Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 2001

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 2001 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	Speed	IMF Bt	IMF Bz
1	2001/03/31	-387nT	192	9-	792.2km/sec	72.67nT	-47.41nT
2	2001/11/06	-292nT	142	9-	434.0km/sec	81.30nT	-78.17nT
3	2001/04/11	-271nT	85	8+	764.4km/sec	42.33nT	-36.63nT
4	2001/04/12	-236nT	50	7+	732.3km/sec	31.43nT	-14.28nT
5	2001/04/01	-228nT	38	6-	850.9km/sec	14.64nT	-7.40nT
6	2001/11/24	-221nT	104	8+	901.6km/sec	70.81nT	-49.29nT
7	2001/10/21	-187nT	57	8-	696.9km/sec	32.01nT	-26.73nT
8	2001/10/22	-177nT	96	7+	688.3km/sec	22.88nT	-14.73nT
9	2001/10/03	-166nT	69	7	599.0km/sec	23.97nT	-22.28nT
10	2001/10/23	-165nT	17	5+	549.2km/sec	9.92nT	-6.95nT
11	2001/11/07	-165nT	19	6-	700.6km/sec	9.71nT	-8.41nT
12	2001/10/28	-157nT	44	7-	532.0km/sec	21.99nT	-18.83nT
13	2001/03/20	-149nT	74	7+	458.8km/sec	22.36nT	-20.83nT
14	2001/10/01	-148nT	48	6	568.1km/sec	18.20nT	-15.11nT
15	2001/11/25	-145nT	8	3	804.0km/sec	17.45nT	-4.75nT
16	2001/04/18	-114nT	50	7+	534.0km/sec	25.35nT	-25.16nT
17	2001/11/01	-106nT	24	5	386.1km/sec	13.27nT	-11.34nT
18	2001/08/17	-105nT	42	7	611.9km/sec	34.03nT	-24.81nT
19	2001/03/19	-105nT	37	7-	525.4km/sec	19.21nT	-17.22nT
20	2001/10/02	-104nT	52	7-	570.0km/sec	11.30nT	-9.34nT
21	2001/04/22	-102nT	37	6+	392.1km/sec	15.66nT	-13.85nT
22	2001/09/26	-102nT	26	6-	487.6km/sec	25.41nT	-14.72nT
23	2001/04/02	-101nT	22	5-	638.9km/sec	5.32nT	-3.93nT
24	2001/10/04	-94nT	17	4+	548.3km/sec	10.38nT	-6.45nT
25	2001/03/28	-87nT	44	6+	661.7km/sec	15.20nT	-11.30nT
26	2001/11/26	-86nT	4	3-	685.6km/sec	6.23nT	-3.69nT
27	2001/10/29	-83nT	14	3+	476.5km/sec	9.61nT	-8.70nT
28	2001/03/21	-83nT	8	4	374.6km/sec	15.61nT	-1.41nT
29	2001/04/23	-83nT	16	4+	373.2km/sec	11.19nT	-9.34nT
30	2001/10/31	-81nT	12	4+	412.5km/sec	14.92nT	-14.49nT
31	2001/04/19	-78nT	6	3-	479.0km/sec	10.88nT	-4.35nT
32	2001/04/13	-77nT	50	7+	844.8km/sec	15.27nT	-10.19nT
33	2001/05/10	-76nT	23	5+	466.8km/sec	8.62nT	-7.46nT
34	2001/03/23	-75nT	28	5	430.2km/sec	11.72nT	-9.10nT
35	2001/04/14	-75nT	18	4+	752.3km/sec	11.64nT	-5.59nT
36	2001/03/05	-73nT	20	5	611.6km/sec	15.25nT	-12.30nT
37	2001/09/23	-73nT	41	6	619.3km/sec	20.55nT	-16.63nT
38	2001/10/24	-72nT	2	1-	435.1km/sec	8.15nT	-1.11nT
39	2001/10/12	-71nT	34	6	609.1km/sec	25.49nT	-19.93nT
40	2001/11/08	-71nT	6	2+	642.5km/sec	4.60nT	-3.82nT
41	2001/10/11	-70nT	21	5+	582.3km/sec	29.09nT	-18.19nT
42	2001/08/18	-68nT	15	4-	612.5km/sec	24.00nT	0.68nT
43	2001/05/09	-68nT	39	5+	592.5km/sec	11.20nT	-10.50nT
44	2001/12/21	-67nT	14	4	492.6km/sec	13.04nT	-11.91nT
45	2001/09/30	-66nT	29	6-	598.4km/sec	20.31nT	-16.10nT
46	2001/10/09	-64nT	18	4+	518.0km/sec	10.29nT	-10.07nT
47	2001/04/09	-63nT	20	5	755.9km/sec	12.99nT	-8.29nT
48	2001/06/18	-61nT	36	5+	426.9km/sec	20.28nT	-14.80nT
49	2001/01/24	-61nT	20	5-	480.6km/sec	7.86nT	-7.01nT
50	2001/04/08	-59nT	63	7	803.1km/sec	22.16nT	-17.13nT

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