Wichita
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Wichita clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-03-28.

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	9% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 7% 50%	79197
	Night	9% 5% 2 4 4 2 4 4 5% 7% 53%	80861
Transparency	Day	34% 4 12% 27% 19% 4	78922
	Night	32% 3 11% 27% 21% 5%	80656
Seeing	Day	11% 8% 28% 31% 18% 4	14620
	Night	11% 8% 33% 35% 12% 1	24712

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	10% 6% 2 8% 7% 4 4 4 5% 6% 44%	2847
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 7% 3 6% 6% 4 4 5% 6% 7% 44%	2850
	21st to end	Day	12% 13% 3 6% 4 2 3 2 3 6% 45%	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	10% 9% 4 5% 4 3 3 4 4 8% 45%	1714
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 2 6% 5% 4 3 4 5% 6% 51%	1849
	21st to end	Day	8% 6% 2 4 5% 3 3 5% 6% 8% 50%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	10% 6% 3 5% 4 3 4 5% 5% 6% 51%	2033
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 2 4 3 2 3 3 3 6% 49%	2090
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 4 7% 41%	2255
April	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 2 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 8% 52%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 3 5% 6% 3 3 5% 4 6% 45%	2203
	21st to end	Day	16% 7% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 44%	2340
May	1st to 10th	Day	15% 8% 3 6% 6% 3 4 5% 4 6% 42%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 4 3 4 5% 4 7% 49%	2302
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 3 6% 6% 3 4 5% 7% 8% 37%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 2 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 10% 54%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 5% 6% 7% 54%	2340
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 1 3 4 2 4 4 7% 8% 59%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 4 5% 3 4 5% 7% 9% 49%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 4 3 5% 5% 7% 9% 58%	2340
	21st to end	Day	7% 3 2 4 4 3 6% 6% 7% 10% 47%	2546
August	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 6% 10% 46%	2328
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 4 4 3 5% 4 6% 8% 53%	2301
	21st to end	Day	4 3 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 9% 57%	2498
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 5% 2 5% 4 2 4 3 4 7% 55%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 4 4 2 4 4 6% 6% 53%	1980
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 7% 56%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	11% 4 2 4 4 3 3 4 6% 6% 54%	1920
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 3 1 3 3 2 3 2 4 6% 63%	1800
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 3 3 4 2 4 3 4 5% 55%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 3 3 2 3 4 4 7% 62%	1719
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 5% 3 2 3 4 4 6% 60%	1710
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 1 3 4 1 3 3 4 5% 59%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 4 5% 7% 54%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 4 3 4 6% 50%	2161
	21st to end	Day	11% 10% 4 9% 6% 3 5% 4 5% 6% 36%	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	8% 8% 3 8% 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 48%	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 6% 2 5% 6% 3 5% 3 5% 6% 53%	4120
	21st to end	Night	15% 10% 3 4 3 2 3 2 3 4 49%	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	10% 8% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 46%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 3 5% 4 3 3 4 4 6% 50%	2228
	21st to end	Night	9% 6% 2 5% 4 2 4 3 4 6% 55%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 4 2 4 4 6% 7% 53%	2147
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 6% 50%	2090
	21st to end	Night	16% 7% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 4 7% 42%	2255
April	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 4 2 3 4 5% 8% 53%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 6% 2 4 4 3 3 3 5% 8% 48%	1702
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 2 4 4 2 5% 4 5% 6% 48%	1620
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 8% 43%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 4 6% 8% 50%	1593
	21st to end	Night	9% 5% 3 4 4 3 4 5% 8% 9% 45%	1745
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 2 3 4 3 4 5% 6% 12% 54%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 2 3 4 2 5% 5% 8% 10% 55%	1620
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 3 2 3 3 4 4 8% 62%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 1 4 4 2 4 5% 6% 9% 54%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 4 3 5% 5% 6% 10% 58%	1620
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 4 5% 3 5% 4 7% 12% 49%	1772
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 4 4 3 5% 6% 6% 11% 53%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 1 4 4 3 4 6% 6% 9% 53%	1600
