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G1Peak 15 September 2000 at 21:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 15 September 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 3 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Thu 14 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Fri 15 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Fri 15 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Fri 15 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Fri 15 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Fri 15 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Fri 15 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Fri 15 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Fri 15 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sat 16 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sat 16 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sat 16 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sat 16 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sat 16 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sat 16 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sat 16 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sat 16 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Fri 15 SeptSat 16 Sept
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

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

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
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
Canada 26 Winnipeg, Greater Sudbury, Saguenay, Thunder Bay Greater Sudbury
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
United States 14 Fargo, Grand Forks, Moorhead, West Fargo Brainerd
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

1,135 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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