Aurora Borealis in Hadleigh
United Kingdom · 51.55°, 0.61° · geomagnetic 53.3° · needs Kp 7
Tonight's aurora forecast for Hadleigh
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Peak chance of a visible display tonight, from the same model the Revon app runs. Hadleigh 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 Hadleigh
Hadleigh is at a geomagnetic latitude of 53.3°.
Auroras visible at Kp 7 occur about 2.7 nights per year.
The record span for these observations is from 2016-04-02 to 2026-03-30.
The best months for viewing are September, August, and November.
During June and July, there is no full darkness.
Hadleigh has a Bortle scale rating of 7.
A Bortle 4 sky is available 28 km east-south-east.
Nearby terrain includes Langdon Hill to the west, Bridgemarsh Island to the north-east, Stamfords Hill to the north-east, Potton Island to the east-north-east, and Wallasea Ness to the east-north-east.
There are 44 verified aurora reports within 300 km of Hadleigh between 2015 and 2016.
The record span for viable nights is from 2016-04-02 to 2026-03-30.
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 · 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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