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G3Peak 19 October 1998 at 03:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 19 October 1998 (Kp 6.7): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 6.7. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 53.2° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 48.7°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 18 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sun 18 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Sun 18 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sun 18 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sun 18 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sun 18 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Sun 18 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Sun 18 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sun 18 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Mon 19 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Mon 19 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Mon 19 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Mon 19 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 19 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Mon 19 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Mon 19 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 19 Oct 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Tue 20 Oct 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Tue 20 Oct 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Tue 20 Oct 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 20 Oct 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Tue 20 Oct 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Tue 20 Oct 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Tue 20 Oct 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sun 18 OctMon 19 OctTue 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

2,808 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 1,211 Chicago, Seattle, Boston, Portland Pittsburgh
United Kingdom 414 Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds Nottingham
Canada 407 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Eastern Passage
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
Germany 84 Hamburg, Bremen, Kiel, Lübeck Bremen
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Ireland 49 Dublin, Limerick, Galway, Tallaght Kilkenny
Poland 47 Szczecin, Olsztyn, Koszalin, Słupsk Pyrzyce
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
New Zealand 17 Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Rolleston Rangiora
Australia 7 Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie Burnie
Netherlands 7 Groningen, Leeuwarden, Drachten, Sneek Drachten
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Kazakhstan 3 Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Kostanay
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

2,865 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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