Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 2013

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 2013 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
12013/03/17-132nT727-761.3km/sec22.53nT-19.06nT
22013/06/01-124nT587718.2km/sec24.50nT-21.21nT
32013/06/29-102nT506+490.9km/sec13.22nT-11.86nT
42013/03/18-96nT73697.3km/sec11.07nT-2.11nT
52013/06/28-91nT225-429.4km/sec12.69nT-12.40nT
62013/07/06-87nT275-375.6km/sec13.04nT-12.81nT
72013/07/14-81nT265424.5km/sec12.55nT-10.38nT
82013/11/09-80nT225636.5km/sec15.15nT-14.02nT
92013/06/07-78nT276-455.7km/sec13.14nT-12.04nT
102013/07/15-74nT245+426.5km/sec8.50nT-7.62nT
112013/05/01-72nT296-501.1km/sec12.12nT-11.25nT
122013/10/02-72nT588-645.4km/sec32.80nT-29.50nT
132013/10/09-69nT295+677.1km/sec14.00nT-6.42nT
142013/11/11-68nT225-557.5km/sec9.91nT-8.95nT
152013/12/08-66nT286659.7km/sec28.06nT-22.87nT
162013/06/06-62nT235519.0km/sec13.20nT-11.94nT
172013/05/18-61nT195+448.4km/sec13.72nT-12.96nT
182013/08/27-59nT165441.1km/sec14.86nT-13.19nT
192013/03/29-59nT285+577.5km/sec11.34nT-11.18nT
202013/05/25-59nT375802.2km/sec13.42nT-11.80nT
212013/05/02-57nT104-495.8km/sec5.70nT-4.47nT
222013/10/30-56nT134389.4km/sec10.57nT-9.68nT
232013/07/10-56nT264+485.5km/sec12.79nT-12.05nT
242013/03/01-55nT345687.0km/sec18.32nT-16.33nT
252013/03/21-54nT134+569.4km/sec8.07nT-7.61nT
262013/08/28-53nT94495.9km/sec8.76nT-7.69nT
272013/06/02-53nT174810.2km/sec12.80nT-9.15nT
282013/10/03-53nT43+556.0km/sec8.72nT-1.56nT
292013/01/18-52nT113459.6km/sec17.34nT-8.19nT
302013/01/17-52nT144432.3km/sec15.98nT-14.02nT
312013/06/30-51nT103+580.3km/sec9.22nT-4.61nT
322013/05/19-51nT114-451.1km/sec14.71nT-6.52nT
332013/01/26-51nT214+553.6km/sec16.09nT-11.04nT
342013/08/05-50nT144+588.2km/sec11.19nT-9.96nT
352013/11/07-50nT124397.0km/sec13.48nT-10.23nT
362013/07/07-49nT64344.1km/sec9.45nT-5.61nT
372013/10/15-49nT174+568.2km/sec11.71nT-9.69nT
382013/06/24-49nT184+576.4km/sec6.55nT-5.68nT
392013/07/11-48nT205-479.0km/sec8.63nT-7.29nT
402013/04/24-48nT245467.7km/sec23.59nT-18.86nT
412013/10/31-46nT62+452.9km/sec12.63nT-8.57nT
422013/08/04-46nT155-554.1km/sec16.13nT-13.25nT
432013/03/19-45nT53-539.9km/sec9.39nT-4.78nT
442013/03/30-45nT195586.1km/sec8.29nT-7.63nT
452013/03/02-44nT144673.1km/sec7.83nT-5.21nT
462013/10/14-43nT184+501.5km/sec12.68nT-10.21nT
472013/05/26-43nT184737.2km/sec12.71nT-5.09nT
482013/03/20-42nT93+683.1km/sec10.74nT-8.22nT
492013/08/31-42nT124458.8km/sec8.89nT-6.94nT
502013/08/16-41nT265+834.4km/sec9.62nT-8.80nT
© Potsdam - CC BY 4.0 - Matzka, J., Stolle, C., Yamazaki, Y., Bronkalla, O. and Morschhauser, A., 2021. - ©WDC for Geomagnetism, Kyoto

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