Northern Lights lab report

51% of 406 state lab tests of Northern Lights flower reached 20% total THC or more, about half. 9.1% reached 25% and 0.2% reached 30%.¹

The odds depend on where the flower was tested: 57% of Maryland tests reached 20% (307 tests), against 31% in Michigan (39).¹ Each state has its own growers, labs and testing rules, so the gap describes markets as much as plants.

None of the 3 single published figures we checked sits above the median lab result for Northern Lights (20.03%).¹ The highest figure, Leafly at 18%, was reached by 68% of tests.^1,3

The 4 published ranges cover between 18% and 44% of tests, from 16–21% (AllBud) at the most to 18–20% (Crop King Seeds) at the fewest.^1,4,5

None of these figures describes a particular jar; only the certificate of analysis for that batch does.

By median total THC, Northern Lights ranks 14th of the 29 strains in our lab dataset (20.03%), between Lime OG (20.28%) and Strawberry Cough (20.00%).¹ By the share of tests at 25% or more (9.1%), it ranks 14th.¹

The middle half of its tests spans 4.77 points (17.28%–22.05%), the 9th-narrowest spread of the 24 strains with at least 30 tests: about average consistency.¹

Among the 4 labs that tested Northern Lights at least 20 times, the median result ran from 16.26% (Lab C, Maryland) to 21.56% (Lab A, Maryland), a gap of 5.30 points.¹

The gap is not only between states: within Maryland, the 4 labs with 20+ tests differed by 5.30 points (16.26%–21.56%).¹

Labs test different growers’ flower, so a gap is not proof that one lab reads high; it shows how much the number on a label can depend on who grew and who tested the batch. Labs are anonymized here; the downloadable test file names them.

Generally, yes. In the 306 tests that report both, the third with the most THC (21.79% or more) had a median of 1.53% total terpenes, against 1.10% for the third with the least (18.93% or less).¹

The pattern holds in Maryland, the only state with at least 30 such tests.¹ Total terpenes measure aroma compounds by weight; the comparison says nothing about effects.

Median THC went from 17.84% in 2018 (94 tests) to 26.04% in 2023 (38), +8.20 points.¹

Holding the state fixed tells the same story: in Maryland, the median went from 18.01% in 2018 to 26.56% in 2023, +8.55 points.¹

Years with fewer than 20 tests are left out.

Of 872 lab results under exactly the name Northern Lights, 50% were flower; concentrates 35%, shake and trim 11% and other or unrecorded 2.8%.¹ Only flower enters the figures on this site.

Another 251 results carried a longer name that contains Northern Lights, 22% of all results with the name in them, led by “Stardawg x Northern Lights” (43), “(H) StarDawg x Northern Lights” (29) and “SVC Northern Lights Distillate” (23).¹ Extra name words, cross markers and CBD versions mean these may not be the same plant, so they are excluded (how we match names).

In our Weedmaps snapshot of 27 US markets (Oct 3, 2026), 265 store listings within 50 miles of each market's center carried Northern Lights flower, in 16 of the 27 markets: the 4th most of the 16 strains we track.²

Its median exact-eighth price was $30.00 in Los Angeles (typical other strain: $27.50) and $41.52 in New York (typical other strain: $33.90).² That makes it pricier than the typical strain in every market we could compare.