Aurora Borealis in Saskatchewan

Canada · 51.49°, -105.88° · geomagnetic 59.0° · needs Kp 5

Tonight in Saskatchewan

19%

Peak chance of a visible display tonight, from the same model the Revon app runs. Saskatchewan needs Kp 5 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.

Tonight Sun 02 Aug
19%
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22
00
02
04
06
Tomorrow Mon 3 Aug
4%
Hour-by-hour for this night is in the app
Tuesday Tue 4 Aug
2%
Hour-by-hour for this night is in the app

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Updated 2026-08-02 20:20 UTC

The next 30 nights in Saskatchewan

Every night to come, scored the same way as tonight. The best of the open week is Sunday 2 Aug at 19%. Not one of the seven reaches the Kp 5 that Saskatchewan needs, which is normal rather than unlucky — it averages 25.4 viable nights a year. The 23 nights past the seven-day window move with the 27-day solar rotation and are updated daily in the app.

Low activity for the next few days. Moderate aurora expected on August 19th.

Sun 2
19%
Kp 4.7
Mon 3
4%
Kp 3.3
Tue 4
2%
Kp 1.3
Wed 5
3%
Kp 3.0
Thu 6
3%
Kp 3.0
Fri 7
2%
Kp 2.0
Sat 8
2%
Kp 2.0

Nights 8–30 unlock in the Revon app

See all 30 nights for Saskatchewan

Revon aurora model over the NOAA Kp forecast and 27-day outlook

How often the aurora borealis reaches Saskatchewan

25.4 nights a year, averaged across 10.0 years of records

Storm levelNights / year
Kp 483.4
Kp 528.7
Kp 69.3
Kp 73.2
Kp 81.2

NOAA planetary Kp, 2016-04-02 to 2026-03-30

Worth watching through the dark half of the year

Kp 5 is a moderate storm — not an everyday event, but common enough that a patient observer in Saskatchewan sees the aurora borealis most winters.

Hours of true darkness, month by month

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
11.710.38.55.92.30.00.04.77.69.811.312.0

Solar declination and hour angle at −18°

Nothing to see from June to July

Through those months the sun never falls more than 18° below the Saskatchewan horizon, so the sky never darkens fully. Plan around the darker half of the year.

Getting clear of the light

With 613,924 people around you, the sky over central Saskatchewan is Bortle 2. The glow hides anything but the brightest display, so the drive out matters more here than the forecast does.

Falchi 2016 World Atlas (DOI: 10.5880/GFZ.1.4.2016.001)

The months that actually deliver

Counting only nights that were both stormy enough and dark enough, September, March and October came out ahead in Saskatchewan. That is storm season and darkness overlapping — the equinoxes tend to be geomagnetically active, and the nights are already long by then.

Darkest nights of the coming year

A bright moon washes out a weak display as effectively as street lighting. These new moons fall inside the Saskatchewan viewing season.

Where it is close to a certainty

If you would rather plan a trip than wait for a storm, the nearest place with genuinely frequent aurora is Yellowknife, 1,320 km north-north-west in Canada.

SaskatchewanYellowknife
Kp needed53
Nights per year25.4 171.4
Geomagnetic latitude59.0° 68.6°

See the Yellowknife forecast

Confirmed reports from this area

88 verified sightings were logged within 300 km of Saskatchewan between 2015-01-01 and 2016-12-31. Rare is not the same as impossible.

Aurorasaurus verified positive reports

The last nights it was visible here

Nights in the last decade when the storm was strong enough for Saskatchewan and the sky was dark enough to show it.

DatePeak
2026-03-24Kp 5.0
2026-03-23Kp 5.0
2026-03-22Kp 6.67
2026-03-21Kp 6.0
2026-03-20Kp 7.0

NOAA planetary Kp

Aurora forecasts across Saskatchewan

All 7 places in Saskatchewan with a forecast page, and the Kp each one needs.

Know when it is worth going outside

Revon watches the Saskatchewan forecast and pushes an alert when the odds for tonight clear your threshold — no checking, no guessing.

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Common questions about the aurora borealis in Saskatchewan

Can you see the aurora borealis from Saskatchewan?

Yes. On the last 10.0 years of NOAA Kp records, Saskatchewan had about 25.4 nights a year 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 Saskatchewan?

Kp 5. Saskatchewan sits at geomagnetic latitude 59.0°, and the auroral oval only reaches that far from the pole once activity hits Kp 5. Storms that size occur about 28.7 nights a year.

When is the best time of year to see the aurora borealis in Saskatchewan?

September, March and October. Those months scored highest once both conditions are counted together: geomagnetic activity and enough hours of real darkness. From June to July the sky over Saskatchewan never gets fully dark, so nothing is visible however strong the storm.

Where can you escape the light pollution near Saskatchewan?

The centre of Saskatchewan reads Bortle 2. The nearest sky at Bortle 2 is about 8 km west around McCraney No. 282. On a marginal night that drive matters more than the forecast does.

Where is the nearest place to Saskatchewan with reliable aurora borealis?

Yellowknife, Canada — 1,320 km north-north-west. It needs only Kp 3 and averages 171.4 viable nights a year against 25.4 in Saskatchewan.

Nearby towns

Forecasts for places within reach of Saskatchewan.