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G4Peak 24 March 1991 at 03:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 24 March 1991 (Kp 8.7): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 8.7. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 49.2° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 44.7°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 69 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sat 23 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sat 23 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sat 23 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sat 23 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sat 23 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sat 23 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sat 23 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Sun 24 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sun 24 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 8.67 Sun 24 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 8.00 Sun 24 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Sun 24 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Sun 24 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sun 24 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 8.00 Sun 24 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 8.67 Mon 25 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Mon 25 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 8.67 Mon 25 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 25 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Mon 25 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Mon 25 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Mon 25 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Mon 25 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Tue 26 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Tue 26 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Tue 26 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Tue 26 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Tue 26 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 8.00 Tue 26 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Tue 26 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Tue 26 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Wed 27 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 27 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Wed 27 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 27 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 27 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Wed 27 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Wed 27 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 27 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sun 24 MarMon 25 MarTue 26 MarWed 27 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

4,693 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 1,836 New York City, Brooklyn, Chicago, Queens Virginia Beach
United Kingdom 710 London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester Falmouth
Germany 432 Berlin, Hamburg, Köln, Frankfurt Worms
Canada 407 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Eastern Passage
Poland 308 Warsaw, Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź Nowy Targ
Sweden 148 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Netherlands 147 Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht Maastricht
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Belgium 102 Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi Arlon
Denmark 94 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nykøbing Falster
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Ireland 55 Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway Cork
Czechia 43 Prague, Ostrava, Pilsen, Liberec Olomouc
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
France 28 Lille, Amiens, Roubaix, Tourcoing Charleville
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
Luxembourg 4 Diekirch, Grevenmacher, Wiltz, Mersch Grevenmacher
Ukraine 2 Kyiv, Kharkiv Kharkiv
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

1,964 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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