Charlotte
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Charlotte clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-01-16.

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 4 5% 6% 8% 44%	74957
	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 44%	74846
Transparency	Day	37% 6% 12% 22% 19% 4	74680
	Night	39% 6% 11% 20% 20% 6%	74642
Seeing	Day	16% 6% 21% 24% 21% 12%	14169
	Night	16% 5% 22% 32% 21% 3	24311

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	17% 6% 3 5% 4 3 3 4 4 5% 46%	1706
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 8% 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 5% 44%	1665
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 49%	1782
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 3 5% 4 3 4 5% 5% 7% 41%	1620
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 6% 2 3 4 2 4 4 4 5% 45%	1713
	21st to end	Day	20% 7% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 4 6% 41%	1532
March	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 2 4 4 2 4 3 5% 5% 51%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 2 5% 4 2 5% 5% 6% 8% 41%	1980
	21st to end	Day	16% 5% 3 4 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 7% 41%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 3 2 4 4 2 4 5% 5% 8% 52%	1981
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 49%	2134
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 2 4 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 50%	2286
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 6% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 9% 47%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 3 6% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 9% 41%	2301
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 2 4 5% 4 5% 5% 6% 9% 42%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 5% 3 5% 7% 7% 11% 39%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 8% 10% 43%	2340
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 6% 6% 4 6% 7% 7% 11% 41%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 3 5% 7% 4 5% 8% 9% 12% 34%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 8% 13% 34%	2340
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 8% 12% 39%	2547
August	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 3 6% 6% 3 6% 6% 9% 12% 33%	2327
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 3 5% 6% 4 6% 7% 8% 11% 32%	2303
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 6% 4 6% 6% 8% 11% 36%	2408
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 4 4 4 6% 6% 7% 10% 46%	2018
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 4 5% 3 5% 4 6% 9% 45%	1980
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 3 4 5% 3 5% 4 5% 5% 42%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 5% 56%	1864
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 1 4 3 1 3 3 3 4 57%	1800
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 1 4 3 2 2 3 4 5% 57%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 57%	1857
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 2 4 3 3 3 4 6% 54%	1767
	21st to end	Day	15% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 5% 50%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	19% 8% 2 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 8% 39%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 2 3 3 1 2 3 5% 6% 52%	2153
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 2 4 4 3 4 5% 5% 6% 42%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 3 5% 47%	2459
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 2 6% 4 3 4 5% 4 5% 45%	2406
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 4 2 3 3 4 5% 49%	2574
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 3 5% 4 2 4 4 5% 6% 45%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 43%	2130
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 3 4 5% 2 3 5% 4 7% 44%	1722
March	1st to 10th	Night	15% 5% 2 5% 3 2 4 4 4 6% 50%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 3 5% 4 3 4 5% 6% 7% 41%	1980
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 3 6% 4 3 4 5% 5% 6% 41%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 2 4 4 3 6% 4 4 8% 48%	1977
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 4 4 2 5% 4 5% 7% 52%	1775
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 2 4 5% 3 5% 4 5% 6% 49%	1688
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 3 6% 5% 3 3 5% 6% 9% 46%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 4 6% 7% 5% 7% 5% 5% 8% 36%	1592
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 1 5% 6% 3 5% 6% 6% 9% 40%	1744
June	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 3 6% 7% 4 7% 5% 7% 10% 36%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 3 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 8% 11% 35%	1620
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 6% 5% 7% 7% 7% 11% 36%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 4 7% 7% 5% 7% 8% 8% 10% 32%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 6% 4 6% 6% 11% 12% 35%	1620
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 4 6% 7% 4 7% 7% 8% 11% 34%	1771
