Aurora Borealis in Maillardville
Canada · 49.24°, -122.87° · geomagnetic 54.6° · needs Kp 7
Tonight's aurora forecast for Maillardville
2%
Peak chance of a visible display tonight, from the same model the Revon app runs. Maillardville 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 10:35 UTC
Local aurora guide for Maillardville
Maillardville is at 54.6° geomagnetic latitude. Auroras are typically visible here when the planetary Kp index reaches 7.
On average, there are 3.1 nights per year with conditions suitable for aurora viewing. These opportunities are recorded between April 2, 2016, and March 30, 2026.
The best months for aurora viewing in Maillardville are May, August, and September. During these months, the nights are long enough for potential aurora displays.
June experiences the least amount of full darkness, which can impact viewing opportunities.
Maillardville has a Bortle scale rating of 6, indicating moderate light pollution. Darker skies, rated Bortle 4, can be found 30 km north-east near Electoral Area A.
Further opportunities for darker skies, rated Bortle 5, are available 27 km east near Maple Ridge.
Notable terrain features in the vicinity include Munday Lake to the north-east, Rocky Point and Reed Point to the north, Burnaby Lake Regional Park to the west, and Mount Burnaby to the north-west.
Munday Lake is located 3.5 km north-east of Maillardville.
Rocky Point, a headland, is situated 4.9 km north-east of Maillardville.
Reed Point, another headland, lies 5.0 km north of Maillardville. Burnaby Lake Regional Park is 5.0 km west of Maillardville. Mount Burnaby, a mountain, is 5.6 km north-north-west of Maillardville.
There have been 57 verified aurora reports within 300 km of Maillardville between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2016.
Notable recent qualifying nights, based on Kp index, include March 20, 2026 (Kp 7.0), January 20, 2026 (Kp 7.67), January 19, 2026 (Kp 8.67), November 12, 2025 (Kp 7.33), and November 11, 2025 (Kp 8.67).
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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