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G1Peak 16 October 2016 at 18:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 16 October 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 Sat 15 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sat 15 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sun 16 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sun 16 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Sun 16 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sun 16 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sun 16 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sun 16 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sun 16 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sun 16 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Mon 17 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Mon 17 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Mon 17 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Mon 17 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Mon 17 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Mon 17 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Mon 17 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sun 16 OctMon 17 Oct
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

637 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
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
Canada 6 Rimouski, Sept-Îles, Baie-Comeau, Matane Rimouski
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

1,031 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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