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G1Peak 29 September 2016 at 06:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 29 September 2016 (Kp 5.3): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 5.3. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 55.8° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 51.3°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 12 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Wed 28 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Wed 28 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Wed 28 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Wed 28 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 28 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Wed 28 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Wed 28 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Thu 29 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Thu 29 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Thu 29 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Thu 29 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Thu 29 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Thu 29 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Thu 29 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Thu 29 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Fri 30 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Fri 30 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Fri 30 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Fri 30 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Fri 30 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Fri 30 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Thu 29 SeptFri 30 Sept
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

1,412 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 578 Seattle, Detroit, Milwaukee, Minneapolis Cedar Rapids
Canada 388 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa LaSalle
Sweden 125 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Uppsala, Linköping Halmstad
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Latvia 27 Riga, Jelgava, Jūrmala, Ventspils Jelgava
United Kingdom 24 Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness, Perth St Andrews
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Denmark 8 Aalborg, Hjørring, Nørresundby, Frederikshavn Skive
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
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

1,624 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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