Mount Gambier · February 2027
Southern lights in Mount Gambier in February 2027
Answer
February against the rest of the year
February cloud at Mount Gambier averages 52% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, 6 points clearer than its yearly mean. January is Mount Gambier's clearest month at 49%. By civil night times clear sky, February scores 4.6 hours at Mount Gambier, 7th of 12. Anadyr, 11,845 km away, averages 60%, cloudier by 8 points.
Civil night at Mount Gambier starts February at 8 h 58 min and reaches 10 h 3 min by February 28 as the nights lengthen by 1.1 hours. SWPC's 10 PM to 2 AM window is fully dark on every night. True astronomical darkness, the sun 18 degrees down, lasts 7.2 hours on the 15th.
February night by night
February opens toward a new moon on Feb 7, with full moon on Feb 21, in Australia/Adelaide dates. Mount Gambier gets 136 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: Feb 2 (4 h), Feb 3 (4 h), Feb 4 (4 h).
- 1
22% lit
5.0 h
- 2
14% lit
5.9 h
- 3
9% lit
6.9 h
- 4
4% lit
7.9 h
- 5
1% lit
8.9 h
- 6
0% lit
9.2 h
- 7
1% lit
9.2 h
- 8
3% lit
9.1 h
- 9
8% lit
8.7 h
- 10
14% lit
8.4 h
- 11
22% lit
8.0 h
- 12
31% lit
7.6 h
- 13
42% lit
7.0 h
- 14
53% lit
6.4 h
- 15
64% lit
5.6 h
- 16
74% lit
4.6 h
- 17
84% lit
3.4 h
- 18
92% lit
2.1 h
- 19
97% lit
0.9 h
- 20
100% lit
0.0 h
- 21
99% lit
0.0 h
- 22
96% lit
0.1 h
- 23
91% lit
0.6 h
- 24
84% lit
1.0 h
- 25
75% lit
1.5 h
- 26
66% lit
2.1 h
- 27
57% lit
2.8 h
- 28
47% lit
3.5 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 Februarys
No whole Kp puts the average oval edge over Mount Gambier by SWPC's rule, so the GFZ record has no threshold to count for February. Mount Gambier sits at 45.3 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.
February across Australia
Coming from January (8.4 hours at Mount Gambier), February adds darkness, and the nights keep growing into March (10.7 hours on the 15th).
Darkness and moon, every night
| Night | Civil | Astronomical | Moon-free dark | Moon-free, 10 PM to 2 AM | Moon lit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon Feb 1 | 8 h 58 min | 6 h 31 min | 5 h 2 min | 3 h 54 min | 22% |
| Tue Feb 2 | 9 h | 6 h 34 min | 5 h 54 min | 4 h | 14% |
| Wed Feb 3 | 9 h 2 min | 6 h 37 min | 6 h 52 min | 4 h | 9% |
| Thu Feb 4 | 9 h 4 min | 6 h 40 min | 7 h 52 min | 4 h | 4% |
| Fri Feb 5 | 9 h 7 min | 6 h 43 min | 8 h 54 min | 4 h | 1% |
| Sat Feb 6 | 9 h 9 min | 6 h 46 min | 9 h 9 min | 4 h | 0% |
| Sun Feb 7 | 9 h 11 min | 6 h 49 min | 9 h 11 min | 4 h | 1% |
| Mon Feb 8 | 9 h 14 min | 6 h 52 min | 9 h 6 min | 4 h | 3% |
| Tue Feb 9 | 9 h 16 min | 6 h 55 min | 8 h 44 min | 4 h | 8% |
| Wed Feb 10 | 9 h 18 min | 6 h 58 min | 8 h 23 min | 4 h | 14% |
| Thu Feb 11 | 9 h 21 min | 7 h 1 min | 8 h | 3 h 58 min | 22% |
| Fri Feb 12 | 9 h 23 min | 7 h 4 min | 7 h 34 min | 3 h 31 min | 31% |
| Sat Feb 13 | 9 h 26 min | 7 h 7 min | 7 h 2 min | 2 h 58 min | 42% |
| Sun Feb 14 | 9 h 28 min | 7 h 10 min | 6 h 24 min | 2 h 18 min | 53% |
| Mon Feb 15 | 9 h 31 min | 7 h 13 min | 5 h 35 min | 1 h 29 min | 64% |
| Tue Feb 16 | 9 h 33 min | 7 h 17 min | 4 h 35 min | 28 min | 74% |
| Wed Feb 17 | 9 h 35 min | 7 h 20 min | 3 h 25 min | 0 min | 84% |
| Thu Feb 18 | 9 h 38 min | 7 h 23 min | 2 h 9 min | 0 min | 92% |
| Fri Feb 19 | 9 h 40 min | 7 h 26 min | 52 min | 0 min | 97% |
| Sat Feb 20 | 9 h 43 min | 7 h 29 min | 0 min | 0 min | 100% |
| Sun Feb 21 | 9 h 45 min | 7 h 32 min | 0 min | 0 min | 99% |
| Mon Feb 22 | 9 h 48 min | 7 h 35 min | 5 min | 0 min | 96% |
| Tue Feb 23 | 9 h 50 min | 7 h 38 min | 33 min | 0 min | 91% |
| Wed Feb 24 | 9 h 53 min | 7 h 41 min | 1 h 1 min | 0 min | 84% |
| Thu Feb 25 | 9 h 56 min | 7 h 44 min | 1 h 32 min | 0 min | 75% |
| Fri Feb 26 | 9 h 58 min | 7 h 47 min | 2 h 6 min | 27 min | 66% |
| Sat Feb 27 | 10 h 1 min | 7 h 50 min | 2 h 45 min | 1 h 5 min | 57% |
| Sun Feb 28 | 10 h 3 min | 7 h 53 min | 3 h 30 min | 1 h 48 min | 47% |
Questions
- Can you see the southern lights in Mount Gambier in February?
- On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 28 of 28 nights at Mount Gambier have civil darkness.
- How dark is Mount Gambier in February?
- Mount Gambier averages 9.5 hours of civil night a night in February 2027, from 8 h 58 min on the 1st to 10 h 3 min on the last night.
- How cloudy is Mount Gambier in February?
- NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Mount Gambier's 1 degree cell 52% mean cloud in February, against 58% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.
- What is the best night in February 2027 for aurora in Mount Gambier?
- By darkness and moon alone, Feb 2, with 4 h of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Mount Gambier. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.
- Is February or March better in Mount Gambier?
- By civil night times the clear share, February scores 4.6 hours at Mount Gambier and March 4.9. March 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.