Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 2008

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 2008 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
12008/03/09-86nT306-689.7km/sec17.93nT-15.53nT
22008/03/27-56nT365706.3km/sec8.24nT-6.89nT
32008/10/11-54nT346+577.5km/sec15.52nT-14.28nT
42008/02/28-52nT234+640.5km/sec11.57nT-7.61nT
52008/09/04-51nT316618.3km/sec12.09nT-11.28nT
62008/02/01-49nT184+666.6km/sec10.54nT-8.17nT
72008/03/28-49nT244+727.6km/sec7.00nT-5.84nT
82008/03/26-48nT265614.7km/sec11.51nT-10.60nT
92008/03/01-47nT225+833.6km/sec7.02nT-5.63nT
102008/04/23-46nT275+692.5km/sec15.32nT-12.73nT
112008/02/02-46nT195-704.8km/sec6.82nT-5.67nT
122008/02/29-45nT315+806.8km/sec7.69nT-6.72nT
132008/06/15-41nT174+685.5km/sec18.44nT-8.97nT
142008/03/08-41nT104471.8km/sec15.11nT-13.33nT
152008/10/12-40nT134-594.9km/sec5.12nT-4.27nT
162008/03/10-39nT194721.8km/sec6.46nT-4.62nT
172008/04/24-39nT164-663.7km/sec9.43nT-7.91nT
182008/02/03-37nT174-666.5km/sec6.52nT-5.13nT
192008/02/10-36nT215-731.2km/sec17.22nT-14.91nT
202008/02/04-36nT83-655.4km/sec4.90nT-4.09nT
212008/03/14-36nT164654.1km/sec5.15nT-4.24nT
222008/03/29-35nT93630.1km/sec4.70nT-3.74nT
232008/07/12-34nT164+661.4km/sec15.33nT-11.56nT
242008/02/06-34nT42+423.9km/sec6.05nT-5.25nT
252008/01/13-34nT113+569.9km/sec10.02nT-7.14nT
262008/03/03-34nT62+629.2km/sec3.75nT-3.12nT
272008/04/16-33nT154608.1km/sec13.37nT-9.09nT
282008/02/07-33nT73431.8km/sec10.79nT-8.23nT
292008/04/26-33nT103+514.7km/sec5.11nT-4.49nT
302008/10/15-33nT83394.3km/sec5.90nT-5.00nT
312008/04/04-33nT114+576.7km/sec14.45nT-14.30nT
322008/04/06-33nT205-755.0km/sec10.07nT-5.98nT
332008/02/19-33nT144-646.6km/sec5.39nT-4.22nT
342008/08/10-33nT124-663.5km/sec9.34nT-8.05nT
352008/02/11-32nT174758.8km/sec6.78nT-4.58nT
362008/02/13-32nT144-696.9km/sec5.81nT-4.41nT
372008/03/30-32nT94-564.4km/sec4.51nT-4.03nT
382008/03/02-32nT93773.1km/sec4.42nT-3.30nT
392008/03/11-32nT154732.8km/sec5.08nT-4.29nT
402008/03/15-31nT113+639.8km/sec5.09nT-4.76nT
412008/04/25-31nT83-635.8km/sec4.41nT-3.55nT
422008/02/15-31nT133+693.2km/sec5.51nT-4.53nT
432008/06/14-31nT186-586.7km/sec18.12nT-16.02nT
442008/02/18-31nT134-622.0km/sec7.71nT-5.35nT
452008/09/18-31nT63-396.5km/sec6.65nT-5.36nT
462008/06/20-30nT93609.1km/sec8.23nT-7.46nT
472008/03/13-30nT113+673.5km/sec4.94nT-4.05nT
482008/01/07-30nT144761.3km/sec5.74nT-4.50nT
492008/09/15-30nT174614.5km/sec14.18nT-10.35nT
502008/09/05-29nT73-581.6km/sec6.78nT-4.17nT
© 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
Murmansk, Norilsk, Vorkuta
Kiruna, Luleå
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (14.14nT), the direction is slightly South (-6.25nT).

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