How dark is Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles in November?

Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles averages 13.3 hours of civil night a night in November 2026, from 12 h 47 min on the 1st to 13 h 49 min on the last night.

How cloudy is Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles in November?

NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles'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 Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles?

By darkness and moon alone, Nov 4, with 4 h of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.

Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles · November 2026

Northern lights in Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles in November 2026

Answer

November gives Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles 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 Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles.

13.3 h

civil night, average night

SunCalc for 45.64, -73.58; NASA POWER; GFZ Kp

November against the rest of the year

4.2

4.0

3.8

3.1

2.7

2.6

3.1

3.7

4.8

3.8

3.4

November cloud at Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles averages 72% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, 7 points cloudier than its yearly mean. September is Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles's clearest month at 54%. By civil night times clear sky, November scores 3.8 hours at Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles, 6th of 12. Trois-Rivières, 112 km away, averages 73%, cloudier by 1 points.

Civil night at Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles starts November at 12 h 47 min and reaches 13 h 49 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. Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles gets 210 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

Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles 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%. Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles sits at 54.9 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

Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles ranks 20th in Canada for civil night on November 15, behind Yellowknife at 15.1 hours. Coming from October (12.0 hours at Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles), November adds darkness, and the nights keep growing into December (14.1 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%
Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles	13.4 h	72%

Darkness and moon, every night

Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles, 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 47 min	10 h 28 min	5 h 47 min	1 h 2 min	46%
Mon Nov 2	12 h 50 min	10 h 30 min	7 h 5 min	2 h 19 min	35%
Tue Nov 3	12 h 52 min	10 h 33 min	8 h 20 min	3 h 33 min	25%
Wed Nov 4	12 h 55 min	10 h 35 min	9 h 33 min	4 h	17%
Thu Nov 5	12 h 57 min	10 h 38 min	10 h 45 min	4 h	10%
Fri Nov 6	13 h	10 h 40 min	11 h 57 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 5 min	10 h 45 min	13 h 5 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 10 min	10 h 49 min	13 h 10 min	4 h	4%
Wed Nov 11	13 h 12 min	10 h 51 min	12 h 46 min	4 h	8%
Thu Nov 12	13 h 14 min	10 h 53 min	11 h 56 min	4 h	14%
Fri Nov 13	13 h 17 min	10 h 55 min	10 h 57 min	4 h	21%
Sat Nov 14	13 h 19 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 49 min	4 h	38%
Mon Nov 16	13 h 23 min	11 h 1 min	7 h 43 min	3 h 22 min	47%
Tue Nov 17	13 h 26 min	11 h 3 min	6 h 37 min	2 h 14 min	57%
Wed Nov 18	13 h 28 min	11 h 5 min	5 h 30 min	1 h 6 min	67%
Thu Nov 19	13 h 30 min	11 h 7 min	4 h 21 min	0 min	76%
Fri Nov 20	13 h 32 min	11 h 9 min	3 h 8 min	0 min	85%
Sat Nov 21	13 h 34 min	11 h 10 min	1 h 52 min	0 min	92%
Sun Nov 22	13 h 36 min	11 h 12 min	31 min	0 min	97%
Mon Nov 23	13 h 37 min	11 h 14 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 41 min	11 h 17 min	2 min	0 min	96%
Thu Nov 26	13 h 43 min	11 h 18 min	1 h 14 min	0 min	90%
Fri Nov 27	13 h 44 min	11 h 20 min	2 h 35 min	0 min	82%
Sat Nov 28	13 h 46 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	7 min	62%
Mon Nov 30	13 h 49 min	11 h 24 min	6 h 34 min	1 h 23 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 Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles in November?: On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 30 of 30 nights at Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles have civil darkness, and 4% of past November days reached Kp 6.
How dark is Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles in November?: Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles averages 13.3 hours of civil night a night in November 2026, from 12 h 47 min on the 1st to 13 h 49 min on the last night.
How cloudy is Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles in November?: NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles'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 Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles?: By darkness and moon alone, Nov 4, with 4 h of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.
Is November or December better in Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles?: By civil night times the clear share, November scores 3.8 hours at Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles 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.