G3Peak 31 August 2005 at 15:00 UTC
Northern Lights on 31 August 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 12 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
1,139 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.
Only in photos
2,735 more towns could have caught a faint red or green glow low on the horizon with a phone or camera.
- HungaryBudapest, Debrecen, Szeged
- BelgiumBrussels, Antwerp, Ghent
- FranceLyon, Nantes, Bordeaux
- SloveniaLjubljana, Maribor, Celje
- ItalyMilan, Torino, Genoa
- SwitzerlandZürich, Geneva, Basel
- CroatiaZagreb, Rijeka, Osijek
- AustriaVienna, Graz, Linz
- CzechiaLiberec, Hradec Králové, Ústí nad Labem
- SlovakiaBratislava, Petržalka, Nitra
- LiechtensteinSchaan, Triesen, Balzers
- UkraineKyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa
- South AfricaCape Town, Gqeberha
- SerbiaBelgrade
Whether the aurora was actually seen also depended on the weather. Use this as a guide to where it was possible.