University of Oklahoma Observatory
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the University of Oklahoma Observatory clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-02-20.

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	10% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 7% 52%	78813
	Night	9% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 4 5% 7% 56%	80437
Transparency	Day	32% 5% 10% 25% 22% 6%	78538
	Night	29% 5% 10% 24% 25% 8%	80232
Seeing	Day	12% 8% 26% 29% 19% 6%	14322
	Night	11% 9% 31% 34% 13% 1	24393

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	9% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 6% 48%	2847
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 3 3 2 3 4 4 5% 62%	2850
	21st to end	Day	16% 10% 4 4 3 2 3 2 3 4 49%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	12% 7% 4 5% 4 2 4 4 4 6% 48%	1795
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 3 4 4 2 4 4 5% 6% 50%	1839
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 3 5% 4 2 4 2 3 5% 50%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 3 3 4 7% 50%	1944
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 9% 3 4 4 2 3 4 3 5% 48%	1980
	21st to end	Day	13% 8% 3 4 5% 2 3 4 4 7% 46%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 2 5% 5% 2 4 4 5% 6% 55%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 4 5% 4 4 4 5% 6% 48%	2117
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 3 4 4 2 4 4 4 6% 48%	2340
May	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 4 5% 5% 3 3 3 5% 7% 47%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 2 5% 4 2 5% 4 5% 6% 47%	2302
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 3 4 6% 4 5% 7% 6% 8% 40%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 5% 7% 9% 51%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 2 4 5% 3 5% 4 5% 9% 55%	2340
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 3 4 2 4 4 5% 8% 61%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 2 5% 5% 3 7% 6% 8% 10% 43%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 1 2 3 2 5% 5% 5% 10% 59%	2340
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 1 3 5% 3 5% 6% 6% 11% 52%	2546
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 2 5% 5% 4 6% 5% 6% 8% 54%	2328
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 1 5% 4 3 5% 5% 7% 9% 49%	2301
	21st to end	Day	4 2 1 3 4 3 5% 6% 7% 9% 55%	2397
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 1 3 3 2 4 3 5% 6% 58%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 49%	1980
	21st to end	Day	8% 3 2 5% 2 3 2 4 5% 6% 60%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 1 4 4 2 4 3 4 5% 60%	1945
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 3 1 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 66%	1800
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 2 4 4 2 2 3 3 3 58%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 3 3 2 3 4 4 7% 60%	1792
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 5% 66%	1710
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 5% 59%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 54%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 4 2 4 4 4 5% 51%	2161
	21st to end	Day	13% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 43%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	10% 8% 3 5% 5% 2 4 4 4 5% 51%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 2 3 3 2 4 4 4 6% 62%	4120
	21st to end	Night	17% 8% 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 5% 51%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 3 4 4 2 3 3 4 5% 52%	2399
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 3 4 4 2 2 3 4 6% 54%	2212
	21st to end	Night	12% 7% 3 5% 4 2 4 3 4 5% 51%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 5% 2 4 4 5% 6% 52%	2016
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 6% 2 4 2 2 3 3 3 7% 53%	1980
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 2 4 4 2 4 4 5% 7% 49%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 1 4 3 2 3 4 4 7% 58%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 2 3 4 2 3 4 4 7% 53%	1790
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 4 4 7% 54%	1620
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 3 4 4 3 4 5% 4 7% 51%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 6% 51%	1593
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 2 4 4 3 4 5% 7% 10% 51%	1745
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 6% 12% 58%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 3 3 2 3 5% 6% 9% 59%	1620
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 2 2 2 3 4 5% 8% 68%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 2 4 4 2 6% 5% 6% 10% 53%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 3 2 4 5% 7% 8% 65%	1620
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 3 3 2 4 5% 7% 11% 60%	1772
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 3 4 3 4 5% 7% 11% 58%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 1 4 5% 2 6% 6% 6% 9% 55%	1600
