Joplin
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Joplin 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% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 45%	78447
	Night	12% 7% 3 5% 4 2 4 4 4 7% 49%	81014
Transparency	Day	39% 5% 12% 25% 17% 3	78170
	Night	37% 4 11% 25% 20% 4	80811
Seeing	Day	15% 11% 28% 27% 15% 3	14514
	Night	15% 11% 33% 29% 11% 1	24562

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	13% 11% 4 5% 6% 3 3 3 4 6% 43%	2847
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 9% 3 6% 7% 2 4 4 4 6% 44%	2850
	21st to end	Day	20% 12% 3 5% 3 2 3 2 3 5% 40%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 12% 3 6% 6% 3 4 3 5% 5% 40%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 4 7% 5% 3 4 3 4 5% 45%	1673
	21st to end	Day	15% 10% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 40%	1678
March	1st to 10th	Day	13% 8% 3 5% 5% 2 4 4 5% 5% 45%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 10% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 4 4 37%	1980
	21st to end	Day	21% 10% 3 7% 6% 3 4 4 5% 6% 32%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 8% 45%	2070
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 39%	2134
	21st to end	Day	22% 7% 3 5% 4 3 5% 4 4 6% 38%	2215
May	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 2 5% 6% 3 5% 4 4 6% 39%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 2 6% 6% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 38%	2302
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 4 5% 6% 4 5% 7% 7% 9% 35%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 6% 10% 49%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 6% 10% 49%	2340
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 1 3 4 3 4 5% 6% 11% 57%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 3 4 6% 3 5% 7% 8% 10% 41%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 2 3 5% 3 4 6% 6% 10% 54%	2340
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 4 5% 3 5% 6% 7% 11% 44%	2546
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 4 5% 3 5% 5% 7% 10% 47%	2328
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 2 4 7% 3 6% 5% 6% 8% 46%	2301
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 6% 8% 53%	2386
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 3 4 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 52%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 47%	1991
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 4 3 3 4 5% 6% 6% 55%	1967
October	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 2 4 4 3 4 5% 4 7% 52%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 4 3 2 2 4 5% 5% 56%	1800
	21st to end	Day	19% 6% 2 5% 3 2 2 3 3 4 50%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 4 2 4 3 1 2 3 4 6% 59%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 5% 54%	1793
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 2 5% 4 2 2 3 4 6% 50%	1577
December	1st to 10th	Day	13% 10% 2 4 5% 2 3 4 4 6% 47%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 11% 3 6% 6% 3 4 3 4 5% 42%	1982
	21st to end	Day	15% 18% 6% 7% 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 29%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	11% 10% 3 8% 5% 2 3 3 4 5% 45%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 3 7% 8% 3 5% 4 3 5% 47%	4120
	21st to end	Night	21% 11% 4 5% 3 2 2 2 3 5% 41%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 11% 3 6% 4 2 4 3 4 6% 43%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 8% 4 6% 4 2 4 4 4 5% 46%	2403
	21st to end	Night	14% 8% 3 5% 4 2 3 3 4 6% 47%	1782
March	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 3 5% 4 2 4 4 5% 7% 47%	1986
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 9% 2 5% 4 2 4 4 4 6% 42%	1980
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 3 6% 6% 3 3 3 5% 7% 41%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 3 2 3 4 4 7% 53%	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 2 3 5% 2 3 4 4 6% 48%	1775
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 2 4 5% 2 4 5% 4 7% 43%	1742
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 4 5% 3 5% 4 6% 7% 44%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 3 4 4 4 3 4 5% 8% 47%	1593
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 3 6% 5% 3 5% 6% 6% 10% 43%	1745
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 2 3 4 3 4 5% 5% 9% 54%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 1 3 4 3 4 6% 6% 11% 55%	1620
	21st to end	Night	3 2 2 3 3 2 4 4 6% 9% 61%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 1 4 4 3 5% 5% 7% 10% 51%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 4 3 4 5% 6% 7% 61%	1620
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 4 5% 3 5% 5% 7% 10% 51%	1772
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 4 3 3 4 5% 7% 10% 52%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 5% 9% 57%	1600
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 4 4 3 5% 4 6% 8% 58%	1970
