Northern lights in Skellefteå
Tonight's aurora chance in Skellefteå — Kp index, darkness and cloud cover hour by hour.
Updated 03:20
Kp right now
2.7
Highest Kp tonight
3.0
Needed here
Kp 3
What is Kp?
- Kp is a 0–9 scale for how disturbed the Earth's magnetic field is. The higher the Kp, the further south the aurora reaches.
- Here in Skellefteå you normally need about Kp 3 for the aurora to reach the sky.
- Clouds beat everything: with an overcast sky even a strong storm stays invisible.
PossibleClouds: 1% · Clear window 01:00–04:00
Chance hour by hour tonight
01:00
Possible
1 % clouds
Best hour
02:00
Possible
1 % clouds
03:00
Possible
1 % clouds
04:00
Possible
2 % clouds
20:00
Small
71 % clouds
21:00
Small
86 % clouds
22:00
Small
97 % clouds
23:00
Small
97 % clouds
00:00
Possible
65 % clouds
What do the numbers mean?
Cloud cover
The percentage is tonight's lowest cloud cover. Lower numbers mean a clearer sky.
?Aurora chance
The badge combines Kp index, latitude and cloud cover.
NoneSmallPossibleGoodVery good
Clouds are decisive: even a strong storm stays invisible under an overcast sky.
All places
Clouds = percentage, badge = aurora chance.Clouds = percentage, badge = aurora chance.
- Abisko5% cloudsVery good
- Kiruna1% cloudsVery good
- Gällivare0% cloudsVery good
- Jokkmokk0% cloudsGood
- Arjeplog5% cloudsGood
- Kalix0% cloudsGood
- Luleå0% cloudsGood
- Piteå0% cloudsGood
- Skellefteå1% cloudsPossible
- Vilhelmina8% cloudsPossible
- Lycksele6% cloudsPossible
- Umeå0% cloudsPossible
- Åre70% cloudsPossible
- Örnsköldsvik0% cloudsPossible
- Östersund23% cloudsPossible
- Sundsvall0% cloudsSmall
- Sveg10% cloudsSmall
- Mora5% cloudsSmall
- Gävle0% cloudsNone
- Karlstad15% cloudsNone
- Stockholm0% cloudsNone
- Göteborg86% cloudsNone
- Malmö92% cloudsNone