Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 2002

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 2002 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	2002/09/08	-181nT	36	7+	547.8km/sec	19.94nT	-17.09nT
2	2002/09/07	-177nT	57	7+	585.0km/sec	26.92nT	-26.57nT
3	2002/10/01	-176nT	67	7+	442.7km/sec	25.50nT	-23.68nT
4	2002/10/02	-160nT	53	7+	536.1km/sec	16.06nT	-14.08nT
5	2002/04/20	-149nT	70	7+	671.2km/sec	21.53nT	-19.78nT
6	2002/10/04	-146nT	64	7+	453.9km/sec	12.49nT	-12.17nT
7	2002/11/21	-128nT	50	7-	797.2km/sec	37.32nT	-20.04nT
8	2002/04/18	-127nT	63	7	547.6km/sec	14.49nT	-13.54nT
9	2002/04/19	-126nT	62	7-	696.0km/sec	25.09nT	-18.71nT
10	2002/10/03	-117nT	45	6+	518.1km/sec	14.33nT	-12.20nT
11	2002/10/07	-115nT	48	6-	506.4km/sec	14.33nT	-12.66nT
12	2002/05/11	-110nT	49	7-	483.7km/sec	25.01nT	-20.29nT
13	2002/05/23	-109nT	78	8+	988.0km/sec	60.79nT	-41.37nT
14	2002/09/04	-109nT	42	6+	501.1km/sec	20.36nT	-20.32nT
15	2002/10/08	-108nT	33	6	554.5km/sec	10.53nT	-9.32nT
16	2002/08/21	-106nT	32	5+	469.9km/sec	10.08nT	-9.74nT
17	2002/08/02	-102nT	42	6	543.0km/sec	16.81nT	-15.73nT
18	2002/10/05	-102nT	28	5+	460.4km/sec	10.74nT	-10.51nT
19	2002/10/14	-100nT	23	5-	447.2km/sec	19.29nT	-15.72nT
20	2002/03/24	-100nT	45	6	502.0km/sec	16.55nT	-13.02nT
21	2002/10/24	-98nT	63	6+	802.7km/sec	16.71nT	-15.37nT
22	2002/04/17	-98nT	62	7+	617.0km/sec	33.22nT	-31.18nT
23	2002/05/12	-97nT	15	5-	561.7km/sec	9.69nT	-6.03nT
24	2002/10/25	-91nT	39	6	814.1km/sec	9.14nT	-7.12nT
25	2002/09/11	-90nT	26	5	569.8km/sec	15.76nT	-12.67nT
26	2002/11/20	-87nT	25	6	496.0km/sec	24.58nT	-15.03nT
27	2002/02/02	-86nT	19	5-	430.8km/sec	14.47nT	-13.70nT
28	2002/09/10	-82nT	24	5-	480.4km/sec	10.67nT	-9.42nT
29	2002/02/05	-82nT	23	5	560.6km/sec	20.53nT	-15.85nT
30	2002/05/24	-82nT	2	1-	851.1km/sec	10.98nT	-2.35nT
31	2002/09/12	-80nT	14	3+	578.7km/sec	9.85nT	-6.82nT
32	2002/12/21	-75nT	21	6-	528.5km/sec	10.64nT	-10.05nT
33	2002/11/03	-75nT	35	5+	555.6km/sec	11.70nT	-9.30nT
34	2002/10/10	-74nT	16	4	429.0km/sec	8.03nT	-7.26nT
35	2002/04/21	-74nT	5	2+	515.1km/sec	7.68nT	-4.86nT
36	2002/02/06	-73nT	22	5-	734.6km/sec	18.54nT	-10.71nT
37	2002/12/19	-72nT	25	5-	561.6km/sec	23.64nT	-14.84nT
38	2002/01/11	-72nT	27	5	717.2km/sec	15.84nT	-10.31nT
39	2002/10/06	-72nT	15	4	426.3km/sec	9.86nT	-8.29nT
40	2002/09/09	-71nT	9	4	529.2km/sec	10.23nT	-7.15nT
41	2002/08/20	-71nT	30	6+	510.6km/sec	9.41nT	-9.36nT
42	2002/10/09	-71nT	20	4+	460.8km/sec	7.78nT	-6.97nT
43	2002/03/01	-71nT	10	5-	407.3km/sec	17.56nT	-14.52nT
44	2002/10/15	-70nT	18	4	572.3km/sec	17.59nT	-11.80nT
45	2002/11/04	-69nT	23	5-	562.6km/sec	10.55nT	-8.31nT
46	2002/12/27	-68nT	37	6	805.4km/sec	16.26nT	-12.51nT
47	2002/11/22	-67nT	26	5-	720.8km/sec	7.55nT	-6.63nT
48	2002/12/23	-67nT	24	4+	606.1km/sec	15.97nT	-12.20nT
49	2002/03/25	-66nT	7	3	487.3km/sec	20.43nT	-6.97nT
50	2002/10/27	-65nT	25	5	665.6km/sec	9.44nT	-7.51nT

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