Alexander City
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Alexander City clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-01-15.

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% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 42%	74851
	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 8% 46%	74945
Transparency	Day	40% 7% 11% 18% 19% 5%	74575
	Night	37% 6% 11% 19% 20% 7%	74741
Seeing	Day	16% 9% 21% 25% 20% 10%	13566
	Night	15% 8% 22% 29% 21% 5%	23625

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	19% 6% 2 4 4 2 3 3 5% 6% 45%	1706
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 3 6% 5% 2 4 4 4 6% 44%	1698
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 5% 46%	1980
February	1st to 10th	Day	18% 7% 3 4 5% 3 5% 5% 4 5% 39%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 6% 2 4 4 3 4 3 4 5% 42%	1748
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 39%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 5% 2 4 4 4 5% 48%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 7% 3 5% 6% 3 5% 3 5% 6% 39%	1944
	21st to end	Day	15% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 8% 42%	2198
April	1st to 10th	Day	14% 4 3 4 4 3 5% 5% 5% 5% 48%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 3 5% 5% 3 3 4 5% 7% 47%	2134
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 53%	2164
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 2 4 5% 3 5% 4 6% 9% 49%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 6% 4 5% 6% 6% 8% 43%	2301
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 6% 8% 43%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 3 7% 7% 5% 6% 7% 8% 10% 31%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 2 5% 6% 3 6% 7% 9% 10% 42%	2340
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 7% 8% 4 7% 8% 8% 11% 34%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 3 6% 7% 5% 9% 8% 9% 10% 29%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 3 6% 8% 5% 8% 8% 8% 12% 30%	2340
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 7% 6% 5% 8% 8% 9% 12% 30%	2546
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 6% 5% 7% 9% 9% 13% 31%	2148
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 3 6% 7% 6% 6% 7% 6% 9% 32%	2125
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 3 7% 7% 5% 7% 6% 8% 9% 31%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 3 7% 8% 5% 6% 4 6% 7% 39%	2066
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 2 4 6% 3 5% 5% 6% 7% 41%	1980
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 49%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 4 2 4 4 2 3 3 5% 6% 54%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 1 5% 4 2 3 3 4 6% 56%	1980
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 4 4 5% 54%	1907
November	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 3 6% 4 2 4 4 3 5% 54%	1672
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 6% 52%	1710
	21st to end	Day	15% 5% 2 4 5% 2 4 4 5% 7% 46%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	19% 6% 2 5% 4 3 5% 5% 5% 6% 40%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 4 3 4 4 43%	2153
	21st to end	Day	22% 8% 2 5% 5% 2 4 4 5% 6% 37%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 2 4 3 2 3 4 5% 5% 45%	2459
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 4 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 41%	2364
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 3 5% 5% 2 3 3 4 5% 45%	2376
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 3 5% 6% 3 4 4 4 6% 42%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 3 4 5% 2 3 3 4 4 45%	2098
	21st to end	Night	18% 7% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 3 6% 7% 40%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 2 4 4 2 4 3 5% 7% 49%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 43%	2016
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 2 4 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 8% 46%	2172
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 8% 45%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 2 3 4 2 4 3 5% 9% 49%	1775
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 2 3 4 2 5% 4 5% 8% 56%	1793
May	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 1 4 4 3 4 5% 5% 9% 53%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 7% 4 6% 5% 6% 8% 44%	1592
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 4 5% 3 5% 6% 6% 9% 48%	1744
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 6% 5% 7% 8% 8% 10% 36%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 4 4 3 5% 4 7% 12% 50%	1620
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 3 5% 6% 3 5% 6% 7% 12% 43%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 2 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 10% 12% 35%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 3 5% 7% 4 6% 7% 9% 12% 38%	1620
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 6% 6% 4 7% 6% 8% 12% 40%	1771
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 5% 6% 4 6% 8% 9% 15% 38%	1787
