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G3Peak 10 October 2026 at 15:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 10 October 2026 (Kp 7.3): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 7.3. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 51.8° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 47.3°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 9 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Fri 9 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Fri 9 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Fri 9 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sat 10 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sat 10 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sat 10 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sat 10 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sat 10 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sat 10 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Sat 10 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Sat 10 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Sun 11 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sun 11 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 11 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sun 11 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sun 11 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sun 11 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sun 11 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Sun 11 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sat 10 OctSun 11 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

4,130 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United Kingdom 944 Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield Luton
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
United States 286 Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Fargo, Duluth Unalaska
Canada 281 Winnipeg, Quebec City, Saskatoon, Regina Sydney Mines
Norway 276 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Poland 261 Warsaw, Poznań, Gdańsk, Szczecin Zielona Góra
Denmark 260 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Alholm
Ireland 126 Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway Cork
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 46 Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin, Invercargill Wellington
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
Kazakhstan 4 Astana, Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Astana
China 3 Daxing’anling, Tahe Town, Mohe Daxing’anling
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

3,734 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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