Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 2023

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 2023 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
12023/04/24-213nT728635.7km/sec34.66nT-33.32nT
22023/11/05-172nT617+534.6km/sec44.71nT-26.73nT
32023/04/23-165nT658+880.8km/sec31.11nT-24.45nT
42023/03/24-163nT738499.4km/sec20.39nT-15.92nT
52023/02/27-132nT917-882.5km/sec20.68nT-19.21nT
62023/11/06-128nT366-610.5km/sec19.09nT-15.48nT
72023/03/23-125nT557513.3km/sec22.01nT-17.54nT
82023/12/01-108nT527-546.6km/sec28.83nT-27.08nT
92023/12/02-100nT135+525.8km/sec18.22nT-12.65nT
102023/02/28-100nT266-781.4km/sec10.38nT-7.01nT
112023/11/25-99nT376+626.0km/sec18.39nT-15.80nT
122023/08/05-93nT336+470.3km/sec25.21nT-23.55nT
132023/10/21-88nT215356.6km/sec10.33nT-9.85nT
142023/09/19-85nT476+698.1km/sec15.39nT-14.54nT
152023/09/12-82nT235+428.6km/sec20.19nT-19.32nT
162023/12/14-78nT154+469.7km/sec15.33nT-13.72nT
172023/11/26-77nT94613.8km/sec7.28nT-6.81nT
182023/12/17-76nT335+565.3km/sec16.76nT-14.31nT
192023/09/18-73nT305598.3km/sec22.87nT-18.00nT
202023/02/15-72nT275+357.9km/sec13.99nT-11.44nT
212023/06/16-72nT326748.3km/sec12.74nT-10.83nT
222023/11/07-71nT185768.0km/sec8.70nT-5.80nT
232023/09/25-69nT235+507.8km/sec34.20nT-18.80nT
242023/12/18-68nT235+632.5km/sec12.96nT-10.58nT
252023/05/06-67nT296561.4km/sec18.85nT-16.67nT
262023/09/13-67nT165-442.3km/sec13.85nT-10.77nT
272023/02/26-65nT246-771.2km/sec22.32nT-18.85nT
282023/11/22-65nT305+595.3km/sec14.17nT-12.91nT
292023/04/25-63nT83+574.9km/sec9.14nT-4.52nT
302023/09/02-62nT375+578.3km/sec9.66nT-8.92nT
312023/01/04-61nT195-460.5km/sec19.17nT-12.54nT
322023/10/28-60nT174580.0km/sec13.08nT-9.68nT
332023/11/04-58nT125-484.1km/sec17.45nT-15.20nT
342023/09/26-58nT285532.1km/sec15.71nT-12.16nT
352023/10/29-58nT265-684.1km/sec8.68nT-7.52nT
362023/01/15-57nT285529.3km/sec14.08nT-10.25nT
372023/05/20-57nT326-634.6km/sec21.35nT-17.18nT
382023/06/25-57nT165552.2km/sec11.33nT-9.48nT
392023/03/25-56nT144-606.3km/sec10.20nT-8.11nT
402023/07/16-53nT84670.6km/sec15.31nT-12.37nT
412023/02/16-53nT235529.9km/sec22.44nT-19.62nT
422023/07/26-52nT195-587.1km/sec14.38nT-12.33nT
432023/04/28-52nT184740.2km/sec5.73nT-5.32nT
442023/04/27-51nT214+719.6km/sec7.71nT-7.35nT
452023/02/21-50nT144452.2km/sec14.65nT-12.39nT
462023/06/18-50nT93501.3km/sec6.27nT-5.86nT
472023/11/08-49nT154689.4km/sec8.73nT-5.87nT
482023/10/27-49nT104499.5km/sec11.21nT-9.28nT
492023/10/05-48nT155496.8km/sec7.69nT-7.32nT
502023/07/17-48nT215-620.3km/sec13.84nT-10.23nT
© 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 (14.15nT), the direction is slightly South (-5.63nT).

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