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G2Peak 4 April 1989 at 18:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 4 April 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 30 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sun 2 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Mon 3 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Mon 3 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Mon 3 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Mon 3 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Mon 3 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Mon 3 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Mon 3 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Mon 3 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Tue 4 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Tue 4 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Tue 4 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Tue 4 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Tue 4 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Tue 4 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Tue 4 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Tue 4 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Wed 5 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Wed 5 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Wed 5 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Wed 5 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Wed 5 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 5 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Wed 5 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Wed 5 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Thu 6 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Thu 6 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Thu 6 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Mon 3 AprTue 4 AprWed 5 AprThu 6 Apr
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

2,449 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 960 Chicago, Seattle, Detroit, Milwaukee Peoria
Canada 407 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Eastern Passage
United Kingdom 345 Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh Manchester
Sweden 148 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
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
Ireland 37 Dublin, Galway, Tallaght, Drogheda Dublin
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
New Zealand 9 Dunedin, Invercargill, Mosgiel, Wānaka Wānaka
Australia 7 Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie Burnie
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Kazakhstan 3 Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Kostanay
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

2,863 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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