2025

EXTREME 2025 WEATHER

SolarCycle 24: 2013 x 2014 x 2015 x 2016 x 2017
Solar Cycle 25: 2021-23 x 2024

Jan 1, 2025 – G4 CLASS GEOMAGNETIC STORM: 2025 is off to a good start. Auroras spilled across the Arctic Circle, spreading as far south as Mexico, Colorado and Arizona during an intense geomagnetic storm. For a while, storm levels reached category G4, which is severe. The storm is subsiding now, but sky watchers should remain alert for auroras as geomagnetic activity flickers between category G1 (Minor) and G3 (Strong) for the next 12 to 24 hours.

January 5–6, 2025 United States blizzard was a significant and expansive winter weather event that produced blizzard conditions across the High Plains, as well as a long swath of accumulating snow and ice storm to the eastern half of the United States.

January 7 to 31 – THE LOS ANGELES WILDFIRES – A series of 7 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles area. The fires were exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a buildup of vegetation from the previous winter, and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, which in some places reached 100 miles per hour. As of January 31, the wildfires have killed at least 29 people, forced more than 200,000 to evacuate, and destroyed more than 18,000 homes and structures.

March 14, 2025 – LUNAR ECLIPSE AURORAS: A minor geomagnetic storm was underway on March 14th when the full Moon slipped into Earth’s shadow. The extra darkness allowed the auroras to *pop* over Alaska. “I call this picture ‘Totality'”, says Todd Salat, who photographed the sky show from Denali National Park:

March 15, 2025 – VIOLENT TORNADOES ripped through parts of the U.S. proved deadly as well as destructive Saturday as whipping winds moved east into the Mississippi Valley and Deep South, with at least 17 people killed and scores of homes decimated. Missouri recorded more fatalities than any other state as it withstood scattered twisters overnight that resulted in at least 11 deaths, authorities said. The State Highway Patrol also reported that multiple people were injured.

MARCH 19, 2025 – CLASS G1 GEOMAGNETIC STORM
MARCH 21, 2025 -SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA WILDFIRES were ravaging southern South Korea, killing 18 people, destroying more than 200 structures and forcing 27,000 people to evacuate, officials said Wednesday. The wildfires in six southeastern regions have burned 43,330 acres and injured 19 people, the government’s emergency response center said in a statement. A 1,300-year-old Buddhist temple, houses, factories and vehicles were among the structures destroyed.

May 31, 2025 – GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH: A CME is heading straight for Earth. NASA and NOAA models agree that it will strike Earth on June 1st. The impact could spark a G4-class geomagnetic storm with auroras visible across Europe and many US states.

June 1, 2025 – THE CME HAS ARRIVED AND STORMS ARE UNDERWAY: A halo CME struck Earth’s magnetic field at 0542 UTC. The impact sparked a series of strong (G3) to severe (G4) geomagnetic storms, which are still underway more than 12 hours later. So far, Northern Lights have been photographed as far south as latitude +30 N on the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico. It was one of the biggest space weather events of the Solar Cycle