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G4Peak 8 May 2005 at 12:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 8 May 2005 (Kp 8.3): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 8.3. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 49.8° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 45.3°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 21 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Fri 6 May 21:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Sat 7 May 00:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Sat 7 May 03:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Sat 7 May 06:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Sat 7 May 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Sat 7 May 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sat 7 May 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sat 7 May 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sat 7 May 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sun 8 May 00:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Sun 8 May 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Sun 8 May 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 8 May 09:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Sun 8 May 12:00 UTC · Kp 8.33 Sun 8 May 15:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Sun 8 May 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Sun 8 May 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Mon 9 May 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Mon 9 May 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Mon 9 May 06:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Mon 9 May 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Mon 9 May 12:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Mon 9 May 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Mon 9 May 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sat 7 MaySun 8 MayMon 9 May
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

5,912 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 2,178 Seattle, Portland, Detroit, Milwaukee Youngstown
Canada 940 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Yarmouth
United Kingdom 770 Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh Manchester
Sweden 423 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 393 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Hanko
Denmark 260 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Alholm
Norway 218 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Germany 185 Kiel, Lübeck, Rostock, Flensburg Norderstedt
Poland 151 Gdańsk, Gdynia, Olsztyn, Elbląg Chojnice
Ireland 102 Dublin, Galway, Tallaght, Drogheda Dublin
Estonia 65 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Latvia 65 Riga, Daugavpils, Jelgava, Jūrmala Daugavpils
New Zealand 54 Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin, Lower Hutt Whanganui
Australia 37 Melbourne, Adelaide, Geelong, Hobart Tuggeranong
Lithuania 26 Kaunas, Panevėžys, Jonava, Utena Garliava
Iceland 20 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Faroe Islands 11 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Hoyvík, Argir Argir
China 7 Daxing’anling, Jiagedaqi District, Genhe, Oroqen Zizhiqi Jiagedaqi District
Greenland 4 Qaqortoq, Narsaq, Paamiut, Nanortalik Nanortalik
Kazakhstan 3 Astana, Petropavl, Kokshetau Astana
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

4,340 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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