Northern lights might be visible in Utah on Tuesday night
Nov 11, 2025, 4:52 PM | Updated: 6:06 pm
The northern lights are pictured on June 2, 2025, at approximately 11:30 p.m. from the Great Western Trail by Big Mountain Summit. (Courtesy Becky Burr)
(Courtesy Becky Burr)
SALT LAKE CITY — The northern lights might be visible to some Utahns on Tuesday and Wednesday night.
On Tuesday, space weather forecasters issued an alert for severe solar storms that could temporarily disrupt communications in the northern parts of North America. These solar storms are also responsible for producing the northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis.
According to the Space Weather Prediction Center, Utah is not within the range for the northern lights on Tuesday. However, the University of Alaska Fairbanks predicts that from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., most of Utah should be able to see them.
The range where the solar storms will hit North America and where the northern lights will be visible on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (The University of Alaska Fairbanks)
KSL Weather Specialist Devin Masciulli forecasts that Utahns may be able to see the lights through a camera lens on Tuesday night, but projected cloud cover could prevent them from seeing them.
However, Masciulli said that Wednesday could be another opportunity as Utahns could see a light glow across the horizon in the northern part of the state.
The northern lights over the Salt Flats in Utah on Oct. 10, 2024. (Brandi Atwood)
Matt Johnson, another KSL weather specialist, suggested keeping an eye on the East Coast social media around sunset to see if residents on that side of the continent.
“This is just a great way to see if things are flaring up around sunset our time,” Johnson posted on Facebook. “And remember, it’s always more visible through a long exposure lens’s, to the naked eye it is much more faint here in Utah.”
The northern lights have been making more appearances in Utah since 2023. In May 2024, Utahns from Bear Lake to Lake Powell were able to see the lights.
View of the northern lights from Lake Powell on May 12, 2024 . (Burnonnn Davis)
The northern lights were then seen in October 2024, then in April 2025 and June 2025, making November the third time in 2025 that lights could be seen in the state.
