Aurora Borealis UK Tracker - Northern Lights live map

Northern Lights - Aurora
Northern Lights - Aurora



Help & Information

Ohhh the Northern Lights... So beautiful, so rare and we always seem to think that the north pole is the best places to see them (which is true).

However, when we have eruptions or activity on the sun then the risk of seeing an Aurora Borealis (northern lights)

This page displays the latest KP Index and also if we know your location then we can tell you the chance of seeing the Aurora Borealis within the next 15 minutes.


This page displays the latest KP Index and the solar activity.

You can also see the chance of seeing an Aurora based on your location as well as an image displaying the current position of the Aurora Borealis.


(Refresh page to get the updated image every 60 seconds)




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South West Warnings
    Yellow warning of wind affecting South West England: Bath and North East Somerset, Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole, Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Isles of Scilly, North Somerset, Plymouth, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, Torbay, Wiltshire valid from 2300 Fri 03 Oct to 1800 Sat 04 Oct
On This Day ...
Record Temperatures On This Date
Record High
24.3°C- 2011
Record Low
2.2°C- 2019

Sun & Moon Today

Day length 11 hrs 28 mins
Rise 7:12 am
Set 6:40 pm
MOON PHASE Waxing Gibbous
Rise 5:32 pm
Set 1:45 am
There will be 3 min 55sec less daylight tomorrow

Climate Extremes

Friday 03 October
High Temp16.712:01 PM
Low Temp13.32:18 AM
Rain Today 10.5 mm2:06 AM
High UV1.0 10:35 AM
Max Gust18.4 mph1:33 PM
Min Windchill11.1°C12:00 AM
So far this month
High Temp19.41/10/2025
Low Temp7.61/10/2025
Wettest Day10.5mm3/10/2025
High UV5.01/10/2025
Max Gust18.3mph3/10/2025
Min Windchill7.61/10/2025
So far this year
High Temp35.911/7/2025
Low Temp-5.611/1/2025
Wettest Day21.5mm14/9/2025
High UV14.021/4/2025
Max Gust38.0mph21/2/2025
Min Windchill-8.311/1/2025
All time records
High Temp35.911/7/2025
Low Temp-10.820/12/2010
Wettest Day80.2mm20/7/2007
High UV18.013/6/2022
Max Gust62.1mph23/2/2017
Min Windchill-21.1°C15/02/1963
Air Quality Index
Medium
 

Air pollution poses little or no risk.

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