Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1960

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1960 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
11960/11/13-339nT2809
21960/04/01-327nT2419-
31960/04/30-325nT1749
41960/10/07-287nT1869
51960/04/02-272nT627
61960/10/06-251nT2039-
71960/09/05-220nT1188-
81960/11/16-207nT948+
91960/03/31-191nT1298+
101960/04/24-171nT667-
111960/05/01-169nT497-
121960/11/14-167nT497+
131960/04/03-151nT687+
141960/07/16-148nT778+
151960/03/16-148nT527-
161960/04/28-147nT847
171960/08/17-144nT1068-
181960/11/15-142nT698-
191960/09/04-140nT958
201960/07/15-138nT938
211960/10/25-136nT768-
221960/12/15-133nT436
231960/12/16-132nT336-
241960/12/01-131nT938
251960/05/08-129nT1288+
261960/10/26-126nT637-
271960/09/06-113nT285+
281960/10/08-112nT335+
291960/11/21-111nT456
301960/08/30-111nT587
311960/12/27-108nT506+
321960/01/15-104nT306+
331960/12/02-103nT265
341960/10/09-101nT386-
351960/04/27-100nT317
361960/01/14-100nT426-
371960/04/29-99nT556+
381960/06/04-97nT526+
391960/04/25-97nT577-
401960/05/06-96nT607+
411960/06/30-96nT557
421960/11/12-95nT678
431960/10/28-95nT456-
441960/05/02-95nT154+
451960/11/17-91nT184
461960/12/06-90nT214+
471960/10/10-89nT104
481960/11/04-88nT526-
491960/06/05-88nT345+
501960/07/17-87nT245+
© Potsdam - CC BY 4.0 - Matzka, J., Stolle, C., Yamazaki, Y., Bronkalla, O. and Morschhauser, A., 2021. - ©WDC for Geomagnetism, Kyoto

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