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Thursday 29 October in Hå, 17:55
Northern lights in Hå
In Hå the aurora can show from about Kp 6. Tonight's forecast is Kp 2.3, and right now it is 0.3. Tonight there are 12 hours of proper darkness. It looks best from 22:00 to 00:00, with 67 % cloud cover, so the chance is low.
Hå and the northern lights
Hå is a municipality in Rogaland, Norway, with 20,087 inhabitants. The municipal centre lies at 58.6° N, 44 metres above sea level. What counts for the aurora is the magnetic latitude, 59.3° here. Here the aurora can show from about Kp 6, the same as in Oslo. Activity was that high in under 1% of the hours in 2014–2025.
It gets dark enough for the aurora every night except from 17 May to 25 July, with up to 14 hours of proper darkness a day in midwinter. Counting the darkness, that makes about 18 hours in a typical year with both darkness and enough activity, most of them in September. The clouds decide how many of them bring an aurora.
Tonight in Hå, 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.
- 18:0084 %
- 19:0087 %
- 20:0076 %
- 21:0070 %
- 22:0066 %
- 23:0068 %
- 00:0090 %
- 01:0096 %
- 02:0099 %
- 03:00100 %
- 04:0098 %
- 05:00100 %
The next seven nights in Hå
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 darkBest 22:00–00:0067 % cloud coverKp max 2.3
- tomorrowLow12 hours darkOvercast all night100 % cloud coverKp max 5.0
- the day after tomorrowLow12 hours darkOvercast all night100 % cloud coverKp max 4.5
- SundayLow12 hours darkBest 18:00–20:0032 % cloud coverKp about 3.5Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
- MondayLow12 hours darkBest 18:00–20:0069 % cloud coverKp about 2.5Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
- TuesdayLow12 hours darkBest 18:00–20:0023 % cloud coverKp about 2.0Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
- WednesdayLow12 hours darkBest 18:00–20:0027 % cloud coverKp about 2.5Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
Plan a trip to Hå
The next four weeks, night by night: activity, darkness and moon
- 30 Oct–1 NovWeak · Kp ≈ 5.0 · moon 61 %
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When can you see the northern lights in Hå?
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 6 or more, which is rare: on average only a few minutes a night. The best chance is in September, November and October. Activity peaks around the March and September equinoxes, the nights are longest in midwinter.
- <0.1 hJan
- <0.1 hFeb
- 0.1 hMar
- <0.1 hApr
- <0.1 hMay
- 0 hJun
- 0 hJul
- <0.1 hAug
- 0.1 hSep
- 0.1 hOct
- 0.1 hNov
- 0.1 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 Hå
Can I see the northern lights in Hå today?
In Hå the aurora can show from about Kp 6. Tonight's forecast is Kp 2.3, and right now it is 0.3. Tonight there are 12 hours of proper darkness. It looks best from 22:00 to 00:00, with 67 % cloud cover, so the chance is low.
When is the northern lights season in Hå?
In Hå it gets dark enough for the aurora every night except from 17 May to 25 July, with up to 14 hours of proper darkness a day in midwinter. The best months are September, November and October, going by darkness and activity in 2014–2025.
What Kp do you need to see the northern lights in Hå?
In Hå the aurora can show from about Kp 6, the same as in Oslo. Activity was that high in under 1% of the hours in 2014–2025. Counting the darkness, that makes about 18 hours in a typical year with both darkness and enough activity, most of them in September. The clouds decide how many of them bring an aurora.
When is it darkest in Hå?
It is darkest in December, with 15 hours on average per day. The whole year by month: Jan 14 h, Feb 12 h, Mar 9 h, Apr 6 h, May 1 h, Jun 0 h, Jul 0 h, Aug 5 h, Sep 9 h, Oct 11 h, Nov 13 h, Dec 15 h.
