Salmon Arm · June 2027
Northern lights in Salmon Arm in June 2027
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June against the rest of the year
June cloud at Salmon Arm averages 72% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, close to its yearly mean of 71%. July is Salmon Arm's clearest month at 52%. By civil night times clear sky, June scores 1.6 hours at Salmon Arm, 12th of 12. Kamloops, 74 km away, averages 68%, clearer by 4 points.
Civil night at Salmon Arm starts June at 6 h 11 min and reaches 5 h 55 min by June 30, 0.3 hours shorter. The 10 PM to 2 AM window is fully dark on 13 of 30 nights. The sun never reaches 18 degrees down, so Salmon Arm gets no astronomical night in June.
June night by night
June opens toward a new moon on Jun 4, with full moon on Jun 18, in America/Vancouver dates. Salmon Arm gets 82 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: Jun 1 (4 h), Jun 2 (4 h), Jun 3 (4 h).
- 1
9% lit
5.1 h
- 2
3% lit
5.6 h
- 3
1% lit
6.1 h
- 4
0% lit
6.1 h
- 5
3% lit
5.2 h
- 6
9% lit
4.4 h
- 7
17% lit
3.9 h
- 8
26% lit
3.5 h
- 9
37% lit
3.2 h
- 10
48% lit
2.9 h
- 11
59% lit
2.7 h
- 12
70% lit
2.4 h
- 13
79% lit
2.1 h
- 14
87% lit
1.8 h
- 15
93% lit
1.4 h
- 16
97% lit
0.8 h
- 17
99% lit
0.1 h
- 18
100% lit
0.0 h
- 19
98% lit
0.3 h
- 20
95% lit
0.8 h
- 21
91% lit
1.2 h
- 22
84% lit
1.4 h
- 23
77% lit
1.7 h
- 24
69% lit
1.9 h
- 25
59% lit
2.1 h
- 26
49% lit
2.3 h
- 27
39% lit
2.6 h
- 28
29% lit
2.9 h
- 29
20% lit
3.3 h
- 30
11% lit
3.9 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 Junes
Salmon Arm needs Kp 5 for the average oval edge to sit overhead. 73 of the 900 June days from 1996 to 2025 (8%) reached it in the GFZ Potsdam record, 9th of 12 months; storm days with Kp 5 or more made up 8%. Salmon Arm sits at 56.5 degrees geomagnetic. By SWPC's rule the average oval edge is overhead at Kp 5, and aurora is usually visible on the northern horizon at G1 (Kp 5) or less.
June across Canada
Salmon Arm ranks 13th in Canada for civil night on June 15, behind Greater Sudbury at 6.8 hours. Coming from May (7.0 hours at Salmon Arm), June loses darkness, and the nights keep growing into July (6.4 hours on the 15th). The June solstice falls on June 21, 07:07 Salmon Arm time.
