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G1Peak 19 October 1996 at 15:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 19 October 1996 (Kp 5.3): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 5.3. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 55.8° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 51.3°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 12 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Fri 18 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Fri 18 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Fri 18 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Fri 18 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Fri 18 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sat 19 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sat 19 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Sat 19 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sat 19 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sat 19 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sat 19 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Sat 19 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sat 19 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Sun 20 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sun 20 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sun 20 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 20 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sun 20 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sun 20 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sun 20 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sun 20 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sat 19 OctSun 20 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

1,280 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
Canada 281 Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, Edmonton Sydney Mines
United States 255 Seattle, Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Anchorage Bar Harbor
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

1,690 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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