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G1Peak 13 October 2006 at 18:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 13 October 2006 (Kp 5.3): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 5.3. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 55.8° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 51.3°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 6 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Thu 12 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Thu 12 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Fri 13 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Fri 13 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Fri 13 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Fri 13 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Fri 13 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Fri 13 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Fri 13 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Fri 13 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Sat 14 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sat 14 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sat 14 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sat 14 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sat 14 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sat 14 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sat 14 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sat 14 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Fri 13 OctSat 14 Oct
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

1,065 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
Canada 197 Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Quebec City Sydney Mines
United Kingdom 169 Glasgow, Edinburgh, Belfast, Newcastle upon Tyne Middlesbrough
Sweden 148 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
United States 140 Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Fargo, Billings Billings
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Denmark 93 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nakskov
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 25 Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai, Panevėžys Kaunas
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Ireland 2 Letterkenny, Sligo Sligo
Germany 1 Westerland Westerland
Kazakhstan 1 Petropavl Petropavl
Svalbard & Jan Mayen 1 Longyearbyen Longyearbyen
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

1,642 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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