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G1Peak 19 March 2002 at 03:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 19 March 2002 (Kp 5.3): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 5.3. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 55.8° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 51.3°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 6 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Mon 18 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Mon 18 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Mon 18 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Mon 18 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Mon 18 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 18 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Mon 18 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Mon 18 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Tue 19 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Tue 19 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Tue 19 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 19 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Tue 19 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Tue 19 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Tue 19 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Tue 19 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Wed 20 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Wed 20 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Mon 18 MarTue 19 MarWed 20 Mar
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

1,669 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 578 Seattle, Detroit, Milwaukee, Minneapolis Cedar Rapids
Canada 388 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa LaSalle
United Kingdom 169 Glasgow, Edinburgh, Belfast, Newcastle upon Tyne Middlesbrough
Sweden 145 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Oxie
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Denmark 79 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Frederiksberg Sønderborg
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Lithuania 18 Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai, Panevėžys, Mažeikiai Utena
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Ireland 2 Letterkenny, Sligo Sligo
Germany 1 Westerland Westerland
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

1,754 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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