Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1976

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1976 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
11976/03/26-226nT1458
21976/04/01-218nT1188+
31976/01/10-156nT477
41976/01/11-146nT417+
51976/03/27-125nT356
61976/05/03-107nT978+
71976/04/02-101nT165-
81976/12/29-98nT456+
91976/04/03-92nT446+
101976/03/28-78nT154+
111976/09/18-67nT336
121976/12/08-67nT235
131976/02/29-65nT356
141976/04/04-64nT315+
151976/03/29-62nT165
161976/01/12-61nT145-
171976/03/08-59nT436
181976/06/11-57nT265+
191976/10/31-57nT345+
201976/04/05-57nT275-
211976/04/07-55nT285
221976/12/30-55nT134-
231976/05/04-55nT204+
241976/04/06-52nT305-
251976/10/16-51nT296-
261976/09/20-51nT516
271976/02/07-51nT225+
281976/10/18-51nT195-
291976/02/27-49nT295+
301976/12/09-48nT164+
311976/11/11-48nT235
321976/12/31-48nT124
331976/03/07-47nT275
341976/10/17-47nT305+
351976/12/18-46nT286+
361976/11/13-46nT315
371976/11/27-45nT84-
381976/04/29-45nT174+
391976/08/23-44nT306-
401976/11/26-43nT94-
411976/11/12-43nT245+
421976/10/02-41nT215+
431976/03/10-41nT335
441976/03/06-41nT336
451976/11/01-41nT104-
461976/02/08-41nT305+
471976/04/08-41nT155-
481976/09/25-41nT244+
491976/01/13-40nT94-
501976/03/30-40nT124-
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