G3Peak 30 August 2004 at 21:00 UTC
Northern Lights on 30 August 2004 (Kp 7): Where They Were Visible
Kp reached 7. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 52.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 48.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 18 hours.
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
2,509 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.
Only in photos
2,908 more towns could have caught a faint red or green glow low on the horizon with a phone or camera.
- FranceLyon, Toulouse, Nice
- HungaryBudapest, Debrecen, Szeged
- BelgiumBrussels, Antwerp, Ghent
- ItalyMilan, Torino, Genoa
- SloveniaLjubljana, Maribor, Celje
- SwitzerlandZürich, Geneva, Basel
- ChinaÜrümqi, Daqing, Qiqihar
- CzechiaPrague, Brno, Ostrava
- SlovakiaBratislava, Petržalka, Nitra
- CroatiaZagreb, Split, Rijeka
- AustriaVienna, Graz, Linz
- LiechtensteinSchaan, Triesen, Balzers
- LuxembourgLuxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Diekirch
- SpainGijón, A Coruña, Santander City
- UkraineKyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa
- South AfricaCape Town, Gqeberha
- ArgentinaUshuaia
- ChilePuerto Williams
- SerbiaBelgrade
- Falkland IslandsStanley
Whether the aurora was actually seen also depended on the weather. Use this as a guide to where it was possible.