Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 2006

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 2006 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
12006/12/15-162nT948+852.8km/sec18.10nT-14.91nT
22006/04/14-98nT657564.5km/sec19.99nT-15.56nT
32006/04/09-82nT466726.5km/sec19.55nT-16.22nT
42006/08/20-79nT226459.6km/sec15.57nT-11.98nT
52006/04/05-79nT295+448.4km/sec15.23nT-14.06nT
62006/08/19-78nT386499.8km/sec20.76nT-14.34nT
72006/11/30-74nT285+434.5km/sec11.14nT-10.37nT
82006/12/16-72nT123+668.4km/sec12.05nT-2.83nT
92006/12/14-69nT478-933.0km/sec20.45nT-17.20nT
102006/11/10-63nT366642.6km/sec18.22nT-11.80nT
112006/04/06-58nT84-458.5km/sec10.79nT-7.07nT
122006/12/12-55nT275+785.8km/sec8.35nT-6.85nT
132006/04/15-55nT315731.3km/sec9.04nT-6.73nT
142006/04/10-55nT154714.4km/sec5.55nT-4.63nT
152006/09/24-55nT245693.3km/sec20.78nT-15.18nT
162006/10/13-55nT295+569.0km/sec12.51nT-11.10nT
172006/12/06-55nT265-605.0km/sec13.52nT-11.09nT
182006/05/06-53nT215575.7km/sec18.73nT-11.71nT
192006/10/14-53nT234+620.7km/sec9.09nT-6.67nT
202006/03/07-52nT114+425.2km/sec9.93nT-9.22nT
212006/01/26-51nT305+690.0km/sec12.22nT-11.99nT
222006/12/22-51nT184+739.5km/sec6.98nT-6.72nT
232006/12/20-51nT245-745.4km/sec7.11nT-6.62nT
242006/10/01-51nT235605.1km/sec14.60nT-10.80nT
252006/10/29-50nT214+608.5km/sec10.07nT-6.05nT
262006/04/16-49nT104-667.3km/sec4.93nT-2.96nT
272006/12/23-49nT164683.2km/sec5.27nT-4.48nT
282006/03/19-48nT386+724.2km/sec12.88nT-10.12nT
292006/07/28-48nT256690.8km/sec15.47nT-13.23nT
302006/12/17-48nT63669.7km/sec7.60nT-1.92nT
312006/11/11-48nT214658.6km/sec7.30nT-6.50nT
322006/08/07-48nT326-654.0km/sec20.88nT-14.00nT
332006/12/21-47nT185-766.5km/sec6.35nT-5.74nT
342006/12/07-47nT255623.9km/sec10.11nT-7.71nT
352006/11/09-46nT105-467.0km/sec19.62nT-16.47nT
362006/12/24-46nT123+677.0km/sec5.73nT-5.08nT
372006/09/04-45nT206-646.3km/sec15.28nT-10.60nT
382006/04/22-45nT195-616.2km/sec13.73nT-12.73nT
392006/12/19-45nT133+652.3km/sec8.33nT-5.89nT
402006/03/18-43nT306-607.2km/sec14.17nT-11.94nT
412006/05/07-43nT185682.0km/sec12.18nT-8.48nT
422006/06/06-42nT265+624.7km/sec15.80nT-11.99nT
432006/12/18-42nT114+563.5km/sec12.34nT-8.26nT
442006/08/22-41nT235495.9km/sec10.29nT-9.78nT
452006/03/20-41nT204+753.5km/sec6.84nT-5.44nT
462006/12/13-40nT83+722.8km/sec5.61nT-4.57nT
472006/05/05-40nT104381.1km/sec10.99nT-10.45nT
482006/05/04-40nT135-351.1km/sec14.72nT-13.54nT
492006/10/15-40nT93+631.0km/sec5.18nT-4.33nT
502006/08/21-40nT124+483.7km/sec9.56nT-8.46nT
© 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

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Oulu, Rovaniemi, Sodankylä, Utsjoki
Reykjavik
Kirkenes, Tromsø
Arkhangelsk, Murmansk, Vorkuta
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The density of the solar wind is moderate (20.77 p/cm3)
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (13.52nT), the direction is slightly South (-3.21nT).

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