Stornes, Bergseng & Grytøya live
Stornes, Harstad, Norway
View from north of Harstad towards Grytøya island, between Lofoten and Tromsø.
Northern lights tonight in Harstad
Live hourly aurora score for Harstad, Norway: NOAA activity, cloud cover, darkness and the moon, with the nearest webcams.
Troms, Norway, 68.80°N 16.54°ESenja guide
Nearest webcams
Closest cameras first, including road and weather cameras within about 400 km.Risøyhamn weather cameras (Yr)
Risøyhamn, Andøya, Norway
Air-ambulance weather cameras at Risøyhamn on Andøya, Vesterålen.
E10 Grovfjord vegkryss
Grovfjord, Troms, Norway
Colour junction camera with a wide view of sky and clouds above the forest.
Myre weather cameras (Yr)
Myre, Vesterålen, Norway
Air-ambulance weather cameras at Myre in Øksnes, Vesterålen.
E6 Øyjord (Hålogaland bridge)
Øyjord, Narvik, Norway
Colour view of the Hålogaland bridge with Narvik and the mountains beyond; bright bridge lights.
E6 Gratangsfjellet
Gratangsfjellet, Troms, Norway
Mountain pass with a large fell and open sky above the road; infrared B/W at night.
Fv7702 Hestvika
Hestvika, Andøya, Vesterålen
Coastal road on Andøya with the sea and Bleik's lights under a wide sky; infrared B/W at night.
E6 Skjellesvikskaret
Skjellesvikskaret, Nordland, Norway
Mountain pass between steep slopes with a good patch of sky; infrared B/W at night.
Fv7862 Kaperskaret
Kaperskaret pass, Senja, Norway
Mountain pass at 364 m; the top half of the frame is open sky, in colour at night.
Northern lights in Harstad: what to expect
- Latitude
- 68.80° N
- Magnetic latitude
- 66.9°
- Kp needed
- Any
- Clear-night chance
- ~75%
Harstad lies at 68.80° N in Troms, Norway, about 249 km north of the Arctic Circle. With a geomagnetic latitude of about 66.9°, it sits under the auroral oval: even quiet nights (Kp 1–2) can bring aurora overhead. Over the long term, a dark, clear night here has roughly a 75% chance of some visible aurora.
Darkness is never the problem in winter: the sun stays below the horizon from early December to early January, and nights with at least two hours of real darkness run from late August to mid-April. Between late May and late July the midnight sun makes aurora impossible to see. Around the winter solstice the sun is more than 12° below the horizon for about 16 hours a day.
Clouds decide most nights. Long-term records for Senja, 63 km away, show night-time cloud cover averaging 74% in September, the clearest month of the season, so roughly 26% of nights are clear then. Check the cloud layers in the hourly forecast above: a short drive can make the difference when cloud is patchy.
Coordinates: Wikipedia. Magnetic latitude, Kp and darkness are calculated from them; the clear-night chance is a long-term average, not a forecast.