North Platte
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the North Platte clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-04-26.

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	8% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 54%	117327
	Night	7% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 52%	120084
Transparency	Day	29% 6% 13% 27% 20% 5%	117074
	Night	31% 5% 13% 26% 20% 4	119927
Seeing	Day	10% 8% 31% 33% 15% 3	16320
	Night	10% 8% 37% 37% 8%	26411

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover SW (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	9% 11% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 48%	3638
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 6% 6% 49%	3640
	21st to end	Day	3 5% 3 8% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 52%	4110
February	1st to 10th	Day	7% 9% 4 9% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 42%	1930
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 47%	1949
	21st to end	Day	6% 7% 3 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 57%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 2 4 2 3 3 2 4 5% 57%	4500
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 58%	4847
	21st to end	Day	10% 8% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 6% 8% 47%	5617
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 52%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 46%	2391
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 2 4 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 49%	2536
May	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 4 3 5% 4 6% 7% 47%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 8% 50%	4082
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 48%	4667
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 1 3 3 3 3 4 6% 9% 58%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 1 4 4 3 4 4 6% 7% 55%	2660
	21st to end	Day	3 3 2 3 4 3 4 4 6% 8% 60%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 1 4 4 4 4 3 6% 8% 56%	4430
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 2 4 3 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 55%	4430
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 3 3 4 4 4 6% 9% 59%	4722
August	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 7% 8% 48%	4103
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 2 6% 3 4 5% 4 6% 7% 47%	3987
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 63%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 61%	2258
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 1 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 60%	2090
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 6% 62%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 1 2 2 2 2 1 3 4 74%	3480
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 1 4 2 3 2 2 4 6% 65%	3135
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 8% 57%	3091
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 1 4 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 56%	1763
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 62%	1800
	21st to end	Day	7% 8% 2 4 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 57%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	3 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 63%	2881
	11th to 20th	Day	4 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 60%	3026
	21st to end	Day	10% 11% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 43%	4004
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 10% 4 10% 6% 5% 4 4 5% 6% 40%	6327
	11th to 20th	Night	2 7% 3 8% 5% 4 4 4 5% 7% 51%	6340
	21st to end	Night	3 6% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 5% 53%	6865
February	1st to 10th	Night	8% 11% 3 8% 4 3 4 3 6% 6% 43%	2485
	11th to 20th	Night	4 9% 2 8% 6% 4 4 4 5% 7% 45%	2338
	21st to end	Night	5% 6% 2 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 53%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 4 5% 56%	5374
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 57%	5118
	21st to end	Night	9% 9% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 39%	5306
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 2 4 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 48%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 4 5% 4 4 7% 6% 47%	1956
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 4 5% 3 5% 5% 7% 44%	1760
May	1st to 10th	Night	17% 5% 2 5% 3 4 5% 4 6% 7% 41%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 3 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 48%	2823
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 2 6% 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 45%	2916
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 6% 10% 52%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 10% 50%	1520
	21st to end	Night	4 3 2 5% 4 4 6% 4 8% 10% 50%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 51%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 8% 9% 48%	2540
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 4 4 4 5% 4 7% 8% 59%	2841
August	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 4 4 8% 11% 43%	2836
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 8% 45%	2848
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 9% 55%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 6% 7% 59%	1920
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 1 4 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 60%	2090
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 1 4 3 3 2 3 3 6% 63%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 75%	3480
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 6% 65%	3752
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 58%	4467
November	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 60%	2535
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 1 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 57%	2600
	21st to end	Night	6% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 56%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	3 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 65%	4305
	11th to 20th	Night	4 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 58%	5181
	21st to end	Night	12% 11% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 44%	6974

