Plano
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Plano clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-05-13.

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% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 51%	84028
	Night	11% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 55%	85536
Transparency	Day	33% 5% 10% 23% 22% 7%	83753
	Night	31% 4 9% 22% 25% 10%	85331
Seeing	Day	12% 5% 21% 27% 25% 10%	14433
	Night	12% 6% 27% 35% 17% 2	24458

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	12% 6% 2 5% 3 2 3 3 4 6% 54%	2847
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 3 2 2 2 2 4 5% 62%	2850
	21st to end	Day	22% 10% 3 6% 2 2 2 2 2 4 46%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	17% 8% 3 7% 3 4 3 3 3 5% 45%	1808
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 5% 48%	1849
	21st to end	Day	21% 6% 2 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 52%	1602
March	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 49%	3436
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 2 7% 5% 3 4 3 5% 6% 42%	3480
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 42%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 6% 48%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 2 6% 4 5% 4 3 5% 7% 44%	2173
	21st to end	Day	14% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 48%	2404
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 7% 45%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 3 7% 4 5% 5% 4 5% 7% 43%	2330
	21st to end	Day	11% 7% 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 9% 37%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 7% 8% 51%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 54%	2340
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 1 3 4 4 4 3 6% 9% 56%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 2 5% 6% 5% 6% 4 8% 10% 43%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 4 4 4 4 7% 8% 61%	2340
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 4 5% 4 4 5% 7% 10% 52%	2546
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 3 3 4 4 3 6% 9% 63%	2328
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 6% 9% 51%	2301
	21st to end	Day	4 4 1 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 51%	2333
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 1 5% 3 4 3 3 6% 7% 55%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 6% 7% 47%	1980
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 1 3 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 58%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 2 4 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 61%	1923
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 1 3 2 3 2 2 4 6% 60%	1800
	21st to end	Day	15% 4 1 4 2 3 3 2 3 4 59%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 2 3 3 3 3 2 4 6% 57%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 60%	1784
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 2 4 3 2 3 2 4 5% 53%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	15% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 5% 50%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 4 47%	2161
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 2 5% 3 2 3 2 4 6% 48%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 56%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 64%	4120
	21st to end	Night	20% 7% 3 5% 3 2 2 2 3 4 49%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 3 5% 52%	2389
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 2 4 6% 50%	2218
	21st to end	Night	19% 5% 1 4 3 2 2 2 4 4 53%	1851
March	1st to 10th	Night	15% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 44%	3419
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 47%	3480
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 48%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 1 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 8% 53%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 50%	1953
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 1 5% 3 3 2 4 5% 7% 53%	1771
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 4 4 4 4 4 7% 6% 49%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 6% 3 4 4 3 5% 8% 48%	1620
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 4 6% 11% 49%	1745
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 4 3 4 4 3 6% 9% 58%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 9% 63%	1620
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 3 3 4 3 4 6% 10% 61%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 1 4 5% 3 4 4 6% 11% 54%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 5% 8% 71%	1620
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 3 3 4 4 3 7% 12% 61%	1772
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 5% 9% 71%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 5% 3 3 3 3 6% 9% 59%	1600
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 4 3 4 5% 4 6% 10% 57%	2015
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 58%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 52%	1980
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 7% 64%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 63%	2017
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 5% 63%	2160
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 1 4 2 2 2 1 3 3 61%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 2 5% 3 3 2 2 3 5% 61%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 5% 59%	2394
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 53%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 5% 55%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 4 5% 51%	3036
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 2 2 2 2 3 5% 53%	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	32% 3 6% 22% 33% 5%	2848
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 3 8% 23% 31% 7%	2850
	21st to end	Day	46% 2 4 19% 22% 8%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	43% 4 5% 19% 20% 9%	1808
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 4 6% 20% 21% 8%	1859
	21st to end	Day	39% 2 4 16% 25% 13%	1602
March	1st to 10th	Day	36% 4 6% 17% 28% 9%	3436
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 4 9% 22% 16% 4	3480
	21st to end	Day	42% 4 11% 20% 19% 5%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	36% 4 10% 21% 19% 10%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 5% 8% 18% 21% 9%	2173
	21st to end	Day	37% 5% 8% 22% 24% 4	2404
May	1st to 10th	Day	38% 5% 8% 24% 18% 6%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 6% 12% 23% 17% 2	2334
	21st to end	Day	42% 7% 12% 22% 14% 2	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	28% 7% 17% 29% 16% 3	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 6% 13% 30% 18% 5%	2340
	21st to end	Day	26% 6% 12% 29% 23% 4	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	32% 9% 17% 28% 14% 1	2276
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 13% 36% 21% 4	2271
	21st to end	Day	22% 7% 18% 37% 15% 1	2405
August	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 16% 35% 25% 3	2314
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 7% 14% 28% 20% 3	2301
	21st to end	Day	25% 7% 14% 32% 17% 4	2333
September	1st to 10th	Day	27% 5% 10% 25% 22% 10%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 7% 10% 19% 22% 7%	1980
	21st to end	Day	25% 5% 8% 22% 28% 12%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	24% 4 11% 24% 21% 16%	1923
