Northern Lights Iceland August 2018
Green areas are cloudy and white areas clear skies.
Northern lights iceland august 2018. The northern lights forecast is at a 6. 3 2 hunting the northern lights on a guided tour in iceland the most common way to hunt for the aurora borealis is by taking a guided minibus tour. Is there a good chance clear skies assumed to see the northern lights at this time of the year. Start of the northern lights many people visit iceland with the hopes of viewing the of the northern lights one of the most amazing natural phenomenon in the world the start of the northern lights season begins in august and lasts until the beginning of may with the peak season being november to march.
The map of iceland shows forecast of cloud cover. Aurora borealis season in northern polar latitudes alaska northern canada greenland iceland norway sweden finland and siberia runs from august thru april. While it is not wise to book a trip in august just to see northern lights it does happen. But with each day in august it get s darker and your odds of seeing the northern lights increase as the month progresses.
Northern lights scotland forecast northern lights my telegraph june 21st 2013 11 56 pm forecasting scotland does not have any forecasting service so probably the northern lights forecast in iceland is the closest. During the summer months of may june and july it is just too bright to see them in the far northland. These are the nights with darkness in them. Move the slider below the cloud cover map or click directly on a day or time.
With clear skies in the south and west. These tours run regularly from september to april whenever the lights are expected and if they are cancelled or unsuccessful you will usually get another opportunity to see them for free. I ll be in iceland from september 24 26 2018. The forecast of auroral activity at midnight scale 0 to 9 is shown in the upper right box.
I know this question has probably been asked before but. I noticed the northern lights tours do run during the month of september but i thought that was too early to see them. In the northern hemisphere the lights are best seen from iceland greenland northern norway siberia the canadian territories and alaska. August is a relatively bright month with 16 hours of daylight each day.
Northern lights in northern part of iceland near akureyri. Still the northern lights are seen every year in august. Answer 1 of 17. And you can t see the northern lights unless it is dark.