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G4Peak 7 April 1995 at 15:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 7 April 1995 (Kp 8): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 8. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 50.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 46.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 33 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Thu 6 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Thu 6 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Thu 6 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Thu 6 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Thu 6 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Thu 6 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Thu 6 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Fri 7 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Fri 7 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Fri 7 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Fri 7 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Fri 7 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Fri 7 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 8.00 Fri 7 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Fri 7 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Sat 8 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sat 8 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sat 8 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sat 8 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sat 8 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sat 8 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Sat 8 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sat 8 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sun 9 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sun 9 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sun 9 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sun 9 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sun 9 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 9 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Fri 7 AprSat 8 AprSun 9 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

3,030 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 1,021 Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Detroit Peoria
Canada 407 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Eastern Passage
United Kingdom 349 Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh Canterbury
Germany 261 Berlin, Hamburg, Essen, Dortmund Leipzig
Poland 196 Warsaw, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk Lublin
Sweden 148 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Netherlands 138 Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht Venlo
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Denmark 94 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nykøbing Falster
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Ireland 37 Dublin, Galway, Tallaght, Drogheda Dublin
Lithuania 31 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
New Zealand 29 Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin, Lower Hutt Palmerston North
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Australia 20 Melbourne, Geelong, Hobart, Ballarat Wodonga
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
China 4 Daxing’anling, Genhe, Tahe Town, Mohe Genhe
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Kazakhstan 4 Astana, Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Astana
Belgium 3 Turnhout, Knokke-Heist, Kapellen Turnhout
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

3,206 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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