Spokane Valley · June 2027
Northern lights in Spokane Valley in June 2027
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June against the rest of the year
June cloud at Spokane Valley averages 57% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, 5 points clearer than its yearly mean. July is Spokane Valley's clearest month at 30%. By civil night times clear sky, June scores 2.8 hours at Spokane Valley, 12th of 12. Kelowna, 296 km away, averages 67%, cloudier by 10 points.
Civil night at Spokane Valley starts June at 6 h 48 min and reaches 6 h 35 min by June 30, 0.2 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 1.2 hours on the 15th.
June night by night
June opens toward a new moon on Jun 4, with full moon on Jun 18, in America/Los_Angeles dates. Spokane Valley gets 92 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
5.6 h
- 2
3% lit
6.2 h
- 3
1% lit
6.8 h
- 4
0% lit
6.7 h
- 5
3% lit
5.8 h
- 6
9% lit
5.0 h
- 7
17% lit
4.4 h
- 8
26% lit
4.0 h
- 9
37% lit
3.6 h
- 10
48% lit
3.3 h
- 11
59% lit
3.0 h
- 12
70% lit
2.7 h
- 13
79% lit
2.4 h
- 14
87% lit
1.9 h
- 15
93% lit
1.5 h
- 16
97% lit
0.8 h
- 17
99% lit
0.1 h
- 18
100% lit
0.0 h
- 19
98% lit
0.4 h
- 20
95% lit
0.9 h
- 21
91% lit
1.3 h
- 22
84% lit
1.7 h
- 23
77% lit
1.9 h
- 24
69% lit
2.2 h
- 25
59% lit
2.5 h
- 26
49% lit
2.7 h
- 27
39% lit
3.0 h
- 28
29% lit
3.4 h
- 29
20% lit
3.9 h
- 30
11% lit
4.5 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
Spokane Valley needs Kp 7 for the average oval edge to sit overhead. 10 of the 900 June days from 1996 to 2025 (1%) reached it in the GFZ Potsdam record, 7th of 12 months; storm days with Kp 5 or more made up 8%. Spokane Valley sits at 53.8 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 7.
June across United States
Spokane Valley ranks 6th in United States for civil night on June 15, behind Buffalo at 7.4 hours. Coming from May (7.5 hours at Spokane Valley), June loses darkness, and the nights keep growing into July (7.0 hours on the 15th). The June solstice falls on June 21, 07:07 Spokane Valley time.
| Town | Civil night | Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo | 7.4 h | 61% |
| Portland, Maine | 7.3 h | 62% |
| Minneapolis | 7.0 h | 58% |
| Duluth | 6.7 h | 61% |
| Fargo | 6.7 h | 57% |
| Spokane Valley | 6.5 h | 57% |
| Seattle | 6.5 h | 68% |
| Juneau | 2.8 h | 81% |
| Anchorage | 0.0 h | 81% |
| Fairbanks | 0.0 h | 73% |
| Eagle River | 0.0 h | 81% |
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 48 min | 2 h 17 min | 5 h 37 min | 4 h | 9% |
| Wed Jun 2 | 6 h 47 min | 2 h 11 min | 6 h 9 min | 4 h | 3% |
| Thu Jun 3 | 6 h 45 min | 2 h 6 min | 6 h 45 min | 4 h | 1% |
| Fri Jun 4 | 6 h 43 min | 2 h 1 min | 6 h 43 min | 4 h | 0% |
| Sat Jun 5 | 6 h 42 min | 1 h 56 min | 5 h 47 min | 3 h 39 min | 3% |
| Sun Jun 6 | 6 h 40 min | 1 h 51 min | 5 h | 2 h 52 min | 9% |
| Mon Jun 7 | 6 h 39 min | 1 h 46 min | 4 h 25 min | 2 h 17 min | 17% |
| Tue Jun 8 | 6 h 38 min | 1 h 42 min | 3 h 58 min | 1 h 51 min | 26% |
| Wed Jun 9 | 6 h 37 min | 1 h 37 min | 3 h 36 min | 1 h 29 min | 37% |
| Thu Jun 10 | 6 h 36 min | 1 h 33 min | 3 h 17 min | 1 h 11 min | 48% |
| Fri Jun 11 | 6 h 35 min | 1 h 29 min | 2 h 59 min | 53 min | 59% |
| Sat Jun 12 | 6 h 34 min | 1 h 25 min | 2 h 41 min | 35 min | 70% |
| Sun Jun 13 | 6 h 33 min | 1 h 21 min | 2 h 21 min | 15 min | 79% |
| Mon Jun 14 | 6 h 32 min | 1 h 18 min | 1 h 57 min | 0 min | 87% |
| Tue Jun 15 | 6 h 32 min | 1 h 15 min | 1 h 28 min | 0 min | 93% |
| Wed Jun 16 | 6 h 31 min | 1 h 12 min | 51 min | 0 min | 97% |
| Thu Jun 17 | 6 h 31 min | 1 h 11 min | 5 min | 0 min | 99% |
| Fri Jun 18 | 6 h 31 min | 1 h 9 min | 0 min | 0 min | 100% |
| Sat Jun 19 | 6 h 30 min | 1 h 8 min | 23 min | 0 min | 98% |
| Sun Jun 20 | 6 h 30 min | 1 h 7 min | 54 min | 30 min | 95% |
| Mon Jun 21 | 6 h 30 min | 1 h 8 min | 1 h 19 min | 55 min | 91% |
| Tue Jun 22 | 6 h 31 min | 1 h 8 min | 1 h 40 min | 1 h 16 min | 84% |
| Wed Jun 23 | 6 h 31 min | 1 h 10 min | 1 h 57 min | 1 h 33 min | 77% |
| Thu Jun 24 | 6 h 31 min | 1 h 11 min | 2 h 13 min | 1 h 49 min | 69% |
| Fri Jun 25 | 6 h 32 min | 1 h 14 min | 2 h 28 min | 2 h 4 min | 59% |
| Sat Jun 26 | 6 h 32 min | 1 h 16 min | 2 h 44 min | 2 h 20 min | 49% |
| Sun Jun 27 | 6 h 33 min | 1 h 19 min | 3 h 1 min | 2 h 37 min | 39% |
| Mon Jun 28 | 6 h 33 min | 1 h 23 min | 3 h 23 min | 2 h 59 min | 29% |
| Tue Jun 29 | 6 h 34 min | 1 h 27 min | 3 h 51 min | 3 h 26 min | 20% |
| Wed Jun 30 | 6 h 35 min | 1 h 31 min | 4 h 28 min | 4 h | 11% |
Questions
- Can you see the northern lights in Spokane Valley in June?
- On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 30 of 30 nights at Spokane Valley have civil darkness, and 1% of past June days reached Kp 7.
- How dark is Spokane Valley in June?
- Spokane Valley averages 6.6 hours of civil night a night in June 2027, from 6 h 48 min on the 1st to 6 h 35 min on the last night.
- How cloudy is Spokane Valley in June?
- NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Spokane Valley's 1 degree cell 57% mean cloud in June, against 62% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.
- What is the best night in June 2027 for aurora in Spokane Valley?
- By darkness and moon alone, Jun 1, with 4 h of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Spokane Valley. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.
- Is June or July better in Spokane Valley?
- By civil night times the clear share, June scores 2.8 hours at Spokane Valley and July 4.9. 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.