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 2 3 4 2 3 3 5% 8% 57%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 8% 52%	1966
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 2 4 4 3 4 3 4 7% 58%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 1 2 3 2 3 4 4 7% 61%	2154
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 2 3 3 2 4 4 4 5% 55%	2160
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 4 2 2 3 4 4 52%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 3 2 1 2 3 3 5% 62%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 4 4 2 3 4 4 5% 54%	2384
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 3 4 4 2 2 4 3 5% 53%	2598
December	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 4 5% 4 2 3 4 4 6% 47%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 9% 3 6% 5% 3 4 3 3 6% 45%	3207
	21st to end	Night	16% 16% 5% 7% 5% 2 4 4 3 5% 35%	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	45% 2 7% 26% 18% 1	2848
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 3 14% 27% 11% 4	2850
	21st to end	Day	49% 2 9% 20% 17% 3	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	47% 4 10% 25% 11% 3	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 3 9% 24% 16% 4	1682
	21st to end	Day	46% 3 6% 22% 14% 8%	1678
March	1st to 10th	Day	41% 4 9% 21% 20% 5%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	50% 4 10% 20% 13% 3	1980
	21st to end	Day	53% 5% 11% 21% 9% 1	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	38% 5% 13% 25% 17% 2	2070
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 5% 13% 20% 15% 3	2134
	21st to end	Day	49% 4 10% 24% 12% 1	2215
May	1st to 10th	Day	47% 5% 11% 22% 13% 1	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 6% 13% 25% 11% 1	2306
	21st to end	Day	43% 9% 16% 23% 10%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	30% 7% 16% 29% 16% 2	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 6% 15% 31% 15% 2	2340
	21st to end	Day	22% 6% 16% 32% 20% 4	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	34% 7% 18% 26% 14% 2	2276
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 6% 15% 33% 20% 3	2271
	21st to end	Day	32% 6% 17% 32% 12% 1	2405
August	1st to 10th	Day	31% 7% 18% 26% 17% 2	2314
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 7% 12% 28% 19% 1	2301
	21st to end	Day	29% 6% 11% 28% 20% 6%	2386
September	1st to 10th	Day	34% 5% 11% 28% 16% 7%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 5% 10% 24% 24% 3	1991
	21st to end	Day	28% 6% 9% 26% 25% 5%	1967
October	1st to 10th	Day	32% 5% 11% 24% 23% 5%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 3 8% 29% 24% 6%	1800
	21st to end	Day	40% 2 8% 26% 17% 6%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	28% 3 11% 31% 22% 6%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 3 9% 24% 24% 7%	1793
	21st to end	Day	37% 3 9% 24% 25% 2	1577
December	1st to 10th	Day	40% 4 8% 31% 16% 1	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 3 7% 20% 22% 3	1979
	21st to end	Day	58% 4 9% 18% 10% 1	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	43% 3 10% 28% 15% 2	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 3 13% 26% 16% 1	4120
	21st to end	Night	49% 2 12% 18% 17% 3	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	43% 4 11% 23% 15% 3	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 3 8% 26% 18% 3	2404
	21st to end	Night	40% 3 8% 21% 21% 6%	1782
March	1st to 10th	Night	38% 4 9% 21% 20% 8%	1986
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 5% 10% 19% 19% 3	1980
	21st to end	Night	45% 4 11% 24% 14% 2	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	33% 5% 12% 24% 22% 5%	1890
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 3 10% 23% 20% 5%	1775
	21st to end	Night	42% 4 11% 23% 18% 1	1742
May	1st to 10th	Night	39% 6% 12% 23% 17% 2	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 5% 14% 25% 17% 1	1594
	21st to end	Night	36% 7% 17% 28% 11% 1	1746
June	1st to 10th	Night	27% 6% 17% 30% 17% 3	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 6% 16% 31% 21% 3	1620
	21st to end	Night	20% 5% 15% 34% 21% 5%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	25% 6% 16% 30% 19% 3	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 5% 12% 33% 25% 4	1566
	21st to end	Night	26% 6% 13% 35% 19% 1	1673
August	1st to 10th	Night	25% 7% 16% 33% 17% 2	1601
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 5% 11% 30% 26% 3	1600
	21st to end	Night	23% 6% 14% 26% 23% 8%	1970
September	1st to 10th	Night	28% 4 11% 27% 21% 8%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 4 9% 23% 26% 6%	1966
	21st to end	Night	27% 4 8% 27% 29% 5%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	24% 4 11% 26% 27% 7%	2154
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 2 6% 25% 26% 8%	2160
	21st to end	Night	37% 3 8% 21% 25% 6%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	27% 3 10% 27% 26% 7%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 3 7% 26% 26% 6%	2384
