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G2Peak 4 September 1992 at 21:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 4 September 1992 at 21:00 UTC (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 9 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Thu 3 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Fri 4 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Fri 4 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Fri 4 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Fri 4 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Fri 4 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Fri 4 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Fri 4 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Fri 4 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Sat 5 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Sat 5 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sat 5 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sat 5 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sat 5 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sat 5 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sat 5 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sat 5 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sun 6 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sun 6 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Fri 4 SeptSat 5 SeptSun 6 Sept
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

5,049 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 1,210 Detroit, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Saint Paul Cedar Rapids
Canada 879 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa LaSalle
United Kingdom 770 Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh Manchester
Sweden 474 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 454 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Hanko
Norway 276 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Denmark 260 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Alholm
Germany 185 Kiel, Lübeck, Rostock, Flensburg Norderstedt
Poland 153 Gdańsk, Gdynia, Olsztyn, Elbląg Chojnice
Ireland 102 Dublin, Galway, Tallaght, Drogheda Dublin
Latvia 76 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 73 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
Estonia 65 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 37 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Greenland 14 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Nanortalik
Faroe Islands 11 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Hoyvík, Argir Argir
New Zealand 7 Invercargill, Gore, Papatowai, Balclutha Gore
Kazakhstan 3 Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Kostanay
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

4,390 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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