Withlacoochee River Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Withlacoochee River Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-10-04.

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	8% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 40%	126244
	Night	9% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 43%	123115
Transparency	Day	37% 8% 16% 19% 13% 5%	129980
	Night	37% 8% 16% 19% 14% 5%	127447
Seeing	Day	9% 6% 19% 26% 23% 17%	16735
	Night	9% 5% 21% 33% 24% 8%	26761

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	8% 6% 1 5% 3 3 4 4 5% 8% 53%	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 9% 3 8% 4 5% 4 4 5% 7% 32%	4060
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 6% 9% 46%	4742
February	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 44%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 2 6% 4 3 4 3 6% 6% 54%	1948
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 3 5% 7% 50%	1722
March	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 8% 47%	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 59%	4980
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 50%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 1 5% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 51%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 48%	2176
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 4 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 53%	2403
May	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 5% 4 5% 6% 5% 7% 10% 50%	5862
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 10% 45%	5861
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 11% 47%	6433
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 8% 3 9% 7% 7% 7% 5% 8% 10% 24%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 6% 2 10% 7% 8% 9% 7% 9% 11% 25%	2600
	21st to end	Day	8% 7% 3 10% 8% 8% 8% 6% 8% 10% 25%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 6% 3 10% 9% 8% 9% 8% 11% 13% 18%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 2 8% 7% 7% 8% 6% 10% 16% 28%	5900
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 7% 6% 7% 8% 7% 10% 14% 30%	6424
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 3 9% 7% 7% 7% 5% 9% 13% 27%	4234
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 7% 6% 7% 7% 5% 9% 12% 36%	3891
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 3 10% 8% 7% 7% 6% 9% 12% 25%	3949
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 7% 3 11% 8% 9% 7% 7% 9% 10% 22%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 8% 3 10% 8% 8% 7% 4 8% 9% 25%	2200
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 11% 7% 7% 6% 6% 7% 10% 31%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 3 8% 7% 7% 6% 6% 6% 7% 35%	2123
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 4 4 7% 8% 49%	1914
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 1 6% 3 4 5% 4 6% 9% 50%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 51%	1957
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 7% 6% 47%	2000
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 7% 8% 46%	1850
December	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 1 5% 3 3 4 4 5% 8% 58%	2930
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 45%	3373
	21st to end	Day	11% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 7% 40%	4466
January	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 8% 52%	5889
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 9% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 8% 28%	5900
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 40%	6196
February	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 6% 8% 46%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 5% 8% 50%	2338
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 2 7% 5% 3 5% 3 5% 7% 50%	1905
March	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 45%	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 6% 10% 57%	4980
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 50%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 51%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 9% 52%	2173
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 58%	2005
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 2 6% 4 4 4 5% 6% 9% 51%	4039
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 8% 51%	4032
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 5% 3 4 4 4 7% 11% 54%	4421
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 5% 6% 5% 6% 7% 9% 38%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 2 7% 6% 5% 6% 7% 8% 13% 34%	1800
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 3 7% 7% 6% 6% 6% 9% 12% 31%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 7% 3 12% 8% 7% 7% 6% 10% 12% 21%	4058
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 3 8% 7% 8% 8% 8% 10% 13% 26%	4057
	21st to end	Night	5% 7% 3 11% 8% 8% 8% 7% 10% 10% 23%	4427
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 6% 3 9% 6% 6% 6% 6% 9% 13% 32%	2915
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 6% 9% 15% 38%	3106
	21st to end	Night	6% 7% 3 9% 6% 6% 6% 6% 10% 12% 28%	3945
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 3 8% 8% 7% 6% 6% 9% 12% 27%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 3 10% 6% 6% 6% 4 8% 11% 30%	2200
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 3 8% 6% 5% 6% 4 7% 8% 36%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 4 7% 8% 38%	2124
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 3 7% 8% 53%	2264
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 51%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 6% 52%	2341
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 49%	2400
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 8% 48%	2545
December	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 6% 7% 61%	4250
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 50%	4822
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 39%	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	30% 5% 8% 16% 27% 13%	4057
	11th to 20th	Day	53% 3 5% 17% 15% 7%	4060
	21st to end	Day	34% 4 8% 26% 20% 7%	4742
February	1st to 10th	Day	38% 6% 9% 17% 20% 12%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 6% 8% 19% 25% 12%	1958
	21st to end	Day	34% 5% 11% 18% 21% 12%	1722
March	1st to 10th	Day	35% 7% 11% 19% 21% 8%	4935
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 5% 9% 23% 21% 19%	4980
	21st to end	Day	31% 5% 9% 27% 20% 8%	5465
April	1st to 10th	Day	29% 7% 13% 23% 19% 9%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 7% 11% 17% 22% 10%	2176
	21st to end	Day	27% 7% 11% 23% 24% 7%	2403
May	1st to 10th	Day	25% 8% 21% 27% 14% 4	5897
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 8% 16% 30% 12% 1	5865
	21st to end	Day	28% 8% 19% 30% 14% 1	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	52% 11% 16% 16% 5%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 12% 20% 17% 3	2600
	21st to end	Day	51% 12% 21% 13% 3	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	51% 12% 30% 6%	5835
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 13% 37% 9%	5831
	21st to end	Day	39% 13% 27% 20% 1	6240
August	1st to 10th	Day	45% 12% 30% 11% 3	4221
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 13% 26% 21% 4	3929
	21st to end	Day	48% 13% 24% 13% 1	3949
September	1st to 10th	Day	52% 16% 19% 11% 3	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 12% 19% 12% 5%	2200
	21st to end	Day	46% 11% 15% 16% 10% 3	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	57% 9% 13% 9% 7% 5%	3513
