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G2Peak 20 October 1995 at 03:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 20 October 1995 (Kp 5.7): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 5.7. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 55.2° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 50.7°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 9 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Thu 19 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Thu 19 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Thu 19 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Thu 19 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Thu 19 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Thu 19 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Thu 19 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Fri 20 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Fri 20 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Fri 20 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Fri 20 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Fri 20 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Fri 20 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Fri 20 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Fri 20 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sat 21 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sat 21 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Sat 21 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sat 21 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sat 21 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sat 21 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Fri 20 OctSat 21 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

1,710 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 578 Seattle, Detroit, Milwaukee, Minneapolis Cedar Rapids
Canada 388 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa LaSalle
United Kingdom 169 Glasgow, Edinburgh, Belfast, Newcastle upon Tyne Middlesbrough
Sweden 148 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Denmark 93 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nakskov
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 25 Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai, Panevėžys Kaunas
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
New Zealand 9 Dunedin, Invercargill, Mosgiel, Wānaka Wānaka
Australia 7 Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie Burnie
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Ireland 2 Letterkenny, Sligo Sligo
Germany 1 Westerland Westerland
Kazakhstan 1 Petropavl Petropavl
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

1,797 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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