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G3Peak 27 September 1995 at 18:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 27 September 1995 (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 Tue 26 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Tue 26 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Tue 26 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Wed 27 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Wed 27 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Wed 27 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Wed 27 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Wed 27 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Wed 27 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Wed 27 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Wed 27 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Thu 28 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Thu 28 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Thu 28 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Thu 28 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Thu 28 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Thu 28 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Thu 28 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Thu 28 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Wed 27 SeptThu 28 Sept
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

3,598 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United Kingdom 944 Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield Luton
Sweden 474 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 454 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Hanko
Germany 310 Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen, Hannover Kreisfreie Stadt Münster
Norway 276 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Poland 261 Warsaw, Poznań, Gdańsk, Szczecin Zielona Góra
Denmark 260 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Alholm
Ireland 126 Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway Cork
Netherlands 100 Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht Rotterdam
Latvia 76 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 73 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
Canada 71 Winnipeg, Brandon, Corner Brook, Yorkton Clarenville-Shoal Harbour
Estonia 65 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 37 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Australia 22 Hobart, Launceston, Warrnambool, Devonport Mount Gambier
New Zealand 18 Dunedin, Invercargill, Mosgiel, Wānaka Waimate
Greenland 14 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Nanortalik
Faroe Islands 11 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Hoyvík, Argir Argir
Kazakhstan 4 Astana, Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Astana
China 1 Mohe Mohe
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

2,085 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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