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G3Peak 13 October 2000 at 03:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 13 October 2000 (Kp 6.7): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 6.7. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 53.2° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 48.7°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 6 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Thu 12 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Thu 12 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Thu 12 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Thu 12 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Thu 12 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Thu 12 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Thu 12 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Thu 12 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Fri 13 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Fri 13 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Fri 13 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Fri 13 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Fri 13 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Fri 13 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Fri 13 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Fri 13 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Sat 14 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sat 14 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Thu 12 OctFri 13 OctSat 14 Oct
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

2,804 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 1,211 Chicago, Seattle, Boston, Portland Pittsburgh
United Kingdom 414 Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds Nottingham
Canada 407 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Eastern Passage
Sweden 148 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Denmark 94 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nykøbing Falster
Germany 84 Hamburg, Bremen, Kiel, Lübeck Bremen
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Poland 70 Gdańsk, Szczecin, Gdynia, Olsztyn Pyrzyce
Ireland 49 Dublin, Limerick, Galway, Tallaght Kilkenny
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 31 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Netherlands 7 Groningen, Leeuwarden, Drachten, Sneek Drachten
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
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

1,594 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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