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G5Peak 29 October 2003 at 06:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 29 October 2003 (Kp 9): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 9. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 48.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 44.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 63 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Tue 28 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Tue 28 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Tue 28 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Tue 28 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Tue 28 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Tue 28 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Tue 28 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 28 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 29 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Wed 29 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 29 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 9.00 Wed 29 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 8.00 Wed 29 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Wed 29 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Wed 29 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 8.67 Wed 29 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 8.67 Thu 30 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 8.67 Thu 30 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Thu 30 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Thu 30 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Thu 30 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Thu 30 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Thu 30 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 9.00 Thu 30 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 9.00 Fri 31 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 8.33 Fri 31 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Fri 31 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Fri 31 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Fri 31 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Fri 31 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Fri 31 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Fri 31 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sat 1 Nov 00:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sat 1 Nov 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sat 1 Nov 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sat 1 Nov 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sat 1 Nov 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sat 1 Nov 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 28 OctWed 29 OctThu 30 OctFri 31 OctSat 1 Nov
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

5,173 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 1,985 New York City, Brooklyn, Chicago, Queens Fayetteville
United Kingdom 710 London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester Falmouth
Germany 520 Berlin, Hamburg, Köln, Frankfurt Tübingen
Canada 407 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Eastern Passage
Poland 309 Warsaw, Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź Zakopane
France 192 Paris, Marne La Vallée, Strasbourg, Lille Strasbourg
Sweden 148 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Netherlands 147 Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht Maastricht
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Belgium 102 Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi Arlon
Denmark 94 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nykøbing Falster
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Czechia 56 Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Pilsen Břeclav
Ireland 55 Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway Cork
Slovakia 44 Košice, Prešov, Žilina, Banská Bystrica Trnava
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 31 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
New Zealand 31 Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin, Lower Hutt Napier
Australia 22 Melbourne, Geelong, Hobart, Ballarat Bunbury
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
China 16 Daxing’anling, Hulunbuir, Heihe, Hailar District Nenjiang
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Luxembourg 6 Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Diekirch, Grevenmacher Esch-sur-Alzette
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Kazakhstan 4 Astana, Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Astana
Hungary 3 Sátoraljaújhely, Sárospatak, Edelény Sárospatak
Ukraine 2 Kyiv, Kharkiv Kharkiv
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

1,570 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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