Congaree National Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Congaree National Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-02-25.

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	12% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 43%	78838
	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 44%	80471
Transparency	Day	38% 8% 12% 20% 18% 5%	78561
	Night	37% 8% 11% 18% 19% 7%	80267
Seeing	Day	14% 8% 22% 24% 21% 11%	14366
	Night	15% 7% 23% 33% 20% 3	24545

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% 5% 2 4 4 3 3 4 5% 7% 47%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 53%	2840
	21st to end	Day	16% 8% 3 6% 6% 2 4 4 3 4 44%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 3 6% 4 3 4 5% 5% 7% 42%	1711
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 7% 3 4 5% 2 3 3 5% 5% 45%	1848
	21st to end	Day	17% 7% 2 5% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 43%	1592
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 5% 3 4 4 3 2 3 4 7% 52%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 3 6% 6% 3 5% 3 5% 7% 42%	1980
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 42%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 2 4 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 7% 51%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 47%	2120
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 8% 52%	2239
May	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 7% 50%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 6% 4 5% 6% 5% 8% 41%	2301
	21st to end	Day	9% 6% 3 6% 7% 4 7% 5% 7% 9% 38%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 3 6% 6% 4 6% 6% 8% 10% 36%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 6% 3 6% 7% 8% 11% 41%	2340
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 3 5% 6% 4 7% 8% 9% 10% 39%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 3 7% 8% 5% 6% 8% 8% 11% 31%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 3 6% 6% 5% 8% 8% 8% 11% 31%	2340
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 3 7% 7% 4 8% 8% 10% 12% 31%	2547
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 7% 4 8% 8% 8% 12% 29%	2327
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 3 6% 7% 5% 6% 7% 8% 10% 30%	2303
	21st to end	Day	12% 7% 3 6% 6% 4 7% 6% 8% 11% 29%	2382
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 6% 3 6% 6% 7% 11% 41%	1990
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 41%	1980
	21st to end	Day	18% 5% 2 5% 4 3 5% 4 5% 6% 42%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 4 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 49%	1871
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 1 5% 4 2 3 4 4 6% 56%	1800
	21st to end	Day	11% 4 2 4 4 2 3 4 4 5% 57%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 54%	1857
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 3 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 51%	1824
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 2 5% 5% 2 4 4 4 7% 49%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	17% 7% 3 5% 6% 3 5% 4 5% 6% 39%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 4 5% 6% 52%	2153
	21st to end	Day	19% 8% 3 5% 4 2 3 3 4 6% 44%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 2 6% 4 2 4 4 4 6% 46%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 7% 3 6% 6% 3 5% 5% 6% 7% 43%	4120
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 3 6% 5% 2 4 4 5% 5% 45%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 7% 44%	2466
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 3 5% 5% 2 4 3 5% 5% 45%	2218
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 45%	1758
March	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 7% 50%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 4 2 5% 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 44%	1980
	21st to end	Night	11% 6% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 6% 8% 44%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 2 3 5% 2 5% 4 6% 7% 52%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 3 5% 4 2 3 4 4 8% 51%	1789
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 55%	1735
May	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 4 5% 3 5% 4 7% 8% 50%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 3 6% 6% 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 40%	1592
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 6% 4 6% 6% 7% 10% 42%	1744
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 6% 4 6% 8% 8% 11% 34%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 3 5% 6% 4 6% 6% 8% 10% 40%	1620
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 7% 4 6% 8% 10% 12% 33%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 3 6% 5% 3 6% 8% 9% 11% 34%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 6% 3 4 6% 4 6% 7% 9% 14% 34%	1620
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 3 6% 7% 4 7% 8% 11% 12% 34%	1771
August	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 3 7% 7% 4 7% 8% 9% 12% 29%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 7% 3 8% 6% 4 6% 5% 8% 12% 31%	1598
