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The geomagnetic storm of 30 October – 1 November 1966

On 30 October – 1 November 1966 the Kp index reached 5: a G1 (minor) storm, with 27 hours at Kp 5 or more. At its peak the lights could be seen from 280,376 places in the atlas, down to about 51° magnetic latitude.

Kp 5Peak Kp · 1 November 1966 15:00 UT
27Hours at Kp 5 or more
48Largest ap
Solar cycle 20Year 2 of solar cycle 20

Kp every three hours

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29 Oct30 Oct31 Oct1 Nov2 Nov

Where the lights could be seen

At Kp 5 the lights reach 280,376 places of the atlas on the horizon and 80,365 overhead, down to about 51° magnetic latitude.

The largest towns that could see them