Aurora Borealis in Kingswood
United Kingdom · 51.45°, -2.51° · geomagnetic 53.7° · needs Kp 7
Tonight's aurora forecast for Kingswood
1%
Peak chance of a visible display tonight, from the same model the Revon app runs. Kingswood 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 Kingswood
Kingswood is at a geomagnetic latitude of 53.7°.
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.
There is no full darkness during June and July.
Kingswood has a Bortle scale rating of 6.
Areas with Bortle 4 conditions are found 79 km north-west near Powys.
Areas with Bortle 5 conditions are found 19 km east-north-east near Wiltshire.
Brandon Hill park is a park located 6.8 km west of Kingswood.
Durdham Down is a hill located 7.9 km west-north-west of Kingswood.
Observatory Hill is a hill located 8.2 km west of Kingswood.
There are 59 verified reports within 300 km, from 2015-01-01 to 2016-12-31.
Qualifying nights occurred on 2026-03-20 (Kp 7.0), 2026-01-20 (Kp 7.67), and 2026-01-19 (Kp 8.67).
Additional qualifying nights were recorded on 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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