| Town | Civil night | Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Greater Sudbury | 6.8 h | 60% |
| Trois-Rivières | 6.8 h | 63% |
| Sydney | 6.8 h | 70% |
| Québec | 6.7 h | 65% |
| St. John's | 6.6 h | 77% |
| Saguenay | 6.4 h | 67% |
| Thunder Bay | 6.4 h | 70% |
| Winnipeg | 6.1 h | 60% |
| Kelowna | 6.1 h | 67% |
| Lethbridge | 6.1 h | 60% |
| Regina | 5.9 h | 63% |
| Kamloops | 5.9 h | 68% |
| Salmon Arm | 5.8 h | 72% |
Darkness and moon, every night
| Night | Civil | Astronomical | Moon-free dark | Moon-free, 10 PM to 2 AM | Moon lit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue Jun 1 | 6 h 11 min | 0 min | 5 h 8 min | 4 h | 9% |
| Wed Jun 2 | 6 h 9 min | 0 min | 5 h 35 min | 4 h | 3% |
| Thu Jun 3 | 6 h 7 min | 0 min | 6 h 7 min | 4 h | 1% |
| Fri Jun 4 | 6 h 5 min | 0 min | 6 h 5 min | 4 h | 0% |
| Sat Jun 5 | 6 h 3 min | 0 min | 5 h 10 min | 3 h 13 min | 3% |
| Sun Jun 6 | 6 h 1 min | 0 min | 4 h 25 min | 2 h 29 min | 9% |
| Mon Jun 7 | 6 h | 0 min | 3 h 54 min | 1 h 58 min | 17% |
| Tue Jun 8 | 5 h 58 min | 0 min | 3 h 30 min | 1 h 35 min | 26% |
| Wed Jun 9 | 5 h 57 min | 0 min | 3 h 12 min | 1 h 17 min | 37% |
| Thu Jun 10 | 5 h 55 min | 0 min | 2 h 56 min | 1 h 2 min | 48% |
| Fri Jun 11 | 5 h 54 min | 0 min | 2 h 41 min | 47 min | 59% |
| Sat Jun 12 | 5 h 53 min | 0 min | 2 h 26 min | 33 min | 70% |
| Sun Jun 13 | 5 h 52 min | 0 min | 2 h 9 min | 16 min | 79% |
| Mon Jun 14 | 5 h 51 min | 0 min | 1 h 49 min | 0 min | 87% |
| Tue Jun 15 | 5 h 51 min | 0 min | 1 h 23 min | 0 min | 93% |
| Wed Jun 16 | 5 h 50 min | 0 min | 48 min | 0 min | 97% |
| Thu Jun 17 | 5 h 50 min | 0 min | 3 min | 0 min | 99% |
| Fri Jun 18 | 5 h 49 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 100% |
| Sat Jun 19 | 5 h 49 min | 0 min | 19 min | 19 min | 98% |
| Sun Jun 20 | 5 h 49 min | 0 min | 48 min | 48 min | 95% |
| Mon Jun 21 | 5 h 49 min | 0 min | 1 h 10 min | 1 h 10 min | 91% |
| Tue Jun 22 | 5 h 49 min | 0 min | 1 h 27 min | 1 h 27 min | 84% |
| Wed Jun 23 | 5 h 49 min | 0 min | 1 h 42 min | 1 h 42 min | 77% |
| Thu Jun 24 | 5 h 50 min | 0 min | 1 h 55 min | 1 h 55 min | 69% |
| Fri Jun 25 | 5 h 50 min | 0 min | 2 h 7 min | 2 h 7 min | 59% |
| Sat Jun 26 | 5 h 51 min | 0 min | 2 h 20 min | 2 h 20 min | 49% |
| Sun Jun 27 | 5 h 52 min | 0 min | 2 h 35 min | 2 h 35 min | 39% |
| Mon Jun 28 | 5 h 53 min | 0 min | 2 h 53 min | 2 h 53 min | 29% |
| Tue Jun 29 | 5 h 54 min | 0 min | 3 h 18 min | 3 h 18 min | 20% |
| Wed Jun 30 | 5 h 55 min | 0 min | 3 h 52 min | 3 h 52 min | 11% |
Questions
- Can you see the northern lights in Salmon Arm in June?
- On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 30 of 30 nights at Salmon Arm have civil darkness, and 8% of past June days reached Kp 5.
- How dark is Salmon Arm in June?
- Salmon Arm averages 5.9 hours of civil night a night in June 2027, from 6 h 11 min on the 1st to 5 h 55 min on the last night.
- How cloudy is Salmon Arm in June?
- NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Salmon Arm's 1 degree cell 72% mean cloud in June, against 71% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.
- What is the best night in June 2027 for aurora in Salmon Arm?
- By darkness and moon alone, Jun 1, with 4 h of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Salmon Arm. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.
- Is June or July better in Salmon Arm?
- By civil night times the clear share, June scores 1.6 hours at Salmon Arm and July 3.1. July 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.