What the night sky looks like over Weatherford, TX

Weatherford's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Weatherford's sky is brighter than 31.3% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

The nearest darker sky to Weatherford

19 miles from Weatherford, straight-line, sits Mineral Wells, TX, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Weatherford's own suburban edge band.

Mineral Wells, TX is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

Weatherford against the rest of the dataset

About 39,397 people live in Weatherford, TX, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Weatherford ranks 1,000 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.