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G1Peak 24 December 1995 at 06:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 24 December 1995 (Kp 5): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 5. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 56.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 52.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 9 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sat 23 Dec 06:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Sat 23 Dec 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sat 23 Dec 12:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Sat 23 Dec 15:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Sat 23 Dec 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sat 23 Dec 21:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Sun 24 Dec 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sun 24 Dec 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sun 24 Dec 06:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sun 24 Dec 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sun 24 Dec 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sun 24 Dec 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sun 24 Dec 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sun 24 Dec 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Mon 25 Dec 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Mon 25 Dec 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Mon 25 Dec 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Mon 25 Dec 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Mon 25 Dec 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sun 24 DecMon 25 Dec
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

1,216 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 368 Seattle, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Saint Paul Yakima
Canada 359 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Hamilton
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Sweden 116 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Uppsala, Linköping Gislaved
United Kingdom 100 Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee Derry
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Latvia 7 Ventspils, Valmiera, Cēsis, Limbaži Cēsis
New Zealand 7 Dunedin, Invercargill, Mosgiel, Gore Oamaru
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Australia 5 Hobart, Launceston, Bruny Island (Alonnah), Southport / Cockle Creek Launceston
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Denmark 3 Hjørring, Frederikshavn, Brønderslev Brønderslev
Ireland 1 Letterkenny Letterkenny
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

1,384 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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