Owasso Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Owasso Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-01.

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 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 48%	101231
	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 53%	97821
Transparency	Day	34% 6% 12% 25% 19% 4	101044
	Night	31% 5% 11% 26% 21% 5%	97678
Seeing	Day	13% 9% 26% 28% 18% 5%	15457
	Night	13% 9% 31% 33% 13% 1	25276

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% 10% 4 7% 3 4 3 3 4 6% 45%	2847
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 7% 2 6% 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 51%	2850
	21st to end	Day	21% 11% 3 4 2 2 2 2 3 5% 44%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 10% 3 7% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 42%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 2 5% 6% 47%	1787
	21st to end	Day	15% 8% 2 5% 5% 4 4 2 4 6% 45%	1611
March	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 2 4 3 2 3 3 3 5% 53%	3436
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 4 3 4 3 3 6% 8% 52%	3480
	21st to end	Day	14% 9% 3 8% 6% 5% 4 4 6% 6% 35%	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 47%	2104
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 44%	2254
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 41%	2432
May	1st to 10th	Day	21% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 38%	4082
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 7% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 43%	4082
	21st to end	Day	14% 7% 3 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 36%	4477
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 10% 49%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 8% 50%	2470
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 1 4 3 3 5% 4 6% 8% 59%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 44%	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 3 4 4 3 6% 9% 55%	4120
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 11% 48%	4465
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 4 3 3 4 4 6% 9% 57%	4104
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 48%	4041
	21st to end	Day	4 4 1 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 56%	4291
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 5% 1 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 53%	2151
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 2 6% 3 4 4 4 5% 8% 49%	2090
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 1 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 56%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 58%	1959
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 4 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 5% 62%	1900
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 2 4 2 3 3 2 3 5% 54%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 2 4 2 3 3 3 4 6% 59%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 1 4 2 3 3 2 3 5% 60%	1725
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 2 4 3 2 3 2 4 6% 53%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 2 6% 3 4 3 3 4 5% 50%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 8% 3 7% 3 4 3 3 4 6% 45%	2161
	21st to end	Day	16% 14% 5% 8% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 32%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	11% 9% 3 6% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 47%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 54%	4120
	21st to end	Night	21% 9% 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 5% 47%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 9% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 5% 46%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 8% 3 5% 3 2 3 2 4 6% 51%	2297
	21st to end	Night	13% 7% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 4 4 51%	1841
March	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 50%	3419
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 4 2 2 3 3 4 6% 58%	3480
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 46%	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 4 3 4 3 3 4 6% 54%	2074
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 2 5% 4 3 2 3 4 6% 51%	1875
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 3 2 4 6% 48%	1744
May	1st to 10th	Night	16% 8% 3 6% 4 3 3 4 5% 7% 43%	2823
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 3 6% 3 4 3 3 4 7% 46%	2823
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 6% 10% 47%	3090
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 1 5% 4 4 4 3 7% 7% 56%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 8% 10% 56%	1710
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 5% 8% 64%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 4 3 3 4 4 6% 10% 51%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 10% 62%	2850
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 8% 58%	3098
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 4 3 3 4 3 7% 9% 62%	2836
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 1 5% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 8% 52%	2798
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 4 2 3 4 3 6% 9% 63%	3366
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 7% 60%	2024
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 52%	2090
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 60%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 1 3 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 63%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 5% 61%	2280
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 4 57%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 1 3 3 2 2 3 4 5% 64%	2227
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 5% 2 4 2 2 3 2 4 6% 59%	2453
	21st to end	Night	14% 6% 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 5% 55%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 5% 2 4 4 3 5% 7% 51%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 4 5% 50%	3036
	21st to end	Night	18% 9% 4 6% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 42%	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	42% 4 9% 25% 19% 2	2848
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 5% 17% 27% 15% 5%	2850
	21st to end	Day	46% 3 8% 21% 20% 2	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	44% 5% 10% 23% 14% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 5% 9% 26% 18% 3	1796
	21st to end	Day	42% 3 8% 22% 17% 9%	1611
March	1st to 10th	Day	33% 5% 7% 22% 24% 9%	3436
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 6% 13% 26% 20% 4	3480
	21st to end	Day	46% 8% 10% 25% 9% 1	3814
April	1st to 10th	Day	36% 5% 12% 23% 18% 6%	2104
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 6% 12% 22% 16% 5%	2254
	21st to end	Day	45% 5% 10% 22% 16% 2	2432
May	1st to 10th	Day	48% 6% 8% 20% 15% 3	4120
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 9% 13% 23% 17% 1	4086
	21st to end	Day	43% 9% 13% 19% 12% 3	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	30% 8% 17% 26% 16% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 7% 15% 27% 17% 3	2470
	21st to end	Day	23% 7% 16% 29% 20% 5%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	32% 8% 16% 26% 15% 3	4056
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 7% 12% 33% 22% 3	4051
	21st to end	Day	26% 9% 18% 31% 15% 1	4325
August	1st to 10th	Day	22% 7% 13% 27% 25% 6%	4090
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 8% 20% 24% 17% 2	4080
	21st to end	Day	25% 7% 13% 37% 14% 3	4290
