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G1Peak 25 January 1993 at 12:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 25 January 1993 (Kp 5.3): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 5.3. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 55.8° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 51.3°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 9 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sun 24 Jan 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sun 24 Jan 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sun 24 Jan 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sun 24 Jan 21:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Mon 25 Jan 00:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Mon 25 Jan 03:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Mon 25 Jan 06:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Mon 25 Jan 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Mon 25 Jan 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Mon 25 Jan 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Mon 25 Jan 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Mon 25 Jan 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Tue 26 Jan 00:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Tue 26 Jan 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Tue 26 Jan 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Tue 26 Jan 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 26 Jan 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 26 Jan 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 26 Jan 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 26 Jan 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Wed 27 Jan 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Mon 25 JanTue 26 JanWed 27 Jan
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

1,486 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 382 Seattle, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Saint Paul Pendleton
Canada 360 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Hamilton
United Kingdom 169 Glasgow, Edinburgh, Belfast, Newcastle upon Tyne Middlesbrough
Sweden 148 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Denmark 93 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nakskov
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 25 Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai, Panevėžys Kaunas
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
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 2 Letterkenny, Sligo Sligo
Germany 1 Westerland Westerland
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

1,909 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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