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G3Peak 9 September 1992 at 09:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 9 September 1992 (Kp 7.3): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 7.3. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 51.8° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 47.3°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 51 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Tue 8 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Tue 8 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Tue 8 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Tue 8 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Tue 8 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Tue 8 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Tue 8 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Tue 8 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Wed 9 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Wed 9 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Wed 9 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Wed 9 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Wed 9 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Wed 9 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Wed 9 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Wed 9 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Thu 10 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Thu 10 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Thu 10 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Thu 10 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Thu 10 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Thu 10 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Thu 10 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Thu 10 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Fri 11 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Fri 11 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Fri 11 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Fri 11 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Fri 11 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Fri 11 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Fri 11 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Fri 11 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sat 12 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Tue 8 SeptWed 9 SeptThu 10 SeptFri 11 SeptSat 12 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

3,061 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 1,406 Chicago, Indianapolis, Seattle, Denver Lexington
United Kingdom 414 Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds Nottingham
Canada 407 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Eastern Passage
Sweden 148 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Denmark 94 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nykøbing Falster
Poland 90 Gdańsk, Szczecin, Bydgoszcz, Białystok Bydgoszcz
Germany 84 Hamburg, Bremen, Kiel, Lübeck Bremen
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Ireland 49 Dublin, Limerick, Galway, Tallaght Kilkenny
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 31 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
New Zealand 23 Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin, Invercargill Wellington
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Australia 15 Melbourne, Geelong, Hobart, Ballarat Ballarat
Netherlands 7 Groningen, Leeuwarden, Drachten, Sneek Drachten
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Kazakhstan 4 Astana, Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Astana
China 1 Mohe Mohe
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

2,883 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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