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G4Peak 30 March 1990 at 06:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 30 March 1990 (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 24 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Wed 28 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Wed 28 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Wed 28 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 28 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Thu 29 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Thu 29 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Thu 29 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Thu 29 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Thu 29 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Thu 29 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Thu 29 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Thu 29 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Fri 30 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Fri 30 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Fri 30 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 8.00 Fri 30 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Fri 30 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Fri 30 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Fri 30 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Fri 30 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sat 31 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sat 31 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sat 31 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sat 31 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Sat 31 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sat 31 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Thu 29 MarFri 30 MarSat 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

2,852 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
Canada 407 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Eastern Passage
Sweden 145 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Oxie
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
United Kingdom 103 Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee Ashington
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Denmark 75 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Frederiksberg Esbjerg
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
New Zealand 29 Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin, Lower Hutt Palmerston North
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
Australia 15 Melbourne, Geelong, Hobart, Ballarat Ballarat
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Ireland 1 Letterkenny Letterkenny
Kazakhstan 1 Petropavl Petropavl
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

1,882 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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