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G1Peak 27 October 1993 at 12:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 27 October 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 21 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Mon 25 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Mon 25 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Mon 25 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Tue 26 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Tue 26 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Tue 26 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Tue 26 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Tue 26 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Tue 26 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Tue 26 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Tue 26 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Wed 27 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 27 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Wed 27 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Wed 27 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Wed 27 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Wed 27 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Wed 27 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Wed 27 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Thu 28 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Thu 28 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Thu 28 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Thu 28 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Thu 28 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Thu 28 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Thu 28 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Tue 26 OctWed 27 OctThu 28 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

1,172 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
Canada 272 Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, Edmonton Sooke
United States 257 Seattle, Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Anchorage Yakima
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

1,620 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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