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G1Peak 27 March 2008 at 18:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 27 March 2008 (Kp 5): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 5. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 56.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 52.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 9 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Wed 26 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Wed 26 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Wed 26 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Thu 27 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Thu 27 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Thu 27 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Thu 27 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Thu 27 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Thu 27 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Thu 27 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Thu 27 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Fri 28 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Fri 28 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Fri 28 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Fri 28 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Fri 28 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Fri 28 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Fri 28 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Fri 28 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Thu 27 MarFri 28 Mar
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

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

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
Canada 154 Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Laval Le Sud-Ouest
Sweden 145 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Oxie
United States 125 Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Green Bay, Bloomington Manitowoc
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
United Kingdom 103 Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee Ashington
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Denmark 75 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Frederiksberg Esbjerg
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Lithuania 18 Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai, Panevėžys, Mažeikiai Utena
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Australia 5 Hobart, Launceston, Bruny Island (Alonnah), Southport / Cockle Creek Launceston
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
New Zealand 4 Invercargill, Gore, Stewart Island/Rakiura (Oban), The Catlins (Owaka) Gore
Ireland 1 Letterkenny Letterkenny
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

1,524 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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