Northern lights from Quebec City?

Sorry to break the bad news, but the answer is no.

It's actually quite rare to see the northern lights as far south as Quebec City except during periods of unusually high solar wind activity in the Earth's upper atmosphere.

The northern lights most commonly occur in a region stretching 2500 kilometres from the magnetic North Pole, in Canada's far north.

To get to where they're best visible you'd have to drive to Whitehorse in the Yukon.

And that's a drive of over 5 thousand kilometres (more than 3 thousand miles) from Quebec City.

Even then, they're most visible between September and April, making them a mostly "winter" phenomenon.

That being said, they're currently (and dimly) visible up there when it gets dark enough: http://www.auroraborealisyukon.com/auroracast/

(That far north is called The Land of the Midnight Sun because the sun doesn't actually set in summer, it just skims along the horizon so that it doesn't get fully dark at night.)

Consider a winter vacation to our far north Yukon territory, a popular destination for aurora watchers

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Northern lights from Quebec City?

Next year I hope to go to Quebec City for a vacation. Can you see the northern lights well from there? I plan on going (hopefully) next June. If there is a good place to see them that isn't too far from Quebec City - I don't mind driving there. I've always wanted to see the northern...

The farther North you go, the better you will be able to see the Northern Lights. The Northern lights are a phenomenon, with radiation reflecting off of the magnetic "Shield" that is formed from the charges at the poles. Therefore, the furthest North you go, the best you can see the Northern LIghts (same goes with the South end of the globe). So, theoretically, if you wanted to see the best Northern lights, you would go to the very top of Ellesemere Island. However, I would probably stick wtih Inuvik, Tuktoyuktuk, or perhapds Yellowknife or Whitehorse. To answer your question, YES, I hvae seen the Northern Lights. I live in Southern Alberta. Here you can best see them near the Solstices, so either late June or late December (as is the case everywhere actually). This far South they are mostly blue and green. The further North you go they turn red/orange.

"Hi"...unfortunately not a chance to see the aurora borealis from Quebec city which is too far South for the fantastic phenomena to be viewed .

Here's something you'll find interesting about them being viewed 100 miles North of Quebec city (rare) and has some good pics coupled with a good description and narrative.

http://www.astrosurf.com/aurores/article_en.htm

I'm sure you've researched the Northern Lights so nuff said ! *lol*

However you'll find lots of other things to delight you in this great city !

Glad to help and a "Welcome to Canada" ! *S* (Michael C...)

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You need to be away from the city which is near Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Baie-James and Nunavik. It's easier to see them in August or March

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