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G2Peak 23 September 2001 at 18:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 23 September 2001 (Kp 6): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 6. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 54.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 50.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 15 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sat 22 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sat 22 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sat 22 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sat 22 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sat 22 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Sat 22 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 0.00 Sun 23 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Sun 23 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sun 23 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sun 23 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sun 23 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sun 23 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Sun 23 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Sun 23 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Mon 24 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Mon 24 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Mon 24 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Mon 24 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Mon 24 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Mon 24 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Mon 24 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Sun 23 SeptMon 24 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

1,810 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 368 Seattle, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Saint Paul Yakima
Canada 359 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Hamilton
United Kingdom 345 Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh Manchester
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
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Poland 64 Gdańsk, Gdynia, Olsztyn, Elbląg Chojnice
Germany 56 Kiel, Lübeck, Rostock, Flensburg Norderstedt
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Ireland 37 Dublin, Galway, Tallaght, Drogheda Dublin
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
New Zealand 9 Dunedin, Invercargill, Mosgiel, Wānaka Wānaka
Australia 7 Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie Burnie
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Kazakhstan 3 Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Kostanay
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

3,117 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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