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G3Peak 8 April 2001 at 12:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 8 April 2001 (Kp 7): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 7. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 52.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 48.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 15 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sat 7 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sat 7 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sat 7 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sat 7 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sat 7 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sun 8 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sun 8 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sun 8 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sun 8 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Sun 8 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Sun 8 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sun 8 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Sun 8 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Mon 9 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Mon 9 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Mon 9 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Mon 9 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Mon 9 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Mon 9 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 9 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Mon 9 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sun 8 AprMon 9 Apr
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

4,914 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 1,135 Seattle, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Saint Paul Unalaska
United Kingdom 853 Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds Nottingham
Sweden 474 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 454 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Hanko
Canada 322 Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Vancouver Sooke
Germany 310 Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen, Hannover Kreisfreie Stadt Münster
Norway 276 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Poland 261 Warsaw, Poznań, Gdańsk, Szczecin Zielona Góra
Denmark 260 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Alholm
Ireland 120 Dublin, Limerick, Galway, Tallaght Kilkenny
Netherlands 100 Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht Rotterdam
Latvia 76 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 73 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
Estonia 65 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
New Zealand 41 Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Rolleston Greymouth
Iceland 37 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Australia 28 Melbourne, Geelong, Hobart, Ballarat Ballarat
Greenland 13 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Nanortalik
Faroe Islands 11 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Hoyvík, Argir Argir
Kazakhstan 4 Astana, Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Astana
China 1 Mohe Mohe
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

3,405 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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