Solar Storm October 2003

• biggest solar storms since 1976
• see also:
  • astronomy index and links
  • the Sun - sunpots, coronal mass ejections, solar cycles, etc

---------------------------------------------- Ranking Day/Month/Year X-Ray Class ---------------------------------------------- 1 02/04/01 X20.0 1 16/08/89 X20.0 2 28/10/03 X17.2 3 06/03/89 X15.0 3 11/07/78 X15.0 4 15/04/01 X14.4 5 24/04/84 X13.0 5 19/10/89 X13.0 6 15/12/82 X12.9 7 06/06/82 X12.0 7 01/06/91 X12.0 7 04/06/91 X12.0 7 06/06/91 X12.0 7 11/06/91 X12.0 7 15/06/91 X12.0 8 17/12/82 X10.1 8 20/05/84 X10.1 9 29/10/03 X10 9 25/01/91 X10.0 9 09/06/91 X10.0 10 09/07/82 X 9.8 10 29/09/89 X 9.8 11 22/03/91 X 9.4 11 06/11/97 X 9.4 12 24/05/90 X 9.3 13 06/11/80 X 9.0 13 02/11/92 X 9.0 ----------------------------------------------