Northern Lights in Minneapolis Tonight
Live geomagnetic activity, the level Minneapolis actually needs, and tonight's cloud — one verdict instead of three tabs.
Minneapolis the current geomagnetic activity is below what this latitude needs. Watch the 3-day forecast below for stronger activity.
Kp from NOAA SWPC. Cloud forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0). Geomagnetic latitude ≈54° via a dipole approximation, good to a degree or two.
Next 3 days
NOAA predicted Kp in 3-hour blocks (UTC).
How to actually see it from Minneapolis
Three things have to line up: activity (the Kp above), darkness and a clear northern horizon. Get away from city lights, look north, and give your eyes twenty minutes. Cameras pick up colour long before eyes do — a grey shimmer on the horizon often photographs green.
Kp is a global index updated every few minutes, and substorms can spike activity with little warning — if the forecast shows a peak, it is worth checking the sky either side of it, not just at the listed hour.