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Thursday 29 October in Måsøy, 15:21
Northern lights in Måsøy
In Måsøy the aurora can show from about Kp 1.5. Tonight's forecast is Kp 2.3, and right now it is 0.3. Tonight there are 11 hours of proper darkness. It looks overcast all night (99 % cloud cover even in the clearest hours), so the chance is low. The best of the next seven nights looks like the day after tomorrow.
Måsøy and the northern lights
Måsøy is a municipality in Finnmark, Norway, with 1,089 inhabitants. The municipal centre lies at 71.0° N, almost at sea level. What counts for the aurora is the magnetic latitude, 67.9° here: under the auroral oval. Here the aurora can show from about Kp 1.5, against Kp 6 in Oslo. Activity was that high in 52% of the hours in 2014–2025.
It gets dark enough for the aurora from 4 September to 6 April, with up to 17 hours of proper darkness a day in midwinter. The polar night, when the sun does not rise, lasts from 21 November to 21 January. Counting the darkness, that makes about 1,290 hours in a typical year with both darkness and enough activity, most of them in December. The clouds decide how many of them bring an aurora.
Tonight in Måsøy, 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–
- 20:0098 %
- 21:0098 %
- 22:00100 %
- 23:00100 %
- 00:00100 %
- 01:00100 %
- 02:00100 %
- 03:00100 %
- 04:0097 %
- 05:0098 %
The next seven nights in Måsøy
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.
- tonightLow11 hours darkOvercast all night99 % cloud coverKp max 2.3
- tomorrowLow11 hours darkBest 21:00–23:0070 % cloud coverKp max 5.0
- the day after tomorrowModerate11 hours darkBest 01:00–03:0067 % cloud coverKp max 4.5
- SundayModerate11 hours darkBest 01:00–03:0065 % cloud coverKp about 3.5Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
- MondayLow12 hours darkOvercast all night100 % cloud coverKp about 2.5Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
- TuesdayLow12 hours darkBest 18:00–20:0079 % cloud coverKp about 2.0Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
- WednesdayLow12 hours darkOvercast all night90 % 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 NovGood conditions · Kp ≈ 5.0 · moon 61 %
- 16 Nov–18 NovGood conditions · Kp ≈ 4.0 · moon 56 %
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When can you see the northern lights in Måsøy?
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.
Best here: December, November and January. Activity peaks around the March and September equinoxes, the nights are longest in midwinter.
- 7.2 hJan
- 6.5 hFeb
- 3.9 hMar
- 0 hApr
- 0 hMay
- 0 hJun
- 0 hJul
- 0 hAug
- 3.1 hSep
- 5.6 hOct
- 7.3 hNov
- 8.8 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 Måsøy
Can I see the northern lights in Måsøy today?
In Måsøy the aurora can show from about Kp 1.5. Tonight's forecast is Kp 2.3, and right now it is 0.3. Tonight there are 11 hours of proper darkness. It looks overcast all night (99 % cloud cover even in the clearest hours), so the chance is low. The best of the next seven nights looks like the day after tomorrow.
When is the northern lights season in Måsøy?
In Måsøy it gets dark enough for the aurora from 4 September to 6 April, with up to 17 hours of proper darkness a day in midwinter. The polar night, when the sun does not rise, lasts from 21 November to 21 January. The best months are December, November and January, going by darkness and activity in 2014–2025.
What Kp do you need to see the northern lights in Måsøy?
In Måsøy the aurora can show from about Kp 1.5, against Kp 6 in Oslo. Activity was that high in 52% of the hours in 2014–2025. Counting the darkness, that makes about 1,290 hours in a typical year with both darkness and enough activity, most of them in December. The clouds decide how many of them bring an aurora.
When is it darkest in Måsøy?
It is darkest in December, with 17 hours on average per day. The whole year by month: Jan 15 h, Feb 12 h, Mar 7 h, Apr 0 h, May 0 h, Jun 0 h, Jul 0 h, Aug 0 h, Sep 5 h, Oct 10 h, Nov 14 h, Dec 17 h.