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G4Peak 24 March 2023 at 03:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 24 March 2023 (Kp 8): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 8. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 50.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 46.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 24 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Wed 22 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Wed 22 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Wed 22 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Wed 22 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Wed 22 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Thu 23 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Thu 23 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Thu 23 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Thu 23 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Thu 23 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Thu 23 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Thu 23 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Thu 23 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Fri 24 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Fri 24 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 8.00 Fri 24 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Fri 24 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Fri 24 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Fri 24 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Fri 24 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Fri 24 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sat 25 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sat 25 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sat 25 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Thu 23 MarFri 24 MarSat 25 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

4,351 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 1,769 New York City, Brooklyn, Chicago, Queens Clarksville
United Kingdom 710 London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester Falmouth
Canada 407 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Eastern Passage
Germany 355 Berlin, Hamburg, Köln, Düsseldorf Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
Poland 196 Warsaw, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk Lublin
Sweden 148 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Netherlands 147 Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht Maastricht
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Belgium 101 Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi Charleroi
Denmark 94 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nykøbing Falster
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Ireland 55 Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway Cork
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 31 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
France 21 Lille, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Dunkirk Maubeuge
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
New Zealand 17 Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Rolleston Rangiora
Australia 7 Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie Burnie
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Kazakhstan 4 Astana, Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Astana
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

1,982 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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