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G2Peak 18 March 2018 at 21:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 18 March 2018 (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 Sat 17 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 18 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sun 18 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sun 18 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Sun 18 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Sun 18 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sun 18 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 18 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sun 18 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Mon 19 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Mon 19 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Mon 19 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Mon 19 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Mon 19 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Mon 19 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Mon 19 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Mon 19 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sun 18 MarMon 19 Mar
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

3,669 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United Kingdom 770 Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh Manchester
Sweden 474 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 454 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Hanko
Canada 368 Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Quebec City Goulds
United States 347 Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Fargo, Green Bay Manitowoc
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
Ireland 102 Dublin, Galway, Tallaght, Drogheda Dublin
Latvia 76 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 73 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
Estonia 65 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 37 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Greenland 14 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Nanortalik
Faroe Islands 11 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Hoyvík, Argir Argir
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

3,977 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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