Aurora Borealis in Bentley
United Kingdom · 53.53°, -1.15° · geomagnetic 55.5° · needs Kp 7
Tonight's aurora forecast for Bentley
7%
Peak chance of a visible display tonight, from the same model the Revon app runs. Bentley needs Kp 7 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 10:36 UTC
Local aurora guide for Bentley
Bentley is at a geomagnetic latitude of 55.5 degrees.
Auroras visible at Kp 7 occur on average 2.7 nights per year.
The record span for these observations is from 2016 to 2026.
The best months for viewing are September, August, and November.
During May, June, and July, there is no full darkness.
Bentley experiences Bortle 7 conditions.
Darker skies, Bortle 4, can be found 80 km east-north-east near East Riding of Yorkshire.
Bortle 5 skies are available 52 km north near North Yorkshire. Local terrain includes hills and moors to the north-west and east.
Brodsworth Hill is a hill located 5.0 km north-west of Bentley.
Gawk Hill, a hill, is 8.2 km west of Bentley.
Hatfield Moors is a moor 15.4 km east of Bentley, and Thorne Waste is a moor 19.9 km east-north-east. Willow Island is 21.0 km north-north-west.
There are 118 verified reports within 300 km between 2015 and 2016.
Notable qualifying nights include 2026-03-20 (Kp 7.0), 2026-01-20 (Kp 7.67), 2026-01-19 (Kp 8.67), 2025-11-12 (Kp 7.33), and 2025-11-11 (Kp 8.67).
Sources: Revon analysis of NOAA planetary Kp · Revon location dataset · 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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