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Motala · June 2027

Northern lights in Motala in June 2027

Answer

June gives Motala 2.7 hours of civil night on the 15th, the lightest month of its year, under 67% mean cloud. 8% of June days since 1996 reached Kp 5, enough for the oval edge to reach Motala.
2.8 h
civil night, average night
SunCalc for 58.54, 15.04; NASA POWER; GFZ Kp

June against the rest of the year

June cloud at Motala averages 67% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, 6 points clearer than its yearly mean. April is Motala's clearest month at 65%. By civil night times clear sky, June scores 0.9 hours at Motala, 12th of 12. Linköping, 37 km away, averages the same 67%.

Civil night at Motala starts June at 3 h 29 min and reaches 2 h 48 min by June 30, 0.7 hours shorter. No night keeps the 10 PM to 2 AM window fully dark at Motala. The sun never reaches 18 degrees down, so Motala gets no astronomical night in June.

June night by night

June opens toward a new moon on Jun 4, with full moon on Jun 19, in Europe/Stockholm dates. Motala gets 36 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 (2 h 47 min), Jun 2 (2 h 44 min), Jun 3 (2 h 42 min).

  1. 1

    11% lit

    3.1 h

  2. 2

    5% lit

    3.3 h

  3. 3

    1% lit

    3.3 h

  4. 4

    0% lit

    3.3 h

  5. 5

    2% lit

    2.9 h

  6. 6

    6% lit

    2.2 h

  7. 7

    13% lit

    1.9 h

  8. 8

    23% lit

    1.6 h

  9. 9

    33% lit

    1.5 h

  10. 10

    44% lit

    1.4 h

  11. 11

    55% lit

    1.3 h

  12. 12

    66% lit

    1.2 h

  13. 13

    75% lit

    1.1 h

  14. 14

    84% lit

    1.0 h

  15. 15

    91% lit

    0.8 h

  16. 16

    96% lit

    0.5 h

  17. 17

    99% lit

    0.0 h

  18. 18

    100% lit

    0.0 h

  19. 19

    99% lit

    0.0 h

  20. 20

    97% lit

    0.0 h

  21. 21

    93% lit

    0.1 h

  22. 22

    87% lit

    0.3 h

  23. 23

    80% lit

    0.3 h

  24. 24

    72% lit

    0.4 h

  25. 25

    63% lit

    0.5 h

  26. 26

    53% lit

    0.5 h

  27. 27

    43% lit

    0.6 h

  28. 28

    33% lit

    0.7 h

  29. 29

    23% lit

    0.9 h

  30. 30

    14% lit

    1.2 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

Motala needs Kp 5 for the average oval edge to sit overhead. 73 of the 900 June days from 1996 to 2025 (8%) reached it in the GFZ Potsdam record, 9th of 12 months; storm days with Kp 5 or more made up 8%. Motala sits at 57.7 degrees geomagnetic. By SWPC's rule the average oval edge is overhead at Kp 5, and aurora is usually visible on the northern horizon at G1 (Kp 5) or less.

June across Sweden

Motala ranks 5th in Sweden for civil night on June 15, behind Malmö at 4.3 hours. Coming from May (5.0 hours at Motala), June loses darkness, and the nights keep growing into July (3.9 hours on the 15th). The June solstice falls on June 21, 16:07 Motala time.

Civil night on June 15 and June cloud, month-page towns in Sweden
TownCivil nightCloud
Malmö4.3 h62%
Helsingborg4.1 h67%
Gothenburg3.2 h63%
Jönköping3.2 h66%
Motala2.7 h67%
Linköping2.7 h67%
Örebro2.0 h69%
Stockholm1.9 h62%
Sollentuna1.8 h69%
Västerås1.6 h69%
Uppsala1.2 h69%
Umeå0.0 h63%

Darkness and moon, every night

Motala, June 2027: each night from local noon to the next noon
NightCivilAstronomicalMoon-free darkMoon-free, 10 PM to 2 AMMoon lit
Tue Jun 13 h 29 min0 min3 h 6 min2 h 47 min11%
Wed Jun 23 h 24 min0 min3 h 15 min2 h 44 min5%
Thu Jun 33 h 20 min0 min3 h 20 min2 h 42 min1%
Fri Jun 43 h 15 min0 min3 h 15 min2 h 39 min0%
Sat Jun 53 h 11 min0 min2 h 54 min2 h 20 min2%
Sun Jun 63 h 7 min0 min2 h 14 min1 h 42 min6%
Mon Jun 73 h 3 min0 min1 h 52 min1 h 22 min13%
Tue Jun 82 h 59 min0 min1 h 39 min1 h 11 min23%
Wed Jun 92 h 55 min0 min1 h 30 min1 h 3 min33%
Thu Jun 102 h 52 min0 min1 h 24 min58 min44%
Fri Jun 112 h 49 min0 min1 h 18 min54 min55%
Sat Jun 122 h 46 min0 min1 h 13 min50 min66%
Sun Jun 132 h 43 min0 min1 h 7 min46 min75%
Mon Jun 142 h 41 min0 min1 h39 min84%
Tue Jun 152 h 39 min0 min49 min29 min91%
Wed Jun 162 h 37 min0 min31 min12 min96%
Thu Jun 172 h 36 min0 min0 min0 min99%
Fri Jun 182 h 35 min0 min0 min0 min100%
Sat Jun 192 h 34 min0 min0 min0 min99%
Sun Jun 202 h 34 min0 min0 min0 min97%
Mon Jun 212 h 34 min0 min9 min9 min93%
Tue Jun 222 h 34 min0 min16 min16 min87%
Wed Jun 232 h 35 min0 min21 min21 min80%
Thu Jun 242 h 36 min0 min25 min25 min72%
Fri Jun 252 h 37 min0 min28 min28 min63%
Sat Jun 262 h 39 min0 min32 min32 min53%
Sun Jun 272 h 40 min0 min37 min37 min43%
Mon Jun 282 h 43 min0 min44 min44 min33%
Tue Jun 292 h 45 min0 min54 min54 min23%
Wed Jun 302 h 48 min0 min1 h 11 min1 h 11 min14%
Moon lit: SunCalc illuminated fraction at the middle of the 10 PM to 2 AM window.

Questions

Can you see the northern lights in Motala in June?
On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 30 of 30 nights at Motala have civil darkness, and 8% of past June days reached Kp 5.
How dark is Motala in June?
Motala averages 2.8 hours of civil night a night in June 2027, from 3 h 29 min on the 1st to 2 h 48 min on the last night.
How cloudy is Motala in June?
NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Motala's 1 degree cell 67% mean cloud in June, against 73% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.
What is the best night in June 2027 for aurora in Motala?
By darkness and moon alone, Jun 1, with 2 h 47 min of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Motala. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.
Is June or July better in Motala?
By civil night times the clear share, June scores 0.9 hours at Motala and July 1.2. July 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.