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Hamilton, Victoria · October 2026

Southern lights in Hamilton, Victoria in October 2026

Answer

October gives Hamilton, Victoria 10.0 hours of civil night on the 15th, the 8th darkest of its 12 months, under 60% mean cloud.
9.9 h
civil night, average night
SunCalc for -37.74, 142.02; NASA POWER; GFZ Kp

October against the rest of the year

October cloud at Hamilton, Victoria averages 60% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, 3 points cloudier than its yearly mean. January is Hamilton, Victoria's clearest month at 49%. By civil night times clear sky, October scores 4.0 hours at Hamilton, Victoria, 10th of 12. Anadyr, 11,807 km away, averages 76%, cloudier by 16 points.

Civil night at Hamilton, Victoria starts October at 10 h 33 min and reaches 9 h 19 min by October 31, 1.2 hours shorter. SWPC's 10 PM to 2 AM window is fully dark on every night. True astronomical darkness, the sun 18 degrees down, lasts 7.8 hours on the 15th.

October night by night

October opens toward a new moon on Oct 11, with full moon on Oct 26, in Australia/Melbourne dates. Hamilton, Victoria gets 160 hours of civil night with the moon below the horizon across the month. The best of them for moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM: Oct 4 (4 h), Oct 5 (4 h), Oct 6 (4 h).

  1. 1

    72% lit

    5.0 h

  2. 2

    61% lit

    6.2 h

  3. 3

    50% lit

    7.1 h

  4. 4

    39% lit

    7.8 h

  5. 5

    28% lit

    8.4 h

  6. 6

    19% lit

    8.9 h

  7. 7

    11% lit

    9.4 h

  8. 8

    5% lit

    9.8 h

  9. 9

    1% lit

    10.2 h

  10. 10

    0% lit

    10.2 h

  11. 11

    1% lit

    9.9 h

  12. 12

    4% lit

    8.8 h

  13. 13

    9% lit

    7.7 h

  14. 14

    15% lit

    6.7 h

  15. 15

    22% lit

    5.7 h

  16. 16

    31% lit

    4.8 h

  17. 17

    39% lit

    4.0 h

  18. 18

    49% lit

    3.4 h

  19. 19

    58% lit

    2.8 h

  20. 20

    68% lit

    2.3 h

  21. 21

    77% lit

    1.8 h

  22. 22

    85% lit

    1.4 h

  23. 23

    91% lit

    1.0 h

  24. 24

    96% lit

    0.5 h

  25. 25

    99% lit

    0.0 h

  26. 26

    100% lit

    0.0 h

  27. 27

    97% lit

    1.1 h

  28. 28

    92% lit

    2.4 h

  29. 29

    85% lit

    3.5 h

  30. 30

    75% lit

    4.5 h

  31. 31

    65% lit

    5.3 h

Each cell is the night that starts on that date. Hours are civil-dark time with the moon below the horizon; the green rule scales with them. Green outline: new moon. Bone outline: full moon.

Activity in past Octobers

No whole Kp puts the average oval edge over Hamilton, Victoria by SWPC's rule, so the GFZ record has no threshold to count for October. Hamilton, Victoria sits at 45.1 degrees geomagnetic. The lowest NOAA storm level whose typical viewing latitude reaches it is G4 (Kp = 8, including a 9-). Even Kp 9 does not put the average oval edge overhead by SWPC's rule.

October across Australia

Coming from September (11.2 hours at Hamilton, Victoria), October loses darkness, and November brings shorter nights (8.8 hours on the 15th).

Darkness and moon, every night

Hamilton, Victoria, October 2026: each night from local noon to the next noon
NightCivilAstronomicalMoon-free darkMoon-free, 10 PM to 2 AMMoon lit
Thu Oct 110 h 33 min8 h 28 min5 h 3 min2 h 8 min72%
Fri Oct 210 h 31 min8 h 25 min6 h 9 min3 h 14 min61%
Sat Oct 310 h 28 min8 h 22 min7 h 4 min3 h50%
Sun Oct 410 h 26 min8 h 19 min7 h 49 min4 h39%
Mon Oct 510 h 23 min8 h 16 min8 h 26 min4 h28%
Tue Oct 610 h 21 min8 h 14 min8 h 56 min4 h19%
Wed Oct 710 h 18 min8 h 11 min9 h 22 min4 h11%
Thu Oct 810 h 16 min8 h 8 min9 h 46 min4 h5%
Fri Oct 910 h 13 min8 h 5 min10 h 10 min4 h1%
Sat Oct 1010 h 11 min8 h 2 min10 h 11 min4 h0%
Sun Oct 1110 h 8 min7 h 59 min9 h 54 min4 h1%
Mon Oct 1210 h 6 min7 h 56 min8 h 48 min4 h4%
Tue Oct 1310 h 3 min7 h 53 min7 h 42 min3 h 23 min9%
Wed Oct 1410 h 1 min7 h 50 min6 h 39 min2 h 21 min15%
Thu Oct 159 h 58 min7 h 47 min5 h 40 min1 h 23 min22%
Fri Oct 169 h 56 min7 h 44 min4 h 47 min32 min31%
Sat Oct 179 h 53 min7 h 41 min4 h 1 min0 min39%
Sun Oct 189 h 51 min7 h 38 min3 h 21 min0 min49%
Mon Oct 199 h 48 min7 h 36 min2 h 47 min0 min58%
Tue Oct 209 h 46 min7 h 33 min2 h 17 min0 min68%
Wed Oct 219 h 43 min7 h 30 min1 h 50 min0 min77%
Thu Oct 229 h 41 min7 h 26 min1 h 24 min0 min85%
Fri Oct 239 h 38 min7 h 23 min58 min0 min91%
Sat Oct 249 h 36 min7 h 20 min32 min0 min96%
Sun Oct 259 h 34 min7 h 17 min2 min0 min99%
Mon Oct 269 h 31 min7 h 14 min0 min0 min100%
Tue Oct 279 h 29 min7 h 11 min1 h 6 min0 min97%
Wed Oct 289 h 26 min7 h 8 min2 h 21 min53 min92%
Thu Oct 299 h 24 min7 h 5 min3 h 31 min2 h 4 min85%
Fri Oct 309 h 22 min7 h 2 min4 h 31 min3 h 5 min75%
Sat Oct 319 h 19 min6 h 59 min5 h 20 min3 h 55 min65%
Moon lit: SunCalc illuminated fraction at the middle of the 10 PM to 2 AM window.

Questions

Can you see the southern lights in Hamilton, Victoria in October?
On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 31 of 31 nights at Hamilton, Victoria have civil darkness.
How dark is Hamilton, Victoria in October?
Hamilton, Victoria averages 9.9 hours of civil night a night in October 2026, from 10 h 33 min on the 1st to 9 h 19 min on the last night.
How cloudy is Hamilton, Victoria in October?
NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Hamilton, Victoria's 1 degree cell 60% mean cloud in October, against 57% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.
What is the best night in October 2026 for aurora in Hamilton, Victoria?
By darkness and moon alone, Oct 4, with 4 h of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Hamilton, Victoria. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.
Is October or November better in Hamilton, Victoria?
By civil night times the clear share, October scores 4.0 hours at Hamilton, Victoria and November 3.4. October comes out ahead.

Sources and verification

Quoted figures last checked against their sources on 2026-09-30; next review 2026-12-31. Computed figures come from SunCalc and the IGRF-14 dipole as described in the methodology. Every quote is listed in the sources ledger.