Greeleyville
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Greeleyville clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-03-01.

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% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 42%	78911
	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 8% 44%	80507
Transparency	Day	39% 6% 12% 19% 18% 6%	78634
	Night	38% 6% 12% 19% 19% 6%	80303
Seeing	Day	14% 9% 23% 24% 19% 10%	14521
	Night	14% 8% 23% 33% 20% 3	24711

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% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 7% 46%	2836
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 50%	2840
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 2 7% 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 44%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 3 4 5% 3 4 4 6% 6% 42%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 6% 2 5% 4 2 4 3 4 6% 46%	1791
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 3 6% 6% 2 4 4 4 6% 43%	1706
March	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 4 2 3 3 3 5% 53%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 42%	1980
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 3 5% 6% 3 5% 5% 5% 8% 43%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 2 3 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 7% 51%	2009
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 8% 49%	2134
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 6% 8% 53%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 5% 3 6% 6% 6% 8% 49%	2330
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 6% 8% 41%	2301
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 3 7% 6% 4 6% 6% 8% 10% 33%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 3 7% 8% 4 7% 6% 7% 9% 33%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 4 2 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 9% 12% 38%	2340
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 3 6% 7% 5% 7% 7% 7% 12% 35%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 3 6% 8% 4 7% 7% 9% 11% 31%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 3 7% 8% 5% 7% 7% 8% 12% 29%	2340
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 3 6% 7% 5% 7% 8% 8% 13% 31%	2547
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 3 7% 7% 5% 7% 7% 9% 12% 27%	2327
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 3 7% 8% 5% 7% 7% 7% 11% 27%	2254
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 3 7% 8% 5% 7% 7% 7% 10% 27%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 6% 4 7% 6% 8% 9% 39%	2075
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 6% 40%	1980
	21st to end	Day	16% 8% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 6% 8% 39%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 4 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 47%	1828
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 3 4 5% 3 4 3 4 6% 55%	1800
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 2 5% 4 3 3 3 3 6% 56%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 1 4 4 2 3 3 4 7% 56%	1857
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 5% 50%	1900
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 3 4 4 2 3 3 5% 6% 50%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 7% 38%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 4 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 52%	2153
	21st to end	Day	17% 8% 3 5% 4 3 3 4 4 5% 44%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 6% 45%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 3 6% 6% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 42%	4120
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 45%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 5% 2 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 44%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 2 5% 4 2 4 4 4 6% 43%	2273
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 3 5% 4 3 5% 5% 5% 6% 45%	1746
March	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 3 4 5% 3 4 4 4 7% 48%	1987
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 2 6% 5% 3 4 5% 6% 7% 44%	1980
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 6% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 7% 46%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 6% 52%	1949
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 2 3 5% 5% 8% 51%	1775
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 2 4 5% 2 5% 4 6% 6% 55%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 2 5% 5% 2 5% 6% 7% 8% 50%	1643
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 10% 43%	1592
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 2 5% 5% 3 6% 6% 7% 9% 45%	1744
June	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 3 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 9% 11% 37%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 3 5% 6% 4 5% 5% 7% 12% 40%	1620
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 3 5% 6% 5% 6% 8% 9% 13% 36%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 7% 7% 4 6% 7% 9% 12% 34%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 3 5% 7% 4 6% 7% 7% 12% 35%	1620
