G1Peak 1 August 2024 at 00:00 UTC
Northern Lights on 1 August 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 6 hours.
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
1,005 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.
| Country | Places | Examples | Furthest from the pole |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 238 | Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, Winnipeg | Sydney Mines |
| United States | 202 | Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Buffalo, Spokane | Utica |
| United Kingdom | 169 | Glasgow, Edinburgh, Belfast, Newcastle upon Tyne | Middlesbrough |
| Sweden | 131 | Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala | Trelleborg |
| Finland | 95 | Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa | Raseborg |
| Denmark | 93 | Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg | Nakskov |
| Norway | 52 | Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Kristiansand | Mandal |
| Estonia | 13 | Tallinn, Narva, Kohtla-Järve, Maardu | Jõgeva |
| Faroe Islands | 4 | Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur | Tórshavn |
| Australia | 3 | Hobart, Bruny Island (Alonnah), Southport / Cockle Creek | Hobart |
| Ireland | 2 | Letterkenny, Sligo | Sligo |
| Germany | 1 | Westerland | Westerland |
| Greenland | 1 | Qaqortoq | Qaqortoq |
| Iceland | 1 | Vík í Mýrdal | Vík í Mýrdal |
Only in photos
2,543 more towns could have caught a faint red or green glow low on the horizon with a phone or camera.
- PolandWarsaw, Poznań, Gdańsk
- HungaryBudapest, Debrecen, Szeged
- NetherlandsRotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague
- SloveniaLjubljana, Maribor, Celje
- SwitzerlandZürich, Geneva, Basel
- FranceNantes, Rennes, Angers
- LatviaRiga, Daugavpils, Liepāja
- AustriaVienna, Graz, Linz
- LithuaniaKlaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai, Panevėžys
- SlovakiaBratislava, Petržalka, Nitra
- CroatiaVaraždin County, Bjelovar, Koprivnica
- LiechtensteinSchaan, Triesen, Balzers
- ItalyTrento, Bolzano, Udine
- KazakhstanKostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau
- ChinaTacheng, Emin Town
- South AfricaCape Town, Gqeberha
- ArgentinaUshuaia
- ChilePuerto Williams
- UkraineOdesa
Whether the aurora was actually seen also depended on the weather. Use this as a guide to where it was possible.