Dallas(GA)
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Dallas(GA) clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-04-10.

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% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 7% 41%	83498
	Night	13% 7% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 44%	85290
Transparency	Day	41% 5% 11% 19% 19% 5%	83221
	Night	39% 5% 10% 20% 21% 6%	85086
Seeing	Day	17% 10% 23% 23% 17% 9%	13978
	Night	16% 10% 23% 27% 20% 4	24113

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	16% 11% 4 5% 4 3 4 5% 5% 6% 37%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 3 4 5% 3 4 4 3 6% 50%	2840
	21st to end	Day	23% 11% 3 4 4 2 3 3 3 5% 38%	3321
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 9% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 6% 38%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 7% 4 5% 3 3 4 4 4 6% 40%	1848
	21st to end	Day	20% 8% 3 6% 5% 2 3 5% 4 5% 39%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	23% 10% 3 6% 5% 2 3 4 5% 5% 33%	3169
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 2 5% 5% 2 4 4 6% 6% 45%	3480
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 39%	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 45%	2188
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 3 5% 6% 3 5% 4 4 6% 47%	2134
	21st to end	Day	10% 3 2 4 5% 4 4 5% 5% 8% 51%	2266
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 3 5% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 8% 48%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 3 6% 6% 4 6% 7% 6% 8% 38%	2301
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 3 4 6% 3 5% 5% 6% 10% 42%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 7% 2 7% 7% 4 6% 6% 7% 9% 34%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 5% 4 7% 7% 8% 11% 42%	2340
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 6% 7% 5% 7% 7% 8% 10% 37%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 3 7% 8% 6% 8% 7% 8% 10% 28%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 3 6% 7% 5% 9% 8% 9% 11% 29%	2340
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 3 7% 8% 5% 9% 8% 8% 11% 30%	2547
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 6% 2 6% 8% 5% 9% 9% 9% 12% 29%	2307
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 7% 6% 7% 6% 7% 10% 33%	2125
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 3 6% 7% 5% 7% 8% 6% 7% 30%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 6% 6% 9% 39%	2016
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 2 5% 5% 4 3 5% 6% 7% 42%	1980
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 4 5% 2 4 5% 4 6% 48%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 3 4 3 3 4 3 5% 5% 53%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 1 4 4 2 3 3 4 7% 53%	1915
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 2 5% 3 2 4 3 4 5% 54%	1954
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 2 4 4 2 2 3 4 4 56%	1672
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 5% 2 3 4 5% 5% 52%	1710
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 46%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	18% 8% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 39%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 42%	2153
	21st to end	Day	20% 8% 4 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 36%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	18% 10% 3 4 4 2 3 4 5% 6% 40%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 9% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 45%	4120
	21st to end	Night	22% 13% 3 5% 4 2 3 3 3 4 39%	4331
February	1st to 10th	Night	14% 7% 4 5% 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 42%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 7% 3 5% 4 2 4 3 4 5% 42%	2218
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 3 6% 5% 2 4 4 6% 6% 39%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	22% 11% 3 5% 5% 2 4 4 4 6% 33%	3683
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 3 4 2 4 5% 5% 8% 49%	3480
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 4 4 6% 42%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 2 5% 5% 3 6% 4 6% 8% 46%	1995
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 2 4 4 3 3 4 4 7% 50%	1775
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 4 4 2 4 4 6% 8% 53%	1692
May	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 2 4 5% 2 5% 5% 4 9% 51%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 7% 2 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 6% 9% 42%	1592
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 1 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 7% 9% 46%	1744
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 3 5% 6% 4 5% 7% 9% 12% 39%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 2 4 5% 3 6% 6% 7% 11% 49%	1620
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 2 4 6% 3 6% 6% 7% 13% 44%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 3 6% 7% 4 6% 6% 8% 11% 37%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 2 5% 7% 5% 7% 7% 9% 12% 37%	1620
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 8% 4 5% 6% 9% 13% 37%	1771
