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G3Peak 12 September 2024 at 18:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 12 September 2024 (Kp 7): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 7. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 52.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 48.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 21 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Wed 11 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Wed 11 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Wed 11 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Wed 11 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Wed 11 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Wed 11 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Thu 12 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Thu 12 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Thu 12 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Thu 12 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Thu 12 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Thu 12 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Thu 12 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Thu 12 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Fri 13 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Fri 13 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Fri 13 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Fri 13 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Fri 13 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Fri 13 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Fri 13 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Fri 13 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Sat 14 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Thu 12 SeptFri 13 SeptSat 14 Sept
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

6,491 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 2,181 Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Detroit Carmel
United Kingdom 924 Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield Luton
Canada 896 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa LaSalle
Sweden 474 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 454 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Hanko
Germany 310 Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen, Hannover Kreisfreie Stadt Münster
Norway 276 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Poland 261 Warsaw, Poznań, Gdańsk, Szczecin Zielona Góra
Denmark 260 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Alholm
Netherlands 100 Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht Rotterdam
Latvia 76 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 73 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
Estonia 65 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
New Zealand 40 Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Rolleston Rangiora
Iceland 37 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Australia 28 Melbourne, Geelong, Hobart, Ballarat Ballarat
Greenland 14 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Nanortalik
Faroe Islands 11 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Hoyvík, Argir Argir
Ireland 6 Letterkenny, Sligo, Buncrana, Ballybofey Sligo
Kazakhstan 4 Astana, Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Astana
China 1 Mohe Mohe
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

4,306 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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