Can you see the northern lights in Pierrefonds-Roxboro in November?

On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 30 of 30 nights at Pierrefonds-Roxboro have civil darkness, and 4% of past November days reached Kp 6.

How dark is Pierrefonds-Roxboro in November?

Pierrefonds-Roxboro averages 13.3 hours of civil night a night in November 2026, from 12 h 46 min on the 1st to 13 h 48 min on the last night.

How cloudy is Pierrefonds-Roxboro in November?

NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Pierrefonds-Roxboro's 1 degree cell 72% mean cloud in November, against 65% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.

What is the best night in November 2026 for aurora in Pierrefonds-Roxboro?

By darkness and moon alone, Nov 4, with 4 h of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Pierrefonds-Roxboro. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.

Is November or December better in Pierrefonds-Roxboro?

By civil night times the clear share, November scores 3.8 hours at Pierrefonds-Roxboro and December 3.4. November comes out ahead.

Pierrefonds-Roxboro · November 2026

Northern lights in Pierrefonds-Roxboro in November 2026

Answer

November gives Pierrefonds-Roxboro 13.4 hours of civil night on the 15th, the 3rd darkest of its 12 months, under 72% mean cloud. 4% of November days since 1996 reached Kp 6, enough for the oval edge to reach Pierrefonds-Roxboro.

13.3 h

civil night, average night

SunCalc for 45.50, -73.84; NASA POWER; GFZ Kp

November 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

November cloud at Pierrefonds-Roxboro averages 72% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, 7 points cloudier than its yearly mean. September is Pierrefonds-Roxboro's clearest month at 54%. By civil night times clear sky, November scores 3.8 hours at Pierrefonds-Roxboro, 6th of 12. Trois-Rivières, 137 km away, averages 73%, cloudier by 1 points.

Civil night at Pierrefonds-Roxboro starts November at 12 h 46 min and reaches 13 h 48 min by November 30 as the nights lengthen by 1.0 hours. SWPC's 10 PM to 2 AM window is fully dark on every night. True astronomical darkness, the sun 18 degrees down, lasts 11.0 hours on the 15th.

November night by night

November opens toward a new moon on Nov 9, with full moon on Nov 24, in America/Toronto dates. Pierrefonds-Roxboro gets 209 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: Nov 4 (4 h), Nov 5 (4 h), Nov 6 (4 h).

1
46% lit
5.8 h
2
35% lit
7.1 h
3
25% lit
8.3 h
4
17% lit
9.6 h
5
10% lit
10.8 h
6
5% lit
11.9 h
7
1% lit
13.0 h
8
0% lit
13.1 h
9
1% lit
13.1 h
New
10
4% lit
13.2 h
11
8% lit
12.8 h
12
14% lit
11.9 h
13
21% lit
10.9 h
14
29% lit
9.9 h
15
38% lit
8.8 h
16
47% lit
7.7 h
17
57% lit
6.6 h
18
67% lit
5.5 h
19
76% lit
4.3 h
20
85% lit
3.1 h
21
92% lit
1.9 h
22
97% lit
0.5 h
23
100% lit
0.0 h
24
99% lit
0.0 h
Full
25
96% lit
0.0 h
26
90% lit
1.2 h
27
82% lit
2.6 h
28
72% lit
4.0 h
29
62% lit
5.3 h
30
51% lit
6.6 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 Novembers

Pierrefonds-Roxboro needs Kp 6 for the average oval edge to sit overhead. 40 of the 900 November days from 1996 to 2025 (4%) reached it in the GFZ Potsdam record, one of the three most active months for that level; storm days with Kp 5 or more made up 10%. Pierrefonds-Roxboro 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.

November across Canada

Pierrefonds-Roxboro ranks 20th in Canada for civil night on November 15, behind Yellowknife at 15.1 hours. Coming from October (12.0 hours at Pierrefonds-Roxboro), November adds darkness, and the nights keep growing into December (14.0 hours on the 15th).

