AuroraMeteo

G4Peak 10 May 1992 at 09:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 10 May 1992 (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 54 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Fri 8 May 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Fri 8 May 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Fri 8 May 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sat 9 May 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sat 9 May 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sat 9 May 06:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Sat 9 May 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sat 9 May 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sat 9 May 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sat 9 May 18:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Sat 9 May 21:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Sun 10 May 00:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Sun 10 May 03:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Sun 10 May 06:00 UTC · Kp 8.00 Sun 10 May 09:00 UTC · Kp 8.67 Sun 10 May 12:00 UTC · Kp 8.33 Sun 10 May 15:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Sun 10 May 18:00 UTC · Kp 8.00 Sun 10 May 21:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Mon 11 May 00:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Mon 11 May 03:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Mon 11 May 06:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Mon 11 May 09:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 11 May 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 11 May 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 11 May 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 11 May 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Tue 12 May 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 12 May 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Tue 12 May 06:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Tue 12 May 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Tue 12 May 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Tue 12 May 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Tue 12 May 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sat 9 MaySun 10 MayMon 11 MayTue 12 May
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

4,123 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 1,782 New York City, Brooklyn, Chicago, Queens Tulsa
United Kingdom 657 London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester Basingstoke
Canada 404 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Eastern Passage
Poland 274 Warsaw, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk Rzeszów
Germany 261 Berlin, Hamburg, Essen, Dortmund Leipzig
Netherlands 138 Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht Venlo
Sweden 138 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 98 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Denmark 94 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nykøbing Falster
Ireland 55 Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway Cork
Norway 54 Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Kristiansand Mandal
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 31 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
New Zealand 30 Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin, Lower Hutt Whanganui
Australia 24 Melbourne, Adelaide, Geelong, Hobart Tuggeranong
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
China 7 Daxing’anling, Jiagedaqi District, Genhe, Oroqen Zizhiqi Jiagedaqi District
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Kazakhstan 4 Astana, Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Astana
Belgium 3 Turnhout, Knokke-Heist, Kapellen Turnhout
Ukraine 2 Kyiv, Kharkiv Kharkiv
Czechia 1 Hradec Králové Hradec Králové
Greenland 1 Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Iceland 1 Vík í Mýrdal Vík í Mýrdal
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

2,408 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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