Brenham
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Brenham clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2025-03-27.

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	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 42%	109498
	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 48%	110042
Transparency	Day	38% 7% 11% 20% 17% 8%	113241
	Night	35% 6% 11% 20% 19% 10%	114426
Seeing	Day	13% 6% 19% 26% 25% 10%	15286
	Night	14% 7% 25% 34% 18% 2	25329

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	18% 9% 3 6% 3 4 3 3 4 4 43%	4077
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 4 6% 49%	4080
	21st to end	Day	29% 9% 3 6% 2 2 2 2 3 6% 37%	4488
February	1st to 10th	Day	21% 9% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 3 5% 40%	1979
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 8% 2 6% 4 4 4 2 3 6% 40%	1949
	21st to end	Day	18% 8% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 42%	1750
March	1st to 10th	Day	15% 7% 3 9% 5% 5% 5% 3 5% 8% 34%	3546
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 8% 3 9% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 32%	3590
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 42%	3880
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 9% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 4 4 7% 38%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 3 7% 4 5% 3 4 5% 6% 39%	2147
	21st to end	Day	12% 7% 3 5% 4 4 5% 3 5% 7% 44%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	17% 8% 3 8% 5% 6% 5% 4 7% 7% 31%	4050
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 42%	4082
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 9% 10% 35%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 6% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 10% 45%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 1 5% 5% 5% 6% 6% 7% 10% 46%	2470
	21st to end	Day	5% 6% 2 7% 7% 7% 8% 6% 8% 11% 34%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 8% 10% 44%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 5% 2 7% 5% 6% 6% 6% 8% 11% 38%	4120
	21st to end	Day	12% 7% 3 7% 5% 6% 6% 5% 7% 11% 30%	4465
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 6% 11% 63%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 4 3 4 5% 6% 9% 14% 49%	4014
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 6% 6% 6% 6% 5% 7% 10% 43%	3893
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 2 6% 6% 6% 6% 6% 8% 9% 41%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 3 7% 5% 6% 6% 5% 6% 7% 38%	2090
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 6% 5% 6% 5% 4 6% 7% 49%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 1 4 5% 5% 4 3 3 8% 58%	2037
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 53%	1900
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 1 5% 3 3 2 3 4 6% 55%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 1 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 46%	1958
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 6% 52%	2000
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 4 5% 43%	1833
December	1st to 10th	Day	24% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 38%	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 7% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 43%	3391
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 2 5% 3 3 4 2 4 5% 48%	4488
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 7% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 48%	5888
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 4 2 3 3 2 3 5% 56%	5900
	21st to end	Night	30% 8% 2 5% 3 2 2 2 4 5% 38%	6490
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 9% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 3 6% 41%	2437
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 8% 2 5% 4 2 2 2 3 5% 44%	2338
	21st to end	Night	21% 6% 2 7% 3 4 3 3 5% 4 41%	1878
March	1st to 10th	Night	20% 10% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 34%	3529
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 9% 3 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 5% 33%	3590
	21st to end	Night	14% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 45%	3889
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 45%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 6% 7% 43%	1980
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 2 5% 5% 4 4 3 4 6% 47%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	20% 9% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 33%	2837
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 6% 46%	2823
	21st to end	Night	9% 8% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 7% 10% 40%	3090
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 2 4 3 4 4 3 7% 10% 56%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 3 3 4 4 4 6% 11% 57%	1710
	21st to end	Night	4 3 2 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 8% 11% 48%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 1 4 4 4 5% 4 6% 11% 52%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 6% 4 5% 4 4 7% 10% 50%	2850