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 7% 4 5% 7% 8% 11% 39%	1771
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 3 5% 8% 5% 6% 7% 9% 13% 33%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 3 8% 7% 5% 6% 7% 7% 11% 32%	1629
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 3 5% 6% 4 6% 7% 8% 11% 32%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 2 5% 6% 5% 6% 6% 7% 10% 39%	1880
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 8% 3 6% 6% 3 5% 5% 5% 9% 42%	1980
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 3 6% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 39%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 4 4 2 3 4 5% 6% 51%	2132
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 2 4 4 2 3 3 4 6% 57%	2160
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 5% 56%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 1 4 4 2 4 3 4 5% 56%	2221
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 5% 2 4 4 2 4 3 4 6% 51%	2280
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 3 4 5% 3 4 4 6% 7% 49%	2465
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 8% 41%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 2 4 4 2 3 3 3 5% 50%	3042
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 3 5% 4 3 4 5% 6% 6% 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	37% 5% 7% 21% 24% 7%	2837
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 3 6% 19% 27% 10%	2840
	21st to end	Day	44% 4 4 16% 20% 11%	3124
February	1st to 10th	Day	43% 4 8% 20% 20% 5%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 4 6% 17% 24% 8%	1801
	21st to end	Day	43% 5% 7% 18% 18% 10%	1706
March	1st to 10th	Day	36% 4 8% 19% 21% 12%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 6% 10% 19% 16% 8%	1980
	21st to end	Day	40% 6% 10% 17% 21% 5%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	31% 5% 12% 19% 25% 7%	2009
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 4 10% 22% 19% 12%	2134
	21st to end	Day	29% 6% 10% 27% 24% 5%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	32% 7% 13% 24% 19% 5%	2330
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 6% 15% 19% 18% 1	2305
	21st to end	Day	43% 8% 12% 21% 14% 2	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	45% 9% 15% 20% 10% 1	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 9% 20% 26% 10% 1	2340
	21st to end	Day	38% 12% 19% 21% 9% 1	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	42% 10% 20% 18% 8% 2	2275
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 11% 21% 17% 6% 1	2271
	21st to end	Day	40% 13% 21% 20% 5% 1	2405
August	1st to 10th	Day	45% 11% 21% 18% 4	2314
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 11% 19% 17% 6%	2254
	21st to end	Day	50% 9% 18% 15% 7% 1	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	39% 9% 17% 16% 15% 4	2075
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 6% 12% 17% 16% 5%	1980
	21st to end	Day	43% 5% 12% 19% 17% 4	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	37% 6% 7% 20% 24% 6%	1828
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 5% 7% 24% 23% 9%	1800
	21st to end	Day	31% 4 6% 17% 30% 12%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	31% 2 8% 20% 27% 12%	1857
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 3 7% 16% 25% 11%	1900
	21st to end	Day	35% 4 8% 22% 21% 9%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	43% 5% 12% 17% 16% 6%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 4 6% 23% 24% 8%	2150
	21st to end	Day	43% 4 6% 19% 24% 4	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	40% 5% 6% 18% 22% 8%	4109
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 4 8% 17% 24% 6%	4120
	21st to end	Night	42% 5% 6% 13% 25% 9%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	40% 4 8% 19% 20% 8%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 4 8% 16% 19% 10%	2274
	21st to end	Night	39% 5% 11% 16% 17% 12%	1746
March	1st to 10th	Night	36% 4 8% 18% 22% 12%	1987
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 6% 12% 18% 18% 7%	1980
	21st to end	Night	36% 6% 14% 18% 19% 7%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	34% 5% 12% 19% 21% 9%	1949
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 5% 10% 21% 22% 11%	1775
	21st to end	Night	29% 5% 13% 25% 23% 5%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	29% 6% 14% 25% 21% 5%	1643
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 9% 17% 21% 17% 1	1593
	21st to end	Night	34% 9% 16% 24% 15% 2	1745
June	1st to 10th	Night	38% 10% 19% 22% 10% 1	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 9% 21% 24% 9% 1	1620
	21st to end	Night	35% 13% 23% 21% 6% 1	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	39% 11% 23% 16% 7% 3	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 13% 25% 17% 7% 1	1566
	21st to end	Night	34% 12% 24% 24% 6% 1	1672
August	1st to 10th	Night	38% 12% 27% 19% 4	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 13% 20% 17% 7%	1629
	21st to end	Night	42% 12% 20% 19% 6% 1	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	37% 10% 18% 18% 13% 5%	1880
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 9% 14% 19% 16% 3	1980
	21st to end	Night	44% 6% 13% 19% 14% 4	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	35% 4 9% 21% 26% 5%	2132
