6.6 usable nights
5–8 in the middle half of years · 2.3 typically near a dark moon.
310 astronomical-dark hours in an average month
20-year trip-planning baseline
Best time to stargaze at Pompano Beach
May: 10.0 usable nights on average. Use this seasonal climate baseline to choose a month, then use the live forecast to choose a night.
Site darkness · modelled, not measured
Bright urban skyBortle classes describe observed sky conditions; this brightness model does not establish a measured Bortle class.18.0–18.8 mag/arcsec²
The short answer
May has been strongest.
It averages 10.0 usable nights, versus 4.0 in June. A typical May lands between 6 and 14 usable nights.
Record2005–2024 · 20 complete years
Usable nightAt least 3 astronomical-dark hours and NASA POWER nighttime cloud ≤30%
Dark-moon nightUsable night with ≤25% illumination at local solar midnight
ResolutionCERES SYN1deg 1° cloud grid; regional climate, not a campsite guarantee
Seasonal fingerprint
Usable nights by month
Month by month
9.6 usable nights
7–12 in the middle half of years · 3.4 typically near a dark moon.
283 astronomical-dark hours in an average month
9.0 usable nights
5–12 in the middle half of years · 3.1 typically near a dark moon.
301 astronomical-dark hours in an average month
8.8 usable nights
7–10 in the middle half of years · 3.1 typically near a dark moon.
244 astronomical-dark hours in an average month
10.0 usable nights
6–14 in the middle half of years · 3.0 typically near a dark moon.
248 astronomical-dark hours in an average month
4.0 usable nights
1–6 in the middle half of years · 1.3 typically near a dark moon.
240 astronomical-dark hours in an average month
5.5 usable nights
3–8 in the middle half of years · 2.1 typically near a dark moon.
248 astronomical-dark hours in an average month
4.8 usable nights
2–7 in the middle half of years · 1.3 typically near a dark moon.
248 astronomical-dark hours in an average month
4.3 usable nights
2–7 in the middle half of years · 1.2 typically near a dark moon.
275 astronomical-dark hours in an average month
6.7 usable nights
4–9 in the middle half of years · 1.8 typically near a dark moon.
310 astronomical-dark hours in an average month
7.0 usable nights
5–8 in the middle half of years · 2.3 typically near a dark moon.
311 astronomical-dark hours in an average month
7.3 usable nights
5–9 in the middle half of years · 2.5 typically near a dark moon.
312 astronomical-dark hours in an average month
Use the baseline honestly
Climate chooses the month. Forecasts choose the night.
The cloud product is a roughly 1° regional grid. It can reveal seasonality, but it cannot know a mountain ridge, valley fog pocket, locked gate, smoke event or the exact sky you will get.
Source: NASA POWER daily data, parameter CLOUD_AMT_NIGHT from the CERES SYN1deg cloud product. GoodSeeing calculates astronomical darkness and lunar illumination independently for each place.