Aurora Borealis in Gainsborough
United Kingdom · 53.38°, -0.77° · geomagnetic 55.3° · needs Kp 7
Tonight's aurora forecast for Gainsborough
5%
Peak chance of a visible display tonight, from the same model the Revon app runs. Gainsborough 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 Gainsborough
Gainsborough is at 55.3° geomagnetic latitude. Auroras visible here require a Kp of 7 or higher.
On average, there are 2.7 nights per year with conditions suitable for aurora viewing. These opportunities are recorded between 2016 and 2026.
The best months for aurora viewing in Gainsborough are September, August, and November.
From May to July, there is no full darkness due to twilight.
Gainsborough experiences a Bortle 7 sky. Areas with less light pollution include East Lindsey (Bortle 5) 37 km east-south-east and East Riding of Yorkshire (Bortle 4) 65 km north-east.
Notable elevated terrain includes Beacon Hill, 8.4 km west-north-west, and Patchett's Cliff, 12.1 km east-north-east.
Areas with elevated terrain near Gainsborough include Beacon Hill, 8.4 km west-north-west, and Patchett's Cliff, 12.1 km east-north-east.
Moorland areas such as Hatfield Moors, 19.4 km north-north-west, and Thorne Waste, 27.1 km north-north-west, are also present.
Potteric Carr Nature Reserve is located 26.4 km west-north-west.
There are 104 verified aurora reports within 300 km of Gainsborough between 2015 and 2016.
The historical record shows viable aurora nights occurred on 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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