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G2Peak 21 December 2016 at 15:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 21 December 2016 (Kp 6): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 6. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 54.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 50.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 3 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Tue 20 Dec 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Tue 20 Dec 18:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Tue 20 Dec 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Wed 21 Dec 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Wed 21 Dec 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Wed 21 Dec 06:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Wed 21 Dec 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Wed 21 Dec 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Wed 21 Dec 15:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Wed 21 Dec 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 21 Dec 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Thu 22 Dec 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Thu 22 Dec 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Thu 22 Dec 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Thu 22 Dec 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Thu 22 Dec 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Thu 22 Dec 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Wed 21 DecThu 22 Dec
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

2,206 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
Sweden 474 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 454 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Hanko
Norway 276 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Denmark 260 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Alholm
Germany 185 Kiel, Lübeck, Rostock, Flensburg Norderstedt
Poland 153 Gdańsk, Gdynia, Olsztyn, Elbląg Chojnice
Latvia 76 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 73 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
Estonia 65 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
United States 55 Anchorage, Fairbanks, Eagle River, Badger Unalaska
United Kingdom 43 Aberdeen, Inverness, Elgin, Peterhead Fort William
Iceland 37 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Australia 20 Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie Smithton
Greenland 14 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Nanortalik
Faroe Islands 11 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Hoyvík, Argir Argir
Canada 6 Whitehorse, Inuvik, Pond Inlet, Dawson City Whitehorse
Kazakhstan 3 Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Kostanay
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

1,637 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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