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	40% 3 10% 31% 15% 1	3639
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 7% 9% 25% 22% 3	3640
	21st to end	Day	32% 5% 13% 26% 21% 4	4110
February	1st to 10th	Day	41% 5% 15% 21% 14% 4	1930
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 5% 13% 24% 17% 4	1959
	21st to end	Day	28% 4 13% 28% 20% 6%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	30% 4 8% 22% 29% 7%	4500
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 4 9% 25% 32% 3	4847
	21st to end	Day	34% 6% 20% 26% 11% 1	5617
April	1st to 10th	Day	31% 5% 16% 28% 17% 3	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 6% 13% 23% 16% 4	2394
	21st to end	Day	35% 5% 13% 28% 17% 2	2536
May	1st to 10th	Day	31% 8% 15% 21% 17% 8%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 8% 15% 28% 16% 2	4086
	21st to end	Day	32% 9% 16% 29% 12% 3	4667
June	1st to 10th	Day	22% 7% 20% 35% 14% 2	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 7% 14% 27% 19% 7%	2660
	21st to end	Day	20% 8% 12% 30% 24% 5%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	26% 7% 11% 25% 26% 5%	4361
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 7% 14% 32% 20% 5%	4355
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 15% 27% 23% 10%	4572
August	1st to 10th	Day	32% 8% 14% 25% 18% 2	4090
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 7% 14% 22% 20% 2	4026
	21st to end	Day	21% 5% 17% 24% 20% 13%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	24% 5% 10% 27% 24% 10%	2258
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 6% 11% 26% 27% 5%	2090
	21st to end	Day	25% 4 8% 30% 27% 7%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	17% 3 5% 22% 35% 18%	3480
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 3 12% 37% 21% 5%	3135
	21st to end	Day	28% 3 9% 32% 22% 6%	3091
November	1st to 10th	Day	27% 4 13% 30% 21% 5%	1763
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 3 11% 29% 27% 6%	1800
	21st to end	Day	28% 4 13% 29% 23% 4	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	23% 3 10% 35% 26% 3	2881
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 4 17% 34% 18% 2	3024
	21st to end	Day	41% 5% 9% 31% 13% 2	4004
January	1st to 10th	Night	44% 6% 11% 22% 14% 2	6327
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 5% 15% 24% 23% 1	6340
	21st to end	Night	33% 5% 11% 26% 21% 4	6865
February	1st to 10th	Night	40% 5% 13% 23% 15% 4	2485
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 5% 14% 26% 15% 3	2338
	21st to end	Night	30% 4 11% 25% 22% 6%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	30% 4 7% 23% 29% 7%	5374
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 4 8% 23% 27% 10%	5118
	21st to end	Night	41% 8% 18% 21% 11% 1	5306
April	1st to 10th	Night	33% 7% 14% 25% 18% 4	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 6% 14% 25% 17% 3	1956
	21st to end	Night	37% 7% 14% 26% 14% 2	1760
May	1st to 10th	Night	38% 8% 15% 22% 13% 4	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 9% 17% 30% 10% 2	2824
	21st to end	Night	35% 10% 17% 27% 9% 2	2917
June	1st to 10th	Night	26% 8% 24% 28% 12% 2	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 8% 16% 25% 14% 7%	1520
	21st to end	Night	26% 9% 17% 25% 21% 3	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	31% 6% 14% 29% 19% 2	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 7% 17% 25% 18% 3	2492
	21st to end	Night	21% 6% 16% 25% 23% 10%	2752
August	1st to 10th	Night	33% 8% 17% 27% 13% 2	2826
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 7% 15% 23% 16% 2	2875
	21st to end	Night	25% 7% 14% 26% 19% 10%	3487
September	1st to 10th	Night	23% 5% 10% 25% 26% 10%	1920
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 6% 12% 27% 24% 7%	2090
	21st to end	Night	24% 5% 9% 26% 29% 7%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	17% 3 6% 18% 46% 11%	3480
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 3 9% 31% 26% 8%	3752
	21st to end	Night	28% 4 11% 27% 25% 6%	4467
November	1st to 10th	Night	24% 4 12% 30% 23% 7%	2535
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 5% 11% 27% 24% 7%	2600
	21st to end	Night	28% 4 11% 29% 23% 5%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	21% 3 15% 37% 21% 3	4305
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 3 14% 37% 17% 2	5182
	21st to end	Night	41% 4 10% 30% 13% 1	6974

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	12% 4 41% 30% 12% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 12% 35% 37% 5% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	7% 9% 48% 24% 10% 2	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	7% 16% 48% 26% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 8% 45% 26% 7% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	11% 12% 51% 21% 6%	249
March	1st to 10th	Day	12% 13% 36% 27% 11% 2	300
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 8% 34% 33% 9% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	18% 15% 39% 18% 9% 1	393
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 19% 37% 23% 8% 1	500
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 20% 31% 26% 6%	512
	21st to end	Day	18% 12% 32% 26% 10% 1	676
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 12% 34% 29% 11% 2	653
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 8% 31% 28% 12% 3	675
	21st to end	Day	15% 9% 31% 28% 16% 2	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 26% 32% 22% 8%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 9% 35% 35% 13% 2	680
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 29% 40% 20% 2	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 24% 40% 23% 4	671
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 22% 43% 24% 4	668
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 17% 43% 27% 5%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	9% 3 17% 42% 25% 4	676
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 21% 43% 22% 3	637
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 25% 41% 22% 5%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 22% 40% 21% 5%	468
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 20% 40% 26% 6%	300
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 27% 29% 19% 3	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 21% 32% 21% 6%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 10% 38% 32% 8% 4	300
	21st to end	Day	15% 13% 28% 29% 12% 3	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	10% 7% 41% 24% 15% 3	300
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 10% 41% 27% 11% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	12% 10% 37% 28% 11% 3	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	6% 10% 44% 31% 9% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 13% 35% 32% 8%	300
	21st to end	Day	13% 13% 41% 25% 6% 1	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	9% 9% 39% 35% 8%	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 11% 43% 32% 7% 1	1000
	21st to end	Night	7% 8% 45% 33% 6%	1100
February	1st to 10th	Night	11% 11% 45% 28% 5%	885
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 10% 46% 33% 4	784
	21st to end	Night	8% 10% 47% 31% 5%	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	11% 10% 40% 34% 5%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 9% 43% 32% 5%	660
	21st to end	Night	13% 10% 42% 30% 5%	660
April	1st to 10th	Night	16% 12% 43% 27% 1	600
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 15% 45% 26% 2	593
	21st to end	Night	17% 11% 34% 31% 7%	587
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 8% 38% 31% 8%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 8% 35% 33% 7% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	16% 8% 35% 32% 9%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 32% 42% 13% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 39% 33% 9%	570
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 32% 49% 9%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 31% 44% 15%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 29% 52% 13% 1	552
	21st to end	Night	4 2 23% 54% 17%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 21% 55% 17%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 26% 52% 13%	564
	21st to end	Night	4 2 29% 49% 15% 1	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 29% 47% 13% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 31% 43% 13% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 32% 38% 13% 1	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 31% 37% 11%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 10% 32% 37% 10% 1	735
	21st to end	Night	12% 10% 35% 33% 10% 1	1045
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 7% 40% 38% 7% 1	975
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 9% 40% 35% 7%	1000
	21st to end	Night	8% 7% 37% 37% 11%	1000
December	1st to 10th	Night	9% 9% 41% 35% 6% 1	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 10% 39% 34% 7%	1000
	21st to end	Night	14% 10% 35% 35% 5%	1100

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