Aurora Borealis in Columbia Heights
United States · 45.04°, -93.26° · geomagnetic 53.7° · needs Kp 7
Tonight's aurora forecast for Columbia Heights
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Peak chance of a visible display tonight, from the same model the Revon app runs. Columbia Heights needs Kp 7 to see anything at all, and tonight the forecast peaks at Kp 4.7. Short of the threshold, which is what most nights look like here.
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Updated 2026-09-08 10:36 UTC
Local aurora guide for Columbia Heights
Columbia Heights generally needs planetary Kp 7 before the aurora borealis reaches the local sky. Historical Kp and darkness data produce about 3.2 viable nights a year across 10.0 years of records.
The strongest historical overlap of darkness and activity occurs in May, September and August.
The central sky is approximately Bortle 8. The supplied darker-sky reference is 51 km north at Bortle 5.
Aurorasaurus recorded 177 verified reports within 300 km of Columbia Heights between 2015-01-01 and 2016-12-31. These records describe past observations, not tonight's prediction.
Sources: Revon analysis of NOAA planetary Kp · Solar declination and hour-angle calculation · Falchi 2016 World Atlas of artificial night sky brightness · Aurorasaurus verified positive reports
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