Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 2006

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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 max	Speed	IMF Bt	IMF Bz
1	2006/12/15	-162nT	94	8+	852.8km/sec	18.10nT	-14.91nT
2	2006/04/14	-98nT	65	7	564.5km/sec	19.99nT	-15.56nT
3	2006/04/09	-82nT	46	6	726.5km/sec	19.55nT	-16.22nT
4	2006/08/20	-79nT	22	6	459.6km/sec	15.57nT	-11.98nT
5	2006/04/05	-79nT	29	5+	448.4km/sec	15.23nT	-14.06nT
6	2006/08/19	-78nT	38	6	499.8km/sec	20.76nT	-14.34nT
7	2006/11/30	-74nT	28	5+	434.5km/sec	11.14nT	-10.37nT
8	2006/12/16	-72nT	12	3+	668.4km/sec	12.05nT	-2.83nT
9	2006/12/14	-69nT	47	8-	933.0km/sec	20.45nT	-17.20nT
10	2006/11/10	-63nT	36	6	642.6km/sec	18.22nT	-11.80nT
11	2006/04/06	-58nT	8	4-	458.5km/sec	10.79nT	-7.07nT
12	2006/12/12	-55nT	27	5+	785.8km/sec	8.35nT	-6.85nT
13	2006/04/15	-55nT	31	5	731.3km/sec	9.04nT	-6.73nT
14	2006/04/10	-55nT	15	4	714.4km/sec	5.55nT	-4.63nT
15	2006/09/24	-55nT	24	5	693.3km/sec	20.78nT	-15.18nT
16	2006/10/13	-55nT	29	5+	569.0km/sec	12.51nT	-11.10nT
17	2006/12/06	-55nT	26	5-	605.0km/sec	13.52nT	-11.09nT
18	2006/05/06	-53nT	21	5	575.7km/sec	18.73nT	-11.71nT
19	2006/10/14	-53nT	23	4+	620.7km/sec	9.09nT	-6.67nT
20	2006/03/07	-52nT	11	4+	425.2km/sec	9.93nT	-9.22nT
21	2006/01/26	-51nT	30	5+	690.0km/sec	12.22nT	-11.99nT
22	2006/12/22	-51nT	18	4+	739.5km/sec	6.98nT	-6.72nT
23	2006/12/20	-51nT	24	5-	745.4km/sec	7.11nT	-6.62nT
24	2006/10/01	-51nT	23	5	605.1km/sec	14.60nT	-10.80nT
25	2006/10/29	-50nT	21	4+	608.5km/sec	10.07nT	-6.05nT
26	2006/04/16	-49nT	10	4-	667.3km/sec	4.93nT	-2.96nT
27	2006/12/23	-49nT	16	4	683.2km/sec	5.27nT	-4.48nT
28	2006/03/19	-48nT	38	6+	724.2km/sec	12.88nT	-10.12nT
29	2006/07/28	-48nT	25	6	690.8km/sec	15.47nT	-13.23nT
30	2006/12/17	-48nT	6	3	669.7km/sec	7.60nT	-1.92nT
31	2006/11/11	-48nT	21	4	658.6km/sec	7.30nT	-6.50nT
32	2006/08/07	-48nT	32	6-	654.0km/sec	20.88nT	-14.00nT
33	2006/12/21	-47nT	18	5-	766.5km/sec	6.35nT	-5.74nT
34	2006/12/07	-47nT	25	5	623.9km/sec	10.11nT	-7.71nT
35	2006/11/09	-46nT	10	5-	467.0km/sec	19.62nT	-16.47nT
36	2006/12/24	-46nT	12	3+	677.0km/sec	5.73nT	-5.08nT
37	2006/09/04	-45nT	20	6-	646.3km/sec	15.28nT	-10.60nT
38	2006/04/22	-45nT	19	5-	616.2km/sec	13.73nT	-12.73nT
39	2006/12/19	-45nT	13	3+	652.3km/sec	8.33nT	-5.89nT
40	2006/03/18	-43nT	30	6-	607.2km/sec	14.17nT	-11.94nT
41	2006/05/07	-43nT	18	5	682.0km/sec	12.18nT	-8.48nT
42	2006/06/06	-42nT	26	5+	624.7km/sec	15.80nT	-11.99nT
43	2006/12/18	-42nT	11	4+	563.5km/sec	12.34nT	-8.26nT
44	2006/08/22	-41nT	23	5	495.9km/sec	10.29nT	-9.78nT
45	2006/03/20	-41nT	20	4+	753.5km/sec	6.84nT	-5.44nT
46	2006/12/13	-40nT	8	3+	722.8km/sec	5.61nT	-4.57nT
47	2006/05/05	-40nT	10	4	381.1km/sec	10.99nT	-10.45nT
48	2006/05/04	-40nT	13	5-	351.1km/sec	14.72nT	-13.54nT
49	2006/10/15	-40nT	9	3+	631.0km/sec	5.18nT	-4.33nT
50	2006/08/21	-40nT	12	4+	483.7km/sec	9.56nT	-8.46nT

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The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (14.41nT), the direction is North (10.3nT).

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