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 3 6% 7% 4 7% 6% 7% 11% 32%	1953
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 6% 6% 5% 5% 6% 7% 10% 41%	1965
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 4 7% 42%	1980
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 2 6% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 6% 41%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 3 4 3 3 3 4 6% 52%	2088
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 2 4 4 2 3 3 5% 6% 54%	2160
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 3 4 4 2 3 4 5% 6% 55%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 56%	2221
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 4 3 2 3 4 4 6% 52%	2353
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 48%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 3 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 42%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 3 4 5% 52%	3042
	21st to end	Night	19% 7% 3 5% 4 2 4 4 5% 7% 40%	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	34% 6% 7% 24% 22% 7%	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 4 6% 18% 30% 10%	2840
	21st to end	Day	44% 4 4 16% 23% 9%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	41% 5% 10% 19% 19% 6%	1711
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 4 5% 18% 24% 6%	1858
	21st to end	Day	43% 5% 8% 15% 20% 9%	1592
March	1st to 10th	Day	34% 4 9% 21% 21% 11%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 7% 9% 19% 16% 7%	1980
	21st to end	Day	41% 6% 10% 18% 20% 5%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	31% 7% 11% 20% 24% 7%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 5% 11% 19% 20% 10%	2120
	21st to end	Day	29% 7% 11% 27% 23% 4	2239
May	1st to 10th	Day	31% 8% 13% 23% 21% 4	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 9% 14% 20% 16% 2	2305
	21st to end	Day	40% 9% 13% 22% 14% 2	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	39% 11% 17% 22% 10% 1	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 10% 19% 24% 12% 1	2340
	21st to end	Day	35% 14% 18% 21% 11% 1	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	39% 15% 19% 16% 8% 3	2275
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 15% 21% 17% 6% 1	2271
	21st to end	Day	37% 14% 21% 20% 7% 1	2405
August	1st to 10th	Day	42% 13% 18% 19% 7% 1	2314
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 14% 17% 18% 7% 1	2303
	21st to end	Day	44% 14% 17% 16% 7% 2	2382
September	1st to 10th	Day	35% 12% 16% 16% 17% 4	1990
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 8% 11% 17% 21% 3	1980
	21st to end	Day	42% 6% 9% 20% 17% 6%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	37% 5% 8% 20% 24% 6%	1871
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 5% 10% 24% 25% 7%	1800
	21st to end	Day	30% 5% 7% 17% 29% 13%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	32% 4 6% 18% 26% 12%	1857
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 4 7% 19% 24% 11%	1824
	21st to end	Day	36% 5% 9% 20% 21% 9%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	45% 5% 10% 17% 16% 6%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 5% 7% 22% 24% 9%	2150
	21st to end	Day	42% 5% 7% 21% 22% 3	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	38% 6% 6% 19% 24% 8%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 7% 7% 19% 23% 6%	4120
	21st to end	Night	41% 6% 5% 14% 26% 8%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	41% 5% 8% 18% 20% 9%	2466
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 5% 7% 18% 20% 8%	2219
	21st to end	Night	39% 6% 8% 18% 18% 12%	1758
March	1st to 10th	Night	36% 4 8% 17% 22% 12%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 8% 11% 15% 20% 7%	1980
	21st to end	Night	37% 7% 11% 20% 19% 6%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	31% 7% 12% 18% 23% 9%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 5% 10% 20% 22% 11%	1789
	21st to end	Night	29% 6% 12% 24% 23% 6%	1735
May	1st to 10th	Night	30% 9% 14% 23% 20% 4	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 10% 17% 19% 16% 1	1593
	21st to end	Night	34% 11% 13% 25% 14% 2	1745
June	1st to 10th	Night	40% 12% 17% 20% 11% 1	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 11% 20% 22% 9% 2	1620
	21st to end	Night	36% 15% 21% 18% 9% 2	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	37% 14% 22% 15% 9% 3	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 15% 26% 16% 7% 1	1566
	21st to end	Night	35% 18% 23% 17% 7% 1	1672
August	1st to 10th	Night	41% 16% 21% 16% 5% 1	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 14% 19% 16% 7%	1598
	21st to end	Night	42% 13% 19% 17% 8% 1	1953
September	1st to 10th	Night	37% 11% 15% 18% 13% 5%	1965
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 10% 11% 17% 17% 4	1980
	21st to end	Night	43% 7% 13% 17% 15% 5%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	33% 5% 10% 18% 28% 6%	2088
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 5% 9% 22% 23% 10%	2160
	21st to end	Night	28% 6% 7% 20% 26% 13%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	31% 5% 8% 15% 27% 15%	2221
