Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1973

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1973 together with links to more information in our archive. Storms are ranked by the Disturbance storm-time index (Dst) that is designed to measure the magnetic signature of magnetospheric currents observed in the equatorial regions. The Dst index is provided by the World Data Center for geomagnetism in Kyoto.

Dst Ap Kp max
11973/04/01-211nT918+
21973/04/02-173nT547
31973/04/14-134nT578-
41973/02/21-121nT497+
51973/02/22-107nT466+
61973/05/21-100nT487
71973/05/14-97nT808-
81973/09/26-88nT255+
91973/04/03-84nT265+
101973/03/19-84nT827
111973/04/13-84nT467+
121973/09/09-79nT448-
131973/04/16-79nT606+
141973/04/17-77nT516
151973/04/20-76nT466-
161973/02/23-75nT486-
171973/04/19-75nT426
181973/04/29-74nT596
191973/01/21-72nT225
201973/10/03-72nT487+
211973/03/20-71nT807-
221973/04/15-71nT93-
231973/04/22-71nT446
241973/02/24-68nT546
251973/12/04-67nT296
261973/04/11-67nT245-
271973/04/21-66nT425+
281973/04/23-65nT255-
291973/04/27-64nT265-
301973/10/29-64nT867
311973/10/30-63nT286-
321973/04/18-63nT465+
331973/11/21-63nT236-
341973/04/26-62nT286-
351973/05/22-61nT215
361973/09/23-61nT637
371973/03/23-60nT506-
381973/03/31-60nT336
391973/03/21-59nT586
401973/10/31-59nT195
411973/11/24-59nT265+
421973/04/04-58nT93
431973/06/11-58nT345+
441973/03/02-58nT405
451973/03/22-57nT536
461973/04/25-57nT144
471973/03/24-57nT496-
481973/03/25-57nT505+
491973/06/10-54nT336+
501973/03/29-54nT164+
© Potsdam - CC BY 4.0 - Matzka, J., Stolle, C., Yamazaki, Y., Bronkalla, O. and Morschhauser, A., 2021. - ©WDC for Geomagnetism, Kyoto

Current data suggests there is a slight possibility for aurora to appear at the following high latitude regions in the near future

Oulu, Rovaniemi, Sodankylä, Utsjoki
Kirkenes, Tromsø
Arkhangelsk, Murmansk, Norilsk, Vorkuta
Kiruna, Luleå
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (13.17nT), the direction is slightly South (-4.26nT).

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