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G2Peak 10 July 2005 at 12:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 10 July 2005 (Kp 6.3): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 6.3. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 53.8° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 49.3°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 15 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sat 9 Jul 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sat 9 Jul 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sat 9 Jul 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sat 9 Jul 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sat 9 Jul 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sun 10 Jul 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sun 10 Jul 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sun 10 Jul 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sun 10 Jul 09:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Sun 10 Jul 12:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Sun 10 Jul 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Sun 10 Jul 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Sun 10 Jul 21:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Mon 11 Jul 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Mon 11 Jul 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Mon 11 Jul 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Mon 11 Jul 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Mon 11 Jul 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Mon 11 Jul 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Mon 11 Jul 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 11 Jul 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sun 10 JulMon 11 Jul
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

2,171 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United Kingdom 561 Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh, Bradford Manchester
United States 313 Seattle, Tri-Cities, Spokane, Tacoma Pendleton
Denmark 260 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Alholm
Sweden 234 Gothenburg, Malmö, Linköping, Jönköping Trelleborg
Germany 185 Kiel, Lübeck, Rostock, Flensburg Norderstedt
Poland 153 Gdańsk, Gdynia, Olsztyn, Elbląg Chojnice
Canada 120 Vancouver, Surrey, Victoria, Burnaby Sooke
Ireland 96 Dublin, Galway, Tallaght, Drogheda Dublin
Latvia 76 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 73 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
New Zealand 40 Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Rolleston Rangiora
Estonia 35 Tartu, Pärnu, Viljandi, Kuressaare Võru
Australia 20 Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie Smithton
Norway 4 Kristiansand, Mandal, Søgne, Lillesand Mandal
Kazakhstan 1 Petropavl Petropavl
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

2,775 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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