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G2Peak 6 January 2004 at 21:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 6 January 2004 (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 3 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Mon 5 Jan 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Tue 6 Jan 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Tue 6 Jan 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Tue 6 Jan 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Tue 6 Jan 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Tue 6 Jan 12:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Tue 6 Jan 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Tue 6 Jan 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Tue 6 Jan 21:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Wed 7 Jan 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Wed 7 Jan 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Wed 7 Jan 06:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Wed 7 Jan 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Wed 7 Jan 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Wed 7 Jan 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Wed 7 Jan 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Wed 7 Jan 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Tue 6 JanWed 7 Jan
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

4,083 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United Kingdom 770 Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh Manchester
Canada 695 Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, Edmonton Yarmouth
Sweden 474 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 454 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Hanko
United States 434 Fargo, Lowell, Manchester, Albany Beverly
Norway 276 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Denmark 260 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Alholm
Germany 185 Kiel, Lübeck, Rostock, Flensburg Norderstedt
Poland 153 Gdańsk, Gdynia, Olsztyn, Elbląg Chojnice
Ireland 102 Dublin, Galway, Tallaght, Drogheda Dublin
Latvia 76 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 73 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
Estonia 65 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 37 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Greenland 14 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Nanortalik
Faroe Islands 11 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Hoyvík, Argir Argir
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

3,169 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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