Missouri Western State University
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Missouri Western State University clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-07-31.

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% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 44%	138086
	Night	11% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 47%	135227
Transparency	Day	38% 5% 12% 26% 17% 2	141698
	Night	37% 4 11% 26% 19% 3	139695
Seeing	Day	14% 10% 30% 28% 15% 4	18124
	Night	14% 9% 33% 33% 11% 1	27918

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	13% 10% 3 10% 4 3 3 3 6% 7% 38%	5289
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 8% 3 9% 6% 7% 7% 4 5% 6% 41%	5310
	21st to end	Day	10% 13% 5% 11% 5% 5% 4 3 4 5% 35%	5812
February	1st to 10th	Day	12% 10% 4 8% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 6% 36%	1890
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 11% 4 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 40%	1844
	21st to end	Day	11% 10% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 6% 47%	1758
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 8% 2 6% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 49%	5046
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 2 5% 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 51%	5090
	21st to end	Day	14% 11% 5% 8% 5% 4 5% 3 5% 7% 32%	5583
April	1st to 10th	Day	15% 9% 2 6% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 43%	2427
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 41%	2494
	21st to end	Day	20% 7% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 35%	2702
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 45%	7617
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 5% 7% 47%	7627
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 38%	8768
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 1 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 9% 47%	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 9% 47%	2940
	21st to end	Day	8% 4 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 7% 9% 47%	2940
July	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 46%	6181
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 7% 9% 46%	6030
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 48%	6553
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 51%	4234
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 9% 46%	4171
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 52%	4444
September	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 1 4 4 3 4 4 6% 7% 52%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 3 6% 4 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 48%	2218
	21st to end	Day	10% 4 2 4 3 4 4 2 4 6% 57%	2189
October	1st to 10th	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 5% 7% 52%	2000
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 55%	2000
	21st to end	Day	15% 7% 3 5% 3 3 3 2 5% 7% 47%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	9% 6% 1 5% 4 4 3 3 4 8% 53%	2020
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 5% 7% 51%	1769
	21st to end	Day	16% 9% 3 6% 2 2 3 3 5% 6% 43%	1680
December	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 54%	2690
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 7% 4 8% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 47%	3088
	21st to end	Day	18% 15% 7% 13% 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 25%	4142
January	1st to 10th	Night	11% 9% 4 15% 5% 5% 4 3 5% 6% 34%	7634
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 8% 3 8% 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 47%	7680
	21st to end	Night	11% 12% 4 11% 4 5% 4 3 3 5% 38%	8402
February	1st to 10th	Night	11% 12% 4 9% 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 40%	2730
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 9% 3 8% 4 5% 4 4 5% 7% 42%	2663
	21st to end	Night	10% 8% 3 5% 4 3 3 4 5% 5% 48%	2062
March	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 4 50%	5029
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 56%	5090
	21st to end	Night	14% 9% 4 8% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 36%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 48%	2191
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 8% 3 6% 3 3 3 4 5% 6% 48%	2075
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 41%	1914
May	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 47%	5266
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 5% 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 7% 51%	5265
	21st to end	Night	17% 7% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 44%	5399
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 2 3 4 4 4 4 7% 8% 54%	1680
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 7% 10% 53%	1680
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 5% 9% 60%	1680
July	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 6% 10% 50%	3997
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 9% 52%	4167
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 2 5% 3 4 4 4 7% 11% 46%	4539
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 7% 10% 60%	2926
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 2 4 6% 54%	2888
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 58%	3458
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 56%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 1 4 4 3 5% 4 6% 7% 53%	2178
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 1 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 59%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 6% 2 4 2 3 3 2 5% 5% 57%	2390
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 2 5% 4 3 4 2 4 5% 55%	2400
	21st to end	Night	16% 8% 2 5% 3 3 2 2 3 4 52%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	9% 4 1 4 2 3 3 2 4 7% 60%	2496
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 4 6% 54%	2847
	21st to end	Night	14% 8% 3 5% 3 3 3 2 4 5% 50%	2940
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 55%	4720
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 8% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 46%	5339
	21st to end	Night	19% 17% 5% 9% 4 3 3 3 3 4 30%	7074

