Top 25 sunspot regions of 2016

On this page you will find an overview of the largest sunspot regions of the year 2016. This page is updated daily. Sunspot information comes from the NOAA SWPC.

		Region	Size	Number of sunspots	Class Spot
1	2016/04/12	2529	850	19	EKI
2	2016/09/04	2585	590	14	EKC
3	2016/05/22	2546	550	7	CHO
4	2016/07/21	2567	510	16	DKI
5	2016/10/06	2599	460	6	CKO
6	2016/07/18	2565	350	6	CKO
7	2016/03/20	2524	340	5	EHO
8	2016/06/13	2553	330	1	HHX
9	2016/01/29	2489	300	15	DKO
10	2016/08/10	2574	290	6	DHO
11	2016/02/07	2494	270	9	DAI
12	2016/05/05	2542	250	2	CKO
13	2016/02/13	2497	250	20	EAC
14	2016/01/26	2488	240	10	DAI
15	2016/11/26	2612	230	2	HAX
16	2016/08/09	2571	200	16	DAC
17	2016/03/30	2526	200	3	CSO
18	2016/12/06	2615	200	16	DAI
19	2016/01/11	2480	190	7	ESO
20	2016/02/22	2505	180	10	DAC
21	2016/02/09	2495	180	2	DAO
22	2016/01/12	2483	180	7	DAO
23	2016/05/17	2544	160	20	DAI
24	2016/05/02	2536	150	11	DAI
25	2016/06/12	2552	150	5	DAO

Current data suggests there is a slight possibility for aurora to appear at the following high latitude regions in the near future

Yellowknife, NT
Fairbanks, AK

The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (10.02nT), the direction is North (0.65nT).

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