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G3Peak 29 March 1989 at 18:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 29 March 1989 (Kp 7): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 7. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 52.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 48.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 27 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Tue 28 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Tue 28 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 28 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Tue 28 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Tue 28 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Tue 28 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Tue 28 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Tue 28 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Wed 29 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Wed 29 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Wed 29 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Wed 29 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Wed 29 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Wed 29 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Wed 29 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Wed 29 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Thu 30 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Thu 30 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Thu 30 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Thu 30 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Thu 30 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Thu 30 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Thu 30 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Thu 30 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Fri 31 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Fri 31 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Fri 31 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Tue 28 MarWed 29 MarThu 30 MarFri 31 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

3,156 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 1,188 Chicago, Seattle, Boston, Portland Pittsburgh
United Kingdom 495 Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield Luton
Canada 407 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Eastern Passage
Germany 165 Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen, Hannover Kreisfreie Stadt Münster
Poland 163 Warsaw, Poznań, Gdańsk, Szczecin Zielona Góra
Sweden 148 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Netherlands 99 Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht Rotterdam
Denmark 94 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nykøbing Falster
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Ireland 49 Dublin, Limerick, Galway, Tallaght Kilkenny
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 15 Melbourne, Geelong, Hobart, Ballarat Ballarat
New Zealand 9 Dunedin, Invercargill, Mosgiel, Wānaka Wānaka
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Kazakhstan 4 Astana, Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Astana
China 1 Mohe Mohe
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

2,814 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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