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G2Peak 24 October 2002 at 15:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 24 October 2002 (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 33 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Wed 23 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Wed 23 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Wed 23 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Wed 23 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Wed 23 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Wed 23 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Wed 23 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Wed 23 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Thu 24 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Thu 24 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Thu 24 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Thu 24 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Thu 24 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Thu 24 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Thu 24 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Thu 24 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Fri 25 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Fri 25 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Fri 25 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Fri 25 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Fri 25 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Fri 25 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Fri 25 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Fri 25 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sat 26 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sat 26 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sat 26 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sat 26 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sat 26 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 23 OctThu 24 OctFri 25 OctSat 26 Oct
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

2,536 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 1,021 Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Detroit Peoria
Canada 407 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Eastern Passage
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
Poland 81 Gdańsk, Bydgoszcz, Białystok, Gdynia Bydgoszcz
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
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 17 Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Rolleston Rangiora
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

3,053 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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