Northern Lights 10th May 2024. The last solar minimum, when the sun’s activity was at its lowest in the cycle, occurred in december 2019, with the space weather predictions center (swpc) now. The g5 storm culminated in a remarkable display of the aurora borealis.

Increased solar activity causes auroras that dance around earth’s poles, known as the northern lights, or aurora borealis, and southern lights, or aurora australis. Stay updated on the best times to see the northern lights with accurate aurora activity predictions.