August	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 3 7% 7% 4 6% 8% 8% 11% 31%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 8% 4 8% 7% 5% 6% 6% 6% 9% 34%	1598
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 3 7% 6% 4 6% 6% 8% 11% 34%	1928
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 7% 10% 43%	1937
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 9% 40%	1980
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 3 5% 6% 3 4 4 6% 6% 39%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 4 4 6% 51%	2096
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 2 3 4 2 3 3 4 5% 54%	2160
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 3 4 5% 56%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 5% 54%	2221
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 6% 52%	2409
	21st to end	Night	14% 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 5% 7% 50%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 3 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 5% 41%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 2 4 4 2 3 3 3 5% 51%	3042
	21st to end	Night	19% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 5% 5% 7% 42%	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% 21% 22% 5%	1707
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 4 8% 19% 22% 5%	1665
	21st to end	Day	39% 3 5% 22% 24% 7%	1782
February	1st to 10th	Day	42% 3 10% 21% 17% 6%	1620
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 4 7% 21% 22% 5%	1723
	21st to end	Day	47% 4 6% 18% 18% 8%	1532
March	1st to 10th	Day	35% 4 7% 22% 25% 8%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 5% 11% 20% 16% 6%	1980
	21st to end	Day	42% 6% 10% 20% 18% 3	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	30% 5% 10% 23% 26% 6%	1981
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 4 10% 21% 21% 9%	2134
	21st to end	Day	34% 6% 11% 25% 20% 4	2286
May	1st to 10th	Day	34% 7% 15% 23% 19% 3	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 7% 16% 20% 15% 2	2305
	21st to end	Day	38% 8% 14% 25% 14% 1	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	37% 9% 15% 26% 13% 1	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 8% 19% 23% 15% 1	2340
	21st to end	Day	34% 9% 18% 23% 15% 2	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	38% 10% 19% 19% 11% 3	2275
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 11% 23% 19% 9% 1	2271
	21st to end	Day	35% 10% 20% 23% 10% 1	2405
August	1st to 10th	Day	41% 10% 18% 22% 8%	2314
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 10% 17% 19% 10% 1	2303
	21st to end	Day	39% 10% 18% 20% 9% 3	2408
September	1st to 10th	Day	33% 9% 15% 21% 19% 4	2018
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 8% 11% 19% 22% 3	1980
	21st to end	Day	43% 5% 8% 22% 18% 4	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	32% 4 9% 23% 27% 5%	1864
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 3 8% 26% 24% 8%	1800
	21st to end	Day	32% 3 6% 22% 28% 9%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	31% 3 7% 20% 30% 9%	1857
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 4 7% 22% 28% 7%	1767
	21st to end	Day	36% 4 8% 22% 23% 7%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	45% 4 8% 22% 17% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 2 7% 21% 28% 8%	2150
	21st to end	Day	41% 5% 7% 23% 20% 3	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	41% 4 9% 17% 24% 7%	2459
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 5% 7% 17% 24% 6%	2406
	21st to end	Night	39% 3 5% 20% 27% 6%	2574
February	1st to 10th	Night	41% 4 9% 20% 20% 6%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 2 7% 16% 23% 7%	2131
	21st to end	Night	41% 3 10% 19% 20% 7%	1722
March	1st to 10th	Night	36% 4 8% 17% 24% 10%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 5% 10% 17% 20% 7%	1980
	21st to end	Night	43% 5% 11% 19% 18% 4	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	36% 4 9% 20% 25% 6%	1977
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 4 10% 22% 23% 9%	1775
	21st to end	Night	34% 4 11% 24% 22% 5%	1688
May	1st to 10th	Night	34% 5% 15% 24% 18% 4	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 7% 12% 19% 15% 2	1593
	21st to end	Night	39% 8% 14% 25% 12% 2	1745
June	1st to 10th	Night	41% 9% 14% 23% 11% 2	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 8% 19% 23% 10% 2	1620
	21st to end	Night	38% 12% 16% 19% 11% 4	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	41% 11% 20% 16% 9% 3	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 12% 24% 20% 8% 2	1566
	21st to end	Night	38% 11% 21% 19% 9% 1	1672
August	1st to 10th	Night	41% 11% 21% 19% 7%	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 10% 18% 16% 10% 2	1598
	21st to end	Night	39% 10% 18% 22% 8% 3	1928
September	1st to 10th	Night	36% 8% 15% 20% 16% 5%	1937
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 9% 12% 16% 21% 2	1980
	21st to end	Night	44% 7% 10% 17% 18% 5%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	34% 4 9% 21% 26% 5%	2096
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 3 8% 24% 22% 9%	2160
