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G4Peak 10 October 2024 at 21:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 10 October 2024 (Kp 8.7): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 8.7. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 49.2° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 44.7°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 24 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Wed 9 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Wed 9 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Wed 9 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Thu 10 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Thu 10 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Thu 10 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Thu 10 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Thu 10 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Thu 10 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Thu 10 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 8.33 Thu 10 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 8.67 Fri 11 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 8.33 Fri 11 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Fri 11 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Fri 11 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Fri 11 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Fri 11 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Fri 11 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Fri 11 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sat 12 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sat 12 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Sat 12 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sat 12 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sat 12 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Thu 10 OctFri 11 OctSat 12 Oct
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

4,680 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 1,830 New York City, Brooklyn, Chicago, Queens Virginia Beach
United Kingdom 710 London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester Falmouth
Germany 432 Berlin, Hamburg, Köln, Frankfurt Worms
Canada 407 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Eastern Passage
Poland 308 Warsaw, Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź Nowy Targ
Sweden 148 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Netherlands 147 Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht Maastricht
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Belgium 102 Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi Arlon
Denmark 94 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nykøbing Falster
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Ireland 55 Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway Cork
Czechia 43 Prague, Ostrava, Pilsen, Liberec Olomouc
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 31 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
France 28 Lille, Amiens, Roubaix, Tourcoing Charleville
New Zealand 23 Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin, Invercargill Wellington
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Australia 16 Melbourne, Geelong, Hobart, Ballarat Albany
China 7 Daxing’anling, Jiagedaqi District, Genhe, Oroqen Zizhiqi Jiagedaqi District
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Kazakhstan 4 Astana, Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Astana
Luxembourg 4 Diekirch, Grevenmacher, Wiltz, Mersch Grevenmacher
Ukraine 2 Kyiv, Kharkiv Kharkiv
Svalbard & Jan Mayen 1 Longyearbyen Longyearbyen
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

1,990 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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