Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 2004

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 2004 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
12004/11/08-374nT1409-763.8km/sec48.31nT-47.70nT
22004/11/10-263nT1619-818.8km/sec36.84nT-29.22nT
32004/11/09-214nT1199-853.0km/sec41.61nT-32.81nT
42004/07/27-170nT1869-1037.1km/sec26.58nT-21.96nT
52004/07/25-136nT1548713.8km/sec27.46nT-23.34nT
62004/01/22-130nT647701.7km/sec30.18nT-20.73nT
72004/08/30-129nT427433.7km/sec15.34nT-14.66nT
82004/11/07-117nT508729.7km/sec59.75nT-50.19nT
92004/04/04-117nT186+540.4km/sec18.37nT-5.05nT
102004/11/11-106nT245661.2km/sec17.24nT-7.06nT
112004/04/03-104nT416+523.2km/sec12.82nT-10.63nT
122004/07/23-99nT526727.4km/sec14.64nT-14.32nT
132004/07/26-94nT477+943.6km/sec24.64nT-21.00nT
142004/02/11-93nT286+472.3km/sec21.51nT-15.32nT
152004/11/12-92nT305-718.1km/sec13.31nT-10.21nT
162004/08/31-90nT285+526.6km/sec11.43nT-11.19nT
172004/07/28-88nT154-920.1km/sec5.50nT-4.73nT
182004/07/22-85nT317713.6km/sec19.54nT-16.80nT
192004/01/25-81nT386-536.2km/sec12.54nT-11.22nT
202004/03/10-78nT456+818.1km/sec14.81nT-11.27nT
212004/01/23-78nT436586.0km/sec13.52nT-11.45nT
222004/07/17-76nT216572.5km/sec18.13nT-16.32nT
232004/03/09-72nT286-707.1km/sec18.31nT-11.71nT
242004/07/29-66nT62+623.3km/sec4.63nT-3.74nT
252004/11/13-64nT72+542.3km/sec7.11nT-4.71nT
262004/03/11-63nT406+815.3km/sec9.35nT-7.94nT
272004/01/27-62nT174530.1km/sec10.63nT-9.35nT
282004/04/05-62nT246+480.3km/sec18.55nT-16.28nT
292004/04/06-58nT255647.6km/sec12.98nT-9.95nT
302004/11/14-58nT84559.3km/sec6.28nT-4.72nT
312004/01/26-56nT184498.4km/sec12.58nT-11.52nT
322004/12/13-56nT104+430.2km/sec15.66nT-9.85nT
332004/11/25-53nT204+580.2km/sec9.56nT-8.38nT
342004/01/24-52nT185545.2km/sec12.05nT-10.99nT
352004/08/09-51nT144+399.5km/sec11.93nT-9.24nT
362004/03/12-51nT286-684.3km/sec7.61nT-6.69nT
372004/07/30-50nT73+566.4km/sec9.49nT-5.96nT
382004/11/28-50nT134-458.5km/sec15.06nT-9.52nT
392004/01/07-50nT295800.1km/sec15.45nT-11.18nT
402004/01/15-50nT184584.3km/sec13.12nT-12.18nT
412004/02/12-50nT305764.8km/sec21.94nT-16.22nT
422004/10/13-49nT335546.6km/sec12.56nT-10.59nT
432004/11/27-47nT114-476.0km/sec6.94nT-6.59nT
442004/12/29-47nT164+472.5km/sec10.46nT-8.12nT
452004/11/17-46nT63445.3km/sec6.37nT-4.61nT
462004/09/14-45nT325+627.0km/sec16.25nT-9.71nT
472004/01/10-45nT265+597.2km/sec15.72nT-11.76nT
482004/11/21-44nT174649.7km/sec12.46nT-6.64nT
492004/11/20-44nT204559.1km/sec15.75nT-12.42nT
502004/12/07-44nT154-547.0km/sec8.77nT-7.24nT
© 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 density of the solar wind is moderate (22.37 p/cm3)
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (12.39nT), the direction is North (1.59nT).

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