Despite the fact that most of the states are located well below the
zone of most activity near latitudes of 68 degrees, we get quite
a number of Aurora Borealis sightings, even as far south as Arizona!
Here is a partial list that I culled from back issues of Sky and
Telescope magazine:
Date....................Sighted from..............Sky and Telescope Issue
August 1, 1959 Rochester, New York November 1959
August 19-20, 1963 Fargo, North Dakota October, 1963
July 8, 1966 Lake Placid, New York December, 1966
September 3, 1966 Saint Paul, Minnesota December, 1966
September 29, 1969 Pompton Planes, New Jersey December, 1969
October 17, 1970 Birmingham, Ohio December, 1970
June 17-18, 1972 Over the Great Lakes August, 1972
July 5-6, 1974 Toronto, Canada October, 1974
May 2-3, 1976 Bucyrus, Kansas September, 1976
August 28, 1978 Walla Walla, Washington December, 1978
April 10, 1981 Tucson, Arizona July, 1981
After 1981, Sky and Telescope stopped reporting aurorae! You can see that
about every 2-3 years we get a good show 'down here'!!