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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)




Aurora
Taken in May 2015 by Matthew Zajczyk

South West Warnings
    Yellow warning of thunderstorm affecting South West England: Bath and North East Somerset, Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole, Bristol, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Torbay, Wiltshire valid from 1900 Wed 01 May to 0700 Thu 02 May Yellow warning of thunderstorm affecting South West England: Gloucestershire, Swindon, Wiltshire valid from 2200 Wed 01 May to 0500 Thu 02 May
On This Day ...
Record Temperatures On This Date
Record High
19.7°C- 2017		 Record Low
-0.9°C - 2008

Moon & Sun Forecast

Sunrise
5:38 am
Sunset
8:32 pm
Day Length
14:54 hrs
 Waning Crescent, Moon at 22 days in cycle
Moonrise
3:32 am
Moonset
11:20 am
Visibility
44%
There will be 3 mins 33sec more daylight tomorrow
Moon Phase:Waning Crescent

Climate Extremes

Thursday 02 May
High Temp12.1°C12:16 AM
Low Temp11.9°C12:51 AM
Rain Today 0.1 mm12:17 AM
High UV0.0 12:00 AM
Max Gust11.5 mph12:17 AM
Min Windchill11.1°C12:00 AM
So far this month
High Temp17.7°C1/5/2024
Low Temp7.2°C1/5/2024
Wettest Day4.8mm1/5/2024
High UV12.01/5/2024
Max Gust13.7mph1/5/2024
Min Windchill7.0°C1/5/2024
So far this year
High Temp20.3°C12/4/2024
Low Temp-8.0°C18/1/2024
Wettest Day21.4mm28/4/2024
High UV12.03/4/2024
Max Gust52.9mph2/1/2024
Min Windchill-10.8°C18/1/2024
All time records
High Temp35.5°C18/7/2022
Low Temp-10.8°C20/12/2010
Wettest Day80.2mm20/7/2007
High UV18.013/6/2022
Max Gust62.1mph23/2/2017
Min Windchill-21.1°C15/02/1963