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Prince Albert · January 2027

Northern lights in Prince Albert in January 2027

Answer

January gives Prince Albert 14.4 hours of civil night on the 15th, the 2nd darkest of its 12 months, under 68% mean cloud. 48% of January days since 1996 reached Kp 3, enough for the oval edge to reach Prince Albert.
14.3 h
civil night, average night
SunCalc for 53.20, -105.77; NASA POWER; GFZ Kp

January against the rest of the year

January cloud at Prince Albert averages 68% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, 2 points cloudier than its yearly mean. July is Prince Albert's clearest month at 58%. That makes January the best month of Prince Albert's year by civil night times clear sky, 4.6 hours. Saskatoon, 133 km away, averages the same 68%.

Civil night at Prince Albert starts January at 14 h 49 min and reaches 13 h 39 min by January 31, 1.2 hours shorter. SWPC's 10 PM to 2 AM window is fully dark on every night. True astronomical darkness, the sun 18 degrees down, lasts 11.6 hours on the 15th.

January night by night

January opens toward a new moon on Jan 7, with full moon on Jan 22, in America/Regina dates. Prince Albert gets 248 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: Jan 1 (4 h), Jan 2 (4 h), Jan 3 (4 h).

  1. 1

    26% lit

    11.2 h

  2. 2

    18% lit

    12.4 h

  3. 3

    11% lit

    13.6 h

  4. 4

    6% lit

    14.6 h

  5. 5

    2% lit

    14.7 h

  6. 6

    0% lit

    14.7 h

  7. 7

    0% lit

    14.7 h

  8. 8

    2% lit

    14.6 h

  9. 9

    5% lit

    13.4 h

  10. 10

    10% lit

    12.1 h

  11. 11

    17% lit

    10.9 h

  12. 12

    25% lit

    9.6 h

  13. 13

    34% lit

    8.3 h

  14. 14

    44% lit

    7.0 h

  15. 15

    54% lit

    5.6 h

  16. 16

    65% lit

    4.2 h

  17. 17

    75% lit

    2.7 h

  18. 18

    85% lit

    1.3 h

  19. 19

    92% lit

    0.3 h

  20. 20

    98% lit

    0.0 h

  21. 21

    100% lit

    0.0 h

  22. 22

    99% lit

    0.0 h

  23. 23

    96% lit

    1.4 h

  24. 24

    90% lit

    2.9 h

  25. 25

    82% lit

    4.3 h

  26. 26

    72% lit

    5.7 h

  27. 27

    62% lit

    7.0 h

  28. 28

    52% lit

    8.3 h

  29. 29

    42% lit

    9.6 h

  30. 30

    33% lit

    10.8 h

  31. 31

    24% lit

    11.8 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 Januarys

Prince Albert needs Kp 3 for the average oval edge to sit overhead. 443 of the 930 January days from 1996 to 2025 (48%) reached it in the GFZ Potsdam record, 8th of 12 months; storm days with Kp 5 or more made up 6%. 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.

January across Canada

Prince Albert ranks 7th in Canada for civil night on January 15, behind Yellowknife at 15.8 hours. Coming from December (14.9 hours at Prince Albert), January loses darkness, and February brings shorter nights (12.8 hours on the 15th).

Civil night on January 15 and January cloud, month-page towns in Canada
TownCivil nightCloud
Yellowknife15.8 h56%
Whitehorse15.4 h67%
Fort McMurray14.8 h66%
Fort St. John14.8 h70%
Grande Prairie14.6 h71%
Edmonton14.5 h71%
Prince Albert14.4 h68%
Lloydminster14.4 h70%
Saskatoon14.3 h68%
Red Deer14.3 h71%
Calgary14.2 h70%
Winnipeg14.1 h64%

Darkness and moon, every night

Prince Albert, January 2027: each night from local noon to the next noon
NightCivilAstronomicalMoon-free darkMoon-free, 10 PM to 2 AMMoon lit
Fri Jan 114 h 49 min11 h 56 min11 h 12 min4 h26%
Sat Jan 214 h 48 min11 h 55 min12 h 27 min4 h18%
Sun Jan 314 h 47 min11 h 54 min13 h 37 min4 h11%
Mon Jan 414 h 46 min11 h 53 min14 h 38 min4 h6%
Tue Jan 514 h 44 min11 h 52 min14 h 44 min4 h2%
Wed Jan 614 h 43 min11 h 50 min14 h 43 min4 h0%
Thu Jan 714 h 41 min11 h 49 min14 h 41 min4 h0%
Fri Jan 814 h 39 min11 h 47 min14 h 38 min4 h2%
Sat Jan 914 h 37 min11 h 46 min13 h 22 min4 h5%
Sun Jan 1014 h 35 min11 h 44 min12 h 7 min4 h10%
Mon Jan 1114 h 34 min11 h 43 min10 h 52 min4 h17%
Tue Jan 1214 h 31 min11 h 41 min9 h 37 min3 h 10 min25%
Wed Jan 1314 h 29 min11 h 39 min8 h 21 min1 h 55 min34%
Thu Jan 1414 h 27 min11 h 37 min7 h 2 min36 min44%
Fri Jan 1514 h 25 min11 h 35 min5 h 38 min0 min54%
Sat Jan 1614 h 22 min11 h 33 min4 h 11 min0 min65%
Sun Jan 1714 h 20 min11 h 31 min2 h 42 min0 min75%
Mon Jan 1814 h 17 min11 h 29 min1 h 20 min0 min85%
Tue Jan 1914 h 15 min11 h 27 min15 min0 min92%
Wed Jan 2014 h 12 min11 h 24 min0 min0 min98%
Thu Jan 2114 h 10 min11 h 22 min0 min0 min100%
Fri Jan 2214 h 7 min11 h 19 min0 min0 min99%
Sat Jan 2314 h 4 min11 h 17 min1 h 23 min0 min96%
Sun Jan 2414 h 1 min11 h 14 min2 h 52 min0 min90%
Mon Jan 2513 h 58 min11 h 12 min4 h 17 min33 min82%
Tue Jan 2613 h 55 min11 h 9 min5 h 39 min1 h 57 min72%
Wed Jan 2713 h 52 min11 h 6 min6 h 59 min3 h 19 min62%
Thu Jan 2813 h 49 min11 h 4 min8 h 18 min4 h52%
Fri Jan 2913 h 46 min11 h 1 min9 h 35 min4 h42%
Sat Jan 3013 h 43 min10 h 58 min10 h 47 min4 h33%
Sun Jan 3113 h 39 min10 h 55 min11 h 51 min4 h24%
Moon lit: SunCalc illuminated fraction at the middle of the 10 PM to 2 AM window.

Questions

Can you see the northern lights in Prince Albert in January?
On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 31 of 31 nights at Prince Albert have civil darkness, and 48% of past January days reached Kp 3.
How dark is Prince Albert in January?
Prince Albert averages 14.3 hours of civil night a night in January 2027, from 14 h 49 min on the 1st to 13 h 39 min on the last night.
How cloudy is Prince Albert in January?
NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Prince Albert's 1 degree cell 68% mean cloud in January, against 66% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.
What is the best night in January 2027 for aurora in Prince Albert?
By darkness and moon alone, Jan 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 January or February better in Prince Albert?
By civil night times the clear share, January scores 4.6 hours at Prince Albert and February 4.1. January 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.