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G1Peak 11 October 1992 at 12:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 11 October 1992 (Kp 5): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 5. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 56.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 52.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 9 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sat 10 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sat 10 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Sat 10 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Sat 10 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sun 11 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sun 11 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sun 11 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Sun 11 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sun 11 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sun 11 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sun 11 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sun 11 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Mon 12 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Mon 12 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Mon 12 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 12 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Mon 12 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Mon 12 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Mon 12 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sun 11 OctMon 12 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

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

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
Sweden 125 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Uppsala, Linköping Halmstad
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
United States 98 Seattle, Anchorage, Tacoma, Bellevue Olympia
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Canada 55 Vancouver, Surrey, Victoria, Burnaby Sooke
Latvia 27 Riga, Jelgava, Jūrmala, Ventspils Jelgava
United Kingdom 24 Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness, Perth St Andrews
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Denmark 8 Aalborg, Hjørring, Nørresundby, Frederikshavn Skive
New Zealand 7 Dunedin, Invercargill, Mosgiel, Gore Oamaru
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Australia 5 Hobart, Launceston, Bruny Island (Alonnah), Southport / Cockle Creek Launceston
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
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

972 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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