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 4 9% 22% 26% 10%	2160
	21st to end	Night	30% 5% 7% 20% 27% 12%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	32% 3 8% 15% 28% 14%	2221
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 4 7% 16% 24% 13%	2280
	21st to end	Night	35% 4 9% 21% 22% 10%	2465
December	1st to 10th	Night	43% 5% 13% 15% 17% 7%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 3 6% 19% 26% 8%	3044
	21st to end	Night	43% 5% 7% 19% 22% 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	16% 21% 43% 17% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 19% 41% 18% 6% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	25% 22% 37% 14% 2 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	21% 20% 34% 22% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 20% 36% 12% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	21% 18% 38% 19% 4	361
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 16% 31% 24% 9%	420
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 16% 38% 19% 8% 1	420
	21st to end	Day	15% 14% 39% 19% 11% 2	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	16% 20% 29% 22% 12% 1	420
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 13% 31% 19% 17% 7%	412
	21st to end	Day	11% 12% 27% 24% 16% 10%	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 16% 29% 23% 14% 9%	423
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 22% 28% 23% 10%	447
	21st to end	Day	12% 3 14% 30% 26% 16%	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 14% 32% 27% 12%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 14% 26% 23% 20%	450
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 12% 35% 27% 17%	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 8% 26% 35% 20%	445
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 2 8% 24% 36% 21%	444
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 9% 29% 35% 17%	488
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 9% 25% 29% 21%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 2 6% 26% 33% 22%	439
	21st to end	Day	14% 3 9% 25% 28% 21%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 10% 27% 30% 20%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 4 12% 29% 28% 10%	450
	21st to end	Day	21% 2 16% 24% 26% 12%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	18% 4 21% 28% 20% 10%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 24% 25% 24% 9%	450
	21st to end	Day	13% 8% 24% 28% 21% 5%	495
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 8% 29% 24% 16% 7%	455
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 10% 32% 27% 10% 2	460
	21st to end	Day	11% 11% 36% 30% 10% 2	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	20% 18% 33% 22% 6% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 14% 38% 20% 7% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	22% 15% 36% 17% 8% 2	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	18% 13% 34% 28% 7% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 14% 31% 30% 9%	760
	21st to end	Night	19% 15% 35% 28% 3	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 13% 32% 30% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 14% 35% 27% 2	743
	21st to end	Night	17% 14% 37% 27% 5%	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	15% 10% 36% 32% 7%	723
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 12% 35% 29% 8%	720
	21st to end	Night	14% 13% 35% 30% 9%	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 15% 33% 30% 10% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 11% 31% 31% 13% 1	711
	21st to end	Night	9% 10% 32% 36% 12%	720
May	1st to 10th	Night	7% 7% 30% 37% 18% 1	563
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 22% 42% 19% 2	531
	21st to end	Night	10% 1 12% 39% 34% 4	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 10% 44% 28% 4	540
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 2 11% 35% 32% 8%	540
	21st to end	Night	7% 2 11% 35% 38% 7%	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 6% 40% 39% 6%	525
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 2 4 34% 41% 9%	522
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 6% 38% 41% 6%	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 5% 32% 45% 9%	537
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 2 4 33% 42% 7%	565
	21st to end	Night	16% 2 6% 30% 38% 9%	792
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 9% 32% 42% 5%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 9% 38% 32% 7%	720
	21st to end	Night	19% 4 12% 31% 30% 4	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	15% 4 16% 35% 26% 4	720
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 23% 33% 25% 4	720
	21st to end	Night	10% 7% 26% 34% 21% 3	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 22% 34% 18% 4	740
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 9% 27% 31% 14% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	14% 8% 28% 32% 15% 2	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	19% 10% 27% 32% 11% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 11% 26% 34% 10% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	22% 12% 27% 30% 10%	836

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