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G2Peak 22 March 1989 at 18:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 22 March 1989 (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 9 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Tue 21 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Tue 21 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Tue 21 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Wed 22 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Wed 22 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Wed 22 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Wed 22 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 22 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Wed 22 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Wed 22 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Wed 22 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Thu 23 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Thu 23 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Thu 23 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Thu 23 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Thu 23 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Thu 23 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Thu 23 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Thu 23 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Wed 22 MarThu 23 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

1,325 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United Kingdom 342 Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh Manchester
Canada 155 Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Laval Le Sud-Ouest
Sweden 148 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
United States 130 Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Fargo, Green Bay Manitowoc
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Denmark 94 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nykøbing Falster
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Poland 64 Gdańsk, Gdynia, Olsztyn, Elbląg Chojnice
Germany 56 Kiel, Lübeck, Rostock, Flensburg Norderstedt
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 31 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Australia 7 Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie Burnie
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
New Zealand 4 Invercargill, Gore, Stewart Island/Rakiura (Oban), The Catlins (Owaka) Gore
Kazakhstan 3 Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Kostanay
Ireland 2 Letterkenny, Sligo Sligo
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

2,664 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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