Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 2017

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 2017 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
12017/05/28-125nT497395.5km/sec20.79nT-19.88nT
22017/09/08-122nT1068+875.2km/sec27.65nT-25.77nT
32017/11/08-73nT446+699.0km/sec8.50nT-7.43nT
42017/07/16-72nT446643.4km/sec27.85nT-23.50nT
52017/09/09-72nT32+785.3km/sec5.84nT-2.59nT
62017/11/07-71nT356+692.1km/sec22.90nT-15.01nT
72017/03/27-70nT466+720.3km/sec19.31nT-14.69nT
82017/09/07-68nT368-750.7km/sec34.00nT-32.99nT
92017/07/17-61nT266-779.1km/sec13.02nT-10.63nT
102017/03/01-61nT356-748.6km/sec21.45nT-17.50nT
112017/03/28-59nT275+791.9km/sec7.70nT-7.26nT
122017/09/28-56nT517-751.7km/sec13.25nT-9.77nT
132017/10/14-53nT305757.8km/sec8.71nT-7.16nT
142017/03/31-51nT275-770.5km/sec6.54nT-6.38nT
152017/04/22-51nT476-775.9km/sec9.82nT-8.33nT
162017/08/31-51nT305+718.7km/sec31.48nT-19.01nT
172017/03/02-50nT325+752.9km/sec6.56nT-6.00nT
182017/08/23-48nT235-509.5km/sec7.79nT-6.87nT
192017/04/23-48nT365+812.7km/sec9.61nT-7.61nT
202017/11/09-48nT184-622.6km/sec8.23nT-6.10nT
212017/10/13-47nT376-737.8km/sec9.54nT-8.56nT
222017/10/26-46nT174+606.9km/sec6.54nT-5.88nT
232017/03/03-45nT184762.1km/sec6.61nT-5.55nT
242017/11/10-45nT204719.3km/sec8.40nT-6.80nT
252017/12/04-45nT104434.3km/sec13.75nT-12.26nT
262017/10/15-45nT255+698.9km/sec5.64nT-5.53nT
272017/02/01-44nT285772.8km/sec7.88nT-6.98nT
282017/04/04-44nT195-487.9km/sec16.40nT-13.67nT
292017/09/27-44nT376+713.8km/sec17.04nT-16.58nT
302017/03/29-42nT204+763.4km/sec5.10nT-4.68nT
312017/04/24-42nT194795.8km/sec6.21nT-5.46nT
322017/11/21-42nT275638.8km/sec15.46nT-13.64nT
332017/10/12-41nT265596.2km/sec9.96nT-8.10nT
342017/03/30-40nT194+729.8km/sec6.50nT-5.82nT
352017/05/20-39nT224+748.9km/sec14.34nT-11.70nT
362017/04/20-39nT286-657.0km/sec12.62nT-12.14nT
372017/05/29-39nT94526.1km/sec17.63nT-13.40nT
382017/07/18-39nT63743.1km/sec10.96nT-8.25nT
392017/08/27-38nT83533.9km/sec9.94nT-9.26nT
402017/03/23-38nT94---
412017/04/21-38nT175690.9km/sec14.00nT-12.25nT
422017/09/10-37nT43786.9km/sec7.60nT-5.68nT
432017/04/25-37nT103713.9km/sec5.57nT-4.49nT
442017/03/04-36nT204+786.1km/sec5.35nT-5.30nT
452017/10/11-36nT285-530.4km/sec12.76nT-10.39nT
462017/08/19-35nT295-813.7km/sec7.58nT-7.48nT
472017/02/03-35nT184+710.8km/sec5.30nT-4.81nT
482017/09/13-34nT145+629.6km/sec11.53nT-6.28nT
492017/12/05-34nT285620.1km/sec13.43nT-10.48nT
502017/01/05-34nT174823.2km/sec12.12nT-9.89nT
© 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 (23.88 p/cm3)
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (12.46nT), the direction is North (4.09nT).

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