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	46% 3 13% 25% 11% 1	5290
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 4 12% 21% 14% 5%	5310
	21st to end	Day	52% 4 12% 19% 13% 1	5812
February	1st to 10th	Day	48% 4 13% 22% 10% 2	1890
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 5% 12% 23% 14% 2	1853
	21st to end	Day	37% 3 12% 26% 19% 3	1758
March	1st to 10th	Day	39% 3 9% 22% 22% 5%	5046
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 4 9% 23% 27% 5%	5090
	21st to end	Day	49% 5% 17% 22% 5% 1	5585
April	1st to 10th	Day	41% 5% 12% 25% 16% 2	2427
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 4 12% 23% 16% 1	2494
	21st to end	Day	49% 6% 11% 25% 10% 1	2702
May	1st to 10th	Day	40% 5% 9% 28% 17% 1	7655
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 5% 11% 26% 20% 2	7631
	21st to end	Day	45% 6% 10% 24% 14% 1	8782
June	1st to 10th	Day	32% 7% 15% 29% 15% 2	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 7% 14% 29% 18% 1	2940
	21st to end	Day	31% 6% 16% 29% 15% 3	2940
July	1st to 10th	Day	32% 6% 15% 30% 15% 2	6117
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 7% 12% 27% 18% 2	5961
	21st to end	Day	31% 8% 14% 34% 11% 2	6371
August	1st to 10th	Day	28% 6% 17% 29% 19% 1	4220
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 6% 16% 27% 16% 1	4210
	21st to end	Day	29% 7% 16% 29% 14% 5%	4443
September	1st to 10th	Day	32% 6% 12% 26% 20% 5%	2400
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 5% 12% 26% 20% 2	2218
	21st to end	Day	30% 4 8% 32% 23% 3	2189
October	1st to 10th	Day	20% 2 7% 21% 45% 4	3260
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 3 5% 27% 36% 9%	3240
	21st to end	Day	33% 3 11% 27% 23% 3	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	31% 3 12% 29% 20% 4	2020
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 3 11% 30% 19% 2	1769
	21st to end	Day	42% 3 12% 26% 17% 1	1680
December	1st to 10th	Day	31% 4 17% 31% 16% 1	2690
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 3 15% 31% 10% 1	3085
	21st to end	Day	64% 3 12% 14% 6% 1	4142
January	1st to 10th	Night	51% 4 12% 21% 10% 1	7635
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 4 10% 27% 18% 4	7680
	21st to end	Night	51% 3 11% 17% 14% 3	8402
February	1st to 10th	Night	47% 4 11% 22% 13% 3	2730
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 4 12% 22% 15% 3	2664
	21st to end	Night	37% 4 9% 24% 20% 6%	2062
March	1st to 10th	Night	38% 3 8% 24% 24% 3	5029
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 3 6% 27% 26% 8%	5090
	21st to end	Night	46% 5% 15% 24% 8% 2	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	36% 5% 11% 25% 20% 4	2191
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 4 12% 27% 16% 4	2075
	21st to end	Night	44% 4 10% 24% 16% 1	1914
May	1st to 10th	Night	37% 5% 9% 27% 19% 2	5293
	11th to 20th	Night	33% 5% 10% 25% 22% 4	5266
	21st to end	Night	41% 5% 11% 25% 17% 1	5410
June	1st to 10th	Night	25% 7% 18% 32% 16% 3	1680
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 6% 15% 30% 20% 3	1680
	21st to end	Night	22% 5% 16% 34% 20% 4	1680
July	1st to 10th	Night	31% 5% 13% 25% 22% 4	3954
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 7% 16% 28% 20% 2	4116
	21st to end	Night	29% 8% 17% 34% 12% 1	4410
August	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 20% 28% 26% 2	2916
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 4 12% 29% 21% 1	2915
	21st to end	Night	26% 5% 14% 32% 18% 5%	3458
September	1st to 10th	Night	29% 5% 10% 27% 23% 7%	2000
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 5% 10% 29% 24% 3	2178
	21st to end	Night	27% 4 8% 29% 29% 4	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	20% 3 7% 19% 47% 4	3910
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 3 6% 28% 30% 12%	3899
	21st to end	Night	35% 3 8% 28% 24% 2	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	26% 4 14% 29% 23% 5%	2496
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 3 10% 31% 21% 4	2847
	21st to end	Night	38% 3 11% 28% 18% 2	2940
December	1st to 10th	Night	30% 4 14% 36% 15% 1	4720
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 3 14% 30% 14% 1	5341
	21st to end	Night	59% 4 10% 20% 6% 1	7074

