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G1Peak 12 April 2016 at 21:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 12 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 Mon 11 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Tue 12 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Tue 12 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Tue 12 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Tue 12 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Tue 12 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 12 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 12 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Tue 12 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Wed 13 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Wed 13 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Wed 13 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 13 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 13 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 13 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Wed 13 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Wed 13 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Thu 14 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 12 AprWed 13 AprThu 14 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

3,045 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
Canada 734 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Hamilton
Sweden 469 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Oxie
Finland 454 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Hanko
United States 396 Milwaukee, Madison, Grand Rapids, Fargo Racine
United Kingdom 278 Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee Ashington
Norway 276 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Denmark 204 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Frederiksberg Esbjerg
Latvia 76 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Estonia 65 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 37 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Lithuania 29 Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai, Panevėžys, Mažeikiai Utena
Greenland 13 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Nanortalik
Faroe Islands 11 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Hoyvík, Argir Argir
Ireland 3 Letterkenny, Buncrana, Gweedore Letterkenny
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

4,408 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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