Solar Cycle 22 - Top 50 geomagnetic storms

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms from Solar Cycle 22 together with links to more information in our archive. Storms are ranked by the Disturbance storm-time index (Dst) that is designed to measure the magnetic signature of magnetospheric currents observed in the equatorial regions. The Dst index is provided by the World Data Center for geomagnetism in Kyoto.

Dst Ap Kp max
11989/03/14-589nT1589
21989/03/13-472nT2469
31991/11/09-354nT1198+
41991/03/25-298nT1309-
51992/05/10-288nT1799-
61990/04/10-281nT1248
71991/03/24-281nT1619-
81991/11/08-280nT989-
91989/10/21-268nT1468+
101989/11/17-266nT1098
111989/09/19-255nT708
121991/10/29-254nT1288+
131989/11/18-235nT457
141991/06/05-223nT1969-
151989/10/20-202nT1128+
161992/02/09-201nT797
171994/04/17-201nT1008+
181991/10/28-196nT988+
191991/11/01-196nT1098+
201991/07/09-194nT1178
211990/04/11-190nT647-
221991/11/02-189nT417
231990/03/30-187nT698
241991/07/13-183nT1349-
251990/04/12-174nT998-
261992/02/26-174nT658
271989/10/22-173nT516+
281991/06/06-172nT497-
291992/02/21-171nT697+
301986/09/12-170nT899-
311991/08/19-170nT748-
321992/02/03-170nT928-
331992/05/11-169nT707+
341991/03/26-168nT1148
351993/04/05-165nT877+
361991/10/02-164nT676+
371990/03/12-162nT427+
381993/09/13-161nT918-
391988/05/06-160nT1067+
401989/03/15-159nT497-
411991/07/14-158nT757-
421991/10/01-157nT547+
431988/10/10-156nT858-
441988/03/26-154nT497
451989/08/29-152nT587+
461989/09/26-151nT547
471990/06/13-150nT708-
481995/04/07-149nT1008
491989/09/18-148nT528-
501990/03/13-148nT296+
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