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G5Peak 15 July 2000 at 18:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 15 July 2000 (Kp 9): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 9. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 48.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 44.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 27 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Fri 14 Jul 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Fri 14 Jul 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Fri 14 Jul 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Fri 14 Jul 15:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Fri 14 Jul 18:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Fri 14 Jul 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sat 15 Jul 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sat 15 Jul 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sat 15 Jul 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sat 15 Jul 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sat 15 Jul 12:00 UTC · Kp 8.00 Sat 15 Jul 15:00 UTC · Kp 8.67 Sat 15 Jul 18:00 UTC · Kp 9.00 Sat 15 Jul 21:00 UTC · Kp 8.67 Sun 16 Jul 00:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Sun 16 Jul 03:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Sun 16 Jul 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sun 16 Jul 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sun 16 Jul 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sun 16 Jul 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sun 16 Jul 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sun 16 Jul 21:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Mon 17 Jul 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Mon 17 Jul 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Mon 17 Jul 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Mon 17 Jul 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Mon 17 Jul 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sat 15 JulSun 16 JulMon 17 Jul
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

3,840 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 1,225 New York City, Brooklyn, Chicago, Queens Alexandria
United Kingdom 708 London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester Falmouth
Germany 432 Berlin, Hamburg, Köln, Frankfurt Worms
Canada 394 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Eastern Passage
Poland 308 Warsaw, Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź Nowy Targ
Netherlands 147 Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht Maastricht
Sweden 120 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Belgium 102 Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi Arlon
Denmark 94 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nykøbing Falster
Ireland 55 Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway Cork
Czechia 43 Prague, Ostrava, Pilsen, Liberec Olomouc
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 31 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
New Zealand 30 Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin, Lower Hutt Whanganui
Australia 29 Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra, Geelong Wollongong
France 28 Lille, Amiens, Roubaix, Tourcoing Charleville
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Norway 14 Kristiansand, Fredrikstad, Sandefjord, Sarpsborg Mandal
China 8 Daxing’anling, Jinshanlu, Jiagedaqi District, Genhe Jinshanlu
Kazakhstan 4 Astana, Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Astana
Luxembourg 4 Diekirch, Grevenmacher, Wiltz, Mersch Grevenmacher
Finland 2 Raseborg, Ekenäs Raseborg
Ukraine 2 Kyiv, Kharkiv Kharkiv
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

2,401 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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