Mon, Jan 4
Quadrantids meteor shower 2027 from Broken Arrow, OK
Best 2:53 AM–6:23 AM (radiant up to 61°).
Up to about 110 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky. The Moon is 13% lit on the peak night.
in 63 days 13 h
Times are local (CST).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Broken Arrow, OK: a very bright ISS pass, a Starlink train, a meteor shower peak, planets together, a supermoon or eclipse, the northern lights, or a bright comet. Only the city is stored, not your location.
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Plan your night
☁️ Clouds through the night
The hour-by-hour cloud forecast appears about five days before.
🌑 Find a dark sky
City light hides most of the show. Drive until the sky looks clearly darker (often 30–60 minutes out), away from streetlights, with an open view.
🛰️ Also crossing the sky that night
Bright ISS and Starlink passes during the best hours appear about five days before.
Shooting stars streak across the sky: up to about 110 an hour from a dark place.
How to watch
- Find a dark place away from city lights and give your eyes 20 minutes to adjust.
- Lie back and look at a wide part of the sky; you do not need to face the radiant.
- Rates are highest in the hours before dawn.
Other cities
- TulsaBest 2:53 AM–6:23 AM (radiant up to 61°)
- Fayetteville, ARBest 2:46 AM–6:16 AM (radiant up to 61°)
- Norman, OKBest 2:59 AM–6:29 AM (radiant up to 60°)
- Oklahoma CityBest 3:00 AM–6:30 AM (radiant up to 60°)
- WichitaBest 2:44 AM–6:29 AM (radiant up to 62°)
- Springfield, MOBest 2:28 AM–6:13 AM (radiant up to 61°)
- McKinney, TXBest 2:56 AM–6:26 AM (radiant up to 59°)
- Topeka, KSBest 2:37 AM–6:22 AM (radiant up to 63°)
- Olathe, KSBest 2:34 AM–6:19 AM (radiant up to 62°)
- Overland Park, KSBest 2:33 AM–6:18 AM (radiant up to 62°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).