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G1Peak 29 January 2007 at 12:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 29 January 2007 (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 9 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sun 28 Jan 12:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Sun 28 Jan 15:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Sun 28 Jan 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Sun 28 Jan 21:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Mon 29 Jan 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Mon 29 Jan 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Mon 29 Jan 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Mon 29 Jan 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Mon 29 Jan 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Mon 29 Jan 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Mon 29 Jan 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Mon 29 Jan 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Tue 30 Jan 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Tue 30 Jan 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Tue 30 Jan 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Tue 30 Jan 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 30 Jan 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Tue 30 Jan 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 30 Jan 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Mon 29 JanTue 30 Jan
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

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

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 140 Seattle, Anchorage, Tri-Cities, Spokane Pendleton
Sweden 128 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Uppsala, Linköping Karlskrona
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Canada 122 Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Surrey Sooke
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 25 Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai, Panevėžys Kaunas
United Kingdom 24 Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness, Perth St Andrews
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
New Zealand 9 Dunedin, Invercargill, Mosgiel, Wānaka Wānaka
Denmark 8 Aalborg, Hjørring, Nørresundby, Frederikshavn Skive
Australia 7 Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie Burnie
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
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

1,155 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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