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G1Peak 27 October 2002 at 21:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 27 October 2002 (Kp 5): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 5. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 56.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 52.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 6 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sat 26 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sun 27 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sun 27 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sun 27 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 27 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sun 27 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 27 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sun 27 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sun 27 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 28 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Mon 28 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Mon 28 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Mon 28 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Mon 28 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Mon 28 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Mon 28 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Mon 28 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Tue 29 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sun 27 OctMon 28 OctTue 29 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

1,027 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
Canada 237 Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, Edmonton Charlottetown
United States 159 Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Anchorage, Spokane Billings
Sweden 145 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Oxie
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
United Kingdom 103 Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee Ashington
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Denmark 75 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Frederiksberg Esbjerg
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 1 Letterkenny Letterkenny
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

2,110 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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