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Northern Lights in Tennessee, United States

In Tennessee the aurora is visible from about Kp 8, first near Clarksville. Mt. Juliet has the darkest skies among the larger places.

Next chance in Tennessee

None of the next 20 nights looks active enough here: you need about Kp 8 by eye or Kp 6.3 for photos. Big storms usually show up 1–3 days ahead — this page updates by itself.

PlaceKp neededKp for photosLook towardsLight pollutionPopulation
Clarksville 8 6.3 N City sky 166,722
Springfield 8 6.3 N Bright suburban sky 16,808
Nashville 8.3 6.7 N City sky 689,447
Knoxville 8.3 6.7 N City sky 190,740
Murfreesboro 8.3 6.7 N City sky 165,430
Franklin 8.3 6.7 N Bright suburban sky 72,639
Johnson City 8.3 6.7 N City sky 66,027
Hendersonville 8.3 6.7 N City sky 56,018
Kingsport 8.3 6.7 N City sky 53,014
Smyrna 8.3 6.7 N City sky 46,607
Brentwood 8.3 6.7 N City sky 41,763
Hermitage 8.3 6.7 N City sky 37,814
La Vergne 8.3 6.7 N City sky 34,794
Gallatin 8.3 6.7 N City sky 34,334
Cookeville 8.3 6.7 N City sky 32,113
Mt. Juliet 8.3 6.7 N Suburban sky 31,540
Lebanon 8.3 6.7 N City sky 30,262
Morristown 8.3 6.7 N City sky 29,478
Oak Ridge 8.3 6.7 N City sky 29,302
Bristol 8.3 6.7 N City sky 26,666
Dyersburg 8.3 6.7 N City sky 16,781
Greeneville 8.3 6.7 N Bright suburban sky 15,094
Elizabethton 8.3 6.7 N Bright suburban sky 13,772
Crossville 8.3 6.7 N Bright suburban sky 11,411
Union City 8.3 6.7 N Bright suburban sky 10,573
Paris 8.3 6.7 N Bright suburban sky 10,150
Clinton 8.3 6.7 N Bright suburban sky 10,049
Memphis 8.7 7 N City sky 633,104
Cordova 8.7 7 N City sky 68,779
Jackson 8.7 7 N City sky 66,975
Bartlett 8.7 7 N City sky 58,579
Columbia 8.7 7 N City sky 36,800
Spring Hill 8.7 7 N Bright suburban sky 36,055
Maryville 8.7 7 N City sky 28,464
Ellendale 8.7 7 N City sky 25,882
Shelbyville 8.7 7 N Bright suburban sky 21,317
Sevierville 8.7 7 N Bright suburban sky 16,490
McMinnville 8.7 7 N Suburban sky 13,759
Athens 8.7 7 N Bright suburban sky 13,688
Lewisburg 8.7 7 N City sky 11,480
Lawrenceburg 8.7 7 N Bright suburban sky 10,569
Manchester 8.7 7 N Bright suburban sky 10,517
Chattanooga 9 7.3 N City sky 181,099
East Chattanooga 9 7.3 N Bright suburban sky 154,024
Collierville 9 7.3 N Bright suburban sky 48,863
Cleveland 9 7.3 N City sky 43,898
Germantown 9 7.3 N City sky 39,240

Best months in Tennessee

Share of nights 2005–2025 that were dark, active enough here and mostly clear.

Activity of Kp 8 or more is too rare here for monthly odds to be meaningful. The table still shows how often nights are clear and dark.

0%10% July: 0% Jul August: 0% Aug September: 0% Sept October: 0% Oct November: 0% Nov December: 0% Dec January: 0% Jan February: 0% Feb March: 0% Mar April: 0% Apr May: 0% May June: 0% Jun
All years Near solar maximum Near solar minimum
  1. Kp 0–2 Quiet Only under the auroral oval: northern Norway, Swedish and Finnish Lapland, Iceland, Alaska, northern Canada.
  2. Kp 3 Unsettled Bright in the Arctic; low on the horizon in central Scandinavia and southern Iceland.
  3. Kp 4 Active Overhead in the Arctic; low in the north from southern Norway, Sweden, Finland and northern Scotland.
  4. Kp 5 Minor storm (G1) Scotland, southern Scandinavia, the Baltic states, the northern US states and southern Canada.
  5. Kp 6 Moderate storm (G2) camera in Clarksville Northern England, Denmark, northern Germany and Poland, the US Midwest — often clearer in photos than to the eye.
  6. Kp 7 Strong storm (G3) Most of the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Czechia; red glow in photos from France and the northern Alps.
  7. Kp 8 Severe storm (G4) eye in Clarksville Central Europe to the eye; red sky in photos from northern Italy, Spain, the Balkans and Turkey's Black Sea coast.
  8. Kp 9 Extreme storm (G5) Seen across Europe and the US; in photos as far south as the Mediterranean, Turkey and North Africa (May 2024).

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