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 7% 2 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 7% 11% 40%	1776
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 6% 6% 7% 9% 37%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 3 5% 6% 4 6% 5% 7% 10% 43%	1873
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 4 6% 8% 45%	1980
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 4 2 4 5% 5% 8% 50%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 60%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 4 3 2 4 4 5% 6% 56%	1980
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 1 5% 4 2 3 3 3 5% 56%	2443
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 2 3 4 2 3 4 4 5% 58%	2406
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 3 4 5% 56%	2470
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 3 4 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 48%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 2 5% 5% 2 3 4 5% 6% 44%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 3 5% 4 3 3 4 4 5% 46%	3042
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 36%	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	42% 4 7% 17% 26% 5%	1707
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 4 6% 17% 23% 7%	1698
	21st to end	Day	42% 3 5% 17% 26% 7%	1980
February	1st to 10th	Day	46% 5% 7% 16% 20% 6%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 3 5% 18% 21% 7%	1758
	21st to end	Day	47% 6% 7% 13% 20% 9%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	39% 5% 8% 16% 22% 11%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 5% 11% 14% 17% 7%	1944
	21st to end	Day	40% 5% 11% 20% 21% 4	2198
April	1st to 10th	Day	37% 6% 10% 21% 18% 8%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 5% 7% 20% 23% 8%	2134
	21st to end	Day	30% 5% 10% 23% 28% 3	2164
May	1st to 10th	Day	32% 6% 10% 23% 24% 5%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 8% 15% 22% 16% 3	2305
	21st to end	Day	37% 7% 12% 22% 19% 3	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	44% 11% 13% 19% 11% 2	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 11% 17% 25% 12% 2	2340
	21st to end	Day	38% 13% 17% 20% 9% 3	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	41% 16% 20% 15% 7% 1	2275
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 14% 18% 17% 8% 1	2271
	21st to end	Day	39% 16% 19% 19% 6% 1	2404
August	1st to 10th	Day	39% 14% 20% 22% 6%	2136
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 11% 17% 14% 9% 2	2125
	21st to end	Day	45% 12% 16% 16% 9% 3	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	43% 9% 12% 14% 18% 5%	2066
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 7% 11% 17% 20% 4	1980
	21st to end	Day	35% 6% 10% 19% 23% 7%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	33% 5% 9% 18% 25% 10%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 4 7% 24% 26% 10%	1980
	21st to end	Day	32% 4 6% 16% 30% 12%	1907
November	1st to 10th	Day	34% 3 5% 15% 29% 13%	1672
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 4 7% 15% 26% 14%	1710
	21st to end	Day	38% 5% 8% 16% 25% 8%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	44% 5% 8% 16% 20% 6%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 3 6% 16% 24% 7%	2150
	21st to end	Day	47% 5% 7% 19% 19% 3	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	42% 5% 6% 18% 23% 6%	2459
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 4 7% 17% 22% 6%	2364
	21st to end	Night	42% 4 4 17% 25% 9%	2376
February	1st to 10th	Night	44% 4 6% 18% 18% 10%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 4 5% 15% 22% 10%	2099
	21st to end	Night	43% 5% 9% 15% 17% 10%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	37% 3 7% 19% 21% 13%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 6% 11% 15% 19% 8%	2016
	21st to end	Night	36% 5% 8% 22% 22% 6%	2172
April	1st to 10th	Night	37% 5% 11% 17% 20% 9%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 4 7% 21% 24% 10%	1775
	21st to end	Night	28% 5% 11% 25% 24% 8%	1793
May	1st to 10th	Night	27% 7% 12% 23% 26% 6%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 10% 15% 19% 17% 3	1593
	21st to end	Night	30% 10% 12% 23% 20% 5%	1745
June	1st to 10th	Night	38% 13% 17% 16% 15% 1	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 9% 22% 26% 14% 2	1620
	21st to end	Night	33% 10% 20% 21% 13% 4	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	34% 14% 24% 16% 9% 2	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 14% 23% 19% 8% 1	1566
	21st to end	Night	33% 11% 25% 21% 9% 1	1672
August	1st to 10th	Night	31% 13% 22% 26% 7% 1	1776
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 11% 20% 18% 10% 4	1776
	21st to end	Night	41% 12% 15% 18% 11% 4	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	36% 10% 15% 18% 14% 7%	1873
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 9% 11% 21% 18% 5%	1980
	21st to end	Night	32% 6% 10% 21% 22% 9%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	27% 5% 9% 22% 26% 12%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 5% 7% 20% 28% 11%	1980
	21st to end	Night	32% 3 5% 15% 30% 14%	2443
