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G4Peak 19 September 1989 at 03:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 19 September 1989 (Kp 8): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 8. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 50.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 46.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 21 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sun 17 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Sun 17 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sun 17 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Mon 18 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Mon 18 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Mon 18 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Mon 18 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Mon 18 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Mon 18 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 18 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Mon 18 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Tue 19 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Tue 19 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 8.00 Tue 19 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Tue 19 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Tue 19 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Tue 19 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Tue 19 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Tue 19 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Wed 20 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Wed 20 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Wed 20 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Wed 20 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Mon 18 SeptTue 19 SeptWed 20 Sept
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

4,236 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 1,770 New York City, Brooklyn, Chicago, Queens Clarksville
United Kingdom 710 London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester Falmouth
Canada 407 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Eastern Passage
Germany 261 Berlin, Hamburg, Essen, Dortmund Leipzig
Poland 196 Warsaw, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk Lublin
Sweden 148 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Netherlands 138 Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht Venlo
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Denmark 94 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nykøbing Falster
Belgium 88 Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi Charleroi
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Ireland 55 Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway Cork
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 31 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
France 21 Lille, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Dunkirk Maubeuge
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
New Zealand 18 Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Rolleston Greymouth
Australia 6 Hobart, Launceston, Burnie, Bruny Island (Alonnah) Burnie
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Kazakhstan 4 Astana, Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Astana
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

2,217 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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