	21st to end	Night	9% 7% 3 7% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 11% 39%	3098
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 2 2 2 3 3 5% 11% 71%	2836
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 3 5% 4 7% 12% 60%	2821
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 4 4 5% 5% 4 8% 11% 51%	3757
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 6% 3 4 5% 5% 6% 10% 50%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 46%	2090
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 54%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 6% 7% 63%	2123
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 60%	2280
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 2 3 5% 60%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 3 3 4 6% 52%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 52%	2400
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 4 7% 47%	2564
December	1st to 10th	Night	22% 10% 3 7% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 37%	4250
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 9% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 45%	4816
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 54%	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	45% 5% 5% 21% 17% 8%	4078
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 4 4 19% 25% 12%	4080
	21st to end	Day	52% 2 3 10% 17% 15%	4488
February	1st to 10th	Day	49% 3 5% 12% 19% 13%	1979
	11th to 20th	Day	47% 5% 7% 15% 16% 10%	1959
	21st to end	Day	45% 4 8% 15% 17% 12%	1750
March	1st to 10th	Day	47% 7% 9% 15% 18% 6%	3546
	11th to 20th	Day	52% 6% 8% 11% 16% 8%	3590
	21st to end	Day	42% 6% 8% 18% 22% 5%	3880
April	1st to 10th	Day	46% 6% 7% 17% 14% 10%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 7% 8% 14% 18% 10%	2147
	21st to end	Day	40% 6% 7% 20% 20% 7%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	48% 8% 12% 17% 10% 5%	4088
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 8% 10% 17% 22% 3	4086
	21st to end	Day	38% 10% 12% 29% 10% 1	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	32% 8% 14% 27% 17% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 9% 14% 25% 18% 3	2470
	21st to end	Day	41% 9% 14% 25% 10% 1	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	31% 8% 25% 30% 4	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 11% 17% 24% 12% 1	4051
	21st to end	Day	44% 11% 19% 21% 5%	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 13% 40% 24% 1	4090
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 8% 31% 31% 8% 1	4053
	21st to end	Day	33% 11% 18% 23% 13% 1	3892
September	1st to 10th	Day	35% 12% 13% 20% 15% 6%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 9% 11% 16% 18% 4	2090
	21st to end	Day	34% 7% 9% 20% 17% 13%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	17% 3 6% 13% 21% 39%	3388
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 3 7% 16% 34% 18%	3140
	21st to end	Day	26% 4 4 20% 32% 15%	3428
November	1st to 10th	Day	36% 6% 9% 18% 21% 10%	1958
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 6% 9% 16% 22% 14%	2000
	21st to end	Day	43% 4 8% 15% 18% 11%	1833
December	1st to 10th	Day	49% 4 6% 15% 19% 6%	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 5% 9% 12% 22% 10%	3389
	21st to end	Day	39% 4 5% 15% 26% 11%	4488
January	1st to 10th	Night	40% 4 6% 21% 20% 10%	5888
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 4 3 20% 27% 13%	5900
	21st to end	Night	51% 3 3 12% 18% 13%	6490
February	1st to 10th	Night	46% 4 6% 11% 18% 15%	2437
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 4 6% 16% 17% 13%	2338
	21st to end	Night	47% 5% 6% 13% 16% 13%	1878
March	1st to 10th	Night	49% 6% 9% 14% 15% 7%	3529
	11th to 20th	Night	52% 6% 8% 14% 12% 7%	3590
	21st to end	Night	41% 6% 8% 15% 22% 8%	3889
April	1st to 10th	Night	38% 7% 9% 19% 16% 11%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 5% 10% 16% 15% 14%	1980
	21st to end	Night	38% 5% 10% 21% 19% 8%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	50% 7% 9% 19% 10% 5%	2864
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 8% 10% 21% 20% 6%	2824
	21st to end	Night	37% 10% 14% 30% 9% 1	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	22% 8% 16% 32% 20% 2	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 8% 18% 30% 18% 5%	1710
	21st to end	Night	28% 9% 20% 28% 14% 1	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	26% 10% 28% 31% 5%	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 9% 23% 28% 12%	2796
	21st to end	Night	38% 9% 22% 24% 6%	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 17% 44% 24% 1	2826
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 33% 34% 9% 1	2848
	21st to end	Night	25% 12% 21% 28% 12% 1	3757
September	1st to 10th	Night	28% 10% 19% 21% 14% 7%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 8% 14% 22% 14% 6%	2090
	21st to end	Night	26% 6% 16% 20% 18% 14%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 4 7% 16% 18% 41%	3539
