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G4Peak 24 March 2024 at 15:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 24 March 2024 (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 9 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sat 23 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sat 23 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sat 23 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sat 23 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Sun 24 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sun 24 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sun 24 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sun 24 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 24 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Sun 24 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 8.33 Sun 24 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Sun 24 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Mon 25 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Mon 25 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 25 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Mon 25 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Mon 25 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Mon 25 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Mon 25 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sun 24 MarMon 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

1,123 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United Kingdom 307 Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Liverpool Nottingham
Sweden 148 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Denmark 94 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nykøbing Falster
Poland 90 Gdańsk, Szczecin, Bydgoszcz, Białystok Bydgoszcz
Germany 84 Hamburg, Bremen, Kiel, Lübeck Bremen
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 31 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
New Zealand 30 Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin, Lower Hutt Whanganui
Australia 24 Melbourne, Adelaide, Geelong, Hobart Tuggeranong
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
United States 10 Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Eagle River Juneau
China 7 Daxing’anling, Jiagedaqi District, Genhe, Oroqen Zizhiqi Jiagedaqi District
Netherlands 7 Groningen, Leeuwarden, Drachten, Sneek Drachten
Canada 4 Whitehorse, Terrace, Prince Rupert, Dawson City Prince Rupert
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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