Lake Cypress Springs
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Lake Cypress Springs clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-01-22.

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 4 4 5% 7% 47%	75052
	Night	11% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 4 5% 7% 54%	74917
Transparency	Day	35% 7% 10% 22% 20% 6%	74777
	Night	31% 5% 10% 22% 23% 9%	74712
Seeing	Day	13% 6% 21% 27% 24% 9%	14068
	Night	14% 7% 24% 33% 20% 2	24051

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	15% 7% 2 4 3 2 3 3 3 6% 52%	1707
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 5% 3 4 3 2 4 4 4 5% 49%	1710
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 50%	1791
February	1st to 10th	Day	20% 8% 3 7% 4 3 3 3 3 4 42%	1620
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 7% 3 5% 4 2 3 3 4 4 42%	1722
	21st to end	Day	22% 7% 2 6% 3 2 3 2 3 4 46%	1606
March	1st to 10th	Day	17% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 3 4 4 5% 44%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 5% 2 4 4 2 4 3 5% 6% 44%	1980
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 4 6% 5% 3 5% 3 4 5% 43%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 3 6% 5% 3 5% 4 4 7% 46%	1993
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 3 5% 4 1 5% 5% 5% 7% 44%	2134
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 6% 3 5% 5% 6% 7% 44%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 4 5% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 7% 45%	2311
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 6% 3 6% 6% 3 6% 5% 6% 7% 42%	2302
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 3 6% 7% 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 39%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 6% 10% 48%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 2 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 6% 9% 47%	2340
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 2 4 4 3 6% 6% 7% 10% 51%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 3 6% 7% 5% 7% 7% 8% 11% 35%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 2 5% 4 3 6% 5% 6% 9% 54%	2340
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 2 4 6% 4 5% 7% 8% 12% 46%	2546
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 3 5% 3 5% 6% 8% 10% 54%	2328
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 1 4 5% 3 5% 6% 7% 9% 47%	2270
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 5% 6% 5% 7% 6% 7% 9% 42%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 1 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 50%	2044
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 7% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 8% 45%	1980
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 1 3 3 2 4 5% 4 8% 58%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 1 4 4 2 4 4 5% 7% 59%	1840
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 5% 56%	1800
	21st to end	Day	16% 5% 2 4 3 2 2 3 3 4 56%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 2 4 3 2 5% 3 4 7% 53%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 2 5% 4 2 4 3 5% 6% 55%	1900
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 2 4 4 2 2 4 3 5% 50%	1719
December	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 3 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 49%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 3 5% 5% 2 5% 3 4 5% 44%	2161
	21st to end	Day	16% 9% 3 5% 4 2 3 4 4 5% 44%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 5% 52%	2458
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 5% 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 50%	2470
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 4 4 2 3 3 3 4 52%	2600
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 3 4 4 3 2 3 4 5% 50%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 3 5% 4 2 3 3 3 5% 47%	2138
	21st to end	Night	19% 6% 2 4 4 2 3 3 3 5% 49%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Night	17% 5% 2 4 4 3 3 4 5% 7% 46%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 3 6% 4 3 4 4 4 6% 46%	1980
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 3 4 4 3 4 4 6% 7% 50%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 2 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 8% 51%	1966
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 2 4 4 5% 8% 50%	1775
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 2 4 3 2 4 5% 4 8% 53%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 1 5% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 8% 50%	1645
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 4 6% 9% 50%	1593
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 2 4 5% 3 4 5% 6% 9% 49%	1745
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 6% 10% 56%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 1 3 3 2 2 4 5% 9% 63%	1620
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 3 4 3 4 5% 6% 10% 58%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 4 2 4 5% 3 6% 5% 6% 13% 50%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 2 3 1 3 3 5% 13% 64%	1620