	21st to end	Night	36% 3 8% 24% 25% 5%	2598
December	1st to 10th	Night	39% 3 11% 25% 20% 2	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 2 7% 23% 22% 3	3209
	21st to end	Night	54% 3 9% 21% 10% 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	22% 18% 38% 19% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 21% 39% 12% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	18% 20% 45% 14% 3	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	25% 23% 38% 11% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 30% 34% 13% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	33% 24% 33% 9%	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	23% 23% 38% 15% 2	240
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 19% 30% 18% 2	240
	21st to end	Day	31% 23% 33% 10% 3	264
April	1st to 10th	Day	16% 21% 39% 20% 3 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 20% 35% 18% 4	412
	21st to end	Day	26% 18% 29% 21% 6%	475
May	1st to 10th	Day	20% 14% 37% 20% 8%	603
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 12% 34% 23% 12% 3	625
	21st to end	Day	15% 11% 32% 23% 14% 5%	679
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 4 23% 36% 24% 6%	630
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 26% 41% 18% 4	630
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 33% 37% 17% 4	630
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 14% 35% 29% 9%	621
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 18% 40% 27% 7%	618
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 16% 37% 29% 9%	684
August	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 18% 39% 27% 4	626
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 18% 39% 27% 4	615
	21st to end	Day	9% 1 14% 35% 32% 8%	505
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 13% 40% 28% 6%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 23% 40% 22% 8%	281
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 24% 32% 20% 6%	270
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 12% 27% 30% 13% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 16% 40% 24% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	31% 13% 31% 19% 4 1	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 13% 42% 20% 8% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 19% 36% 19% 7% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	23% 18% 36% 19% 4	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	19% 19% 39% 16% 6% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 20% 36% 18% 5%	270
	21st to end	Day	25% 23% 38% 14% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	16% 17% 40% 22% 5%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 19% 40% 19% 4	950
	21st to end	Night	16% 17% 40% 24% 3	1045
February	1st to 10th	Night	22% 16% 41% 18% 3	950
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 18% 42% 18% 2	929
	21st to end	Night	21% 21% 34% 21% 2	526
March	1st to 10th	Night	16% 17% 41% 23% 4	542
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 14% 38% 21% 3	540
	21st to end	Night	20% 16% 41% 18% 5%	594
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 15% 43% 25% 3	540
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 15% 34% 27% 6%	533
	21st to end	Night	19% 15% 39% 21% 6%	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 10% 38% 32% 6%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 32% 31% 13% 1	531
	21st to end	Night	10% 8% 32% 35% 14% 2	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 20% 46% 23% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 27% 46% 18% 1	540
	21st to end	Night	3 3 28% 48% 17% 1	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 15% 43% 31% 2	525
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 16% 47% 27% 4	522
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 13% 44% 30% 4	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 17% 46% 28% 1	537
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 2 17% 49% 24% 2	534
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 16% 41% 33% 3	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 2 15% 45% 25% 2	540
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 17% 42% 23% 3	540
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 23% 39% 21% 3	540
October	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 32% 33% 19% 2	714
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 9% 40% 28% 7% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	20% 12% 34% 24% 9% 1	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 11% 42% 24% 9% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 16% 36% 24% 8%	864
	21st to end	Night	20% 15% 37% 22% 7%	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 15% 40% 23% 5%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 16% 36% 25% 3	950
	21st to end	Night	18% 20% 37% 21% 3	1045

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