	21st to end	Night	3 2 1 3 4 3 4 5% 6% 10% 61%	1954
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 2 3 4 2 3 4 4 5% 61%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 2 6% 4 2 4 4 4 7% 52%	1980
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 2 3 4 2 3 3 4 8% 62%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 1 3 3 2 3 4 6% 7% 62%	1995
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 65%	2160
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 2 3 3 1 2 3 3 4 62%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 1 3 3 2 2 3 4 6% 66%	2282
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 4 4 2 3 3 3 5% 63%	2470
	21st to end	Night	12% 5% 2 4 3 2 3 4 4 5% 57%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 1 4 3 2 2 3 6% 7% 57%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 54%	3036
	21st to end	Night	15% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 4 5% 5% 51%	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	36% 4 8% 24% 24% 4	2848
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 3 12% 24% 30% 5%	2850
	21st to end	Day	42% 2 5% 23% 23% 5%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	39% 4 8% 22% 23% 5%	1795
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 4 6% 27% 21% 6%	1849
	21st to end	Day	40% 3 5% 17% 25% 10%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	36% 4 7% 22% 18% 13%	1944
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 4 7% 22% 19% 7%	1980
	21st to end	Day	39% 5% 11% 22% 19% 4	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	31% 6% 10% 24% 21% 7%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 5% 10% 21% 20% 7%	2117
	21st to end	Day	38% 6% 9% 24% 19% 4	2340
May	1st to 10th	Day	37% 6% 11% 22% 20% 4	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 7% 12% 27% 15% 1	2306
	21st to end	Day	40% 7% 14% 24% 13% 1	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	31% 7% 18% 26% 15% 3	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 7% 13% 28% 21% 4	2340
	21st to end	Day	22% 6% 13% 29% 23% 6%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	32% 9% 18% 26% 14% 1	2276
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 7% 13% 30% 27% 4	2271
	21st to end	Day	25% 8% 15% 32% 20% 1	2405
August	1st to 10th	Day	27% 7% 12% 29% 18% 7%	2314
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 8% 14% 26% 19% 3	2301
	21st to end	Day	23% 8% 13% 31% 20% 5%	2397
September	1st to 10th	Day	27% 5% 9% 25% 24% 10%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 5% 10% 21% 22% 6%	1980
	21st to end	Day	25% 4 8% 25% 31% 7%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	28% 4 10% 22% 27% 9%	1945
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 3 7% 20% 33% 14%	1800
	21st to end	Day	32% 4 7% 24% 21% 12%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	25% 4 7% 23% 30% 10%	1792
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 3 8% 27% 30% 10%	1710
	21st to end	Day	30% 2 6% 24% 27% 10%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	31% 5% 10% 26% 25% 4	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 4 7% 18% 28% 7%	2159
	21st to end	Day	40% 4 7% 21% 24% 3	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	35% 4 7% 22% 27% 6%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 5% 15% 22% 28% 7%	4120
	21st to end	Night	39% 3 6% 18% 28% 6%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	37% 4 7% 21% 24% 7%	2399
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 4 7% 25% 23% 8%	2212
	21st to end	Night	36% 3 5% 19% 23% 13%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	34% 5% 6% 20% 20% 15%	2016
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 4 8% 24% 21% 9%	1980
	21st to end	Night	34% 5% 12% 24% 20% 5%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	28% 5% 10% 23% 22% 12%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 5% 11% 24% 18% 11%	1790
	21st to end	Night	32% 5% 11% 25% 23% 4	1620
May	1st to 10th	Night	33% 6% 11% 23% 21% 7%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 7% 13% 25% 19% 4	1594
	21st to end	Night	28% 7% 15% 30% 16% 3	1746
June	1st to 10th	Night	20% 7% 18% 31% 20% 4	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 6% 16% 28% 23% 5%	1620
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 11% 29% 31% 8%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	25% 7% 17% 29% 19% 3	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 13% 32% 28% 7%	1566
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 13% 32% 28% 2	1673
August	1st to 10th	Night	18% 6% 15% 28% 26% 6%	1601
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 7% 13% 26% 25% 6%	1600
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 14% 30% 24% 8%	1954
September	1st to 10th	Night	26% 5% 8% 24% 25% 12%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 5% 9% 19% 25% 9%	1980
	21st to end	Night	22% 4 8% 26% 31% 10%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	23% 5% 11% 22% 27% 12%	1995
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 3 6% 16% 31% 17%	2160
