Northern Lights 2024 Ohio. Thursday will see the next chances to see the aurora borealis or northern lights across much of the northern united states. The northern lights could shine across ohio and much of the united states tonight thanks to an incoming solar storm.

To view the northern lights, find an outdoor location away from bright city lights (they produce light pollution) and little to no obstructions on the horizon. A rare severe geomagnetic storm caused the aurora borealis to be visible across a large portion of the u.s.