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G1Peak 19 December 2021 at 21:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 19 December 2021 (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 18 Dec 21:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Sun 19 Dec 00:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Sun 19 Dec 03:00 UTC · Kp 0.00 Sun 19 Dec 06:00 UTC · Kp 0.00 Sun 19 Dec 09:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Sun 19 Dec 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sun 19 Dec 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 19 Dec 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sun 19 Dec 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 20 Dec 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Mon 20 Dec 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Mon 20 Dec 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Mon 20 Dec 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Mon 20 Dec 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Mon 20 Dec 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Mon 20 Dec 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Mon 20 Dec 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sun 19 DecMon 20 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

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

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
Canada 259 Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, Edmonton Charlottetown
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
United States 31 Fargo, Bismarck, Grand Forks, Minot Watertown
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
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

1,480 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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