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G2Peak 15 April 2025 at 21:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 15 April 2025 (Kp 6.3): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 6.3. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 53.8° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 49.3°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 12 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Mon 14 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Mon 14 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Mon 14 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Tue 15 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Tue 15 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Tue 15 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Tue 15 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Tue 15 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Tue 15 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Tue 15 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Tue 15 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Wed 16 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Wed 16 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Wed 16 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Wed 16 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Wed 16 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Wed 16 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Wed 16 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Wed 16 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Thu 17 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Tue 15 AprWed 16 AprThu 17 Apr
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

4,274 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United Kingdom 853 Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds Nottingham
Canada 731 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Hamilton
Sweden 474 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 454 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Hanko
United States 373 Milwaukee, Madison, Grand Rapids, Fargo Racine
Norway 276 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Denmark 260 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Alholm
Germany 229 Hamburg, Bremen, Kiel, Lübeck Bremen
Poland 184 Gdańsk, Szczecin, Bydgoszcz, Białystok Bydgoszcz
Ireland 120 Dublin, Limerick, Galway, Tallaght Kilkenny
Latvia 76 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 73 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
Estonia 65 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 37 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Australia 20 Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie Smithton
New Zealand 15 Dunedin, Invercargill, Mosgiel, Gore Oamaru
Greenland 12 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Nanortalik
Faroe Islands 11 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Hoyvík, Argir Argir
Netherlands 8 Groningen, Leeuwarden, Drachten, Sneek Drachten
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

4,652 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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