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G3Peak 14 April 1996 at 21:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 14 April 1996 (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 6 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sat 13 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sun 14 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sun 14 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 14 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 14 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sun 14 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 14 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sun 14 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 14 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Mon 15 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 15 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Mon 15 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Mon 15 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Mon 15 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Mon 15 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Mon 15 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Mon 15 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Tue 16 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sun 14 AprMon 15 AprTue 16 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

4,599 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
Canada 731 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Hamilton
Sweden 474 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 454 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Hanko
United States 384 Milwaukee, Madison, Grand Rapids, Fargo Racine
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
Estonia 65 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 37 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Greenland 13 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Nanortalik
Faroe Islands 11 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Hoyvík, Argir Argir
Kazakhstan 4 Astana, Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Astana
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

4,432 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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