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G1Peak 28 January 2000 at 00:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 28 January 2000 (Kp 5): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 5. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 56.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 52.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 6 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Thu 27 Jan 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Thu 27 Jan 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Thu 27 Jan 06:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Thu 27 Jan 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Thu 27 Jan 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Thu 27 Jan 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Thu 27 Jan 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Thu 27 Jan 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Fri 28 Jan 00:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Fri 28 Jan 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Fri 28 Jan 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Fri 28 Jan 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Fri 28 Jan 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Fri 28 Jan 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Fri 28 Jan 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Fri 28 Jan 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sat 29 Jan 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sat 29 Jan 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Thu 27 JanFri 28 JanSat 29 Jan
Kp 0–3 Kp 4 Kp 5–6 (G1–G2) Kp 7+ (G3+) Times in UTC; faded bars are forecasts.

Three-hourly Kp from GFZ, one day either side of the storm.

Where the aurora could be seen

1,358 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 368 Seattle, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Saint Paul Yakima
Canada 359 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Hamilton
Sweden 145 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Oxie
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
United Kingdom 103 Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee Ashington
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Denmark 75 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Frederiksberg Esbjerg
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Lithuania 18 Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai, Panevėžys, Mažeikiai Utena
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Ireland 1 Letterkenny Letterkenny
Svalbard & Jan Mayen 1 Longyearbyen Longyearbyen
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

2,361 more towns could have caught a faint red or green glow low on the horizon with a phone or camera.

Whether the aurora was actually seen also depended on the weather. Use this as a guide to where it was possible.

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