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G1Peak 16 April 2024 at 18:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 16 April 2024 (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 9 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Mon 15 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Mon 15 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Mon 15 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Tue 16 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Tue 16 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 16 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Tue 16 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 16 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 16 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Tue 16 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Tue 16 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Wed 17 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Wed 17 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Wed 17 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Wed 17 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Wed 17 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Wed 17 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Wed 17 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Wed 17 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Tue 16 AprWed 17 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

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

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
Sweden 148 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
United Kingdom 103 Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee Ashington
Denmark 90 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nakskov
Norway 76 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 25 Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai, Panevėžys Kaunas
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Canada 13 Timmins, Alma, Sept-Îles, Val-d'Or Alma
Australia 7 Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie Burnie
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Greenland 4 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Qaqortoq, Kangerlussuaq Qaqortoq
New Zealand 4 Invercargill, Gore, Stewart Island/Rakiura (Oban), The Catlins (Owaka) Gore
Ireland 1 Letterkenny Letterkenny
Kazakhstan 1 Petropavl Petropavl
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

1,467 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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