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 snow, ice affecting South West England: Bath and North East Somerset, Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole, Bristol, Dorset, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, Wiltshire valid from 0000 Fri 02 Jan to 1200 Fri 02 Jan
On This Day ...
Record Temperatures On This Date
Record High
13.5°C- 2021
Record Low
-4.8°C- 2020

Sun & Moon Today

Day length 07 hrs 54 mins
Rise 8:14 am
Set 4:08 pm
MOON PHASE Waxing Gibbous
Rise 1:34 pm
Set 6:30 am
There will be 1 mins 07sec more daylight tomorrow

Climate Extremes

Thursday 01 January
High Temp6.41:34 PM
Low Temp-0.912:14 AM
Rain Today 0.1 mm10:19 AM
High UV0.0 12:00 AM
Max Gust18.4 mph1:39 PM
Min Windchill11.1°C12:00 AM
So far this month
High Temp6.41/1/2026
Low Temp-0.91/1/2026
Wettest Day0.1mm1/1/2026
High UV0.02/12/2025
Max Gust18.3mph1/1/2026
Min Windchill-4.01/1/2026
So far this year
High Temp6.41/1/2026
Low Temp-0.91/1/2026
Wettest Day0.1mm1/1/2026
High UV0.021/4/2025
Max Gust18.3mph1/1/2026
Min Windchill-4.01/1/2026
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
Unhealthy for some
Unhealthy for some

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