Nar'yan-Mar · June 2027
Northern lights in Nar'yan-Mar in June 2027
Answer
June against the rest of the year
June cloud at Nar'yan-Mar averages 75% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, 2 points clearer than its yearly mean. January is Nar'yan-Mar's clearest month at 70%. By civil night times clear sky, June scores 0.0 hours at Nar'yan-Mar, 10th of 12. Narian-Mar, 5 km away, averages the same 75%.
The sun never gets 6 degrees below the horizon at Nar'yan-Mar in June 2027, so every night is twilight or daylight. July 15 is still without civil night at Nar'yan-Mar.
June night by night
The moon runs its cycle as usual, new on Jun 4 and full on Jun 19, but with no civil night it makes no difference at Nar'yan-Mar in June.
- 1
11% lit
no night
- 2
5% lit
no night
- 3
1% lit
no night
- 4
0% lit
no night
- 5
2% lit
no night
- 6
6% lit
no night
- 7
13% lit
no night
- 8
22% lit
no night
- 9
33% lit
no night
- 10
44% lit
no night
- 11
55% lit
no night
- 12
65% lit
no night
- 13
75% lit
no night
- 14
84% lit
no night
- 15
90% lit
no night
- 16
95% lit
no night
- 17
99% lit
no night
- 18
100% lit
no night
- 19
99% lit
no night
- 20
97% lit
no night
- 21
93% lit
no night
- 22
87% lit
no night
- 23
80% lit
no night
- 24
72% lit
no night
- 25
63% lit
no night
- 26
53% lit
no night
- 27
43% lit
no night
- 28
33% lit
no night
- 29
23% lit
no night
- 30
15% lit
no night
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
Nar'yan-Mar needs Kp 3 for the average oval edge to sit overhead. 383 of the 900 June days from 1996 to 2025 (43%) reached it in the GFZ Potsdam record, one of the three quietest months for that level; storm days with Kp 5 or more made up 8%. Nar'yan-Mar sits at 61.3 degrees geomagnetic, inside SWPC's 60 to 75 degree band, where aurora can be seen on more than half of all nights. No storm is needed: by SWPC's rule the average oval edge is overhead at Kp 3.
June across Russia
Nar'yan-Mar ranks 4th in Russia for civil night on June 15, behind Velikiy Novgorod at 2.7 hours. Coming from May (0.0 hours at Nar'yan-Mar), June changes little, and July holds about the same. The June solstice falls on June 21, 17:07 Nar'yan-Mar time.
| Town | Civil night | Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Velikiy Novgorod | 2.7 h | 66% |
| Kolpino | 1.4 h | 67% |
| Saint Petersburg | 1.0 h | 67% |
| Nar'yan-Mar | 0.0 h | 75% |
| Arkhangel'sk | 0.0 h | 67% |
| Murmansk | 0.0 h | 79% |
| Petrozavodsk | 0.0 h | 73% |
| Syktyvkar | 0.0 h | 70% |
| Severodvinsk | 0.0 h | 67% |
| Norilsk | 0.0 h | 74% |
| Noyabrsk | 0.0 h | 69% |
| Ukhta | 0.0 h | 69% |
Darkness and moon, every night
| Night | Civil | Astronomical | Moon-free dark | Moon-free, 10 PM to 2 AM | Moon lit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue Jun 1 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 11% |
| Wed Jun 2 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 5% |
| Thu Jun 3 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 1% |
| Fri Jun 4 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0% |
| Sat Jun 5 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 2% |
| Sun Jun 6 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 6% |
| Mon Jun 7 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 13% |
| Tue Jun 8 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 22% |
| Wed Jun 9 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 33% |
| Thu Jun 10 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 44% |
| Fri Jun 11 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 55% |
| Sat Jun 12 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 65% |
| Sun Jun 13 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 75% |
| Mon Jun 14 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 84% |
| Tue Jun 15 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 90% |
| Wed Jun 16 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 95% |
| Thu Jun 17 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 99% |
| Fri Jun 18 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 100% |
| Sat Jun 19 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 99% |
| Sun Jun 20 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 97% |
| Mon Jun 21 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 93% |
| Tue Jun 22 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 87% |
| Wed Jun 23 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 80% |
| Thu Jun 24 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 72% |
| Fri Jun 25 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 63% |
| Sat Jun 26 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 53% |
| Sun Jun 27 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 43% |
| Mon Jun 28 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 33% |
| Tue Jun 29 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 23% |
| Wed Jun 30 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 15% |
Questions
- Can you see the northern lights in Nar'yan-Mar in June?
- Not in June 2027. The sun stays above -6 degrees every night at Nar'yan-Mar, so there is no civil darkness.
- How dark is Nar'yan-Mar in June?
- Nar'yan-Mar averages 0.0 hours of civil night a night in June 2027, from 0 min on the 1st to 0 min on the last night.
- How cloudy is Nar'yan-Mar in June?
- NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Nar'yan-Mar's 1 degree cell 75% mean cloud in June, against 77% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.
- What is the best night in June 2027 for aurora in Nar'yan-Mar?
- No night in June 2027 has moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Nar'yan-Mar.
- Is June or July better in Nar'yan-Mar?
- By civil night times the clear share, June scores 0.0 hours at Nar'yan-Mar and July 0.0. They are level.
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.