Viewing archive of Tuesday, 6 January 2004
Geophysical report
Any mentioned solar flare in this report has a scaling factor applied by the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC). Because of the SWPC scaling factor, solar flares are reported as 42% smaller than for the science quality data. The scaling factor has been removed from our archived solar flare data to reflect the true physical units.
Solar and Geophysical Activity Summary 2004 Jan 06 0245 UTCPrepared by the NOAA © SWPC and processed by SpaceWeatherLive.com
Joint USAF/NOAA Solar and Geophysical Activity Summary
SGAS Number 006 Issued at 0245Z on 06 Jan 2004 This report is compiled from data received at SWO on 05 JanA. Energetic Events
Begin Max End Rgn Loc Xray Op 245MHz 10cm Sweep 0250 0345 0520 M6.9 400 IV 1825 2021 2052 C2.6 270
B. Proton Events
None
C. Geomagnetic Activity Summary
The geomagnetic field has been
unsettled to active.
D. Stratwarm
STRATWARM ALERT/MONDAY/STRATWARM EXISTS.
MAJOR WARMING IN PROGRESS: EASTERLY ZONAL MEAN WINDS AT 60N FROM
10HPA UPWARDS AND A REVERSED TEMPERATURE GRADIENT THROUGHOUT THE
STRATOSPHERE.
E. Daily Indices: (real-time preliminary/estimated values)
10 cm 123 SSN 080 Afr/Ap 020/022 X-ray Background C1.4 Daily Proton Fluence (flux accumulation over 24 hrs) GT 1 MeV 2.2e+06 GT 10 MeV 1.1e+04 p/(cm2-ster-day) (GOES-11 satellite synchronous orbit W103 degrees) Daily Electron Fluence GT 2 MeV 1.50e+08 e/(cm2-ster-day) (GOES-12 satellite synchronous orbit W74 degrees) 3 Hour K-indices Boulder 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 Planetary 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
F. Comments
None
All times in UTC
Latest news
Monday, 30 March 2026
X1.5 solar flare
Tuesday, 17 March 2026
M2.7 solar flare, CME arrival possible
Sunday, 1 February 2026
Complex sunspot region 4366
Latest forum messages
AR4419 44Coronal Holes 42/44 18Current Farside Activity 457Incoming & Unnumbered Active Regions 272Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) for the southern hemisphere 68
More topicsSupport SpaceWeatherLive.com!
A lot of people come to SpaceWeatherLive to follow the Solar activity or if there is a chance to see the aurora, but with more traffic comes higher costs to keep the servers online. If you like SpaceWeatherLive and want to support the project you can choose a subscription for an ad-free site or consider a donation. With your help we can keep SpaceWeatherLive online!
Space weather facts
| Last X-flare | 2026/03/30 | X1.5 |
| Last M-flare | 2026/04/09 | M1.0 |
| Last geomagnetic storm | 2026/04/03 | Kp7- (G3) |
| Spotless days | |
|---|---|
| Last 365 days | 3 days |
| 2026 | 3 days (3%) |
| Last spotless day | 2026/02/24 |
| Monthly mean Sunspot Number | |
|---|---|
| March 2026 | 85.9 +7.7 |
| April 2026 | 88.1 +2.2 |
| Last 30 days | 93.2 +32.7 |
This day in history*
Aurora on this day in history
No observations submitted for this day in history. If you've observed the aurora and you have some amazing photos to show off, submit your observations now!
Submit your aurora observation