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G2Peak 26 September 1996 at 18:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 26 September 1996 (Kp 6.3): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 6.3. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 53.8° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 49.3°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 3 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Wed 25 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Wed 25 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Thu 26 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Thu 26 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Thu 26 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Thu 26 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Thu 26 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Thu 26 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Thu 26 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Thu 26 Sept 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Fri 27 Sept 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Fri 27 Sept 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Fri 27 Sept 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Fri 27 Sept 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Fri 27 Sept 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Fri 27 Sept 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Fri 27 Sept 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Thu 26 SeptFri 27 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

1,207 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United Kingdom 414 Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds Nottingham
Sweden 148 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
Denmark 94 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nykøbing Falster
Poland 90 Gdańsk, Szczecin, Bydgoszcz, Białystok Bydgoszcz
Germany 84 Hamburg, Bremen, Kiel, Lübeck Bremen
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Ireland 49 Dublin, Limerick, Galway, Tallaght Kilkenny
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 31 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Netherlands 7 Groningen, Leeuwarden, Drachten, Sneek Drachten
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Greenland 3 Nuuk, Qaqortoq, Kangerlussuaq Qaqortoq
Kazakhstan 3 Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Kostanay
Canada 1 Corner Brook Corner Brook
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

1,743 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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