Aurora Borealis in Kingston
Canada · 44.23°, -76.48° · geomagnetic 53.6° · needs Kp 7
Tonight's aurora forecast for Kingston
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Peak chance of a visible display tonight, from the same model the Revon app runs. Kingston 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 Kingston
Kingston is at a geomagnetic latitude of 53.6°.
Auroras visible at this latitude require a Kp of 7 or higher.
On average, there are 3.2 nights per year with aurora potential.
The best months for aurora viewing in Kingston are May, August, and September.
These months offer the longest periods of darkness.
Kingston has a Bortle scale rating of 5.
Darker skies, rated Bortle 3, can be found 30 km north near South Frontenac.
Areas with Bortle 5 ratings are found 3 km north-west of Kingston.
Tuttles Hill is a hill located 6.0 km north of Kingston.
Abraham Head and Knapp Point are capes and headlands, respectively, located 6.5 km east of Kingston.
Milton Island is an island 6.9 km east-north-east of Kingston, and Brophy Point is a headland 7.8 km east of Kingston.
There have been 80 verified aurora sightings reported within 300 km of Kingston between 2015 and 2016.
The period from 2016 to 2026 has recorded several nights with Kp values of 7.0 or higher, indicating potential aurora visibility.
Sources: Revon analysis of NOAA planetary Kp · Revon location dataset · Falchi 2016 World Atlas of artificial night sky brightness · GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Aurorasaurus verified positive reports
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