AuroraMeteo

G4Peak 21 February 1994 at 12:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 21 February 1994 (Kp 7.7): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 7.7. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 51.2° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 46.7°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 30 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sun 20 Feb 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sun 20 Feb 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sun 20 Feb 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sun 20 Feb 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sun 20 Feb 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Mon 21 Feb 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Mon 21 Feb 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Mon 21 Feb 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Mon 21 Feb 09:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Mon 21 Feb 12:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Mon 21 Feb 15:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Mon 21 Feb 18:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Mon 21 Feb 21:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Tue 22 Feb 00:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Tue 22 Feb 03:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Tue 22 Feb 06:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Tue 22 Feb 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Tue 22 Feb 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Tue 22 Feb 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Tue 22 Feb 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Tue 22 Feb 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Wed 23 Feb 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Wed 23 Feb 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Wed 23 Feb 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Wed 23 Feb 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Wed 23 Feb 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Mon 21 FebTue 22 FebWed 23 Feb
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

8,360 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 3,510 New York City, Brooklyn, Chicago, Queens Lexington
United Kingdom 1,097 London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester Basingstoke
Canada 957 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Yarmouth
Sweden 474 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 454 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Hanko
Germany 406 Berlin, Hamburg, Essen, Dortmund Leipzig
Poland 299 Warsaw, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk Lublin
Norway 276 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Denmark 260 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Alholm
Netherlands 140 Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht Venlo
Ireland 126 Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway Cork
Latvia 76 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 73 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
Estonia 65 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
New Zealand 46 Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin, Invercargill Wellington
Iceland 37 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Australia 28 Melbourne, Geelong, Hobart, Ballarat Ballarat
Greenland 14 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Nanortalik
Faroe Islands 11 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Hoyvík, Argir Argir
Kazakhstan 4 Astana, Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Astana
Belgium 3 Turnhout, Knokke-Heist, Kapellen Turnhout
China 3 Daxing’anling, Tahe Town, Mohe Daxing’anling
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

3,281 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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