Aurora Borealis in Conception Bay South

Canada · 47.50°, -53.00° · geomagnetic 56.2° · needs Kp 7

Tonight's aurora forecast for Conception Bay South

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Peak chance of a visible display tonight, from the same model the Revon app runs. Conception Bay South needs Kp 7 to see anything at all, and tonight the forecast peaks at Kp 5.0. Short of the threshold, which is what most nights look like here.

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Updated 2026-09-08 10:35 UTC

Local aurora guide for Conception Bay South

Conception Bay South 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 6. The supplied darker-sky reference is 19 km west at Bortle 4.

Sources: Revon analysis of NOAA planetary Kp · Solar declination and hour-angle calculation · Falchi 2016 World Atlas of artificial night sky brightness

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