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G2Peak 14 April 1990 at 06:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 14 April 1990 (Kp 6): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 6. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 54.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 50.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 21 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Fri 13 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Fri 13 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Fri 13 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Fri 13 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Fri 13 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Fri 13 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sat 14 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sat 14 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sat 14 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Sat 14 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sat 14 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sat 14 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Sat 14 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sat 14 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sun 15 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sun 15 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sun 15 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 15 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sun 15 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sun 15 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sun 15 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sun 15 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Mon 16 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Mon 16 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sat 14 AprSun 15 AprMon 16 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

2,082 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 1,021 Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Detroit Peoria
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
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 16 Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Rolleston Christchurch
Australia 7 Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie Burnie
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

2,334 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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