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G2Peak 26 July 2003 at 18:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 26 July 2003 (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 12 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Fri 25 Jul 15:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Fri 25 Jul 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Fri 25 Jul 21:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Sat 26 Jul 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sat 26 Jul 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sat 26 Jul 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sat 26 Jul 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sat 26 Jul 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sat 26 Jul 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sat 26 Jul 18:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Sat 26 Jul 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Sun 27 Jul 00:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sun 27 Jul 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sun 27 Jul 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sun 27 Jul 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 27 Jul 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sun 27 Jul 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sun 27 Jul 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sun 27 Jul 21:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Mon 28 Jul 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sat 26 JulSun 27 JulMon 28 Jul
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

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

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
Canada 172 Montreal, Winnipeg, Quebec City, Laval Charlottetown
United Kingdom 169 Glasgow, Edinburgh, Belfast, Newcastle upon Tyne Middlesbrough
Sweden 133 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
United States 104 Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Fargo, Duluth Watertown
Denmark 93 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nakskov
Finland 73 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Norway 49 Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Kristiansand Mandal
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 25 Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai, Panevėžys Kaunas
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Australia 7 Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie Burnie
New Zealand 7 Dunedin, Invercargill, Mosgiel, Gore Oamaru
Kazakhstan 3 Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Kostanay
Ireland 2 Letterkenny, Sligo Sligo
Germany 1 Westerland Westerland
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

2,445 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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