	21st to end	Night	3 3 2 3 4 2 4 5% 5% 8% 61%	1855
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 2 4 4 2 3 3 5% 5% 60%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 5% 8% 54%	1980
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 3 3 2 3 5% 5% 7% 60%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 3 4 6% 57%	2020
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 5% 65%	2160
	21st to end	Night	11% 5% 2 4 3 1 3 2 4 5% 60%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 2 4 3 2 3 2 3 5% 65%	2355
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 2 4 3 2 3 3 5% 6% 61%	2470
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 2 3 3 2 3 4 3 5% 57%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	8% 6% 2 4 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 55%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 3 4 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 53%	3036
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 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% 2 11% 24% 19% 2	2848
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 2 17% 25% 11% 5%	2850
	21st to end	Day	43% 2 11% 25% 18% 2	3135
February	1st to 10th	Day	39% 5% 11% 26% 15% 4	1714
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 3 13% 27% 16% 5%	1859
	21st to end	Day	32% 4 9% 26% 22% 7%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	35% 3 10% 23% 21% 8%	2033
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 3 10% 24% 21% 5%	2090
	21st to end	Day	44% 4 12% 25% 11% 4	2255
April	1st to 10th	Day	32% 4 13% 26% 20% 5%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 4 10% 27% 16% 3	2203
	21st to end	Day	41% 4 11% 29% 14% 1	2340
May	1st to 10th	Day	43% 4 11% 21% 18% 3	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 4 15% 28% 16% 1	2306
	21st to end	Day	43% 5% 16% 24% 9% 2	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	26% 5% 19% 32% 15% 3	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 4 14% 28% 20% 5%	2340
	21st to end	Day	22% 5% 16% 29% 22% 6%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	30% 6% 16% 28% 17% 3	2276
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 5% 16% 29% 23% 5%	2271
	21st to end	Day	28% 7% 15% 30% 19% 2	2405
August	1st to 10th	Day	31% 7% 15% 28% 16% 4	2314
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 5% 12% 31% 18% 5%	2301
	21st to end	Day	24% 5% 13% 28% 20% 9%	2498
September	1st to 10th	Day	31% 4 11% 25% 21% 8%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 5% 10% 28% 23% 4	1980
	21st to end	Day	28% 4 10% 25% 26% 7%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	30% 3 11% 24% 28% 4	1920
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 2 6% 28% 30% 8%	1800
	21st to end	Day	32% 3 10% 26% 22% 8%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	24% 3 10% 29% 27% 7%	1719
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 2 9% 28% 28% 5%	1710
	21st to end	Day	30% 2 9% 29% 25% 5%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	30% 3 13% 33% 18% 3	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 3 7% 29% 20% 4	2159
	21st to end	Day	48% 3 8% 27% 13% 2	3135
January	1st to 10th	Night	39% 2 8% 31% 17% 2	4108
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 2 15% 28% 20% 3	4120
	21st to end	Night	41% 2 10% 24% 20% 2	4532
February	1st to 10th	Night	39% 4 12% 23% 17% 5%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	36% 3 11% 27% 18% 5%	2228
	21st to end	Night	32% 2 8% 23% 24% 10%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	31% 3 9% 26% 22% 9%	2147
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 2 10% 24% 21% 6%	2090
	21st to end	Night	43% 4 12% 25% 14% 3	2255
April	1st to 10th	Night	30% 4 11% 24% 24% 7%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 3 13% 26% 18% 5%	1702
	21st to end	Night	37% 3 12% 23% 20% 4	1620
May	1st to 10th	Night	39% 5% 14% 22% 17% 3	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 5% 17% 29% 17% 1	1594
	21st to end	Night	33% 5% 23% 25% 12% 2	1746
June	1st to 10th	Night	25% 5% 22% 30% 16% 3	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 5% 15% 31% 22% 4	1620
	21st to end	Night	22% 4 13% 31% 23% 8%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	26% 5% 15% 27% 23% 4	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 5% 13% 33% 24% 6%	1566
	21st to end	Night	27% 5% 14% 32% 21% 1	1673
August	1st to 10th	Night	24% 6% 16% 33% 16% 5%	1601
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 5% 12% 31% 22% 3	1600
	21st to end	Night	21% 6% 14% 26% 26% 8%	1855
September	1st to 10th	Night	26% 3 10% 27% 22% 11%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 5% 10% 24% 26% 6%	1980
	21st to end	Night	24% 4 9% 25% 30% 8%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	30% 3 10% 22% 27% 9%	2020
	11th to 20th	Night	24% 3 6% 27% 30% 10%	2160
	21st to end	Night	29% 2 8% 22% 29% 10%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	24% 3 9% 28% 27% 9%	2355
