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G1Peak 11 April 1994 at 21:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 11 April 1994 at 21:00 UTC (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 6 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sun 10 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 11 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Mon 11 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Mon 11 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Mon 11 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Mon 11 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Mon 11 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Mon 11 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Mon 11 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Tue 12 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Tue 12 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Tue 12 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Tue 12 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 12 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 12 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Tue 12 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Tue 12 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Wed 13 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Mon 11 AprTue 12 AprWed 13 Apr
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

1,089 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
Canada 247 Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, Edmonton Le Sud-Ouest
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
United States 115 Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Fargo, Green Bay Manitowoc
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
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
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

1,827 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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