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Thursday 29 October in Hailuoto, 17:09
Northern lights in Hailuoto
In Hailuoto the aurora can show from about Kp 4.5. Tonight's forecast is Kp 2.3, and right now it is 0.3. Tonight there are 12 hours of proper darkness. It looks overcast all night (95 % cloud cover even in the clearest hours), so the chance is low. The best of the next seven nights looks like tomorrow.
Hailuoto and the northern lights
Hailuoto is a municipality in Pohjois-Pohjanmaa, Finland, with 912 inhabitants. It is also officially called Karlö. The municipal centre lies at 65.0° N. What counts for the aurora is the magnetic latitude, 62.4° here. Here the aurora can show from about Kp 4.5, against Kp 7 in Helsinki. Activity was that high in 3% of the hours in 2014–2025.
It gets dark enough for the aurora every night except from 24 April to 17 August, with up to 15 hours of proper darkness a day in midwinter. Counting the darkness, that makes about 84 hours in a typical year with both darkness and enough activity, most of them in November. The clouds decide how many of them bring an aurora.
Tonight in Hailuoto, hour by hour
When it is dark enough, how cloudy it is, and the chance each hour from the Kp forecast and the cloud cover. Hours already gone have no forecast.
- 18:00–
- 19:00–
- 20:0095 %
- 21:0095 %
- 22:0099 %
- 23:0099 %
- 00:00100 %
- 01:00100 %
- 02:00100 %
- 03:00100 %
- 04:00100 %
- 05:00100 %
The next seven nights in Hailuoto
Darkness, cloud and the chance for each night. The Kp forecast reaches three nights; the dashed nights after rest on NOAA’s long-range outlook and are only a pointer.
- tonightLow12 hours darkOvercast all night95 % cloud coverKp max 2.3
- tomorrowModerate12 hours darkBest 02:00–04:003 % cloud coverKp max 5.0
- the day after tomorrowLow12 hours darkOvercast all night91 % cloud coverKp max 4.5
- SundayLow12 hours darkOvercast all night93 % cloud coverKp about 3.5Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
- MondayLow12 hours darkBest 19:00–21:0066 % cloud coverKp about 2.5Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
- TuesdayLow12 hours darkBest 19:00–21:0021 % cloud coverKp about 2.0Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
- WednesdayLow12 hours darkBest 19:00–21:0070 % cloud coverKp about 2.5Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
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The next four weeks, night by night: activity, darkness and moon
- 30 Oct–1 NovPossible · Kp ≈ 5.0 · moon 62 %
- 16 Nov–18 NovWeak · Kp ≈ 4.0 · moon 55 %
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When can you see the northern lights in Hailuoto?
The aurora needs both darkness and enough activity on the sun. Each column is a day: dark blue is the hours that are dark enough, green those of them when activity has been high enough here, on average 2014–2025.
Here it takes Kp 4.5 or more, which is rare: on average only a few minutes a night. The best chance is in November, October and September. Activity peaks around the March and September equinoxes, the nights are longest in midwinter.
- 0.2 hJan
- 0.3 hFeb
- 0.4 hMar
- 0.1 hApr
- 0 hMay
- 0 hJun
- 0 hJul
- 0 hAug
- 0.4 hSep
- 0.4 hOct
- 0.5 hNov
- 0.4 hDec
Clouds are left out: on average cloud cover varies little from month to month, while it decides each single night. See the forecast above.
Questions about the northern lights in Hailuoto
Can I see the northern lights in Hailuoto today?
In Hailuoto the aurora can show from about Kp 4.5. Tonight's forecast is Kp 2.3, and right now it is 0.3. Tonight there are 12 hours of proper darkness. It looks overcast all night (95 % cloud cover even in the clearest hours), so the chance is low. The best of the next seven nights looks like tomorrow.
When is the northern lights season in Hailuoto?
In Hailuoto it gets dark enough for the aurora every night except from 24 April to 17 August, with up to 15 hours of proper darkness a day in midwinter. The best months are November, October and September, going by darkness and activity in 2014–2025.
What Kp do you need to see the northern lights in Hailuoto?
In Hailuoto the aurora can show from about Kp 4.5, against Kp 7 in Helsinki. Activity was that high in 3% of the hours in 2014–2025. Counting the darkness, that makes about 84 hours in a typical year with both darkness and enough activity, most of them in November. The clouds decide how many of them bring an aurora.
When is it darkest in Hailuoto?
It is darkest in January, with 15 hours on average per day. The whole year by month: Jan 15 h, Feb 12 h, Mar 9 h, Apr 4 h, May 0 h, Jun 0 h, Jul 0 h, Aug 0 h, Sep 7 h, Oct 10 h, Nov 14 h, Dec 15 h.