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Northern Lights compared

How Northern Lights stacks up against six strains people weigh it against, using the same state lab data for every strain.1

Lab-tested THC: Northern Lights and 6 comparisons

14% 16% 18% 20% 22% 24% OG Kush OG Kush: median 20.87%, middle half 18.06%–23.36%, 379 tests 20.9% n=379 Northern Lights Northern Lights: median 20.03%, middle half 17.28%–22.05%, 406 tests 20.0% n=406 Blue Dream Blue Dream: median 19.96%, middle half 17.62%–22.37%, 2,118 tests 20.0% n=2,118 Jack Herer Jack Herer: median 19.59%, middle half 17.13%–22.00%, 910 tests 19.6% n=910 Purple Urkle Purple Urkle: median 19.00%, middle half 15.98%–22.42%, 35 tests 19.0% n=35 Hindu Kush Hindu Kush: median 17.91%, middle half 17.03%–18.89%, 17 tests 17.9% n=17 Granddaddy Purple Granddaddy Purple: median 17.87%, middle half 15.00%–21.55%, 512 tests 17.9% n=512 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC; same dataset and rules for every strain. Strains with fewer than 100 tests are marked as small samples.1
StrainMedian THCTestsTop terpene
Northern Lights 20.03% 406 β-Caryophyllene (15 tests)
Granddaddy Purple 17.87% 512 Limonene Northern Lights vs Granddaddy Purple
Blue Dream 19.96% 2,118 β-Myrcene Northern Lights vs Blue Dream
OG Kush 20.87% 379 β-Caryophyllene Northern Lights vs OG Kush
Hindu Kush 17.91% (small sample) 17 Too few tests (1) Northern Lights vs Hindu Kush
Jack Herer 19.59% 910 Terpinolene Northern Lights vs Jack Herer
Purple Urkle 19.00% (small sample) 35 No terpene data Northern Lights vs Purple Urkle

Sources

  1. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.