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G5Peak 11 May 2024 at 00:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 11 May 2024 (Kp 9): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 9. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 48.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 44.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 39 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Thu 9 May 15:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Thu 9 May 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Thu 9 May 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Fri 10 May 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Fri 10 May 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Fri 10 May 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Fri 10 May 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Fri 10 May 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Fri 10 May 15:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Fri 10 May 18:00 UTC · Kp 8.67 Fri 10 May 21:00 UTC · Kp 8.67 Sat 11 May 00:00 UTC · Kp 9.00 Sat 11 May 03:00 UTC · Kp 8.33 Sat 11 May 06:00 UTC · Kp 8.33 Sat 11 May 09:00 UTC · Kp 9.00 Sat 11 May 12:00 UTC · Kp 8.67 Sat 11 May 15:00 UTC · Kp 8.33 Sat 11 May 18:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Sat 11 May 21:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Sun 12 May 00:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Sun 12 May 03:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Sun 12 May 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 12 May 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sun 12 May 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sun 12 May 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sun 12 May 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sun 12 May 21:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Mon 13 May 00:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Mon 13 May 03:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Fri 10 MaySat 11 MaySun 12 MayMon 13 May
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

5,054 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 1,955 New York City, Brooklyn, Chicago, Queens Fayetteville
United Kingdom 710 London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester Falmouth
Germany 520 Berlin, Hamburg, Köln, Frankfurt Tübingen
Canada 404 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Eastern Passage
Poland 309 Warsaw, Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź Zakopane
France 192 Paris, Marne La Vallée, Strasbourg, Lille Strasbourg
Netherlands 147 Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht Maastricht
Sweden 138 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Belgium 102 Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi Arlon
Denmark 94 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nykøbing Falster
Finland 94 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Czechia 56 Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Pilsen Břeclav
Ireland 55 Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway Cork
Norway 53 Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Kristiansand Mandal
Slovakia 44 Košice, Prešov, Žilina, Banská Bystrica Trnava
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
New Zealand 34 Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin, Lower Hutt Taupō
Lithuania 31 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
Australia 29 Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra, Geelong Wollongong
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
China 7 Daxing’anling, Jiagedaqi District, Genhe, Oroqen Zizhiqi Jiagedaqi District
Luxembourg 6 Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Diekirch, Grevenmacher Esch-sur-Alzette
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Kazakhstan 4 Astana, Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Astana
Hungary 3 Sátoraljaújhely, Sárospatak, Edelény Sárospatak
Ukraine 2 Kyiv, Kharkiv Kharkiv
Greenland 1 Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

1,562 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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