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G2Peak 26 December 2022 at 12:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 26 December 2022 (Kp 5.7): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 5.7. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 55.2° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 50.7°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 6 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sun 25 Dec 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sun 25 Dec 15:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Sun 25 Dec 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Sun 25 Dec 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Mon 26 Dec 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Mon 26 Dec 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Mon 26 Dec 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Mon 26 Dec 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Mon 26 Dec 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Mon 26 Dec 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Mon 26 Dec 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Mon 26 Dec 21:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Tue 27 Dec 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Tue 27 Dec 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Tue 27 Dec 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Tue 27 Dec 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Tue 27 Dec 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Tue 27 Dec 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Mon 26 DecTue 27 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

2,080 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
Finland 454 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Hanko
United States 415 Seattle, Anchorage, Tri-Cities, Spokane Pendleton
Sweden 393 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Uppsala, Linköping Halmstad
Canada 295 Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Surrey Sooke
Norway 276 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Estonia 65 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Latvia 49 Riga, Jelgava, Jūrmala, Ventspils Jelgava
Iceland 37 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Denmark 32 Aalborg, Hjørring, Nørresundby, Frederikshavn Skive
Australia 20 Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie Smithton
New Zealand 18 Dunedin, Invercargill, Mosgiel, Wānaka Waimate
Greenland 14 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Nanortalik
Faroe Islands 9 Tórshavn, Hoyvík, Argir, Vestmanna Argir
United Kingdom 1 Lerwick Lerwick
Kazakhstan 1 Petropavl Petropavl
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

1,301 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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