Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1979

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1979 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
1	1979/04/04	-202nT	47	7-
2	1979/04/03	-168nT	54	8
3	1979/09/18	-158nT	64	7
4	1979/04/25	-149nT	126	8
5	1979/08/29	-140nT	77	8-
6	1979/03/10	-140nT	54	7
7	1979/03/11	-135nT	18	5+
8	1979/03/29	-129nT	68	7-
9	1979/02/21	-107nT	59	7-
10	1979/03/30	-104nT	16	5
11	1979/08/30	-101nT	15	5-
12	1979/01/07	-100nT	32	6+
13	1979/04/22	-99nT	45	6-
14	1979/02/22	-97nT	33	5
15	1979/01/04	-96nT	45	6-
16	1979/11/13	-92nT	35	5+
17	1979/11/14	-90nT	13	5
18	1979/04/02	-89nT	36	6+
19	1979/07/27	-89nT	23	5+
20	1979/04/28	-88nT	31	5+
21	1979/01/24	-88nT	23	6-
22	1979/01/23	-84nT	27	5+
23	1979/04/27	-84nT	27	5
24	1979/01/05	-83nT	23	5+
25	1979/03/22	-81nT	45	7-
26	1979/04/26	-80nT	12	4
27	1979/10/08	-79nT	37	6-
28	1979/03/06	-79nT	30	5-
29	1979/02/26	-78nT	22	4+
30	1979/01/08	-78nT	8	3+
31	1979/03/04	-77nT	27	5
32	1979/04/23	-76nT	23	5
33	1979/10/09	-76nT	23	5-
34	1979/04/29	-75nT	47	6-
35	1979/02/27	-74nT	24	6-
36	1979/05/22	-74nT	36	5+
37	1979/04/21	-72nT	21	5
38	1979/08/13	-71nT	76	7+
39	1979/09/19	-69nT	6	3-
40	1979/02/12	-66nT	17	4
41	1979/01/25	-66nT	34	6-
42	1979/04/01	-64nT	33	6+
43	1979/07/26	-64nT	17	6-
44	1979/08/14	-64nT	7	3+
45	1979/02/28	-64nT	17	4+
46	1979/04/05	-62nT	52	7-
47	1979/04/30	-62nT	26	5+
48	1979/03/26	-61nT	26	5-
49	1979/03/27	-61nT	18	4
50	1979/11/25	-61nT	15	5

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