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G1Peak 26 March 1990 at 15:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 26 March 1990 at 15:00 UTC (Kp 5): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 5. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 56.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 52.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 9 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sun 25 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Sun 25 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sun 25 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Mon 26 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Mon 26 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 26 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Mon 26 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Mon 26 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Mon 26 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 26 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 26 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 27 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Tue 27 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Tue 27 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Tue 27 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 27 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Tue 27 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Tue 27 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Tue 27 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Wed 28 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Mon 26 MarTue 27 MarWed 28 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

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

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
Canada 262 Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, Edmonton Saanich
United States 156 Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Spokane, Fargo Billings
Sweden 145 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Oxie
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Denmark 75 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Frederiksberg Esbjerg
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
United Kingdom 27 Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness, Perth Ashington
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Lithuania 18 Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai, Panevėžys, Mažeikiai Utena
New Zealand 7 Dunedin, Invercargill, Mosgiel, Gore Oamaru
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Australia 5 Hobart, Launceston, Bruny Island (Alonnah), Southport / Cockle Creek Launceston
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
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

2,229 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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