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G3Peak 14 April 2006 at 09:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 14 April 2006 (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 Thu 13 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Thu 13 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Thu 13 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Thu 13 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Thu 13 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Thu 13 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Thu 13 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Fri 14 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Fri 14 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Fri 14 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Fri 14 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Fri 14 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Fri 14 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Fri 14 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Fri 14 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sat 15 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sat 15 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sat 15 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sat 15 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sat 15 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sat 15 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Fri 14 AprSat 15 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

2,034 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 1,299 Chicago, Seattle, Boston, Portland St. Louis
Canada 407 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Eastern Passage
Finland 111 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Sweden 99 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Uppsala, Linköping Gislaved
Ireland 37 Dublin, Galway, Tallaght, Drogheda Dublin
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
New Zealand 18 Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Rolleston Greymouth
Australia 15 Melbourne, Geelong, Hobart, Ballarat Ballarat
Iceland 10 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Selfoss
Latvia 7 Ventspils, Valmiera, Cēsis, Limbaži Cēsis
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
United Kingdom 3 Omagh, Enniskillen, Strabane Enniskillen
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

1,492 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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