Can you see the northern lights in Le Sud-Ouest in June?

On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 30 of 30 nights at Le Sud-Ouest have civil darkness, and 3% of past June days reached Kp 6.

How dark is Le Sud-Ouest in June?

Le Sud-Ouest averages 7.0 hours of civil night a night in June 2027, from 7 h 12 min on the 1st to 7 h on the last night.

How cloudy is Le Sud-Ouest in June?

NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Le Sud-Ouest's 1 degree cell 62% mean cloud in June, against 65% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.

What is the best night in June 2027 for aurora in Le Sud-Ouest?

By darkness and moon alone, Jun 1, with 4 h of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Le Sud-Ouest. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.

Is June or July better in Le Sud-Ouest?

By civil night times the clear share, June scores 2.7 hours at Le Sud-Ouest and July 3.1. July comes out ahead.

Le Sud-Ouest · June 2027

Northern lights in Le Sud-Ouest in June 2027

Answer

June gives Le Sud-Ouest 7.0 hours of civil night on the 15th, the lightest month of its year, under 62% mean cloud. 3% of June days since 1996 reached Kp 6, enough for the oval edge to reach Le Sud-Ouest.

7.0 h

civil night, average night

SunCalc for 45.47, -73.59; NASA POWER; GFZ Kp

June against the rest of the year

4.2

4.0

3.8

3.1

2.7

3.1

3.7

4.8

3.8

3.4

June cloud at Le Sud-Ouest averages 62% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, 3 points clearer than its yearly mean. September is Le Sud-Ouest's clearest month at 54%. By civil night times clear sky, June scores 2.7 hours at Le Sud-Ouest, 11th of 12. Trois-Rivières, 126 km away, averages 63%, cloudier by 1 points.

Civil night at Le Sud-Ouest starts June at 7 h 12 min and reaches 7 h by June 30, 0.2 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 2.9 hours on the 15th.

June night by night

June opens toward a new moon on Jun 4, with full moon on Jun 18, in America/Toronto dates. Le Sud-Ouest gets 98 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: Jun 1 (4 h), Jun 2 (4 h), Jun 3 (4 h).

1
9% lit
5.9 h
2
4% lit
6.4 h
3
1% lit
7.1 h
4
0% lit
7.1 h
New
5
3% lit
6.3 h
6
8% lit
5.5 h
7
16% lit
4.8 h
8
25% lit
4.3 h
9
36% lit
3.9 h
10
47% lit
3.5 h
11
58% lit
3.2 h
12
68% lit
2.9 h
13
78% lit
2.5 h
14
86% lit
2.1 h
15
92% lit
1.6 h
16
97% lit
1.0 h
17
99% lit
0.2 h
18
100% lit
0.0 h
Full
19
99% lit
0.3 h
20
96% lit
0.9 h
21
91% lit
1.4 h
22
85% lit
1.7 h
23
78% lit
2.1 h
24
70% lit
2.4 h
25
60% lit
2.6 h
26
51% lit
2.9 h
27
40% lit
3.3 h
28
30% lit
3.6 h
29
21% lit
4.1 h
30
12% lit
4.8 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 Junes

Le Sud-Ouest needs Kp 6 for the average oval edge to sit overhead. 29 of the 900 June days from 1996 to 2025 (3%) reached it in the GFZ Potsdam record, 7th of 12 months; storm days with Kp 5 or more made up 8%. Le Sud-Ouest sits at 54.7 degrees geomagnetic. The lowest NOAA storm level whose typical viewing latitude reaches it is G3 (Kp = 7). By SWPC's rule the average oval edge is overhead only at Kp 6.

June across Canada

No month-page town in Canada has more civil night on June 15 than Le Sud-Ouest; the national median is 5.9 hours. Coming from May (7.8 hours at Le Sud-Ouest), June loses darkness, and the nights keep growing into July (7.4 hours on the 15th). The June solstice falls on June 21, 10:07 Le Sud-Ouest time.