November	1st to 10th	Night	29% 4 8% 18% 26% 15%	2406
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 3 6% 18% 27% 14%	2470
	21st to end	Night	38% 4 8% 16% 23% 11%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	41% 5% 9% 18% 21% 6%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 3 7% 13% 29% 7%	3044
	21st to end	Night	47% 4 7% 20% 19% 3	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	27% 20% 35% 15% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 22% 30% 18% 5% 2	254
	21st to end	Day	26% 24% 36% 11% 2 1	264
February	1st to 10th	Day	27% 23% 31% 15% 4	240
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 21% 30% 11% 1	240
	21st to end	Day	29% 20% 40% 11% 1	198
March	1st to 10th	Day	25% 20% 32% 19% 3 1	240
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 18% 32% 19% 7% 1	384
	21st to end	Day	21% 17% 31% 23% 8%	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	22% 15% 29% 21% 12% 1	420
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 13% 33% 23% 12% 3	412
	21st to end	Day	13% 10% 30% 32% 12% 3	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	12% 10% 26% 30% 17% 5%	423
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 23% 32% 23% 10%	447
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 17% 31% 19% 14%	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 3 13% 32% 26% 14%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 11% 28% 32% 19%	450
	21st to end	Day	10% 3 13% 25% 31% 18%	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 1 7% 25% 33% 26%	445
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 6% 21% 38% 27%	444
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 7% 22% 39% 24%	488
August	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 8% 21% 34% 25%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 3 8% 21% 36% 20%	439
	21st to end	Day	14% 4 7% 25% 31% 20%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 2 8% 26% 37% 15%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 10% 33% 28% 11%	450
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 16% 29% 30% 10%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 24% 32% 20% 7%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 23% 33% 22% 4	450
	21st to end	Day	20% 9% 24% 29% 15% 3	403
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 8% 30% 31% 10% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 13% 44% 20% 9%	270
	21st to end	Day	14% 13% 39% 22% 11% 1	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	28% 17% 31% 20% 3 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 18% 30% 19% 5%	270
	21st to end	Day	31% 14% 28% 23% 4	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	25% 17% 32% 21% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 15% 28% 27% 8%	740
	21st to end	Night	22% 15% 35% 25% 4	792
February	1st to 10th	Night	22% 12% 33% 28% 5%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 16% 32% 25% 4	703
	21st to end	Night	22% 15% 36% 24% 4	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 15% 34% 28% 5%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 14% 32% 25% 11%	720
	21st to end	Night	16% 14% 30% 29% 11% 1	786
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 13% 31% 29% 14% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 11% 30% 27% 14% 2	533
	21st to end	Night	9% 9% 25% 37% 19% 1	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 26% 32% 24% 3	540
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 21% 34% 27% 5%	531
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 11% 33% 37% 7%	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 1 9% 38% 37% 6%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 11% 29% 36% 17%	540
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 7% 29% 46% 11%	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 4 22% 45% 17%	525
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 4 19% 48% 22%	522
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 5% 24% 47% 16%	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 4 24% 44% 20%	537
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 2 6% 24% 47% 12%	534
	21st to end	Night	15% 2 7% 27% 36% 13%	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 9% 29% 39% 13%	613
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 3 12% 30% 35% 5%	720
	21st to end	Night	12% 2 15% 33% 35% 4	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	10% 3 22% 35% 25% 5%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 22% 33% 22% 4	720
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 22% 32% 20% 2	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 22% 34% 21% 2	740
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 10% 30% 32% 12% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	17% 11% 27% 34% 10% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	21% 11% 27% 30% 10% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 10% 33% 26% 8% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	28% 11% 26% 29% 6%	836

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