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G3Peak 2 June 1991 at 21:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 2 June 1991 at 21:00 UTC (Kp 7): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 7. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 52.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 48.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 9 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sat 1 Jun 15:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Sat 1 Jun 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sat 1 Jun 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sun 2 Jun 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sun 2 Jun 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Sun 2 Jun 06:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Sun 2 Jun 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sun 2 Jun 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 2 Jun 15:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Sun 2 Jun 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Sun 2 Jun 21:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Mon 3 Jun 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Mon 3 Jun 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Mon 3 Jun 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Mon 3 Jun 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Mon 3 Jun 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Mon 3 Jun 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Mon 3 Jun 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Mon 3 Jun 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sun 2 JunMon 3 Jun
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

1,242 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United Kingdom 479 Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield Luton
Germany 165 Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen, Hannover Kreisfreie Stadt Münster
Poland 163 Warsaw, Poznań, Gdańsk, Szczecin Zielona Góra
Netherlands 99 Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht Rotterdam
Denmark 94 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nykøbing Falster
Sweden 76 Gothenburg, Malmö, Linköping, Jönköping Trelleborg
Ireland 55 Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway Cork
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 31 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
New Zealand 16 Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Rolleston Christchurch
Estonia 13 Tartu, Pärnu, Viljandi, Kuressaare Võru
Australia 7 Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie Burnie
Norway 4 Kristiansand, Grimstad, Vennesla, Mandal Mandal
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

1,672 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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