Prince Albert · August 2027
Northern lights in Prince Albert in August 2027
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August against the rest of the year
August cloud at Prince Albert averages 58% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, 8 points clearer than its yearly mean. July is Prince Albert's clearest month at 58%. By civil night times clear sky, August scores 3.3 hours at Prince Albert, 7th of 12. Saskatoon, 133 km away, averages 54%, clearer by 4 points.
Civil night at Prince Albert starts August at 6 h 49 min and reaches 8 h 58 min by August 31 as the nights lengthen by 2.1 hours. SWPC's 10 PM to 2 AM window is fully dark on every night. True astronomical darkness, the sun 18 degrees down, lasts 3.9 hours on the 15th.
August night by night
August opens toward a new moon on Aug 2 and Aug 31, with full moon on Aug 17, in America/Regina dates. Prince Albert gets 123 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: Aug 1 (4 h), Aug 2 (4 h), Aug 3 (4 h).
- 1
0% lit
6.8 h
- 2
1% lit
6.9 h
- 3
5% lit
7.0 h
- 4
12% lit
7.0 h
- 5
20% lit
7.0 h
- 6
30% lit
6.8 h
- 7
40% lit
6.6 h
- 8
51% lit
6.3 h
- 9
61% lit
5.9 h
- 10
70% lit
5.4 h
- 11
79% lit
4.6 h
- 12
86% lit
3.6 h
- 13
92% lit
2.5 h
- 14
96% lit
1.3 h
- 15
99% lit
0.1 h
- 16
100% lit
0.0 h
- 17
99% lit
0.0 h
- 18
97% lit
0.0 h
- 19
92% lit
0.0 h
- 20
86% lit
0.0 h
- 21
78% lit
0.1 h
- 22
69% lit
0.4 h
- 23
59% lit
0.8 h
- 24
49% lit
1.4 h
- 25
38% lit
2.2 h
- 26
27% lit
3.3 h
- 27
17% lit
4.7 h
- 28
9% lit
6.3 h
- 29
3% lit
7.9 h
- 30
0% lit
8.9 h
- 31
0% lit
9.0 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 Augusts
Prince Albert needs Kp 3 for the average oval edge to sit overhead. 444 of the 930 August days from 1996 to 2025 (48%) reached it in the GFZ Potsdam record, 7th of 12 months; storm days with Kp 5 or more made up 11%. Prince Albert sits at 60.6 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.
August across Canada
Prince Albert ranks 16th in Canada for civil night on August 15, behind Trois-Rivières at 8.7 hours. Coming from July (5.8 hours at Prince Albert), August adds darkness, and the nights keep growing into September (10.1 hours on the 15th).
| Town | Civil night | Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Trois-Rivières | 8.7 h | 59% |
| Sydney | 8.7 h | 65% |
| Québec | 8.6 h | 60% |
| Greater Sudbury | 8.6 h | 56% |
| St. John's | 8.5 h | 72% |
| Saguenay | 8.4 h | 68% |
| Thunder Bay | 8.4 h | 64% |
| Winnipeg | 8.3 h | 52% |
| Kelowna | 8.3 h | 45% |
| Lethbridge | 8.3 h | 51% |
| Regina | 8.2 h | 53% |
| Kamloops | 8.2 h | 50% |
| Prince Albert | 7.8 h | 58% |
Darkness and moon, every night
| Night | Civil | Astronomical | Moon-free dark | Moon-free, 10 PM to 2 AM | Moon lit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Aug 1 | 6 h 49 min | 1 h 20 min | 6 h 49 min | 4 h | 0% |
| Mon Aug 2 | 6 h 53 min | 1 h 38 min | 6 h 53 min | 4 h | 1% |
