One of the best places for solar data is https://www.solen.info/solar/. There are others too, but this is the site I usually go to. It is updated pretty often too.
5 Nov 2023
1 Mar 2023
Solar data updated
My favourite site for solar data has been updated. It still expects solar maximum November this year. If correct, this is very early.
3 Feb 2023
Solar data
The latest information on solar cycle 25 is out. It still shows the peak as November this year, which is early.
1 Jan 2023
Solar data
At the start of the month, there is usually an update of solar data at this site. It is usually my first port of call for solar data.
As late as yesterday, it was still showing the solar peak as November 2023, which seems early to me, although I am no solar expert!
1 Dec 2022
Updated solar data
At the start of the month Solan updates its data on solar conditions. The latest update was this morning. It still shows the latest solar cycle peaking late next year. This is very early.
Personally, I find this data very interesting.
1 Nov 2022
Solar data
This data is usually updated early in the month. As far as I can tell, it has only had a partial update. Last month they were still expecting the current solar cycle to peak in November 2023, which seems quite early. The last solar cycle had 2 peaks.
1 Oct 2022
Solar data
Early in the month the solar data at https://www.solen.info/solar/ is updated with the latest information. This usually happens on the first or second day of the month.
1 May 2022
Solar forecast
My favourite site for solar data is usually updated early in the month. Based on the last few days, things are looking promising. It has been updated earlier today.
At the moment, this solar cycle looks a bit better than the last one.
3 Jan 2022
Latest solar data
The latest solar data has been updated. By any analysis, the last few weeks have been good with decent solar flux and sunspot numbers for this part of the cycle.
Of course, we have to be careful not to look at the detail, but at the averages. It still looks like the next peak will be similar to the last i.e. not huge. At the moment cycle 25 looks very similar to cycle 24. If this is correct, we should expect similar conditions. 10m should be good, but F2 openings on 6m will be rare. This is where an 8m band could prove useful: how often does the MUF just exceed 40MHz?
2 Dec 2021
Solar cycle 25 latest
At the moment it looks like the current solar cycle (25) will be very similar to the last one and that a big peak is unlikely. At the moment, it is very slightly better than the last one.
See https://www.solen.info/solar/images/comparison_recent_cycles.png .
1 Sept 2020
Updated solar data
At some point the more active side of the sun will turn into view. We have now had several days without sunspots. Assuming we are at the start of the next solar cycle, I expect sunspot numbers will increase.
See https://www.solen.info/solar/
28 Jun 2020
So when is/was the solar minimum?
29 Feb 2020
Solar forecast update
Up to now they have put the solar minimum as happening last summer. I hope they are still right. One of the indicators is polarity changes. This can also help us in the forecast of the size of the next peak.
At the moment the "experts" are expecting the next peak to be of a similar size to the last one in cycle 24. Some were predicting a Maunder Minimum with years of no sunspots, but this now seems unlikely.
1 Feb 2020
Solar forecast update
See https://www.solen.info/solar/
2 Dec 2019
Solar data
See https://www.solen.info/solar/images/cycles23_24.png
1 Oct 2018
Solar data
We are approaching the next solar minimum so we can expect long periods when the sun will be spotless. This could well go on into 2021. The next minimum will probably be 2020. I also keep a watchful eye on predictions for cycle 25. The last forecast was expecting cycle 25 to be similar to cycle 24.
See http://www.solen.info/solar/
UPDATE 1552z: The data for September is now there. At the moment, the forecast is that we are already very close to the solar minimum. The next few months will give us a better idea. One of the graphs shows us already at solar minimum. Let's hope this is right.
See http://www.solen.info/solar/images/cycles23_24.png