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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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Taken in May 2015 by Matthew Zajczyk

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Record Temperatures On This Date
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23.0°C- 2023		 Record Low
1.4°C- 2007

Sun & Moon Today

Day length 15 hrs 48 mins
Rise 5:10 am
Set 8:58 pm
MOON PHASE New Moon
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Set 11:43 pm
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Monday 18 May
High Temp7.8°C1:36 AM
Low Temp7.0°C5:24 AM
Rain Today 1.8 mm1:22 AM
High UV0.0 12:00 AM
Max Gust10.4 mph4:29 AM
Min Windchill11.1°C12:00 AM
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Low Temp1.5°C11/5/2026
Wettest Day7.1mm2/5/2026
High UV9.01/5/2026
Max Gust32.0mph13/5/2026
Min Windchill-0.611/5/2026
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High Temp23.0°C8/4/2026
Low Temp-7.36/1/2026
Wettest Day18.6mm8/1/2026
High UV9.01/5/2026
Max Gust41.4mph4/4/2026
Min Windchill-9.06/1/2026
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
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