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G2Peak 13 September 2024 at 21:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 13 September 2024 (Kp 6): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 6. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 54.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 50.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 3 hours.

03579 G1 G3 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 Sat 14 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sat 14 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sat 14 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sat 14 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sat 14 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Sat 14 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sat 14 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Fri 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

1,199 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United Kingdom 345 Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh Manchester
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
United States 85 Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Fargo, Duluth Saint Paul
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Poland 64 Gdańsk, Gdynia, Olsztyn, Elbląg Chojnice
Germany 56 Kiel, Lübeck, Rostock, Flensburg Norderstedt
Canada 48 Quebec City, Greater Sudbury, Saguenay, Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Ireland 37 Dublin, Galway, Tallaght, Drogheda Dublin
Lithuania 31 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Kazakhstan 3 Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Kostanay
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

2,420 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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