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G4Peak 26 February 1992 at 18:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 26 February 1992 (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 30 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Tue 25 Feb 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Tue 25 Feb 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Tue 25 Feb 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Wed 26 Feb 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Wed 26 Feb 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Wed 26 Feb 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Wed 26 Feb 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Wed 26 Feb 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 26 Feb 15:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Wed 26 Feb 18:00 UTC · Kp 8.00 Wed 26 Feb 21:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Thu 27 Feb 00:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Thu 27 Feb 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Thu 27 Feb 06:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Thu 27 Feb 09:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Thu 27 Feb 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Thu 27 Feb 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Thu 27 Feb 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Thu 27 Feb 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Fri 28 Feb 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Fri 28 Feb 03:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Fri 28 Feb 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Fri 28 Feb 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Fri 28 Feb 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Fri 28 Feb 15:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Fri 28 Feb 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Wed 26 FebThu 27 FebFri 28 Feb
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

3,937 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 1,211 Chicago, Seattle, Boston, Portland Pittsburgh
United Kingdom 710 London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester Falmouth
Canada 407 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Eastern Passage
Germany 391 Berlin, Hamburg, Köln, Düsseldorf Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
Poland 284 Warsaw, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań Rzeszów
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 101 Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi Charleroi
Denmark 94 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nykøbing Falster
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Ireland 55 Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway Cork
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 31 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
France 21 Lille, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Dunkirk Maubeuge
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
New Zealand 17 Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Rolleston Rangiora
Czechia 12 Liberec, Hradec Králové, Ústí nad Labem, Most Hradec Králové
Australia 9 Hobart, Launceston, Albany, Devonport Albany
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
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

1,841 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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