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G3Peak 3 October 1994 at 03:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 3 October 1994 (Kp 7): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 7. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 52.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 48.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 30 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sat 1 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Sun 2 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Sun 2 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Sun 2 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Sun 2 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Sun 2 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Sun 2 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sun 2 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 2 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Mon 3 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Mon 3 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Mon 3 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Mon 3 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Mon 3 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Mon 3 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Mon 3 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Mon 3 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Tue 4 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Tue 4 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Tue 4 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Tue 4 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Tue 4 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Tue 4 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Tue 4 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Tue 4 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Wed 5 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Wed 5 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Wed 5 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sun 2 OctMon 3 OctTue 4 OctWed 5 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

3,423 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 1,535 New York City, Brooklyn, Chicago, Queens St. Louis
United Kingdom 504 Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield Luton
Canada 407 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Eastern Passage
Sweden 148 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Germany 143 Hamburg, Bremen, Hannover, Bielefeld Kreisfreie Stadt Münster
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Netherlands 99 Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht Rotterdam
Denmark 94 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nykøbing Falster
Poland 90 Gdańsk, Szczecin, Bydgoszcz, Białystok Bydgoszcz
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Ireland 55 Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway Cork
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 31 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
New Zealand 18 Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Rolleston Greymouth
Australia 7 Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie Burnie
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Kazakhstan 3 Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Kostanay
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

2,586 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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