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 3 6% 21% 33% 21%	3779
	21st to end	Night	22% 3 4 23% 31% 18%	4120
November	1st to 10th	Night	33% 6% 10% 20% 20% 11%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 4 9% 18% 20% 15%	2400
	21st to end	Night	39% 4 8% 17% 19% 12%	2564
December	1st to 10th	Night	51% 4 5% 15% 18% 7%	4250
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 4 9% 9% 21% 15%	4817
	21st to end	Night	35% 4 4 16% 30% 11%	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	24% 9% 38% 23% 5% 1	300
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 10% 31% 25% 7% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	24% 17% 32% 20% 8%	330
February	1st to 10th	Day	30% 14% 28% 21% 7%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 18% 28% 18% 6%	300
	21st to end	Day	28% 18% 31% 19% 4	249
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 16% 35% 22% 6%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 17% 40% 18% 5% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	18% 14% 35% 23% 9% 1	315
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 18% 37% 23% 5% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 13% 31% 22% 10% 1	345
	21st to end	Day	18% 9% 32% 27% 13% 1	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 10% 38% 27% 11% 1	634
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 6% 26% 31% 19% 3	675
	21st to end	Day	12% 4 25% 34% 21% 3	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 13% 36% 34% 10%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 1 11% 40% 31% 9%	680
	21st to end	Day	8% 1 10% 29% 39% 14%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 7% 27% 40% 17%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 3 30% 45% 18%	668
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 6% 24% 47% 17%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 22% 50% 22%	676
	11th to 20th	Day	4 1 3 20% 48% 23%	651
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 4 17% 30% 41%	369
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 7% 23% 34% 29%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 8% 18% 38% 28%	300
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 7% 22% 39% 23%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 9% 32% 38% 14%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 17% 36% 22% 12%	300
	21st to end	Day	21% 9% 19% 24% 21% 6%	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	17% 5% 18% 34% 19% 7%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 22% 32% 18% 4	300
	21st to end	Day	21% 14% 32% 19% 11% 3	300
December	1st to 10th	Day	19% 8% 31% 24% 13% 5%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 15% 27% 22% 9% 2	300
	21st to end	Day	21% 10% 34% 26% 7% 2	330
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 10% 32% 29% 8%	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 11% 30% 29% 8%	1000
	21st to end	Night	23% 10% 30% 31% 6%	1100
February	1st to 10th	Night	24% 13% 33% 26% 4	837
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 10% 33% 26% 4	784
	21st to end	Night	25% 13% 39% 19% 3	558
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 11% 38% 26% 3	600
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 11% 36% 29% 6%	600
	21st to end	Night	15% 11% 41% 27% 5%	647
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 9% 43% 30% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 12% 35% 31% 7%	563
	21st to end	Night	16% 10% 37% 27% 9% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 11% 39% 29% 5%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 32% 38% 13% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 30% 41% 17% 1	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 14% 51% 26% 2	570
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 20% 52% 21% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 12% 44% 34% 5%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 1 7% 44% 36% 5%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 7% 45% 40% 4	552
	21st to end	Night	4 1 6% 45% 40% 4	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 4 49% 42% 4	567
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 46% 40% 5%	564
	21st to end	Night	4 6% 33% 50% 7%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 8% 32% 46% 7%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 1 7% 34% 44% 5%	570
	21st to end	Night	9% 1 12% 32% 41% 6%	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 10% 44% 33% 6%	603
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 3 22% 40% 21% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	13% 7% 26% 32% 20% 3	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 22% 39% 20% 2	780
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 8% 26% 37% 16% 1	800
	21st to end	Night	17% 9% 28% 31% 14% 1	964
December	1st to 10th	Night	20% 9% 28% 31% 12% 1	1000
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 9% 28% 31% 7%	1000
	21st to end	Night	20% 9% 30% 31% 9% 1	1100

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