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 3 4 3 4 6% 7% 12% 55%	1772
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 1 2 2 3 4 6% 11% 66%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 2 4 5% 2 4 5% 6% 10% 52%	1631
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 4 4 4 6% 6% 7% 9% 52%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 1 4 4 2 4 4 5% 8% 57%	1912
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 54%	1980
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 2 4 4 2 3 4 4 6% 63%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 1 3 4 2 3 4 4 7% 64%	2101
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 1 3 3 2 2 3 4 6% 61%	2160
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 60%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 60%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 3 5% 4 2 3 3 4 6% 57%	2280
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 5% 51%	2458
December	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 3 4 3 2 3 4 3 6% 52%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 3 6% 5% 3 3 3 3 4 49%	3036
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 2 4 4 2 2 3 4 5% 51%	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	36% 4 9% 20% 25% 7%	1708
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 4 7% 23% 23% 5%	1710
	21st to end	Day	39% 3 5% 17% 27% 9%	1791
February	1st to 10th	Day	47% 4 5% 17% 19% 8%	1620
	11th to 20th	Day	47% 3 6% 18% 18% 7%	1732
	21st to end	Day	45% 3 5% 14% 24% 10%	1606
March	1st to 10th	Day	43% 5% 6% 15% 20% 11%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 4 8% 20% 19% 5%	1980
	21st to end	Day	44% 4 7% 18% 22% 5%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	39% 5% 9% 22% 17% 8%	1993
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 7% 9% 19% 19% 7%	2134
	21st to end	Day	38% 8% 9% 21% 21% 3	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	39% 7% 9% 23% 17% 6%	2311
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 8% 13% 23% 16% 1	2306
	21st to end	Day	40% 10% 13% 21% 14% 2	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	29% 10% 15% 28% 15% 2	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 9% 16% 25% 16% 3	2340
	21st to end	Day	26% 9% 13% 28% 21% 3	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	38% 13% 17% 22% 9%	2276
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 9% 18% 30% 19% 1	2271
	21st to end	Day	28% 10% 19% 32% 11%	2405
August	1st to 10th	Day	23% 9% 17% 34% 16% 2	2314
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 9% 15% 26% 16% 2	2270
	21st to end	Day	34% 11% 15% 25% 13% 2	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	32% 7% 11% 22% 19% 9%	2044
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 7% 13% 17% 20% 7%	1980
	21st to end	Day	26% 7% 9% 21% 26% 11%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	25% 7% 11% 20% 22% 15%	1840
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 4 6% 17% 26% 15%	1800
	21st to end	Day	34% 4 5% 18% 26% 13%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	31% 6% 8% 21% 25% 9%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 4 9% 19% 28% 10%	1900
	21st to end	Day	39% 4 5% 17% 25% 9%	1719
December	1st to 10th	Day	39% 4 8% 21% 21% 8%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 5% 5% 16% 25% 8%	2159
	21st to end	Day	42% 5% 5% 20% 22% 7%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	35% 4 7% 17% 27% 10%	2458
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 4 8% 18% 24% 8%	2470
	21st to end	Night	37% 3 5% 16% 27% 12%	2600
February	1st to 10th	Night	38% 4 7% 19% 20% 11%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 4 6% 16% 23% 8%	2138
	21st to end	Night	40% 5% 7% 14% 20% 14%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Night	39% 5% 7% 17% 18% 13%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 5% 7% 16% 23% 9%	1980
	21st to end	Night	34% 6% 10% 20% 24% 6%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	32% 5% 11% 21% 19% 11%	1966
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 6% 9% 20% 20% 12%	1775
	21st to end	Night	30% 6% 10% 23% 26% 5%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	32% 8% 10% 22% 18% 9%	1645
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 8% 15% 27% 16% 3	1594
	21st to end	Night	30% 8% 16% 26% 19% 2	1746
June	1st to 10th	Night	22% 8% 16% 29% 21% 4	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 6% 15% 34% 22% 5%	1620
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 15% 27% 27% 4	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	26% 7% 20% 32% 14% 1	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 18% 34% 24% 4	1566
	21st to end	Night	18% 9% 20% 34% 16% 2	1673
August	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 20% 34% 23% 3	1601
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 8% 14% 27% 19% 5%	1631
	21st to end	Night	25% 10% 15% 29% 20% 3	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	26% 7% 12% 24% 23% 8%	1912
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 6% 11% 24% 20% 10%	1980
	21st to end	Night	22% 4 9% 21% 29% 15%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	21% 5% 10% 24% 23% 17%	2101
