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G2Peak 4 May 2026 at 18:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 4 May 2026 (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 6 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sun 3 May 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Sun 3 May 21:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Mon 4 May 00:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Mon 4 May 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Mon 4 May 06:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Mon 4 May 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Mon 4 May 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Mon 4 May 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Mon 4 May 18:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Mon 4 May 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Tue 5 May 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Tue 5 May 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Tue 5 May 06:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Tue 5 May 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Tue 5 May 12:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Tue 5 May 15:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Tue 5 May 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Tue 5 May 21:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Wed 6 May 00:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Mon 4 MayTue 5 MayWed 6 May
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

2,014 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
Canada 490 Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, Edmonton Le Sud-Ouest
Finland 419 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Hanko
Sweden 362 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Uppsala, Linköping Halmstad
Norway 224 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
United States 87 Fargo, Bismarck, Grand Forks, Minot Presque Isle
Lithuania 70 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
Poland 70 Olsztyn, Elbląg, Suwałki, Tczew Kwidzyn
United Kingdom 66 Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness, Perth Dunblane
Latvia 66 Riga, Daugavpils, Jelgava, Jūrmala Daugavpils
Estonia 65 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Denmark 32 Aalborg, Hjørring, Nørresundby, Frederikshavn Skive
Iceland 25 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Australia 20 Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie Smithton
Faroe Islands 11 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Hoyvík, Argir Argir
Greenland 4 Qaqortoq, Narsaq, Paamiut, Nanortalik Nanortalik
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

4,331 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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