Aurora Borealis in the Faroe Islands
1 place with a forecast · Kp 3 · updated daily
Aurora borealis forecasts in the Faroe Islands
One place in the Faroe Islands has a forecast page of its own so far: Tórshavn. It needs Kp 3 before anything clears the northern horizon, and averages 118.7 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 the Faroe Islands 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 the Faroe Islands with a forecast
The one place in the Faroe Islands with a page of its own, and the Kp it needs before the aurora borealis clears its northern horizon.
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 borealis first reaches it — that is the number beside each link above. Everywhere we forecast in the Faroe Islands sits at Kp 3.
Know when it is worth going outside
Revon watches the forecast for the exact spot you are standing in, anywhere in the Faroe Islands, and pushes an alert when tonight’s odds clear your threshold — no checking, no guessing.
Common questions about the aurora borealis in the Faroe Islands
Can you see the aurora borealis in the Faroe Islands?
Tórshavn is the one place in the Faroe Islands with a forecast page, and it averages 118.7 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 borealis in the Faroe Islands?
Kp 3, at Tórshavn — the one place in the Faroe Islands with a forecast page. Below that the auroral oval does not reach it.
Is there one aurora borealis forecast for the whole of the Faroe Islands?
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.