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G1Peak 22 November 2023 at 06:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 22 November 2023 (Kp 5.3): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 5.3. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 55.8° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 51.3°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 6 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Tue 21 Nov 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Tue 21 Nov 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Tue 21 Nov 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 21 Nov 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 21 Nov 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Tue 21 Nov 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Tue 21 Nov 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 22 Nov 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 22 Nov 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Wed 22 Nov 06:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Wed 22 Nov 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Wed 22 Nov 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Wed 22 Nov 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 22 Nov 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Wed 22 Nov 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Thu 23 Nov 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Thu 23 Nov 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Thu 23 Nov 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Wed 22 NovThu 23 Nov
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

1,604 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 578 Seattle, Detroit, Milwaukee, Minneapolis Cedar Rapids
Canada 388 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa LaSalle
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
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
New Zealand 4 Invercargill, Gore, Stewart Island/Rakiura (Oban), The Catlins (Owaka) Gore
Australia 3 Hobart, Bruny Island (Alonnah), Southport / Cockle Creek Hobart
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

2,338 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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