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G3Peak 26 September 1989 at 18:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 26 September 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 15 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Mon 25 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Mon 25 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Mon 25 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Mon 25 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Mon 25 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Tue 26 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Tue 26 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Tue 26 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Tue 26 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Tue 26 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Tue 26 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Tue 26 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Tue 26 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Wed 27 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 27 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Wed 27 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Wed 27 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Wed 27 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Wed 27 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Wed 27 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Wed 27 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Tue 26 SeptWed 27 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

1,906 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United Kingdom 504 Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield Luton
Germany 165 Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen, Hannover Kreisfreie Stadt Münster
United States 165 Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Anchorage, Spokane Billings
Poland 163 Warsaw, Poznań, Gdańsk, Szczecin Zielona Góra
Canada 162 Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Vancouver Gander
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 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
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
New Zealand 17 Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Rolleston Rangiora
Australia 9 Hobart, Launceston, Warrnambool, Devonport Mount Gambier
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
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

2,828 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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