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G1Peak 14 March 2016 at 21:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 14 March 2016 (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 3 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sun 13 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Mon 14 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Mon 14 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Mon 14 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Mon 14 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Mon 14 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Mon 14 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Mon 14 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Mon 14 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Tue 15 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Tue 15 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Tue 15 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Tue 15 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 15 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Tue 15 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Tue 15 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Tue 15 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Mon 14 MarTue 15 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

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

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
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
United States 88 Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Fargo, Duluth Saint Paul
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Denmark 75 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Frederiksberg Esbjerg
Canada 55 Winnipeg, Quebec City, Greater Sudbury, Saguenay Trois-Rivières
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

1,781 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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