Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 2011

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 2011 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
12011/10/25-147nT387+564.7km/sec24.91nT-19.04nT
22011/09/26-118nT386+698.5km/sec34.91nT-31.01nT
32011/08/06-115nT316+619.4km/sec20.83nT-14.73nT
42011/09/27-102nT306-684.3km/sec8.62nT-4.28nT
52011/08/05-96nT428-672.6km/sec36.26nT-21.17nT
62011/03/01-88nT275+663.4km/sec17.54nT-15.00nT
72011/03/11-83nT376-494.6km/sec16.28nT-13.03nT
82011/05/28-80nT456+649.1km/sec13.45nT-12.63nT
92011/10/24-79nT267522.7km/sec24.13nT-20.37nT
102011/09/10-75nT406-586.4km/sec20.38nT-13.65nT
112011/09/09-72nT306-587.3km/sec24.68nT-22.69nT
122011/09/17-72nT325+556.1km/sec15.07nT-11.95nT
132011/09/28-68nT205-521.7km/sec7.09nT-6.55nT
142011/11/01-66nT195-455.4km/sec13.79nT-12.82nT
152011/02/04-63nT226-590.1km/sec23.15nT-19.63nT
162011/03/10-62nT195-396.2km/sec13.25nT-11.41nT
172011/04/06-60nT265583.6km/sec17.03nT-10.58nT
182011/07/05-59nT114+422.2km/sec7.02nT-7.01nT
192011/11/02-58nT93-396.7km/sec7.80nT-5.93nT
202011/03/12-58nT155-599.4km/sec10.01nT-7.47nT
212011/03/02-57nT184+695.2km/sec9.72nT-6.74nT
222011/09/29-56nT246-594.3km/sec12.78nT-10.19nT
232011/07/04-55nT114466.8km/sec9.95nT-9.54nT
242011/10/26-54nT41+494.3km/sec8.29nT-4.50nT
252011/02/05-54nT165670.4km/sec12.61nT-10.29nT
262011/05/29-54nT345+822.3km/sec9.61nT-9.21nT
272011/08/07-54nT74-606.3km/sec5.38nT-3.59nT
282011/09/12-53nT275-677.0km/sec8.38nT-7.43nT
292011/09/11-50nT124-631.7km/sec7.58nT-6.31nT
302011/07/01-48nT134-437.0km/sec10.86nT-9.70nT
312011/04/12-48nT235657.3km/sec13.22nT-9.55nT
322011/05/02-47nT204+725.7km/sec6.35nT-5.71nT
332011/09/18-47nT52502.5km/sec11.83nT-3.57nT
342011/04/30-46nT265-733.4km/sec17.83nT-14.91nT
352011/04/13-45nT124-619.0km/sec6.53nT-4.91nT
362011/06/05-45nT256+560.5km/sec28.92nT-20.99nT
372011/10/09-44nT103+366.4km/sec10.84nT-7.32nT
382011/10/27-44nT42459.5km/sec5.25nT-3.72nT
392011/05/30-44nT83-675.2km/sec5.22nT-4.55nT
402011/08/08-43nT72+639.1km/sec6.03nT-3.85nT
412011/10/05-43nT164+485.3km/sec14.02nT-10.53nT
422011/04/07-43nT53566.1km/sec6.34nT-3.29nT
432011/01/07-42nT165622.6km/sec14.81nT-10.85nT
442011/09/13-42nT185-638.7km/sec7.23nT-6.24nT
452011/11/30-41nT123+472.6km/sec10.30nT-7.74nT
462011/10/01-41nT165-586.7km/sec7.59nT-7.04nT
472011/07/30-40nT165562.6km/sec14.66nT-11.56nT
482011/04/09-40nT63463.6km/sec6.84nT-6.32nT
492011/11/05-40nT32-351.3km/sec7.72nT-5.76nT
502011/02/14-40nT135+412.2km/sec21.32nT-18.79nT
© 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
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The density of the solar wind is moderate (20.93 p/cm3)
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (13.54nT), the direction is slightly South (-6.5nT).

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