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 4 8% 15% 27% 20%	2160
	21st to end	Night	30% 4 4 19% 26% 17%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	28% 4 8% 18% 28% 13%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 4 7% 19% 26% 14%	2280
	21st to end	Night	37% 4 6% 17% 25% 11%	2458
December	1st to 10th	Night	35% 5% 10% 18% 21% 10%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 4 5% 15% 24% 11%	3037
	21st to end	Night	36% 4 6% 19% 26% 9%	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% 12% 38% 19% 8%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 16% 36% 17% 8%	270
	21st to end	Day	20% 18% 35% 21% 6%	267
February	1st to 10th	Day	24% 11% 40% 19% 5%	240
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 15% 39% 16% 2	240
	21st to end	Day	35% 16% 33% 11% 5% 1	198
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 17% 36% 21% 5%	240
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 16% 34% 21% 4 1	240
	21st to end	Day	19% 18% 34% 22% 7%	264
April	1st to 10th	Day	20% 12% 37% 25% 6%	253
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 12% 30% 23% 12% 1	412
	21st to end	Day	17% 10% 32% 26% 11% 3	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 10% 31% 33% 13% 1	574
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 26% 34% 18% 4	625
	21st to end	Day	14% 3 20% 36% 20% 6%	679
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 13% 30% 36% 12%	630
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 13% 37% 33% 10%	630
	21st to end	Day	4 1 13% 31% 37% 15%	630
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 10% 28% 39% 16%	621
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 29% 43% 19%	618
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 27% 45% 19%	684
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 5% 26% 47% 18%	626
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 1 5% 26% 43% 15%	584
	21st to end	Day	8% 1 6% 18% 41% 26%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 1 5% 20% 42% 23%	334
	11th to 20th	Day	4 11% 22% 35% 27%	270
	21st to end	Day	11% 3 9% 27% 32% 18%	270
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 17% 37% 28% 11%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 30% 25% 18% 7%	270
	21st to end	Day	26% 8% 22% 25% 15% 4	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 4 32% 29% 15% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 9% 29% 35% 11% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	22% 14% 27% 24% 11% 1	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 13% 32% 22% 11% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 13% 39% 22% 7% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	23% 12% 39% 20% 5% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 15% 30% 31% 8%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 13% 33% 26% 7% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	20% 11% 36% 29% 5%	1000
February	1st to 10th	Night	20% 11% 35% 27% 6%	900
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 12% 35% 25% 3	744
	21st to end	Night	23% 17% 35% 22% 3	466
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 10% 32% 30% 7%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 11% 33% 33% 6%	540
	21st to end	Night	14% 10% 35% 33% 8%	594
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 9% 42% 30% 7%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 11% 34% 30% 11%	533
	21st to end	Night	14% 8% 35% 33% 9% 1	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 35% 37% 11% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 27% 38% 18% 2	531
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 23% 41% 23% 3	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 11% 38% 41% 2	540
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 11% 45% 35% 2	540
	21st to end	Night	4 1 10% 35% 43% 7%	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 6% 41% 43% 6%	525
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 34% 52% 7%	522
	21st to end	Night	3 5% 36% 49% 7%	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 4 38% 49% 4	537
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 31% 48% 7%	534
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 5% 30% 51% 8%	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 1 7% 31% 44% 7%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 1 8% 32% 44% 4	540
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 10% 38% 39% 4	540
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 13% 44% 31% 3	661
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 24% 38% 18% 2	720
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 26% 31% 17% 2	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 4 25% 42% 16% 2	740
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 30% 39% 11% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 11% 30% 27% 13%	938
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 12% 31% 34% 7%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 11% 29% 35% 7%	950
	21st to end	Night	20% 11% 32% 30% 7%	1045

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