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G2Peak 30 September 1992 at 15:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 30 September 1992 (Kp 5.7): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 5.7. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 55.2° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 50.7°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 6 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Tue 29 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Tue 29 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Tue 29 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 30 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Wed 30 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 30 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 30 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Wed 30 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 30 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Wed 30 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Wed 30 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Thu 1 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Thu 1 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Thu 1 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Thu 1 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Thu 1 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Thu 1 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Thu 1 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Wed 30 SeptThu 1 Oct
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

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

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
Sweden 145 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Oxie
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
United Kingdom 103 Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee Ashington
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Denmark 75 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Frederiksberg Esbjerg
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Lithuania 18 Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai, Panevėžys, Mažeikiai Utena
New Zealand 9 Dunedin, Invercargill, Mosgiel, Wānaka Wānaka
Australia 7 Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie Burnie
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Ireland 1 Letterkenny Letterkenny
Kazakhstan 1 Petropavl Petropavl
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

717 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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