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Thursday 29 October in Älvsbyn, 16:20
Northern lights in Älvsbyn
In Älvsbyn the aurora can show from about Kp 4. Tonight's forecast is Kp 2.3, and right now it is 0.3. Tonight there are 11 hours of proper darkness. It looks best from 02:00 to 04:00, with 64 % cloud cover, so the chance is low. The best of the next seven nights looks like tomorrow.
Älvsbyn and the northern lights
Älvsbyn is a municipality in Norrbottens län, Sweden, with 7,767 inhabitants. The municipal centre lies at 65.7° N. What counts for the aurora is the magnetic latitude, 63.6° here. Here the aurora can show from about Kp 4, against Kp 6.5 in Stockholm. Activity was that high in 7% of the hours in 2014–2025.
It gets dark enough for the aurora every night except from 22 April to 19 August, with up to 15 hours of proper darkness a day in midwinter. Counting the darkness, that makes about 190 hours in a typical year with both darkness and enough activity, most of them in October. The clouds decide how many of them bring an aurora.
Tonight in Älvsbyn, 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–
- 20:00–
- 21:0099 %
- 22:0099 %
- 23:0099 %
- 00:0094 %
- 01:0088 %
- 02:0056 %
- 03:0072 %
- 04:0054 %
- 05:0079 %
The next seven nights in Älvsbyn
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 darkBest 02:00–04:0064 % cloud coverKp max 2.3
- tomorrowModerate11 hours darkBest 02:00–04:0024 % cloud coverKp max 5.0
- the day after tomorrowLow12 hours darkOvercast all night100 % cloud coverKp max 4.5
- SundayLow12 hours darkBest 18:00–20:0036 % cloud coverKp about 3.5Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
- MondayLow12 hours darkBest 00:00–02:0017 % cloud coverKp about 2.5Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
- TuesdayLow12 hours darkBest 18:00–20:0039 % cloud coverKp about 2.0Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
- WednesdayLow12 hours darkBest 00:00–02:0028 % 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 61 %
- 16 Nov–18 NovPossible · Kp ≈ 4.0 · moon 56 %
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When can you see the northern lights in Älvsbyn?
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: October, November and December. Activity peaks around the March and September equinoxes, the nights are longest in midwinter.
- 0.5 hJan
- 0.9 hFeb
- 0.8 hMar
- 0.2 hApr
- 0 hMay
- 0 hJun
- 0 hJul
- 0 hAug
- 0.8 hSep
- 1.1 hOct
- 1.0 hNov
- 0.9 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 Älvsbyn
Can I see the northern lights in Älvsbyn today?
In Älvsbyn the aurora can show from about Kp 4. Tonight's forecast is Kp 2.3, and right now it is 0.3. Tonight there are 11 hours of proper darkness. It looks best from 02:00 to 04:00, with 64 % cloud cover, so the chance is low. The best of the next seven nights looks like tomorrow.
When is the northern lights season in Älvsbyn?
In Älvsbyn it gets dark enough for the aurora every night except from 22 April to 19 August, with up to 15 hours of proper darkness a day in midwinter. The best months are October, November and December, going by darkness and activity in 2014–2025.
What Kp do you need to see the northern lights in Älvsbyn?
In Älvsbyn the aurora can show from about Kp 4, against Kp 6.5 in Stockholm. Activity was that high in 7% of the hours in 2014–2025. Counting the darkness, that makes about 190 hours in a typical year with both darkness and enough activity, most of them in October. The clouds decide how many of them bring an aurora.
When is it darkest in Älvsbyn?
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 3 h, May 0 h, Jun 0 h, Jul 0 h, Aug 0 h, Sep 7 h, Oct 11 h, Nov 13 h, Dec 15 h.