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G2Peak 13 March 1995 at 15:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 13 March 1995 (Kp 6): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 6. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 54.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 50.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 12 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sun 12 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sun 12 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sun 12 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sun 12 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sun 12 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Mon 13 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Mon 13 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Mon 13 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Mon 13 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Mon 13 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Mon 13 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Mon 13 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Mon 13 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Tue 14 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Tue 14 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Tue 14 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 14 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 14 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Tue 14 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Tue 14 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Mon 13 MarTue 14 Mar
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

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

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 258 Seattle, Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Anchorage Centralia
Canada 167 Calgary, Ottawa, Edmonton, Winnipeg Sooke
Sweden 125 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Uppsala, Linköping Halmstad
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Latvia 27 Riga, Jelgava, Jūrmala, Ventspils Jelgava
United Kingdom 24 Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness, Perth St Andrews
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
New Zealand 16 Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Rolleston Christchurch
Denmark 8 Aalborg, Hjørring, Nørresundby, Frederikshavn Skive
Australia 7 Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie Burnie
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Kazakhstan 3 Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Kostanay
Greenland 1 Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
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

1,423 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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