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G3Peak 5 April 2005 at 00:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 5 April 2005 (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 15 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sun 3 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Sun 3 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Mon 4 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Mon 4 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Mon 4 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Mon 4 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Mon 4 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Mon 4 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Mon 4 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Mon 4 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Tue 5 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Tue 5 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Tue 5 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Tue 5 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 5 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 5 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Tue 5 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Tue 5 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Wed 6 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Wed 6 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Wed 6 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Mon 4 AprTue 5 AprWed 6 Apr
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

3,472 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 1,501 New York City, Brooklyn, Chicago, Queens St. Louis
United Kingdom 504 Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield Luton
Canada 407 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Eastern Passage
Germany 165 Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen, Hannover Kreisfreie Stadt Münster
Poland 163 Warsaw, Poznań, Gdańsk, Szczecin Zielona Góra
Sweden 148 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Netherlands 99 Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht Rotterdam
Denmark 94 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nykøbing Falster
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Ireland 55 Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway Cork
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 31 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Australia 7 Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie Burnie
New Zealand 7 Dunedin, Invercargill, Mosgiel, Gore Oamaru
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Kazakhstan 3 Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Kostanay
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

2,556 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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