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 3 7% 17% 29% 17%	1800
	21st to end	Day	32% 3 6% 17% 26% 16%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	30% 3 7% 24% 26% 9%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 3 9% 21% 30% 10%	1784
	21st to end	Day	35% 3 5% 21% 26% 10%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	37% 4 7% 22% 24% 7%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 3 5% 15% 26% 8%	2159
	21st to end	Day	38% 3 5% 23% 22% 8%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	31% 3 5% 20% 32% 9%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 3 7% 21% 29% 14%	4120
	21st to end	Night	42% 2 5% 16% 26% 9%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	37% 4 8% 17% 22% 12%	2389
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 3 6% 17% 25% 10%	2218
	21st to end	Night	37% 4 7% 15% 22% 16%	1851
March	1st to 10th	Night	43% 4 6% 14% 22% 11%	3419
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 5% 10% 21% 20% 7%	3480
	21st to end	Night	38% 4 9% 19% 26% 5%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	29% 5% 11% 22% 19% 14%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 4 8% 20% 18% 14%	1953
	21st to end	Night	30% 4 10% 22% 28% 5%	1771
May	1st to 10th	Night	33% 6% 11% 22% 20% 8%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 5% 15% 23% 19% 3	1621
	21st to end	Night	29% 7% 17% 26% 19% 2	1746
June	1st to 10th	Night	22% 5% 17% 31% 20% 5%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 5% 12% 36% 21% 8%	1620
	21st to end	Night	21% 6% 13% 29% 27% 5%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	24% 7% 16% 33% 17% 2	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 14% 37% 28% 6%	1566
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 18% 38% 20% 2	1673
August	1st to 10th	Night	10% 4 13% 37% 30% 5%	1601
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 5% 13% 30% 23% 6%	1600
	21st to end	Night	21% 6% 12% 33% 23% 5%	2015
September	1st to 10th	Night	26% 5% 11% 22% 25% 11%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 6% 12% 20% 22% 11%	1980
	21st to end	Night	20% 4 8% 23% 29% 16%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	22% 4 10% 24% 21% 19%	2017
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 3 7% 16% 27% 21%	2160
	21st to end	Night	31% 2 4 17% 27% 19%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	28% 3 6% 21% 27% 14%	2220
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 4 7% 20% 28% 14%	2394
	21st to end	Night	35% 3 7% 16% 28% 11%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	33% 3 8% 21% 23% 11%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 3 6% 15% 27% 12%	3037
	21st to end	Night	35% 3 6% 18% 26% 12%	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% 11% 33% 28% 11%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 13% 39% 24% 7% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	19% 8% 39% 23% 9% 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	21% 8% 41% 21% 8%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 13% 41% 20% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	32% 8% 41% 16% 3	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 10% 33% 30% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 14% 37% 23% 3 2	270
	21st to end	Day	13% 11% 45% 21% 9%	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 12% 40% 26% 7% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 11% 35% 26% 10%	371
	21st to end	Day	17% 9% 36% 27% 9% 2	584
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 8% 30% 35% 11% 1	653
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 5% 26% 31% 18% 4	637
	21st to end	Day	14% 4 22% 33% 21% 5%	679
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 2 11% 36% 35% 11%	630
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 14% 37% 31% 10%	630
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 11% 31% 36% 16%	630
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 6% 29% 41% 18%	621
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 2 26% 47% 21%	618
	21st to end	Day	3 1 2 22% 49% 23%	684
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 3 23% 50% 19%	626
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 1 3 27% 42% 18%	615
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 2 21% 39% 31%	452
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 1 2 11% 41% 37%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 3 23% 36% 32%	270
	21st to end	Day	12% 2 5% 18% 41% 21%	270
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 13% 30% 41% 12%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 20% 33% 23% 5%	270
	21st to end	Day	23% 8% 20% 27% 18% 4	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	20% 5% 28% 26% 17% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 31% 31% 16% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	19% 10% 32% 27% 11% 1	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	19% 6% 33% 28% 12% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 9% 37% 25% 10%	270
	21st to end	Day	19% 9% 37% 26% 9%	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	12% 9% 37% 33% 8%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 13% 34% 31% 6% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	15% 10% 36% 33% 6%	1045
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 10% 37% 28% 5%	869
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 10% 40% 28% 4	744
	21st to end	Night	21% 12% 44% 21% 3	595
March	1st to 10th	Night	17% 10% 38% 28% 7%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 9% 37% 32% 5%	570
	21st to end	Night	12% 11% 41% 31% 6%	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 9% 44% 31% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 8% 42% 29% 6%	563
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 40% 30% 9% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 36% 37% 8% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 32% 36% 15% 1	540
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 29% 41% 18% 2	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 12% 47% 30% 4	540
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 19% 53% 22% 1	540
	21st to end	Night	3 1 14% 45% 32% 5%	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 8% 40% 39% 6%	525
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 41% 47% 5%	522
	21st to end	Night	1 1 3 43% 46% 6%	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 2 45% 45% 5%	537
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 4 38% 44% 7%	534
	21st to end	Night	3 2 3 38% 48% 6%	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 1 6% 36% 43% 5%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 1 6% 36% 41% 3	540
	21st to end	Night	7% 1 12% 41% 35% 5%	540
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 18% 41% 29% 3	577
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 24% 40% 18% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 27% 33% 15% 1	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 29% 38% 18% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 8% 31% 38% 13% 1	874
	21st to end	Night	18% 9% 34% 28% 10% 1	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 34% 35% 7%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 33% 35% 6%	950
	21st to end	Night	19% 8% 36% 31% 6%	1045

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