Northern Lights Visibility Alaska
Northern lights season in alaska.
Northern lights visibility alaska. Each year the fur rendezvous festival and iditarod race offer. The aurora tracker is a one of a kind tool for predicting the chances of seeing the northern lights during aurora season august 21 april 21 if traveling or in the fairbanks alaska area. Solar x rays geomagnetic field. Alaska s northern lights season is between mid september and late april peaking in march though that s to do more with the long dark nights than solar activity.
On the northern lights ecotour guests stay near fairbanks alaska while chasing the aurora. From november through march you can expect snow and cold dark winter nights that get longer approaching the winter solstice on december 21st. Northern lights tonight dear aurora enthusiast here is a dashboard for all of you aurora hunters trying to see the northern lights tonight. The northern lights may be visible in wisconsin monday night.
Northern lights forecast. Where are northern lights visible. Space weather prediction center. Though fairbanks has alaska s biggest population the city lights don t impact visibility of the night sky from our secluded lodge located on a private reserve outside of the cityin fact fairbanks is one of the world s most popular destinations.
The university of alaska fairbanks is an aa eo employer and educational institution and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual. Please report any problems or feedback concerning this website to uaf rcs alaska edu. Space weather prediction center. While the longest nights occur around the solstice february is an ideal time to visit alaska in the winter.
The northern lights tracker gives real time and three day forecasts of aurora data correlated to six different locations near fairbanks alaska. Learn more about ua s notice of nondiscrimination. 2020 geophysical institute university of alaska fairbanks. The northern lights are more formally known as auroras and are caused by interactions between the solar wind and the earth s magnetic field.
It s usually only residents of the arctic circle such as finland norway sweden and parts of canada as well as alaska who typically enjoy the celestial.