Civil night on June 15 and June cloud, month-page towns in Canada
Town	Civil night	Cloud
Le Sud-Ouest	7.0 h	62%
Greater Sudbury	6.8 h	60%
Trois-Rivières	6.8 h	63%
Sydney	6.8 h	70%
Québec	6.7 h	65%
St. John's	6.6 h	77%
Saguenay	6.4 h	67%
Thunder Bay	6.4 h	70%
Winnipeg	6.1 h	60%
Kelowna	6.1 h	67%
Lethbridge	6.1 h	60%
Regina	5.9 h	63%

Darkness and moon, every night

Le Sud-Ouest, June 2027: each night from local noon to the next noon
Night	Civil	Astronomical	Moon-free dark	Moon-free, 10 PM to 2 AM	Moon lit
Tue Jun 1	7 h 12 min	3 h 25 min	5 h 53 min	4 h	9%
Wed Jun 2	7 h 10 min	3 h 21 min	6 h 25 min	4 h	4%
Thu Jun 3	7 h 9 min	3 h 18 min	7 h 8 min	4 h	1%
Fri Jun 4	7 h 7 min	3 h 15 min	7 h 7 min	4 h	0%
Sat Jun 5	7 h 6 min	3 h 12 min	6 h 17 min	3 h 51 min	3%
Sun Jun 6	7 h 5 min	3 h 9 min	5 h 27 min	3 h 1 min	8%
Mon Jun 7	7 h 4 min	3 h 7 min	4 h 48 min	2 h 23 min	16%
Tue Jun 8	7 h 3 min	3 h 4 min	4 h 18 min	1 h 53 min	25%
Wed Jun 9	7 h 1 min	3 h 2 min	3 h 54 min	1 h 29 min	36%
Thu Jun 10	7 h 1 min	2 h 59 min	3 h 32 min	1 h 8 min	47%
Fri Jun 11	7 h	2 h 57 min	3 h 12 min	48 min	58%
Sat Jun 12	6 h 59 min	2 h 56 min	2 h 52 min	29 min	68%
Sun Jun 13	6 h 58 min	2 h 54 min	2 h 30 min	7 min	78%
Mon Jun 14	6 h 58 min	2 h 53 min	2 h 5 min	0 min	86%
Tue Jun 15	6 h 57 min	2 h 51 min	1 h 35 min	0 min	92%
Wed Jun 16	6 h 57 min	2 h 50 min	58 min	0 min	97%
Thu Jun 17	6 h 56 min	2 h 49 min	12 min	0 min	99%
Fri Jun 18	6 h 56 min	2 h 49 min	0 min	0 min	100%
Sat Jun 19	6 h 56 min	2 h 48 min	20 min	0 min	99%
Sun Jun 20	6 h 56 min	2 h 48 min	54 min	23 min	96%
Mon Jun 21	6 h 56 min	2 h 48 min	1 h 22 min	50 min	91%
Tue Jun 22	6 h 56 min	2 h 48 min	1 h 44 min	1 h 13 min	85%
Wed Jun 23	6 h 56 min	2 h 49 min	2 h 4 min	1 h 33 min	78%
Thu Jun 24	6 h 56 min	2 h 50 min	2 h 21 min	1 h 50 min	70%
Fri Jun 25	6 h 57 min	2 h 50 min	2 h 38 min	2 h 7 min	60%
Sat Jun 26	6 h 57 min	2 h 52 min	2 h 56 min	2 h 25 min	51%
Sun Jun 27	6 h 58 min	2 h 53 min	3 h 15 min	2 h 44 min	40%
Mon Jun 28	6 h 58 min	2 h 54 min	3 h 38 min	3 h 7 min	30%
Tue Jun 29	6 h 59 min	2 h 56 min	4 h 7 min	3 h 36 min	21%
Wed Jun 30	7 h	2 h 58 min	4 h 46 min	4 h	12%

Moon lit: SunCalc illuminated fraction at the middle of the 10 PM to 2 AM window.

Questions

Can you see the northern lights in Le Sud-Ouest in June?: On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 30 of 30 nights at Le Sud-Ouest have civil darkness, and 3% of past June days reached Kp 6.
How dark is Le Sud-Ouest in June?: Le Sud-Ouest averages 7.0 hours of civil night a night in June 2027, from 7 h 12 min on the 1st to 7 h on the last night.
How cloudy is Le Sud-Ouest in June?: NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Le Sud-Ouest's 1 degree cell 62% mean cloud in June, against 65% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.
What is the best night in June 2027 for aurora in Le Sud-Ouest?: By darkness and moon alone, Jun 1, with 4 h of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Le Sud-Ouest. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.
Is June or July better in Le Sud-Ouest?: By civil night times the clear share, June scores 2.7 hours at Le Sud-Ouest and July 3.1. July comes out ahead.

Sources and verification

SunCalchttps://github.com/mourner/suncalc
NASA POWER climatologyhttps://power.larc.nasa.gov/docs/services/api/temporal/climatology/
GFZ Potsdam Kp indexhttps://kp.gfz.de/en/data
NOAA SWPC, Tips on viewing the aurorahttps://www.spaceweather.gov/content/tips-viewing-aurora

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.