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G4Peak 10 April 1990 at 12:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 10 April 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 42 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Mon 9 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Mon 9 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Mon 9 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Mon 9 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Mon 9 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Mon 9 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Mon 9 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Tue 10 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Tue 10 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Tue 10 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Tue 10 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Tue 10 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 8.00 Tue 10 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Tue 10 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Tue 10 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Wed 11 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Wed 11 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Wed 11 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Wed 11 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Wed 11 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Wed 11 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Wed 11 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Wed 11 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Thu 12 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Thu 12 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Thu 12 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Thu 12 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Thu 12 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Thu 12 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Thu 12 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Tue 10 AprWed 11 AprThu 12 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

3,690 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 1,604 New York City, Brooklyn, Chicago, Queens Provo
United Kingdom 414 Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds Nottingham
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
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Ireland 49 Dublin, Limerick, Galway, Tallaght Kilkenny
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 31 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
New Zealand 29 Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin, Lower Hutt Palmerston North
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Australia 20 Melbourne, Geelong, Hobart, Ballarat Wodonga
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
China 4 Daxing’anling, Genhe, Tahe Town, Mohe Genhe
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Kazakhstan 4 Astana, Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Astana
Belgium 3 Turnhout, Knokke-Heist, Kapellen Turnhout
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

2,792 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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