Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 2003

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 2003 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 maxSpeedIMF BtIMF Bz
12003/11/20-422nT1509-766.3km/sec56.15nT-52.93nT
22003/10/30-383nT19191980.0km/sec40.16nT-35.50nT
32003/10/29-350nT20491900.0km/sec63.32nT-53.85nT
42003/11/21-309nT427-575.2km/sec20.23nT-10.20nT
52003/10/31-307nT1168+1258.7km/sec41.28nT-18.52nT
62003/08/18-148nT1087+528.9km/sec27.80nT-19.48nT
72003/05/29-144nT1098+814.0km/sec36.69nT-33.39nT
82003/06/18-141nT607-736.3km/sec20.55nT-18.75nT
92003/05/30-135nT597+848.3km/sec31.14nT-16.32nT
102003/08/19-116nT196-522.3km/sec22.04nT-6.02nT
112003/07/12-105nT437-716.0km/sec17.17nT-16.94nT
122003/06/02-91nT385+826.2km/sec12.25nT-11.06nT
132003/07/16-90nT486655.6km/sec16.88nT-12.73nT
142003/11/22-87nT306623.0km/sec13.04nT-10.31nT
152003/10/14-85nT667+686.9km/sec22.48nT-17.43nT
162003/05/10-84nT427-732.4km/sec9.94nT-9.35nT
172003/06/17-81nT496545.3km/sec11.75nT-10.42nT
182003/11/23-79nT225630.1km/sec11.71nT-10.21nT
192003/03/31-78nT436+666.6km/sec13.28nT-9.60nT
202003/05/01-78nT437-697.1km/sec9.24nT-8.20nT
212003/10/15-77nT446788.5km/sec11.46nT-8.43nT
222003/03/30-76nT396-675.2km/sec13.97nT-10.27nT
232003/02/04-74nT316-678.6km/sec13.95nT-12.61nT
242003/05/22-73nT265+567.3km/sec10.29nT-9.79nT
252003/02/02-72nT526-599.2km/sec14.02nT-12.26nT
262003/03/29-70nT375+507.9km/sec11.04nT-9.08nT
272003/11/04-69nT387787.7km/sec27.79nT-19.35nT
282003/11/01-69nT265815.4km/sec7.46nT-5.26nT
292003/06/16-68nT406573.7km/sec15.64nT-10.88nT
302003/08/21-68nT586846.9km/sec16.57nT-12.53nT
312003/04/01-68nT185-579.0km/sec8.87nT-7.92nT
322003/03/04-67nT345664.4km/sec14.21nT-10.59nT
332003/04/30-67nT456686.3km/sec10.47nT-10.24nT
342003/02/27-66nT305625.4km/sec16.71nT-15.50nT
352003/01/30-66nT255557.9km/sec14.24nT-12.80nT
362003/09/17-65nT707852.7km/sec21.97nT-11.08nT
372003/03/20-64nT255-853.8km/sec15.82nT-9.51nT
382003/08/17-63nT205+545.5km/sec23.25nT-14.41nT
392003/05/31-63nT205+796.2km/sec10.51nT-8.81nT
402003/07/11-63nT526616.5km/sec17.84nT-15.01nT
412003/01/29-63nT164460.3km/sec13.63nT-10.38nT
422003/11/11-62nT616824.3km/sec15.69nT-10.62nT
432003/04/04-62nT285528.6km/sec9.27nT-8.43nT
442003/10/22-61nT345+757.4km/sec12.29nT-5.72nT
452003/08/07-61nT327-714.4km/sec13.46nT-12.90nT
462003/06/19-61nT144640.2km/sec8.43nT-6.37nT
472003/10/21-60nT496778.7km/sec10.70nT-9.65nT
482003/08/22-60nT466-846.5km/sec10.69nT-8.84nT
492003/08/06-60nT326-603.4km/sec14.36nT-13.36nT
502003/03/16-60nT316748.6km/sec8.99nT-7.88nT
© 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

Whitehorse, YT
Anchorage, AK, Fairbanks, AK, Utqiagvik, AK
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (12.19nT), the direction is North (0.42nT).
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
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