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G3Peak 29 October 1994 at 12:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 29 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 9 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Fri 28 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Fri 28 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Fri 28 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Fri 28 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Fri 28 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sat 29 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sat 29 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sat 29 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sat 29 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Sat 29 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Sat 29 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Sat 29 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sat 29 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sun 30 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sun 30 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Sun 30 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Sun 30 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Sun 30 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sun 30 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sat 29 OctSun 30 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

1,926 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 1,017 Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Detroit Roseburg
Canada 361 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Leamington
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Sweden 107 Stockholm, Uppsala, Linköping, Örebro Kristianstad
Poland 87 Gdańsk, Bydgoszcz, Białystok, Gdynia Bydgoszcz
Norway 74 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Grimstad
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 15 Melbourne, Geelong, Hobart, Ballarat Ballarat
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
United Kingdom 4 Isle of Lewis, Thurso, Kirkwall, Lerwick Isle of Lewis
Kazakhstan 4 Astana, Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Astana
China 1 Mohe Mohe
Denmark 1 Rønne Rønne
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

1,145 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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