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G1Peak 14 September 2004 at 18:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 14 September 2004 (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 6 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Mon 13 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Mon 13 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Tue 14 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 14 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Tue 14 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Tue 14 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Tue 14 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Tue 14 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Tue 14 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Tue 14 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 15 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Wed 15 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Wed 15 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Wed 15 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Wed 15 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Wed 15 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Wed 15 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Wed 15 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Thu 16 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 14 SeptWed 15 SeptThu 16 Sept
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

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

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
Canada 211 Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, Edmonton Le Sud-Ouest
Sweden 148 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
United States 134 Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Fargo, Green Bay Manitowoc
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Denmark 93 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nakskov
United Kingdom 85 Edinburgh, Newcastle upon Tyne, Aberdeen, Sunderland Middlesbrough
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
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
Australia 7 Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie Burnie
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
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

2,366 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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