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G4Peak 23 April 2023 at 18:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 23 April 2023 (Kp 8.3): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 8.3. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 49.8° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 45.3°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 24 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sat 22 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Sat 22 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Sat 22 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Sat 22 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sun 23 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sun 23 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Sun 23 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Sun 23 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sun 23 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sun 23 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Sun 23 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 8.33 Sun 23 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Mon 24 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Mon 24 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 8.00 Mon 24 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Mon 24 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Mon 24 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Mon 24 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Mon 24 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Mon 24 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Tue 25 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Tue 25 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Tue 25 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Tue 25 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Sun 23 AprMon 24 AprTue 25 Apr
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

4,319 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 657 London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester Basingstoke
Canada 406 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Eastern Passage
Germany 345 Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Essen Worms
Poland 308 Warsaw, Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź Nowy Targ
Sweden 148 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Netherlands 138 Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht Venlo
Finland 119 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Denmark 94 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nykøbing Falster
Norway 64 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Ireland 55 Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway Cork
Czechia 43 Prague, Ostrava, Pilsen, Liberec Olomouc
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 31 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
Australia 24 Melbourne, Adelaide, Geelong, Hobart Tuggeranong
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
New Zealand 18 Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Rolleston Greymouth
China 5 Jiagedaqi District, Genhe, Oroqen Zizhiqi, Ergun City Jiagedaqi District
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Greenland 4 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Qaqortoq, Kangerlussuaq Qaqortoq
Kazakhstan 4 Astana, Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Astana
Belgium 3 Turnhout, Knokke-Heist, Kapellen Turnhout
Ukraine 2 Kyiv, Kharkiv Kharkiv
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

2,290 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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