Choke Canyon State Park - South Shore Unit
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Choke Canyon State Park - South Shore Unit clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-06-10.

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	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 46%	119901
	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 50%	118583
Transparency	Day	35% 6% 11% 21% 16% 10%	123735
	Night	33% 6% 13% 21% 17% 11%	122866
Seeing	Day	11% 5% 21% 31% 24% 8%	15365
	Night	13% 5% 27% 39% 15% 1	25383

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	17% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 47%	4077
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 2 5% 7% 50%	4095
	21st to end	Day	26% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 35%	4994
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 9% 4 7% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 44%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 7% 3 6% 3 3 4 3 3 6% 44%	1949
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 2 6% 3 4 4 2 5% 6% 47%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 46%	4906
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 3 4 50%	4980
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 48%	5462
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 3 7% 7% 46%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 3 3 6% 5% 43%	2176
	21st to end	Day	11% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 45%	2452
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 34%	5862
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 4 4 6% 8% 51%	5862
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 10% 43%	6434
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 2 4 5% 4 6% 6% 8% 10% 50%	2588
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 1 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 6% 9% 50%	2470
	21st to end	Day	6% 5% 1 6% 7% 7% 7% 6% 8% 10% 37%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 1 6% 5% 6% 5% 4 7% 9% 46%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 5% 3 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 11% 38%	4120
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 6% 6% 6% 6% 7% 10% 38%	4465
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 67%	3926
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 3 3 4 6% 4 8% 11% 55%	3726
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 6% 8% 13% 40%	3966
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 3 7% 6% 7% 6% 5% 8% 8% 36%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 2 8% 5% 6% 5% 4 7% 9% 41%	2090
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 47%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 54%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 1 4 3 4 6% 3 6% 7% 51%	1994
	21st to end	Day	9% 4 2 4 3 3 4 2 4 5% 60%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 46%	1958
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 50%	1930
	21st to end	Day	15% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 43%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	32% 10% 3 5% 3 3 3 2 3 5% 32%	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 3 3 4 6% 42%	3391
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 53%	4488
January	1st to 10th	Night	20% 7% 2 5% 3 2 3 2 4 5% 46%	5888
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 1 4 2 3 3 2 5% 7% 54%	5900
	21st to end	Night	29% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 33%	6012
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 46%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 2 4 3 2 3 2 4 6% 48%	2338
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 47%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 2 6% 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 44%	4947
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 50%	4980
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 50%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 2 5% 4 3 5% 4 7% 8% 45%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 48%	2173
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 3 6% 4 4 5% 3 5% 7% 41%	1940
May	1st to 10th	Night	17% 9% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 34%	4053
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 9% 53%	4053
	21st to end	Night	9% 7% 3 7% 4 4 5% 4 6% 10% 40%	4443
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 4 2 3 3 4 6% 10% 60%	1796
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 4 2 3 4 4 5% 9% 64%	1710
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 5% 4 3 4 4 7% 10% 53%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 1 4 3 4 4 4 6% 10% 56%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 11% 50%	2850
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 4 5% 8% 9% 49%	3098
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 6% 80%	2995
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 7% 11% 60%	3113
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 6% 11% 59%	3692
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 3 7% 8% 47%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 3 6% 3 4 4 3 7% 9% 48%	2090
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 8% 56%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 3 2 2 4 3 5% 7% 65%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 2 5% 5% 59%	2166
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 1 4 3 2 2 2 4 5% 64%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 5% 6% 52%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 1 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 54%	2465
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 2 6% 4 3 4 2 5% 7% 47%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	34% 10% 3 5% 2 2 2 2 3 4 33%	4250
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 47%	4816
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 56%	6490

