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Nebraska, Illinois and even New York might get a slight view of the lights. "Aurora can often be observed somewhere on Earth from just after sunset or just before sunrise," the NOAA reported.

Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Monday night's northern lights forecast. NOAA says the best time to catch the lights is between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. local time.

The average annual temperature across the contiguous U.S. was 55.5 degrees F — 3.5 degrees above the 20th-century average — ranking as the nation’s warmest year in NOAA’s 130-year climate record.