Aurora Borealis in Bathgate
United Kingdom · 55.90°, -3.64° · geomagnetic 58.2° · needs Kp 5
Tonight's aurora forecast for Bathgate
47%
Peak chance of a visible display tonight, from the same model the Revon app runs. Bathgate needs Kp 5 to see anything at all, and tonight the forecast peaks at Kp 4.9. Short of the threshold, which is what most nights look like here.
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Updated 2026-09-08 10:35 UTC
Local aurora guide for Bathgate
Bathgate is at a geomagnetic latitude of 58.2°.
Auroras are typically visible when the Kp index reaches 5.
There are about 22.6 nights per year with aurora potential.
The best months for aurora viewing in Bathgate are September, March, and October.
During May, June, and July, there is not enough darkness for aurora viewing.
Bathgate has a Bortle scale rating of 7, indicating significant light pollution.
Darker skies, rated Bortle 4, can be found 54 km north-west near Stirling.
Areas with Bortle 5 skies are located 39 km north near Perth and Kinross. The horizon is generally clear, with hills to the north and north-east, a lake and park to the north-west, and a bay to the north-east.
Gormyre Hill is a hill located 3.8 km north of Bathgate.
Witch Craig, a hill, is 4.2 km north-north-east of Bathgate.
Callendar Lake is a lake 12.5 km north-west of Bathgate, and Callendar Park is a park 12.8 km north-west of Bathgate. Blackness Bay is a bay 13.8 km north-north-east of Bathgate.
Between 2015 and 2016, there were 254 verified aurora reports within 300 km of Bathgate.
The period from 2016 to 2026 has recorded nights with Kp values of 5.0 or higher, including multiple instances of Kp 5.0, Kp 6.0, Kp 6.67, and Kp 7.0.
Sources: Revon analysis of NOAA planetary Kp · Solar declination and hour-angle calculation · Falchi 2016 World Atlas of artificial night sky brightness · GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Aurorasaurus verified positive reports
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