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	42% 4 6% 14% 22% 11%	4078
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 4 5% 20% 24% 12%	4095
	21st to end	Day	50% 3 5% 13% 18% 11%	4994
February	1st to 10th	Day	44% 4 6% 10% 20% 16%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 5% 8% 16% 18% 12%	1959
	21st to end	Day	39% 6% 7% 17% 18% 12%	1650
March	1st to 10th	Day	36% 5% 8% 19% 12% 19%	4906
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 4 5% 9% 17% 25%	4980
	21st to end	Day	37% 6% 9% 21% 17% 11%	5464
April	1st to 10th	Day	36% 6% 11% 17% 17% 13%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 5% 9% 17% 14% 13%	2176
	21st to end	Day	39% 6% 8% 19% 17% 11%	2452
May	1st to 10th	Day	43% 8% 12% 20% 11% 5%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 7% 12% 24% 18% 9%	5866
	21st to end	Day	32% 8% 12% 34% 13% 1	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	26% 7% 16% 29% 20% 3	2588
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 8% 11% 26% 20% 4	2470
	21st to end	Day	37% 10% 15% 24% 11% 2	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	33% 8% 20% 33% 6%	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 9% 19% 23% 11% 1	4051
	21st to end	Day	36% 9% 21% 27% 6%	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 14% 45% 20% 1	3912
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 9% 29% 32% 9% 1	3762
	21st to end	Day	32% 11% 19% 23% 13% 1	3965
September	1st to 10th	Day	43% 11% 14% 14% 14% 4	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 9% 14% 19% 14% 4	2090
	21st to end	Day	33% 7% 13% 18% 17% 11%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	21% 5% 7% 11% 22% 33%	3480
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 7% 11% 18% 20% 21%	3286
	21st to end	Day	24% 6% 8% 17% 29% 17%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	37% 6% 9% 18% 19% 11%	1958
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 4 10% 17% 19% 14%	1930
	21st to end	Day	44% 4 7% 16% 17% 12%	1800
December	1st to 10th	Day	58% 3 5% 11% 17% 5%	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 6% 7% 17% 16% 13%	3389
	21st to end	Day	32% 4 6% 20% 22% 15%	4488
January	1st to 10th	Night	41% 4 6% 14% 17% 17%	5888
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 3 6% 21% 20% 19%	5900
	21st to end	Night	51% 4 5% 11% 18% 11%	6012
February	1st to 10th	Night	41% 4 9% 13% 15% 18%	2400
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 3 9% 17% 18% 13%	2338
	21st to end	Night	39% 4 8% 19% 18% 12%	1980
March	1st to 10th	Night	42% 5% 8% 17% 14% 14%	4947
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 4 6% 11% 16% 23%	4980
	21st to end	Night	36% 5% 12% 19% 18% 10%	5467
April	1st to 10th	Night	37% 7% 13% 19% 13% 11%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 6% 11% 17% 13% 16%	2173
	21st to end	Night	42% 6% 11% 17% 15% 9%	1940
May	1st to 10th	Night	48% 7% 11% 17% 12% 5%	4080
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 6% 14% 22% 20% 8%	4054
	21st to end	Night	40% 8% 16% 28% 7%	4452
June	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 21% 33% 19% 2	1796
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 6% 15% 34% 23% 3	1710
	21st to end	Night	25% 9% 21% 31% 13% 1	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	24% 8% 27% 36% 5%	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 9% 26% 25% 10%	2796
	21st to end	Night	30% 9% 27% 28% 6%	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 18% 52% 18%	2985
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 36% 34% 5%	3143
	21st to end	Night	19% 10% 29% 32% 10% 1	3692
September	1st to 10th	Night	31% 10% 21% 20% 12% 5%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 9% 16% 24% 17% 3	2090
	21st to end	Night	25% 6% 15% 27% 18% 9%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 9% 19% 21% 33%	3480
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 4 11% 20% 27% 18%	3587
	21st to end	Night	19% 3 9% 21% 31% 15%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	31% 7% 10% 19% 22% 11%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 5% 12% 17% 19% 15%	2465
	21st to end	Night	37% 5% 9% 19% 18% 12%	2600
December	1st to 10th	Night	59% 3 5% 11% 14% 8%	4250
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 6% 9% 16% 16% 15%	4817
	21st to end	Night	30% 5% 7% 19% 23% 17%	6490

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	21% 7% 32% 26% 12% 2	300
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 8% 31% 30% 8% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	22% 8% 32% 26% 11% 1	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	20% 9% 29% 26% 15% 2	300
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 12% 34% 22% 9% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	21% 9% 36% 29% 5%	249
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 11% 38% 25% 7%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 10% 42% 24% 8%	300
	21st to end	Day	14% 11% 39% 31% 4 1	330
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 10% 35% 29% 11%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 13% 32% 27% 12% 1	294
	21st to end	Day	13% 11% 44% 27% 5% 1	552
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 12% 39% 28% 8%	703
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 8% 34% 31% 13% 2	725
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 29% 39% 16% 1	789
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 2 16% 43% 30% 5%	726
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 17% 45% 26% 6%	680
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 11% 36% 32% 13%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 8% 34% 36% 12%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 6% 35% 44% 11%	668
	21st to end	Day	4 1 5% 34% 44% 12%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 4 34% 39% 20%	576
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 5% 34% 38% 18%	477
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 4 23% 35% 32%	416
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 1 4 20% 44% 20%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 1 5% 16% 39% 32%	300
	21st to end	Day	9% 1 6% 20% 40% 25%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 9% 23% 38% 20%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 3 9% 31% 32% 14%	300
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 18% 29% 23% 8%	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 19% 32% 24% 7%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 4 16% 32% 24% 6%	300
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 31% 25% 13% 4	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	21% 3 23% 29% 17% 6%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 9% 22% 28% 17% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	16% 10% 25% 33% 13% 2	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 7% 26% 36% 10% 1	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 29% 36% 8%	1000
	21st to end	Night	21% 8% 28% 36% 7%	895
February	1st to 10th	Night	20% 9% 34% 31% 6% 1	800
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 7% 38% 27% 6%	784
	21st to end	Night	20% 11% 40% 25% 3	660
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 10% 40% 25% 4	615
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 12% 40% 29% 3	600
	21st to end	Night	14% 9% 47% 27% 3	660
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 10% 52% 24% 3	600
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 10% 44% 27% 4	593
	21st to end	Night	14% 12% 45% 24% 4 1	600
May	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 52% 25% 3	600
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 43% 34% 8%	591
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 40% 41% 6%	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 25% 52% 16% 1	599
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 29% 53% 13%	570
	21st to end	Night	4 2 21% 50% 22% 1	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 14% 54% 23% 2	555
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 12% 56% 26% 2	552
	21st to end	Night	4 1 10% 57% 27% 1	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 11% 59% 26% 2	567
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 11% 55% 27% 2	564
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 5% 47% 37% 3	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 6% 46% 35% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 2 7% 35% 42% 4	570
	21st to end	Night	9% 11% 40% 36% 4	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 12% 45% 35% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 2 21% 47% 17% 2	646
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 25% 39% 20% 1	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 22% 39% 20% 2	780
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 22% 42% 17% 2	865
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 25% 37% 16% 1	1000
December	1st to 10th	Night	21% 4 23% 37% 14% 1	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 7% 26% 35% 11%	1000
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 26% 40% 10%	1100

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