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G1Peak 19 October 2003 at 18:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 19 October 2003 (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 12 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sat 18 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sat 18 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sat 18 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sat 18 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sun 19 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 19 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sun 19 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sun 19 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sun 19 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sun 19 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sun 19 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Sun 19 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Mon 20 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Mon 20 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Mon 20 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 20 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Mon 20 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Mon 20 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Mon 20 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 20 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Sun 19 OctMon 20 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

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

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United Kingdom 169 Glasgow, Edinburgh, Belfast, Newcastle upon Tyne Middlesbrough
Canada 154 Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Vancouver Sydney Mines
Sweden 148 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Denmark 93 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nakskov
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
United States 37 Anchorage, Fargo, Bellingham, Bismarck Bar Harbor
Lithuania 25 Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai, Panevėžys Kaunas
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
New Zealand 4 Invercargill, Gore, Stewart Island/Rakiura (Oban), The Catlins (Owaka) Gore
Australia 3 Hobart, Bruny Island (Alonnah), Southport / Cockle Creek Hobart
Ireland 2 Letterkenny, Sligo Sligo
Germany 1 Westerland Westerland
Kazakhstan 1 Petropavl Petropavl
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

1,444 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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