Usinsk
Northern lights in Usinsk
Usinsk is at 63° magnetic latitude, near the auroral oval’s edge: on an ordinary night the aurora can show in the northern sky, and overhead when activity rises.
Right now · as of
NOAA’s model gives a 19% chance of aurora overhead in Usinsk right now.
It is dark until 04:33.
With a clear sky it is worth going out, away from street lights.
NOAA SWPC’s OVATION nowcast for . It ignores cloud and moonlight.
Usinsk and the auroral oval
- Usinsk is at 62.9° magnetic latitude (IGRF-14 at 2026.8). The aurora circles the magnetic poles, so this says more about how often it is seen here than the latitude on a map does.
- By a rough rule of thumb, the aurora reaches this far when the Kp index is 2 or more.
Good to know
- NOAA’s model ignores cloud and moonlight: a high chance under cloud means nothing to see.
- It looks about 30 minutes ahead, so it says nothing about later tonight.
- Dark here means the sun at least 12° below the horizon; in twilight only a bright aurora shows.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Aurora forecast, Live clouds, Day and night, live