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 4 7% 16% 25% 13%	2353
	21st to end	Night	35% 5% 8% 19% 23% 10%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	41% 7% 9% 17% 18% 7%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 4 7% 19% 24% 9%	3044
	21st to end	Night	43% 5% 7% 19% 21% 4	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	18% 17% 46% 14% 4 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 19% 36% 22% 6% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	21% 22% 38% 16% 3	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	19% 18% 40% 19% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 19% 37% 13% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	21% 18% 37% 18% 6%	282
March	1st to 10th	Day	16% 15% 31% 28% 10%	420
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 15% 39% 22% 7% 1	420
	21st to end	Day	17% 13% 34% 22% 11% 2	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 15% 30% 25% 13% 1	420
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 13% 28% 24% 19% 5%	412
	21st to end	Day	12% 9% 27% 25% 19% 7%	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 12% 30% 27% 16% 7%	423
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 18% 21% 28% 14%	447
	21st to end	Day	13% 4 13% 25% 27% 19%	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 13% 30% 28% 15%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 2 13% 25% 30% 20%	450
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 13% 32% 28% 18%	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 1 9% 23% 30% 29%	445
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 3 5% 23% 35% 25%	444
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 8% 26% 38% 19%	488
August	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 11% 25% 27% 22%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 2 8% 22% 32% 23%	439
	21st to end	Day	15% 2 8% 21% 32% 22%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 9% 25% 36% 18%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 3 11% 23% 34% 12%	450
	21st to end	Day	19% 2 15% 25% 26% 13%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	16% 5% 19% 30% 21% 10%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 23% 29% 23% 10%	450
	21st to end	Day	12% 7% 23% 29% 22% 7%	495
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 27% 27% 19% 6%	455
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 9% 34% 25% 10% 3	384
	21st to end	Day	11% 13% 33% 26% 13% 3	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	22% 14% 34% 22% 7% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 11% 36% 22% 10% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	24% 15% 33% 17% 9% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 14% 33% 27% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 10% 32% 32% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	17% 11% 38% 31% 3	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 11% 30% 33% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 11% 34% 31% 1	743
	21st to end	Night	16% 13% 36% 29% 5%	611
March	1st to 10th	Night	16% 9% 35% 33% 7%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 10% 36% 29% 9%	720
	21st to end	Night	14% 11% 35% 30% 9%	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 14% 32% 32% 10%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 12% 27% 33% 15% 1	711
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 28% 42% 12%	655
May	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 28% 40% 16%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 25% 39% 19% 2	531
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 13% 35% 37% 3	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	14% 2 11% 41% 27% 4	540
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 1 13% 34% 33% 9%	540
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 8% 39% 36% 5%	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 7% 33% 39% 8%	525
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 5% 32% 46% 7%	522
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 8% 36% 41% 6%	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 6% 28% 44% 8%	537
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 2 7% 33% 40% 7%	534
	21st to end	Night	15% 2 8% 28% 40% 7%	765
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 9% 29% 45% 6%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 2 11% 29% 38% 5%	720
	21st to end	Night	19% 3 11% 31% 32% 4	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 3 17% 33% 27% 4	720
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 4 21% 31% 26% 3	720
	21st to end	Night	11% 8% 22% 34% 23% 2	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 21% 36% 19% 3	740
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 9% 27% 34% 13% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 26% 34% 16% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 8% 28% 34% 11%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 24% 38% 10% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	24% 11% 24% 31% 9%	836

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