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Friday 30 October in Hemavan, 00:00
Northern lights in Hemavan
In Hemavan the aurora can show from about Kp 3.5. Tonight's forecast is Kp 5.0, and right now it is 0.7. Tonight there are 12 hours of proper darkness. It looks best from 19:00 to 21:00, with 38 % cloud cover, so the chance is low.
Hemavan and the northern lights
Hemavan is in the municipality of Storuman, Västerbottens län, Sweden. It lies at 65.8° N. What counts for the aurora is the magnetic latitude, 64.6° here. Here the aurora can show from about Kp 3.5, against Kp 6.5 in Stockholm. Activity was that high in 10% of the hours in 2014–2025.
It gets dark enough for the aurora every night except from 22 April to 20 August, with up to 15 hours of proper darkness a day in midwinter. Counting the darkness, that makes about 280 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 Hemavan, 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.
- 18:0086 %
- 19:0048 %
- 20:0027 %
- 21:0036 %
- 22:0080 %
- 23:0097 %
- 00:0099 %
- 01:0099 %
- 02:00100 %
- 03:00100 %
- 04:00100 %
- 05:0099 %
The next seven nights in Hemavan
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 19:00–21:0038 % cloud coverKp max 5.0
- tomorrowLow12 hours darkOvercast all night100 % cloud coverKp max 4.5
- the day after tomorrowLow12 hours darkOvercast all night98 % cloud coverKp about 3.5Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
- MondayLow12 hours darkOvercast all night97 % cloud coverKp about 2.5Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
- TuesdayLow12 hours darkOvercast all night100 % cloud coverKp about 2.0Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
- WednesdayLow12 hours darkOvercast all night99 % cloud coverKp about 2.5Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
- ThursdayLow12 hours darkOvercast all night99 % cloud coverKp about 3.0Rough 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 Hemavan?
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: November, October and December. Activity peaks around the March and September equinoxes, the nights are longest in midwinter.
- 0.8 hJan
- 1.4 hFeb
- 1.0 hMar
- 0.4 hApr
- 0 hMay
- 0 hJun
- 0 hJul
- 0 hAug
- 1.1 hSep
- 1.5 hOct
- 1.5 hNov
- 1.5 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 Hemavan
Can I see the northern lights in Hemavan today?
In Hemavan the aurora can show from about Kp 3.5. Tonight's forecast is Kp 5.0, and right now it is 0.7. Tonight there are 12 hours of proper darkness. It looks best from 19:00 to 21:00, with 38 % cloud cover, so the chance is low.
When is the northern lights season in Hemavan?
In Hemavan it gets dark enough for the aurora every night except from 22 April to 20 August, with up to 15 hours of proper darkness a day in midwinter. The best months are November, October and December, going by darkness and activity in 2014–2025.
What Kp do you need to see the northern lights in Hemavan?
In Hemavan the aurora can show from about Kp 3.5, against Kp 6.5 in Stockholm. Activity was that high in 10% of the hours in 2014–2025. Counting the darkness, that makes about 280 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 Hemavan?
It is darkest in December, with 16 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 14 h, Dec 16 h.