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G1Peak 23 January 2012 at 00:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 23 January 2012 (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 Sat 21 Jan 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sat 21 Jan 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sun 22 Jan 00:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Sun 22 Jan 03:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Sun 22 Jan 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sun 22 Jan 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 22 Jan 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sun 22 Jan 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 22 Jan 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sun 22 Jan 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Mon 23 Jan 00:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 23 Jan 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Mon 23 Jan 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Mon 23 Jan 09:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Mon 23 Jan 12:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Mon 23 Jan 15:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Mon 23 Jan 18:00 UTC · Kp 0.00 Mon 23 Jan 21:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Tue 24 Jan 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sun 22 JanMon 23 JanTue 24 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

1,216 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
Canada 311 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Hamilton
United States 274 Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Anchorage Racine
Sweden 145 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Oxie
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
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
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

1,821 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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