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G1Peak 29 September 1993 at 15:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 29 September 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 Tue 28 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Tue 28 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Tue 28 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Wed 29 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Wed 29 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Wed 29 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Wed 29 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 29 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 29 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Wed 29 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Wed 29 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Thu 30 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Thu 30 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Thu 30 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Thu 30 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Thu 30 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Thu 30 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Thu 30 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Wed 29 SeptThu 30 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

643 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 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
Ireland 1 Letterkenny Letterkenny
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

709 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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