G2moderate
The geomagnetic storm of 31 December 2015 – 1 January 2016
On 31 December 2015 – 1 January 2016 the Kp index reached 6: a G2 (moderate) storm, with 18 hours at Kp 5 or more. At its peak the lights could be seen from 393,821 places in the atlas, down to about 49° magnetic latitude.
Kp 6Peak Kp · 1 January 2016 00:00 UT
18Hours at Kp 5 or more
80Largest ap
Solar cycle 24Year 7 of solar cycle 24
Kp every three hours
56789
30 Dec31 Dec1 Jan2 Jan
Where the lights could be seen
At Kp 6 the lights reach 393,821 places of the atlas on the horizon and 138,996 overhead, down to about 49° magnetic latitude.
The largest towns that could see them
MoscowRussia · 13.3MSaint PetersburgRussia · 5.65MTorontoCanada · 2.79MChicagoUnited States · 2.73MMinskBelarus · 2MMontrealCanada · 1.9MHamburgGermany · 1.87MNovosibirskRussia · 1.64MYekaterinburgRussia · 1.47MKazanRussia · 1.33MCalgaryCanada · 1.31MNizhny NovgorodRussia · 1.2MChelyabinskRussia · 1.18MSamaraRussia · 1.15MUfaRussia · 1.14MOmskRussia · 1.1MKrasnoyarskRussia · 1.09MPermRussia · 1.03MOttawaCanada · 1.02MEdmontonCanada · 1.01MStockholmSweden · 985kColumbusUnited States · 906kIndianapolisUnited States · 888kTyumenRussia · 872k
Before and after
G3Previous storm20 – 21 December 2015 · Kp 7−
G1Next storm6 January 2016 · Kp 5−
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Strong storms at the same time of year
G327 – 28 December 1951Kp 7 · 18 h
G329 – 30 December 1989Kp 7− · 15 h
G327 December 1952Kp 7− · 3 h