Aurora Borealis in Colne
United Kingdom · 53.86°, -2.17° · geomagnetic 56.0° · needs Kp 7
Tonight's aurora forecast for Colne
11%
Peak chance of a visible display tonight, from the same model the Revon app runs. Colne 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 Colne
Colne is at 56.0° geomagnetic latitude. Auroras visible here require a Kp 7 or higher.
On average, there are 2.6 nights per year with conditions suitable for aurora viewing.
The record span for these observations is from 2016-04-02 to 2026-03-30.
The best months for aurora viewing in Colne are September, August, and November.
During May, June, and July, there is no full darkness.
Colne has a Bortle scale rating of 7, indicating significant light pollution.
Areas with darker skies, rated Bortle 4, can be found 17 km north-north-west near North Yorkshire.
Notable terrain features include Sheep Hill (4.4 km north-east), Wheathead Height (5.7 km west-north-west), Great Britain island (19.3 km north-east), Rombalds Moor (20.4 km east-north-east), and Cracoe Fell (21.3 km north-north-east).
Sheep Hill is a hill located 4.4 km north-east of Colne.
Wheathead Height, another hill, is situated 5.7 km west-north-west of Colne.
Further afield, Rombalds Moor is a moorland 20.4 km east-north-east of Colne, and Cracoe Fell is a mountain 21.3 km north-north-east of Colne.
There are 236 verified aurora reports within 300 km of Colne, recorded between 2015 and 2016.
The historical data includes qualifying nights such as 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 · 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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