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 4 8% 28% 29% 6%	2470
	21st to end	Night	31% 3 8% 26% 25% 8%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	29% 3 13% 30% 21% 4	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 3 8% 30% 22% 4	3037
	21st to end	Night	44% 3 10% 27% 13% 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	15% 12% 36% 26% 10% 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 18% 38% 26% 4	270
	21st to end	Day	10% 9% 49% 28% 4	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	15% 19% 41% 21% 3 1	270
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 16% 46% 20% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	11% 20% 47% 17% 5%	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	13% 14% 42% 26% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 13% 38% 23% 7%	270
	21st to end	Day	19% 17% 43% 18% 2 2	285
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 18% 42% 23% 6%	240
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 15% 42% 24% 4	481
	21st to end	Day	21% 15% 35% 19% 10% 1	600
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 10% 36% 28% 9% 1	603
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 9% 26% 29% 14% 4	625
	21st to end	Day	16% 8% 29% 27% 16% 4	679
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 20% 38% 27% 6%	630
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 27% 39% 20% 3	630
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 25% 44% 19% 3	630
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 11% 34% 34% 11%	621
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 13% 40% 34% 7%	618
	21st to end	Day	8% 1 11% 37% 33% 9%	684
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 15% 40% 32% 4	626
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 1 14% 40% 32% 6%	615
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 14% 36% 35% 8%	617
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 1 11% 36% 33% 7%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 19% 39% 30% 5%	270
	21st to end	Day	13% 3 30% 31% 17% 7%	270
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 29% 26% 18% 8%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 12% 41% 28% 9% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	18% 13% 32% 23% 11% 3	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	7% 13% 31% 33% 11% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 16% 38% 21% 11% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	18% 11% 33% 28% 9%	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 11% 38% 30% 10% 3	270
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 13% 35% 29% 10% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	15% 21% 40% 21% 3	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	9% 11% 39% 34% 7%	950
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 10% 40% 30% 7%	950
	21st to end	Night	12% 10% 38% 34% 5%	1045
February	1st to 10th	Night	14% 13% 40% 29% 4	950
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 12% 38% 31% 4	754
	21st to end	Night	12% 14% 41% 28% 4	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	12% 12% 40% 32% 4	627
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 11% 37% 29% 6%	570
	21st to end	Night	19% 13% 36% 26% 5%	615
April	1st to 10th	Night	14% 12% 42% 24% 8%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 12% 40% 27% 5%	533
	21st to end	Night	17% 12% 36% 28% 6% 1	540
May	1st to 10th	Night	16% 8% 37% 32% 7%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 6% 29% 38% 11% 2	531
	21st to end	Night	10% 7% 31% 34% 16% 2	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 27% 40% 23% 1	540
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 32% 45% 15%	540
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 32% 45% 14% 1	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 14% 46% 28% 2	525
	11th to 20th	Night	3 17% 56% 22% 2	522
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 12% 48% 30% 2	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 17% 51% 26% 1	537
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 13% 51% 25% 1	534
	21st to end	Night	4 2 14% 45% 33% 2	594
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 1 23% 42% 21% 2	540
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 1 26% 40% 21% 2	540
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 29% 39% 18% 1	540
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 27% 33% 20% 2	580
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 41% 34% 7%	720
	21st to end	Night	14% 10% 34% 31% 11% 1	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	9% 6% 38% 34% 12%	875
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 11% 39% 31% 8%	950
	21st to end	Night	15% 10% 30% 36% 7%	950
December	1st to 10th	Night	11% 9% 37% 34% 8% 1	950
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 9% 41% 33% 4	950
	21st to end	Night	14% 12% 38% 32% 4	1045

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