Civil night on November 15 and November cloud, month-page towns in Canada
Town	Civil night	Cloud
Yellowknife	15.1 h	75%
Whitehorse	14.8 h	74%
Fort McMurray	14.3 h	77%
Fort St. John	14.3 h	73%
Grande Prairie	14.2 h	75%
Edmonton	14.0 h	76%
Prince Albert	14.0 h	77%
Lloydminster	14.0 h	74%
Saskatoon	13.9 h	73%
Red Deer	13.9 h	76%
Calgary	13.8 h	71%
Kamloops	13.8 h	76%
Pierrefonds-Roxboro	13.4 h	72%

Darkness and moon, every night

Pierrefonds-Roxboro, November 2026: each night from local noon to the next noon
Night	Civil	Astronomical	Moon-free dark	Moon-free, 10 PM to 2 AM	Moon lit
Sun Nov 1	12 h 46 min	10 h 28 min	5 h 47 min	1 h 3 min	46%
Mon Nov 2	12 h 49 min	10 h 30 min	7 h 5 min	2 h 20 min	35%
Tue Nov 3	12 h 52 min	10 h 33 min	8 h 20 min	3 h 34 min	25%
Wed Nov 4	12 h 54 min	10 h 35 min	9 h 33 min	4 h	17%
Thu Nov 5	12 h 57 min	10 h 37 min	10 h 45 min	4 h	10%
Fri Nov 6	12 h 59 min	10 h 40 min	11 h 56 min	4 h	5%
Sat Nov 7	13 h 2 min	10 h 42 min	13 h 2 min	4 h	1%
Sun Nov 8	13 h 4 min	10 h 44 min	13 h 4 min	4 h	0%
Mon Nov 9	13 h 7 min	10 h 47 min	13 h 7 min	4 h	1%
Tue Nov 10	13 h 9 min	10 h 49 min	13 h 9 min	4 h	4%
Wed Nov 11	13 h 12 min	10 h 51 min	12 h 45 min	4 h	8%
Thu Nov 12	13 h 14 min	10 h 53 min	11 h 54 min	4 h	14%
Fri Nov 13	13 h 16 min	10 h 55 min	10 h 56 min	4 h	21%
Sat Nov 14	13 h 18 min	10 h 57 min	9 h 54 min	4 h	29%
Sun Nov 15	13 h 21 min	10 h 59 min	8 h 48 min	4 h	38%
Mon Nov 16	13 h 23 min	11 h 1 min	7 h 43 min	3 h 21 min	47%
Tue Nov 17	13 h 25 min	11 h 3 min	6 h 36 min	2 h 13 min	57%
Wed Nov 18	13 h 27 min	11 h 5 min	5 h 29 min	1 h 5 min	67%
Thu Nov 19	13 h 29 min	11 h 7 min	4 h 21 min	0 min	76%
Fri Nov 20	13 h 31 min	11 h 8 min	3 h 8 min	0 min	85%
Sat Nov 21	13 h 33 min	11 h 10 min	1 h 52 min	0 min	92%
Sun Nov 22	13 h 35 min	11 h 12 min	31 min	0 min	97%
Mon Nov 23	13 h 37 min	11 h 13 min	0 min	0 min	100%
Tue Nov 24	13 h 39 min	11 h 15 min	0 min	0 min	99%
Wed Nov 25	13 h 40 min	11 h 17 min	2 min	0 min	96%
Thu Nov 26	13 h 42 min	11 h 18 min	1 h 14 min	0 min	90%
Fri Nov 27	13 h 44 min	11 h 19 min	2 h 35 min	0 min	82%
Sat Nov 28	13 h 45 min	11 h 21 min	3 h 58 min	0 min	72%
Sun Nov 29	13 h 47 min	11 h 22 min	5 h 18 min	9 min	62%
Mon Nov 30	13 h 48 min	11 h 23 min	6 h 34 min	1 h 25 min	51%

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

Questions

Can you see the northern lights in Pierrefonds-Roxboro in November?: On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 30 of 30 nights at Pierrefonds-Roxboro have civil darkness, and 4% of past November days reached Kp 6.
How dark is Pierrefonds-Roxboro in November?: Pierrefonds-Roxboro averages 13.3 hours of civil night a night in November 2026, from 12 h 46 min on the 1st to 13 h 48 min on the last night.
How cloudy is Pierrefonds-Roxboro in November?: NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Pierrefonds-Roxboro's 1 degree cell 72% mean cloud in November, against 65% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.
What is the best night in November 2026 for aurora in Pierrefonds-Roxboro?: By darkness and moon alone, Nov 4, with 4 h of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Pierrefonds-Roxboro. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.
Is November or December better in Pierrefonds-Roxboro?: By civil night times the clear share, November scores 3.8 hours at Pierrefonds-Roxboro and December 3.4. November 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.