# Be on the lookout for aurora borealis tomorrow

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**Created:** [August 3, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-on-the-lookout-for-aurora-borealis-tomorrow/548977 "2010-08-03T04:50:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-on-the-lookout-for-aurora-borealis-tomorrow/548977/25 "2010-08-05T02:36:07Z")

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> [@Disheavel](#):
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> > [@LouisB](#):
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> > I think I could die happy if I ever saw the fabled Northern Lights. I’ve wanted to see them since I was a kid reading Jack London. Hell, I lived for a long time in South Dakota and never saw them. I guess I’m fated to never see them.
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> I saw them many times driving between Mitchell, Sioux Falls, and Yankton. The clear winter sky on the plains makes it much less dependent on the weather.

You’re also farther north which makes a big difference (see the maps link in my post above).

**LouisB** , when the sunspot cycle ramps up in the next few months, you’re almost guaranteed to see aurora from the northern borders of Minnesota or North Dakota. But for a guarantee, visit Alaska.

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