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G4Peak 24 May 2000 at 00:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 24 May 2000 (Kp 8): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 8. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 50.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 46.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 33 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Mon 22 May 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Mon 22 May 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Tue 23 May 00:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Tue 23 May 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Tue 23 May 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Tue 23 May 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Tue 23 May 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Tue 23 May 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 23 May 18:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Tue 23 May 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Wed 24 May 00:00 UTC · Kp 8.00 Wed 24 May 03:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Wed 24 May 06:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Wed 24 May 09:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Wed 24 May 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Wed 24 May 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Wed 24 May 18:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Wed 24 May 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Thu 25 May 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Thu 25 May 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Thu 25 May 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Thu 25 May 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Thu 25 May 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Thu 25 May 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Thu 25 May 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Thu 25 May 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Fri 26 May 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Fri 26 May 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 23 MayWed 24 MayThu 25 MayFri 26 May
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

4,055 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 1,703 New York City, Brooklyn, Chicago, Queens Richmond
United Kingdom 708 London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester Falmouth
Canada 402 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Eastern Passage
Germany 389 Berlin, Hamburg, Köln, Düsseldorf Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
Netherlands 147 Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht Maastricht
Sweden 125 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Poland 111 Wrocław, Poznań, Szczecin, Katowice Rzeszów
Belgium 101 Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi Charleroi
Denmark 94 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nykøbing Falster
Ireland 55 Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway Cork
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Norway 39 Oslo, Stavanger, Kristiansand, Drammen Mandal
Finland 37 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Vantaa, Turku Raseborg
Lithuania 25 Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai, Panevėžys Kaunas
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
France 21 Lille, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Dunkirk Maubeuge
New Zealand 16 Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Rolleston Christchurch
Czechia 12 Liberec, Hradec Králové, Ústí nad Labem, Most Hradec Králové
Australia 7 Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie Burnie
Kazakhstan 3 Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Kostanay
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

2,174 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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