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G5Peak 13 March 1989 at 21:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 13 March 1989 (Kp 9): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 9. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 48.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 44.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 63 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sun 12 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sun 12 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sun 12 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sun 12 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sun 12 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sun 12 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sun 12 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sun 12 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Mon 13 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Mon 13 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Mon 13 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 8.67 Mon 13 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 8.33 Mon 13 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 8.33 Mon 13 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 8.33 Mon 13 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 8.67 Mon 13 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 9.00 Tue 14 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 9.00 Tue 14 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Tue 14 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Tue 14 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Tue 14 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Tue 14 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Tue 14 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Tue 14 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Wed 15 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Wed 15 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Wed 15 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Wed 15 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Wed 15 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Wed 15 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Wed 15 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 15 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Thu 16 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Thu 16 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Thu 16 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Thu 16 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Thu 16 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Thu 16 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sun 12 MarMon 13 MarTue 14 MarWed 15 MarThu 16 Mar
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

5,140 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 1,959 New York City, Brooklyn, Chicago, Queens Fayetteville
United Kingdom 710 London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester Falmouth
Germany 520 Berlin, Hamburg, Köln, Frankfurt Tübingen
Canada 407 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Eastern Passage
Poland 309 Warsaw, Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź Zakopane
France 192 Paris, Marne La Vallée, Strasbourg, Lille Strasbourg
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
Czechia 56 Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Pilsen Břeclav
Ireland 55 Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway Cork
Slovakia 44 Košice, Prešov, Žilina, Banská Bystrica Trnava
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 31 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
New Zealand 30 Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin, Lower Hutt Whanganui
Australia 24 Melbourne, Adelaide, Geelong, Hobart Tuggeranong
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
China 8 Daxing’anling, Jinshanlu, Jiagedaqi District, Genhe Jinshanlu
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Luxembourg 6 Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Diekirch, Grevenmacher Esch-sur-Alzette
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Kazakhstan 4 Astana, Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Astana
Hungary 3 Sátoraljaújhely, Sárospatak, Edelény Sárospatak
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

1,580 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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