Table 6

Geographic and geomagnetic latitude and maximum hourly range variation observed during the May 2024 event for NRCan and USGS magnetometer stations. Also provided are the maximum hourly range for solar cycles 21 (March 1976 – August 1986), 22 (September 1986 – July 1996; which includes the March 1989 event), 23 (August 1996 – November 2008), 24 (December 2008 – November 2018), and 25 (December 2018 – June 2024; noting that this is only a half solar cycle).

Latitude (°)
Station Maximum hourly range (nT)
May 2024 event Solar cycle
Geomagnetic Geographic 21 22 23 24 25
47.4 38.2 FRD (USGS) 730 1211 230 730
47.9 40.1 BOU (USGS) 686 680 348 686
53.8 48.5 VIC (NRCan) 1824 1590 1200 1323 537 1824
54.4 55.3 SHU (USGS) 1305 736 883 1305
54.6 54.6 MEA (NRCan) 2095 3448 2110 3026 1511 2304
54.9 45.4 OTT (NRCan) 1148 1928 2047 2178 766 1148
56.4 47.6 STJ (NRCan) 738 2245 1163 1178 627 738
58 49.8 BRD (NRCan) 1500 2222 2102 2043 1325 1500
60.1 57.1 SIT (USGS) 2345 1986 2051 2067 2420
65.5 64.9 CMO (USGS) 3754 3401 2689 3754
65.9 56.5 SNK (NRCan) 1200 2414 3058 2109 1200
67.3 58.7 FCC (NRCan) 2331 2728 2588 3443 1736 2331
68.6 62.5 YKC (NRCan) 2456 2555 2255 2204 2431 2617
69.86 71.3 BRW (USGS) 4757 4632 3237 4757
72.7 64.3 BLC (NRCan) 1615 2267 2670 2575 2334 1615
73.3 63.8 IQA (NRCan) 1865 4894 1890 1865
76.2 69.1 CBB (NRCan) 1342 1927 2182 2652 1964 1791

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