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G1Peak 2 April 2016 at 15:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 2 April 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 6 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Fri 1 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Fri 1 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Fri 1 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Sat 2 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sat 2 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Sat 2 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 0.00 Sat 2 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Sat 2 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sat 2 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sat 2 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sat 2 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sun 3 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sun 3 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sun 3 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sun 3 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sun 3 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Sun 3 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Sun 3 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Sun 3 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sat 2 AprSun 3 Apr
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

906 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
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
United States 110 Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Green Bay, Bloomington Manitowoc
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
New Zealand 7 Dunedin, Invercargill, Mosgiel, Gore Oamaru
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
Ireland 1 Letterkenny Letterkenny
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

1,923 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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