Aurora Borealis in Jamestown
United States · 46.91°, -98.71° · geomagnetic 55.1° · needs Kp 7
Tonight's aurora forecast for Jamestown
4%
Peak chance of a visible display tonight, from the same model the Revon app runs. Jamestown 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 Jamestown
Jamestown 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 2.
Aurorasaurus recorded 60 verified reports within 300 km of Jamestown 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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