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G2Peak 22 October 1994 at 21:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 22 October 1994 (Kp 6.3): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 6.3. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 53.8° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 49.3°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 21 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Fri 21 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Sat 22 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Sat 22 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Sat 22 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sat 22 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sat 22 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sat 22 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sat 22 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sat 22 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Sun 23 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Sun 23 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Sun 23 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Sun 23 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sun 23 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Sun 23 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sun 23 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sun 23 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Mon 24 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Mon 24 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 24 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Mon 24 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Mon 24 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Mon 24 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Mon 24 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sat 22 OctSun 23 OctMon 24 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

6,970 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 2,838 Chicago, Seattle, Boston, Portland Pittsburgh
Canada 956 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Yarmouth
United Kingdom 853 Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds Nottingham
Sweden 474 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 454 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Hanko
Norway 276 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Denmark 260 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Alholm
Germany 229 Hamburg, Bremen, Kiel, Lübeck Bremen
Poland 184 Gdańsk, Szczecin, Bydgoszcz, Białystok Bydgoszcz
Ireland 120 Dublin, Limerick, Galway, Tallaght Kilkenny
Latvia 76 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 73 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
Estonia 65 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 37 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Australia 20 Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie Smithton
New Zealand 18 Dunedin, Invercargill, Mosgiel, Wānaka Waimate
Greenland 14 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Nanortalik
Faroe Islands 11 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Hoyvík, Argir Argir
Netherlands 8 Groningen, Leeuwarden, Drachten, Sneek Drachten
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

3,681 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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