Aurora Australis in Australia
1 place with a forecast · Kp 9 · updated daily
Aurora australis forecasts in Australia
One place in Australia has a forecast page of its own so far: Hobart. It needs Kp 9 before anything clears the southern horizon, and averages 0.1 viable nights a year — nights when the storm was strong enough and the sky dark enough at the same time.
There is no separate forecast for Australia as a whole, and a single number offered as one would not tell you anything you could act on. What matters is the sky above wherever you are standing, so the forecast lives on that place’s own page.
Every place in Australia with a forecast
The one place in Australia with a page of its own, and the Kp it needs before the aurora australis clears its southern horizon.
- HobartKp 9
What the Kp number means
Kp grades the strength of a geomagnetic storm from 0 to 9. The higher it runs, the further from the pole the auroral oval spreads, so every place has a Kp at which the aurora australis first reaches it — that is the number beside each link above. Everywhere we forecast in Australia sits at Kp 9.
Know when it is worth going outside
Revon watches the forecast for the exact spot you are standing in, anywhere in Australia, and pushes an alert when tonight’s odds clear your threshold — no checking, no guessing.
Common questions about the aurora australis in Australia
Can you see the aurora australis in Australia?
Hobart is the one place in Australia with a forecast page, and it averages 0.1 viable nights a year — nights when the storm was strong enough and the sky dark enough at the same time.
What Kp index do you need to see the aurora australis in Australia?
Kp 9, at Hobart — the one place in Australia with a forecast page. Below that the auroral oval does not reach it.
Is there one aurora australis forecast for the whole of Australia?
No. What you can see depends on the sky above the spot you are standing in — how dark the night gets there, the cloud and the moon — not on a national average. The forecast is published per place, so open the page for where you will actually be.