AuroraMeteo

G4Peak 24 November 2001 at 06:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 24 November 2001 (Kp 8.3): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 8.3. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 49.8° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 45.3°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 18 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Fri 23 Nov 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Fri 23 Nov 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Fri 23 Nov 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Fri 23 Nov 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Fri 23 Nov 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Fri 23 Nov 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Fri 23 Nov 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sat 24 Nov 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sat 24 Nov 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Sat 24 Nov 06:00 UTC · Kp 8.33 Sat 24 Nov 09:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Sat 24 Nov 12:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Sat 24 Nov 15:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Sat 24 Nov 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sat 24 Nov 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sun 25 Nov 00:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Sun 25 Nov 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sun 25 Nov 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sun 25 Nov 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sun 25 Nov 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sun 25 Nov 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sun 25 Nov 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Sun 25 Nov 21:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Sat 24 NovSun 25 Nov
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

3,494 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 1,836 New York City, Brooklyn, Chicago, Queens Virginia Beach
Canada 407 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Eastern Passage
Germany 250 Berlin, Hamburg, Essen, Dortmund Leipzig
Poland 196 Warsaw, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk Lublin
United Kingdom 169 Glasgow, Edinburgh, Belfast, Newcastle upon Tyne Middlesbrough
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
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 31 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
Netherlands 27 Groningen, Enschede, Zwolle, Leeuwarden Winterswijk
New Zealand 23 Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin, Invercargill Wellington
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Australia 15 Melbourne, Geelong, Hobart, Ballarat Ballarat
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Kazakhstan 4 Astana, Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Astana
China 3 Daxing’anling, Tahe Town, Mohe Daxing’anling
Ireland 2 Letterkenny, Sligo Sligo
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

2,147 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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