	21st to end	Night	32% 3 6% 21% 27% 11%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	34% 3 7% 19% 26% 12%	2221
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 4 7% 18% 25% 13%	2409
	21st to end	Night	35% 4 5% 22% 27% 7%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	45% 4 8% 17% 20% 6%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 3 7% 18% 24% 10%	3044
	21st to end	Night	41% 4 8% 22% 23% 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	23% 11% 41% 20% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 18% 32% 22% 7% 1	255
	21st to end	Day	20% 17% 38% 17% 6% 1	264
February	1st to 10th	Day	22% 15% 38% 18% 6% 2	240
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 10% 40% 13% 3	240
	21st to end	Day	27% 16% 34% 18% 4 1	250
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 10% 37% 25% 8% 1	420
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 10% 39% 23% 7%	420
	21st to end	Day	22% 10% 35% 25% 8% 1	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	17% 12% 30% 25% 13% 3	420
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 11% 31% 23% 17% 4	412
	21st to end	Day	16% 9% 23% 29% 17% 6%	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	11% 8% 35% 25% 16% 6%	423
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 5% 15% 27% 23% 13%	447
	21st to end	Day	14% 1 13% 24% 28% 20%	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 3 10% 30% 32% 13%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 14% 24% 25% 21%	450
	21st to end	Day	9% 1 12% 30% 30% 19%	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 7% 18% 36% 29%	445
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 2 6% 23% 34% 26%	444
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 6% 22% 40% 23%	488
August	1st to 10th	Day	13% 4 10% 23% 27% 24%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 7% 20% 31% 26%	439
	21st to end	Day	13% 2 8% 23% 28% 27%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 1 8% 24% 33% 22%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 3 9% 20% 32% 20%	450
	21st to end	Day	18% 4 16% 25% 27% 10%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	17% 4 18% 24% 23% 14%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 20% 29% 23% 10%	450
	21st to end	Day	16% 5% 21% 30% 20% 8%	495
November	1st to 10th	Day	19% 5% 22% 29% 20% 5%	455
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 33% 29% 11% 3	327
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 31% 30% 14% 3	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	25% 11% 33% 22% 9%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 7% 34% 27% 10% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	23% 11% 34% 21% 8% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 9% 34% 28% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 8% 33% 33% 6%	741
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 38% 32% 4	792
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 36% 34% 4	720
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 8% 39% 25% 2	703
	21st to end	Night	21% 10% 36% 28% 5%	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	17% 8% 33% 36% 5%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 11% 33% 28% 9% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	20% 9% 31% 33% 8%	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 10% 32% 31% 10% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 8% 28% 32% 16% 1	711
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 25% 37% 18%	608
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 26% 40% 16%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 3 20% 37% 24% 2	531
	21st to end	Night	15% 2 8% 34% 38% 3	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	14% 2 9% 39% 31% 5%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 3 12% 26% 37% 7%	540
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 9% 34% 40% 5%	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 6% 28% 43% 10%	525
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 2 4 27% 48% 8%	522
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 6% 32% 45% 8%	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	13% 1 5% 27% 46% 8%	537
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 2 5% 29% 43% 8%	534
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 6% 27% 47% 8%	740
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 6% 27% 47% 7%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 2 8% 26% 40% 7%	720
	21st to end	Night	21% 2 13% 33% 28% 3	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 4 15% 30% 29% 7%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 4 20% 34% 22% 3	720
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 23% 34% 21% 3	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 24% 34% 20% 3	740
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 30% 35% 13% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 26% 37% 15% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	21% 7% 29% 35% 8%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 5% 26% 37% 11%	760
	21st to end	Night	24% 8% 24% 35% 9%	836

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