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 6% 8% 22% 32% 6%	3154
	21st to end	Day	28% 5% 8% 23% 29% 7%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	33% 6% 10% 20% 19% 11%	1957
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 6% 10% 19% 20% 10%	2000
	21st to end	Day	35% 6% 10% 22% 19% 10%	1850
December	1st to 10th	Day	24% 4 15% 28% 19% 10%	2930
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 5% 11% 18% 19% 10%	3370
	21st to end	Day	42% 6% 11% 21% 15% 5%	4466
January	1st to 10th	Night	31% 5% 7% 18% 28% 11%	5889
	11th to 20th	Night	54% 5% 8% 15% 13% 4	5900
	21st to end	Night	40% 6% 9% 21% 16% 8%	6196
February	1st to 10th	Night	34% 7% 10% 18% 19% 11%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 6% 10% 20% 22% 9%	2339
	21st to end	Night	33% 6% 12% 19% 23% 7%	1905
March	1st to 10th	Night	39% 7% 9% 18% 19% 8%	4918
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 6% 15% 22% 17% 17%	4980
	21st to end	Night	33% 6% 10% 27% 19% 6%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	27% 7% 18% 24% 17% 7%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 7% 14% 24% 20% 8%	2173
	21st to end	Night	24% 6% 15% 25% 23% 7%	2005
May	1st to 10th	Night	26% 11% 21% 26% 12% 4	4066
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 9% 19% 29% 14% 1	4033
	21st to end	Night	23% 8% 22% 32% 15% 1	4429
June	1st to 10th	Night	40% 12% 22% 21% 6%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 12% 28% 19% 2	1800
	21st to end	Night	42% 16% 23% 15% 5%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	52% 14% 28% 5% 1	4015
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 15% 33% 6%	4006
	21st to end	Night	50% 14% 22% 13%	4297
August	1st to 10th	Night	41% 13% 33% 11% 2	2904
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 14% 30% 20% 3	3133
	21st to end	Night	44% 15% 27% 13% 2	3945
September	1st to 10th	Night	45% 18% 22% 11% 3	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	47% 14% 19% 16% 3 1	2200
	21st to end	Night	43% 10% 18% 19% 9% 2	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	57% 10% 11% 11% 8% 4	3514
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 6% 9% 28% 28% 5%	3763
	21st to end	Night	31% 6% 8% 19% 30% 6%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	31% 6% 13% 20% 19% 11%	2341
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 7% 9% 20% 20% 9%	2400
	21st to end	Night	35% 6% 9% 22% 19% 9%	2545
December	1st to 10th	Night	23% 4 18% 28% 15% 13%	4250
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 5% 12% 22% 16% 10%	4824
	21st to end	Night	44% 6% 13% 20% 14% 4	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	9% 16% 45% 23% 7%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 18% 37% 26% 10% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	13% 21% 45% 16% 4 1	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 12% 32% 26% 15% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 8% 38% 27% 9% 4	300
	21st to end	Day	9% 12% 31% 33% 15% 1	321
March	1st to 10th	Day	6% 14% 38% 29% 12% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 11% 29% 30% 16% 3	500
	21st to end	Day	7% 11% 30% 31% 19% 2	550
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 10% 30% 30% 18% 3	500
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 10% 27% 31% 20% 4	492
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 23% 32% 27% 8%	500
May	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 19% 34% 25% 10%	503
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 3 17% 30% 25% 14%	527
	21st to end	Day	7% 3 12% 21% 35% 22%	573
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 10% 27% 28% 20%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 9% 21% 29% 30%	530
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 6% 16% 28% 43%	530
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 5% 13% 26% 46%	525
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 4 13% 30% 46%	524
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 6% 17% 28% 41%	576
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 5% 14% 32% 39%	526
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 4 12% 29% 45%	519
	21st to end	Day	9% 2 7% 23% 28% 31%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 8% 17% 32% 34%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 8% 24% 31% 25%	530
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 9% 23% 32% 25%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 20% 31% 23% 8%	502
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 6% 19% 35% 26% 8%	490
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 21% 36% 27% 4	539
November	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 23% 32% 25% 5%	495
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 24% 35% 17% 4	500
	21st to end	Day	11% 8% 33% 30% 15% 3	350
December	1st to 10th	Day	7% 12% 34% 29% 15% 4	300
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 10% 32% 32% 11% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	9% 12% 33% 34% 11% 2	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	11% 11% 34% 33% 11%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 9% 27% 38% 12% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	14% 11% 36% 33% 7%	880
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 31% 34% 13% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 9% 30% 39% 12% 1	783
	21st to end	Night	9% 8% 34% 41% 8%	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	7% 9% 37% 38% 9%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 9% 31% 38% 13% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	8% 7% 34% 39% 11%	880
April	1st to 10th	Night	8% 8% 32% 39% 13%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 8% 32% 38% 13% 1	791
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 26% 44% 19% 1	800
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 17% 48% 24% 3	606
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 18% 42% 27% 4	591
	21st to end	Night	4 2 12% 36% 40% 6%	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	12% 1 9% 31% 38% 9%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 7% 21% 41% 22%	600
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 3 16% 44% 26%	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 3 14% 45% 29%	585
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 2 12% 48% 34%	582
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 3 13% 47% 30%	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 4 12% 51% 28%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 3 9% 45% 37%	594
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 7% 20% 40% 19%	876
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 7% 24% 40% 17%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 2 9% 29% 35% 13%	800
	21st to end	Night	11% 3 10% 29% 38% 9%	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 3 18% 38% 23% 4	773
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 18% 38% 30% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 21% 39% 24% 2	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 27% 35% 21% 3	780
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 22% 43% 17% 2	800
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 30% 39% 15% 1	800
December	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 29% 37% 20% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 29% 36% 17% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	12% 7% 29% 37% 14% 1	880

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