August	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 6% 3 5% 6% 9% 13% 37%	1627
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 7% 6% 3 5% 6% 7% 10% 39%	1776
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 6% 4 3 5% 6% 7% 9% 37%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 2 5% 7% 3 4 5% 7% 9% 44%	1926
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 45%	1980
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 53%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 59%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 2 4 4 2 3 4 4 5% 56%	2042
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 4 4 4 56%	2398
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 4 3 2 4 3 4 5% 57%	2406
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 3 4 3 2 4 3 4 6% 53%	2470
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 47%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	17% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 6% 6% 40%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 9% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 5% 47%	3042
	21st to end	Night	18% 9% 3 6% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 8% 33%	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	47% 3 7% 16% 22% 5%	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 4 7% 23% 24% 5%	2840
	21st to end	Day	50% 3 4 16% 21% 5%	3321
February	1st to 10th	Day	47% 2 7% 19% 21% 4	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 3 6% 19% 20% 6%	1858
	21st to end	Day	48% 3 7% 14% 20% 8%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	53% 4 9% 12% 14% 9%	3169
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 3 8% 18% 23% 9%	3480
	21st to end	Day	44% 5% 9% 19% 18% 4	3815
April	1st to 10th	Day	39% 4 9% 20% 20% 7%	2188
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 4 6% 20% 24% 8%	2134
	21st to end	Day	32% 5% 10% 27% 23% 3	2266
May	1st to 10th	Day	34% 5% 12% 23% 23% 4	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 7% 16% 20% 14% 2	2305
	21st to end	Day	37% 5% 12% 26% 17% 2	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	46% 6% 14% 21% 11% 1	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 8% 20% 25% 14% 2	2340
	21st to end	Day	38% 9% 17% 23% 11% 2	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	45% 8% 19% 18% 9% 1	2275
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 12% 19% 16% 8% 3	2271
	21st to end	Day	42% 10% 20% 19% 8%	2405
August	1st to 10th	Day	42% 11% 20% 21% 5% 1	2294
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 7% 18% 18% 9% 2	2125
	21st to end	Day	49% 8% 15% 15% 10% 3	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	39% 7% 15% 17% 16% 5%	2016
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 6% 11% 20% 21% 2	1980
	21st to end	Day	38% 4 10% 19% 24% 6%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	34% 3 9% 19% 27% 8%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 4 6% 24% 25% 9%	1915
	21st to end	Day	33% 3 6% 18% 30% 9%	1954
November	1st to 10th	Day	33% 2 7% 17% 31% 10%	1672
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 4 6% 18% 28% 10%	1710
	21st to end	Day	38% 4 7% 19% 25% 7%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	47% 3 6% 20% 18% 6%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 3 6% 16% 23% 7%	2150
	21st to end	Day	47% 5% 7% 18% 20% 3	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	45% 4 6% 17% 25% 4	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 4 5% 22% 21% 7%	4120
	21st to end	Night	51% 3 3 12% 26% 5%	4331
February	1st to 10th	Night	44% 3 7% 19% 19% 8%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 3 5% 17% 20% 8%	2219
	21st to end	Night	46% 4 7% 16% 18% 9%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	52% 4 9% 14% 14% 7%	3683
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 5% 9% 17% 26% 11%	3480
	21st to end	Night	43% 4 6% 20% 22% 5%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	36% 4 10% 20% 23% 7%	1995
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 4 7% 21% 24% 9%	1775
	21st to end	Night	30% 4 10% 30% 21% 5%	1692
May	1st to 10th	Night	30% 6% 13% 24% 23% 4	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 6% 17% 23% 16% 1	1593
	21st to end	Night	34% 6% 11% 28% 18% 3	1745
June	1st to 10th	Night	35% 9% 20% 22% 13% 1	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 7% 24% 26% 14% 2	1620
	21st to end	Night	30% 7% 23% 21% 15% 4	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	39% 7% 18% 23% 11% 2	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 11% 23% 18% 9% 3	1566
	21st to end	Night	36% 10% 21% 23% 9% 2	1672
August	1st to 10th	Night	36% 8% 22% 26% 8% 1	1616
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 8% 21% 18% 13% 2	1776
	21st to end	Night	42% 8% 18% 17% 12% 3	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	35% 7% 16% 20% 16% 6%	1926
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 6% 11% 22% 20% 3	1980
	21st to end	Night	33% 4 12% 21% 23% 8%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	29% 3 9% 23% 29% 8%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 3 7% 21% 27% 10%	2042
