Aurora Borealis in Stanley
United Kingdom · 54.87°, -1.70° · geomagnetic 56.9° · needs Kp 7
Tonight's aurora forecast for Stanley
23%
Peak chance of a visible display tonight, from the same model the Revon app runs. Stanley 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 Stanley
Stanley is at a geomagnetic latitude of 56.9°.
Auroras visible at Kp 7 occur about 2.6 nights per year in this region.
The record span for these observations is from 2016 to 2026.
The best months for aurora viewing in Stanley are September, August, and November.
However, full darkness is not available during May, June, and July.
Stanley has a Bortle scale rating of 8, indicating significant light pollution.
Areas with darker skies, such as Bortle 4 near Northumberland, are 38 km west-north-west.
Bortle 5 skies can be found 32 km east-north-east near Tyne and Wear.
Pontop Pike, a hill, is located 4.5 km west of Stanley.
Blackmoor Hill, another hill, is 5.2 km north of Stanley.
Match Island is situated 9.8 km east-north-east of Stanley.
There have been 225 verified aurora reports within 300 km of Stanley between 2015 and 2016.
The data indicates approximately 2.6 aurora nights per year.
Notable qualifying nights include March 20, 2026 (Kp 7.0), January 20, 2026 (Kp 7.67), and January 19, 2026 (Kp 8.67).
Sources: Revon location dataset · 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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