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November 13, 1960

Peak Kp
Kp 9.0
G5 — top storm class
Peak moment
06:00 UTC
November 13, 1960
Duration
1 day
November 13, 1960
At the ceiling
9.0 ×2
2 intervals at Kp 9.0
The storm, three hours at a time

How long did it hold, and when did it peak?

27 hours at G4 or above · 48 at G1 or above
Three-hourly Kp values (UTC)
Time (UTC)KpSource
Nov 12 · 00:00 UTC2.0measured
Nov 12 · 03:00 UTC1.0measured
Nov 12 · 06:00 UTC2.0measured
Nov 12 · 09:00 UTC1.7measured
Nov 12 · 12:00 UTC5.0measured
Nov 12 · 15:00 UTC6.0measured
Nov 12 · 18:00 UTC7.7measured
Nov 12 · 21:00 UTC8.0measured
Nov 13 · 00:00 UTC8.7measured
Nov 13 · 03:00 UTC8.7measured
Nov 13 · 06:00 UTC9.0measured
Nov 13 · 09:00 UTC9.0measured
Nov 13 · 12:00 UTC8.7measured
Nov 13 · 15:00 UTC8.3measured
Nov 13 · 18:00 UTC8.0measured
Nov 13 · 21:00 UTC6.3measured
Nov 14 · 00:00 UTC7.3measured
Nov 14 · 03:00 UTC4.7measured
Nov 14 · 06:00 UTC5.0measured
Nov 14 · 09:00 UTC4.0measured
Nov 14 · 12:00 UTC2.7measured
Nov 14 · 15:00 UTC4.3measured
Nov 14 · 18:00 UTC5.3measured
Nov 14 · 21:00 UTC4.0measured
under 3 · quiet3 to G1 · activeG1–G4 · stormG5 · extreme

Each bar is a three-hour UTC slot · lines at each 00 UTC · shaded days are the storm itself · GFZ definitive Kp.

Open in the archive
November 1960 — the three-hourly Kp values, day by day
From the ground
The Night It Broke — one substorm at Skaftafell, minute by minute
What a night like this looks like to a photographer standing under it.
Replay
Replay this night’s sky in the simulator — from the archive’s eight Kp values
Kp only; that night’s cloud and darkness are not in the archive — no verdict.
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