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Thursday 29 October in Dorotea, 16:47

Northern lights in Dorotea

In Dorotea the aurora can show from about Kp 4. Tonight's forecast is Kp 2.3, and right now it is 0.0. Tonight there are 12 hours of proper darkness. It looks best from 03:00 to 05:00, with 68 % cloud cover, so the chance is low.

Chance tonightLowBest 03:00–05:00 · 68 % cloud coverDarkness tonight12 hSunset 15:47Best nightNone yetA low chance for the nights the Kp forecast coversKp tonight2.3Visible here from Kp 4 · now 0.0
Sunrise 07:28Drag through the daySunset 15:47

Dorotea and the northern lights

Dorotea is a municipality in Västerbottens län, Sweden, with 2,221 inhabitants. The municipal centre lies at 64.3° N. What counts for the aurora is the magnetic latitude, 62.9° 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 26 April to 15 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 Dorotea, 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.

  1. 18:00–
  2. 19:00100 %
  3. 20:00100 %
  4. 21:00100 %
  5. 22:00100 %
  6. 23:0099 %
  7. 00:00100 %
  8. 01:0099 %
  9. 02:0099 %
  10. 03:0068 %
  11. 04:0067 %
  12. 05:0067 %
Dark enoughToo lightHigh chanceModerateLowMoonlight (82 % full) dims a faint auroraBest 03:00–05:00

The next seven nights in Dorotea

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.

  1. tonightLow12 hours darkBest 03:00–05:0068 % cloud coverKp max 2.3
  2. tomorrowLow12 hours darkBest 00:00–02:0048 % cloud coverKp max 5.0
  3. the day after tomorrowLow12 hours darkOvercast all night100 % cloud coverKp max 4.5
  4. SundayLow12 hours darkBest 18:00–20:008 % cloud coverKp about 3.5Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
  5. MondayLow12 hours darkBest 00:00–02:0044 % cloud coverKp about 2.5Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
  6. TuesdayLow12 hours darkBest 18:00–20:0067 % cloud coverKp about 2.0Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
  7. WednesdayLow12 hours darkBest 00:00–02:0073 % 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 Dorotea?

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.

  1. 0.5 hJan
  2. 0.9 hFeb
  3. 0.7 hMar
  4. 0.3 hApr
  5. 0 hMay
  6. 0 hJun
  7. 0 hJul
  8. 0 hAug
  9. 0.8 hSep
  10. 1.1 hOct
  11. 1.0 hNov
  12. 0.9 hDec
Light or twilightDark enough (dark blue and green together)Of those, with enough activity (Kp 4 or more), average 2014–2025Best months

Clouds are left out: on average cloud cover varies little from month to month, while it decides each single night. See the forecast above.

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Questions about the northern lights in Dorotea

Can I see the northern lights in Dorotea today?

In Dorotea the aurora can show from about Kp 4. Tonight's forecast is Kp 2.3, and right now it is 0.0. Tonight there are 12 hours of proper darkness. It looks best from 03:00 to 05:00, with 68 % cloud cover, so the chance is low.

When is the northern lights season in Dorotea?

In Dorotea it gets dark enough for the aurora every night except from 26 April to 15 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 Dorotea?

In Dorotea 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 Dorotea?

It is darkest in December, with 15 hours on average per day. The whole year by month: Jan 14 h, Feb 12 h, Mar 8 h, Apr 4 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.

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