 50% 21% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 28% 52% 15%	570
	21st to end	Night	3 1 16% 48% 27% 3	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 10% 49% 31% 4	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 11% 51% 33% 2	552
	21st to end	Night	2 1 6% 53% 37% 2	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 5% 50% 40% 4	567
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 8% 46% 37% 3	564
	21st to end	Night	4 4 44% 42% 6%	624
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 8% 43% 37% 4	540
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 1 9% 41% 35% 3	540
	21st to end	Night	9% 1 14% 40% 34% 3	540
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 18% 45% 26% 2	540
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 27% 41% 15% 1	669
	21st to end	Night	15% 9% 28% 33% 14% 2	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 29% 40% 15% 1	749
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 8% 35% 36% 14% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	15% 9% 38% 27% 10% 1	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	12% 9% 35% 37% 7%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 9% 34% 33% 7%	950
	21st to end	Night	15% 10% 38% 29% 8%	1045

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