Aurora Borealis in Lillestrøm

Norway · 59.96°, 11.05° · geomagnetic 59.7° · needs Kp 5

Tonight's aurora forecast for Lillestrøm

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Peak chance of a visible display tonight, from the same model the Revon app runs. Lillestrøm needs Kp 5 to see anything at all, and tonight the forecast peaks at Kp 4.8. 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 Lillestrøm

Lillestrøm is located at 59.7° geomagnetic latitude. Auroras are typically visible when the planetary Kp index reaches 5.

Based on historical data, there are approximately 20.8 nights per year suitable for aurora viewing in this region. The record span for this data is from 2016 to 2026.

The best months for aurora viewing in Lillestrøm are September, March, and October. During these months, the nights are dark enough to potentially see the aurora.

From May through August, Lillestrøm experiences periods with no full darkness, which can make aurora viewing impossible.

Lillestrøm has a Bortle scale rating of 7, indicating significant light pollution. However, areas with darker skies, such as Bortle 4 conditions, can be found approximately 45 km east-south-east near Aurskog-Høland.

Several elevated or cliff-like terrain features are located near Lillestrøm, including Jølsenåsen (hill, 4.1 km east-north-east), Buhaugen (hill, 4.1 km west-north-west), Jutulkleiva (cliff, 6.4 km north-east), and Korpefjellet (cliff, 9.1 km east-north-east).

Near Lillestrøm, features like Jølsenåsen and Buhaugen are hills located a few kilometers away. Sunnesand is an island to the north-east.

Further afield, Jutulkleiva and Korpefjellet are cliff formations situated to the east and north-east of Lillestrøm.

Between 2015 and 2016, there were 244 verified aurora reports within 300 km of Lillestrøm. The data for viable nights per year spans from 2016 to 2026.

Recent qualifying nights with Kp 5.0 or higher include March 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24, 2026.

Sources: Revon location dataset · Revon analysis of NOAA planetary Kp · Solar declination and hour-angle calculation · Falchi 2016 World Atlas of artificial night sky brightness · GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Aurorasaurus verified positive reports

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