City aurora forecast
Aurora Forecast for Duluth, Minnesota
No visible aurora signal for Duluth right now
A better Upper Midwest chase point than major metros when Kp rises into the G1-G2 range.
Current Kp: --. Duluth typically needs about Kp 6 before reliable visual reports start showing up.
Duluth sits at 46.8° latitude with an estimated Bortle 5 urban-light baseline. Drive away from core lighting before judging a marginal Kp event.
Current cloud cover: 10%. The page is currently in night mode for local weather timing.
Quiet conditions keep HF polar paths closer to normal.
Keep polar routes on watch and re-check if Bz turns south.
Open full aurora dashboardThe auroral oval usually sits well north of mid-latitudes during quiet conditions. A stronger Kp expands that oval southward. For Duluth, the practical storm threshold is about Kp 6, but a long southward Bz interval matters almost as much as the raw Kp number.
If you are below about 50° latitude, treat Kp 5 as the first serious threshold. Above 60° latitude, even Kp 2-3 can be enough under dark skies.