	21st to end	Night	32% 3 4 18% 31% 11%	2398
November	1st to 10th	Night	32% 3 7% 18% 28% 12%	2406
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 3 5% 20% 28% 11%	2470
	21st to end	Night	39% 3 6% 19% 26% 7%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	44% 5% 8% 20% 19% 5%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 3 6% 16% 28% 6%	3044
	21st to end	Night	49% 5% 6% 21% 18% 2	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	26% 27% 34% 10% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 21% 33% 10% 5% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	25% 26% 36% 9% 3 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	27% 23% 34% 13% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 20% 34% 11% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	29% 25% 36% 9% 1	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	29% 18% 33% 15% 4 1	293
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 18% 32% 17% 6% 1	460
	21st to end	Day	22% 18% 37% 18% 5% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	19% 19% 32% 19% 10% 2	457
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 19% 33% 21% 11% 2	412
	21st to end	Day	16% 10% 33% 23% 15% 2	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 11% 32% 27% 13% 4	423
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 23% 31% 19% 10%	447
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 16% 32% 19% 13%	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 2 19% 27% 26% 13%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 15% 26% 27% 22%	450
	21st to end	Day	11% 1 17% 30% 25% 16%	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 7% 27% 29% 24%	445
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 7% 23% 33% 29%	444
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 6% 24% 38% 23%	488
August	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 10% 25% 28% 23%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 1 6% 31% 29% 19%	439
	21st to end	Day	19% 1 8% 27% 28% 18%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	16% 3 10% 24% 30% 18%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 3 11% 27% 27% 13%	450
	21st to end	Day	16% 2 18% 25% 29% 11%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 3 24% 30% 18% 9%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 10% 24% 27% 19% 4	450
	21st to end	Day	20% 11% 25% 25% 17% 3	469
November	1st to 10th	Day	20% 10% 29% 26% 13% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 19% 37% 20% 7% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	12% 18% 42% 20% 8% 1	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	27% 22% 30% 17% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 18% 31% 20% 4 1	270
	21st to end	Day	29% 16% 34% 16% 4 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	25% 21% 29% 20% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 18% 29% 24% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	21% 20% 34% 22% 4	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 14% 34% 26% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 20% 31% 22% 1	743
	21st to end	Night	26% 19% 35% 17% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 18% 33% 25% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 15% 34% 22% 10% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 17% 31% 26% 8%	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	14% 15% 33% 24% 12% 1	665
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 13% 29% 27% 12% 1	533
	21st to end	Night	11% 11% 24% 36% 16% 2	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	12% 8% 25% 33% 20% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 22% 30% 26% 5%	531
	21st to end	Night	13% 1 14% 32% 34% 7%	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 15% 36% 33% 8%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 14% 29% 36% 15%	540
	21st to end	Night	8% 10% 35% 40% 6%	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 8% 25% 41% 15%	525
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 25% 45% 16%	522
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 6% 28% 46% 12%	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 30% 42% 13%	537
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 1 6% 31% 41% 10%	534
	21st to end	Night	18% 1 5% 26% 39% 11%	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 1 9% 25% 41% 13%	666
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 2 11% 29% 37% 5%	720
	21st to end	Night	15% 2 15% 34% 32% 3	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 3 23% 30% 25% 7%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 8% 25% 30% 21% 3	720
	21st to end	Night	16% 9% 22% 32% 18% 3	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 25% 30% 21% 2	740
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 13% 28% 29% 12% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	18% 13% 29% 28% 11% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	22% 16% 29% 23% 9% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 14% 28% 26% 8% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	27% 14% 28% 25% 6%	836

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