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G1Peak 29 March 1993 at 03:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 29 March 1993 (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 6 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sat 27 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 28 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 28 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sun 28 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sun 28 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sun 28 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sun 28 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sun 28 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sun 28 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Mon 29 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Mon 29 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 29 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Mon 29 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Mon 29 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Mon 29 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Mon 29 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Mon 29 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Tue 30 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 30 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sun 28 MarMon 29 MarTue 30 Mar
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

1,244 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 368 Seattle, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Saint Paul Yakima
Canada 359 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Hamilton
Sweden 125 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Uppsala, Linköping Halmstad
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
Latvia 27 Riga, Jelgava, Jūrmala, Ventspils Jelgava
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Denmark 8 Aalborg, Hjørring, Nørresundby, Frederikshavn Skive
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
New Zealand 4 Invercargill, Gore, Stewart Island/Rakiura (Oban), The Catlins (Owaka) Gore
Ireland 1 Letterkenny Letterkenny
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

1,764 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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