September	1st to 10th	Day	31% 5% 10% 22% 23% 9%	2151
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 6% 12% 21% 21% 5%	2090
	21st to end	Day	28% 5% 10% 23% 28% 7%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	26% 6% 12% 22% 27% 6%	1959
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 3 7% 24% 31% 9%	1900
	21st to end	Day	34% 4 8% 26% 20% 8%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	28% 3 8% 28% 25% 7%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 3 10% 27% 24% 7%	1725
	21st to end	Day	34% 4 8% 24% 25% 5%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	37% 4 9% 30% 20% 1	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 4 8% 22% 22% 3	2159
	21st to end	Day	53% 5% 9% 20% 10% 2	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	37% 5% 10% 26% 19% 3	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 6% 18% 21% 23% 3	4120
	21st to end	Night	42% 3 10% 20% 21% 3	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	41% 4 12% 21% 18% 4	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 4 8% 27% 19% 5%	2297
	21st to end	Night	38% 4 7% 20% 22% 9%	1841
March	1st to 10th	Night	36% 5% 8% 20% 19% 11%	3419
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 4 11% 31% 21% 5%	3480
	21st to end	Night	37% 6% 11% 30% 13% 2	3817
April	1st to 10th	Night	31% 5% 10% 22% 22% 9%	2074
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 5% 11% 23% 19% 8%	1875
	21st to end	Night	39% 4 10% 24% 20% 3	1744
May	1st to 10th	Night	40% 7% 12% 18% 19% 4	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 7% 12% 25% 16% 1	2824
	21st to end	Night	30% 8% 17% 26% 17% 1	3099
June	1st to 10th	Night	25% 8% 16% 29% 19% 3	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 7% 15% 32% 22% 3	1710
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 14% 30% 25% 6%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	27% 7% 18% 27% 17% 5%	2805
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 5% 11% 36% 27% 3	2796
	21st to end	Night	22% 7% 15% 35% 20% 1	2999
August	1st to 10th	Night	16% 6% 15% 31% 25% 7%	2826
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 7% 17% 25% 19% 4	2825
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 12% 40% 19% 5%	3366
September	1st to 10th	Night	26% 4 10% 26% 24% 11%	2024
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 7% 10% 20% 25% 6%	2090
	21st to end	Night	25% 5% 9% 24% 30% 7%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	23% 5% 11% 22% 28% 11%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 4 6% 21% 31% 12%	2280
	21st to end	Night	31% 3 8% 23% 26% 9%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	24% 4 9% 24% 30% 8%	2227
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 4 7% 27% 26% 8%	2453
	21st to end	Night	33% 4 7% 22% 28% 6%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	34% 5% 10% 26% 19% 4	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 4 8% 21% 25% 4	3037
	21st to end	Night	44% 6% 8% 22% 16% 4	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	20% 14% 36% 25% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 19% 39% 16% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	18% 19% 36% 20% 7%	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	24% 13% 37% 20% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 21% 39% 18% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	26% 21% 37% 13% 3	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 23% 34% 20% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 20% 37% 17% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	22% 22% 34% 17% 4 1	297
April	1st to 10th	Day	14% 23% 42% 17% 5%	284
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 17% 36% 22% 4	452
	21st to end	Day	22% 20% 31% 19% 8% 1	612
May	1st to 10th	Day	18% 11% 40% 23% 8% 1	653
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 12% 27% 28% 13% 3	675
	21st to end	Day	16% 9% 30% 23% 15% 7%	734
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 24% 35% 25% 5%	680
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 2 25% 38% 22% 5%	680
	21st to end	Day	4 2 22% 43% 23% 5%	680
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 15% 32% 31% 12%	671
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 12% 41% 33% 8%	668
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 9% 34% 36% 13%	739
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 13% 41% 33% 6%	676
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 2 14% 36% 32% 7%	665
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 10% 33% 38% 11%	611
September	1st to 10th	Day	11% 1 12% 29% 34% 13%	361
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 15% 38% 31% 9%	300
	21st to end	Day	13% 4 20% 34% 22% 7%	300
October	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 30% 29% 22% 6%	300
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 13% 37% 30% 11% 1	300
	21st to end	Day	23% 12% 30% 24% 9% 2	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	13% 10% 39% 26% 11% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 12% 41% 22% 10% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	22% 16% 36% 20% 6%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	15% 17% 36% 20% 10% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 15% 38% 20% 8%	270
	21st to end	Day	15% 24% 36% 21% 4	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 14% 38% 28% 6%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 14% 38% 27% 5%	950
	21st to end	Night	15% 14% 37% 30% 5%	1045
February	1st to 10th	Night	19% 14% 37% 26% 4	950
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 16% 36% 27% 3	822
	21st to end	Night	18% 14% 39% 25% 3	585
March	1st to 10th	Night	16% 11% 37% 31% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 13% 39% 26% 4	570
	21st to end	Night	19% 14% 39% 22% 5%	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	15% 15% 41% 25% 4	570
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 12% 39% 26% 7%	563
	21st to end	Night	18% 11% 40% 23% 6% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 9% 41% 29% 6%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 28% 35% 13% 1	561
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 30% 36% 17% 2	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 22% 44% 24% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 27% 45% 20% 1	570
	21st to end	Night	4 3 22% 50% 20% 1	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 15% 46% 30% 2	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 16% 47% 31% 3	552
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 11% 45% 36% 2	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 14% 49% 30% 2	567
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 14% 43% 34% 2	564
	21st to end	Night	4 13% 37% 41% 4	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 1 12% 45% 31% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 2 18% 41% 24% 4	570
	21st to end	Night	10% 3 20% 39% 24% 4	570
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 29% 36% 21% 3	680
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 8% 36% 32% 10% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	15% 12% 32% 30% 11% 1	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 9% 37% 29% 11% 1	743
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 13% 35% 31% 9% 1	933
	21st to end	Night	18% 12% 32% 29% 9%	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	15% 14% 33% 31% 6% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 11% 35% 29% 6%	950
	21st to end	Night	18% 13% 36% 28% 5%	1045

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