| Tue Aug 3 | 6 h 57 min | 1 h 53 min | 6 h 57 min | 4 h | 5% |
| Wed Aug 4 | 7 h 2 min | 2 h 6 min | 7 h 2 min | 4 h | 12% |
| Thu Aug 5 | 7 h 6 min | 2 h 19 min | 7 h | 4 h | 20% |
| Fri Aug 6 | 7 h 10 min | 2 h 30 min | 6 h 49 min | 4 h | 30% |
| Sat Aug 7 | 7 h 14 min | 2 h 41 min | 6 h 36 min | 3 h 50 min | 40% |
| Sun Aug 8 | 7 h 18 min | 2 h 52 min | 6 h 19 min | 3 h 31 min | 51% |
| Mon Aug 9 | 7 h 23 min | 3 h 1 min | 5 h 56 min | 3 h 5 min | 61% |
| Tue Aug 10 | 7 h 27 min | 3 h 11 min | 5 h 22 min | 2 h 30 min | 70% |
| Wed Aug 11 | 7 h 31 min | 3 h 20 min | 4 h 36 min | 1 h 42 min | 79% |
| Thu Aug 12 | 7 h 35 min | 3 h 29 min | 3 h 38 min | 42 min | 86% |
| Fri Aug 13 | 7 h 40 min | 3 h 37 min | 2 h 31 min | 0 min | 92% |
| Sat Aug 14 | 7 h 44 min | 3 h 46 min | 1 h 19 min | 0 min | 96% |
| Sun Aug 15 | 7 h 48 min | 3 h 54 min | 7 min | 0 min | 99% |
| Mon Aug 16 | 7 h 53 min | 4 h 2 min | 0 min | 0 min | 100% |
| Tue Aug 17 | 7 h 57 min | 4 h 9 min | 0 min | 0 min | 99% |
| Wed Aug 18 | 8 h 1 min | 4 h 17 min | 0 min | 0 min | 97% |
| Thu Aug 19 | 8 h 6 min | 4 h 24 min | 0 min | 0 min | 92% |
| Fri Aug 20 | 8 h 10 min | 4 h 32 min | 0 min | 0 min | 86% |
| Sat Aug 21 | 8 h 14 min | 4 h 39 min | 8 min | 0 min | 78% |
| Sun Aug 22 | 8 h 19 min | 4 h 46 min | 26 min | 0 min | 69% |
| Mon Aug 23 | 8 h 23 min | 4 h 53 min | 50 min | 0 min | 59% |
| Tue Aug 24 | 8 h 27 min | 5 h | 1 h 23 min | 15 min | 49% |
| Wed Aug 25 | 8 h 32 min | 5 h 6 min | 2 h 11 min | 1 h | 38% |
| Thu Aug 26 | 8 h 36 min | 5 h 13 min | 3 h 18 min | 2 h 5 min | 27% |
| Fri Aug 27 | 8 h 41 min | 5 h 19 min | 4 h 42 min | 3 h 27 min | 17% |
| Sat Aug 28 | 8 h 45 min | 5 h 26 min | 6 h 18 min | 4 h | 9% |
| Sun Aug 29 | 8 h 49 min | 5 h 32 min | 7 h 56 min | 4 h | 3% |
| Mon Aug 30 | 8 h 54 min | 5 h 38 min | 8 h 54 min | 4 h | 0% |
| Tue Aug 31 | 8 h 58 min | 5 h 44 min | 8 h 58 min | 4 h | 0% |
Questions
- Can you see the northern lights in Prince Albert in August?
- On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 31 of 31 nights at Prince Albert have civil darkness, and 48% of past August days reached Kp 3.
- How dark is Prince Albert in August?
- Prince Albert averages 7.9 hours of civil night a night in August 2027, from 6 h 49 min on the 1st to 8 h 58 min on the last night.
- How cloudy is Prince Albert in August?
- NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Prince Albert's 1 degree cell 58% mean cloud in August, against 66% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.
- What is the best night in August 2027 for aurora in Prince Albert?
- By darkness and moon alone, Aug 1, with 4 h of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Prince Albert. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.
- Is August or September better in Prince Albert?
- By civil night times the clear share, August scores 3.3 hours at Prince Albert and September 3.7. September 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.