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G2Peak 22 April 2001 at 15:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 22 April 2001 (Kp 6.3): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 6.3. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 53.8° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 49.3°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 9 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sat 21 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Sat 21 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sat 21 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sat 21 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sun 22 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 22 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sun 22 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sun 22 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 22 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sun 22 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Sun 22 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sun 22 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Mon 23 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Mon 23 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Mon 23 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Mon 23 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Mon 23 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Mon 23 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Mon 23 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Sun 22 AprMon 23 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

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

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
Finland 120 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Sweden 119 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Uppsala, Linköping Kalmar
Norway 66 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Latvia 27 Riga, Jelgava, Jūrmala, Ventspils Jelgava
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
United Kingdom 17 Aberdeen, Inverness, Elgin, Peterhead Fort William
New Zealand 17 Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Rolleston Rangiora
Australia 7 Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie Burnie
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Denmark 3 Hjørring, Frederikshavn, Brønderslev Brønderslev
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

687 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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