	21st to end	Night	28% 3 6% 22% 27% 13%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	23% 3 9% 22% 31% 13%	2282
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 3 6% 24% 29% 11%	2470
	21st to end	Night	31% 3 6% 20% 28% 11%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	27% 4 9% 27% 25% 9%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 3 5% 20% 30% 8%	3037
	21st to end	Night	33% 4 8% 22% 23% 8%	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	17% 14% 37% 25% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 21% 36% 22% 3 1	270
	21st to end	Day	15% 14% 40% 23% 7% 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	21% 16% 41% 17% 4 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 19% 44% 17% 2	267
	21st to end	Day	28% 14% 41% 14% 3	198
March	1st to 10th	Day	19% 20% 38% 18% 6%	240
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 18% 35% 17% 6% 2	240
	21st to end	Day	20% 18% 39% 18% 5%	264
April	1st to 10th	Day	12% 21% 34% 28% 5%	240
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 18% 43% 20% 3	395
	21st to end	Day	20% 14% 34% 23% 7% 2	600
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 14% 37% 29% 6% 1	603
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 10% 32% 25% 14% 2	625
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 33% 25% 16% 5%	679
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 3 19% 37% 26% 7%	630
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 25% 40% 20% 4	630
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 21% 40% 25% 8%	630
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 1 10% 32% 35% 15%	621
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 9% 37% 38% 11%	618
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 6% 30% 43% 15%	684
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 1 10% 40% 37% 7%	626
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 1 12% 33% 37% 8%	615
	21st to end	Day	5% 1 7% 37% 34% 17%	516
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 8% 30% 34% 19%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 2 12% 34% 30% 14%	270
	21st to end	Day	13% 4 16% 33% 26% 7%	270
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 27% 33% 17% 7%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 13% 35% 30% 11% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	23% 13% 29% 22% 10% 2	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 9% 39% 26% 11% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 12% 37% 23% 11% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	20% 13% 37% 20% 9%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	12% 16% 37% 25% 7% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 14% 37% 22% 9%	270
	21st to end	Day	20% 14% 40% 21% 5%	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	12% 13% 39% 29% 7% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 15% 35% 31% 5%	950
	21st to end	Night	13% 12% 38% 30% 7%	1045
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 12% 42% 24% 4	879
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 16% 39% 25% 5%	742
	21st to end	Night	17% 17% 39% 25% 2	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	14% 15% 34% 34% 4	576
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 12% 36% 27% 5%	540
	21st to end	Night	15% 14% 42% 22% 6%	594
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 15% 44% 23% 5%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 15% 39% 25% 5%	533
	21st to end	Night	14% 11% 41% 26% 7% 1	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	11% 10% 42% 29% 8%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 7% 37% 29% 13% 2	531
	21st to end	Night	8% 6% 34% 33% 17% 2	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 21% 44% 22% 3	540
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 28% 49% 13%	540
	21st to end	Night	3 1 23% 46% 24% 3	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 11% 45% 34% 4	525
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 10% 52% 32% 2	522
	21st to end	Night	3 1 8% 49% 37% 2	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 13% 52% 31% 2	537
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 16% 42% 35% 2	534
	21st to end	Night	3 9% 44% 39% 5%	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 1 13% 40% 33% 2	540
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 1 20% 35% 28% 4	540
	21st to end	Night	9% 3 19% 44% 20% 5%	540
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 31% 34% 20% 2	555
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 8% 35% 35% 11% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	16% 8% 31% 31% 12% 1	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 38% 33% 12% 1	802
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 13% 34% 33% 9% 1	950
	21st to end	Night	16% 12% 36% 28% 8%	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	12% 12% 36% 32% 7%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 11% 36% 29% 5%	950
	21st to end	Night	16% 12% 37% 30% 6%	1045

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