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	23% 14% 33% 24% 6%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 18% 41% 22% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	13% 12% 46% 26% 3	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	18% 18% 44% 17% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 18% 42% 14% 7% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	15% 20% 40% 21% 4	273
March	1st to 10th	Day	18% 16% 45% 18% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 15% 34% 20% 4 1	330
	21st to end	Day	30% 20% 31% 14% 3 1	363
April	1st to 10th	Day	25% 15% 35% 18% 6%	447
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 14% 40% 19% 6% 1	532
	21st to end	Day	23% 15% 35% 19% 8% 1	722
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 13% 36% 25% 7% 2	753
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 10% 32% 24% 13% 3	775
	21st to end	Day	18% 8% 32% 24% 15% 3	844
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 5% 22% 36% 22% 8%	780
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 27% 37% 17% 5%	780
	21st to end	Day	8% 8% 34% 35% 12% 3	780
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 3 17% 31% 29% 10%	771
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 20% 38% 24% 8%	768
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 18% 38% 26% 6%	845
August	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 19% 39% 27% 6%	726
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 17% 40% 26% 6%	715
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 16% 32% 31% 9%	663
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 2 17% 35% 26% 6%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 21% 37% 24% 8%	348
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 28% 30% 19% 5%	330
October	1st to 10th	Day	15% 6% 27% 29% 16% 7%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 18% 39% 23% 8% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	21% 14% 37% 20% 7% 1	363
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 12% 38% 28% 5% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 17% 37% 24% 7% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	22% 14% 33% 23% 8% 1	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 17% 40% 26% 7% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 16% 37% 21% 6% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	20% 19% 40% 18% 3	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 11% 39% 30% 7%	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 14% 39% 26% 6%	1050
	21st to end	Night	14% 11% 43% 29% 4	1155
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 13% 41% 26% 4	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 13% 38% 29% 4	1029
	21st to end	Night	15% 14% 44% 22% 5% 1	678
March	1st to 10th	Night	16% 13% 41% 26% 5%	630
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 10% 38% 27% 5%	630
	21st to end	Night	25% 10% 41% 19% 4	693
April	1st to 10th	Night	14% 14% 42% 25% 4	630
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 13% 37% 27% 4	623
	21st to end	Night	18% 12% 37% 26% 7%	630
May	1st to 10th	Night	17% 9% 34% 32% 7%	630
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 31% 34% 12% 1	621
	21st to end	Night	11% 7% 30% 40% 11% 1	683
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 24% 44% 21% 1	630
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 27% 44% 17% 1	630
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 31% 45% 13%	630
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 15% 43% 30% 3	615
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 17% 46% 29% 2	612
	21st to end	Night	7% 3 14% 47% 28% 2	687
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 20% 48% 26% 2	597
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 2 14% 45% 29% 3	594
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 12% 44% 30% 3	660
September	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 18% 43% 23% 3	600
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 1 20% 45% 23% 2	600
	21st to end	Night	9% 4 24% 42% 20% 2	600
October	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 29% 32% 18% 2	790
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 38% 32% 7%	800
	21st to end	Night	20% 9% 35% 29% 7%	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 11% 35% 34% 9%	856
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 12% 38% 28% 7%	1050
	21st to end	Night	19% 11% 35% 29% 7%	1050
December	1st to 10th	Night	14% 14% 36% 30% 6%	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 9% 39% 29% 5%	1050
	21st to end	Night	20% 14% 34% 28% 4	1155

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