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
11979/04/04-202nT477-
21979/04/03-168nT548
31979/09/18-158nT647
41979/04/25-149nT1268
51979/08/29-140nT778-
61979/03/10-140nT547
71979/03/11-135nT185+
81979/03/29-129nT687-
91979/02/21-107nT597-
101979/03/30-104nT165
111979/08/30-101nT155-
121979/01/07-100nT326+
131979/04/22-99nT456-
141979/02/22-97nT335
151979/01/04-96nT456-
161979/11/13-92nT355+
171979/11/14-90nT135
181979/04/02-89nT366+
191979/07/27-89nT235+
201979/04/28-88nT315+
211979/01/24-88nT236-
221979/01/23-84nT275+
231979/04/27-84nT275
241979/01/05-83nT235+
251979/03/22-81nT457-
261979/04/26-80nT124
271979/10/08-79nT376-
281979/03/06-79nT305-
291979/02/26-78nT224+
301979/01/08-78nT83+
311979/03/04-77nT275
321979/04/23-76nT235
331979/10/09-76nT235-
341979/04/29-75nT476-
351979/02/27-74nT246-
361979/05/22-74nT365+
371979/04/21-72nT215
381979/08/13-71nT767+
391979/09/19-69nT63-
401979/02/12-66nT174
411979/01/25-66nT346-
421979/04/01-64nT336+
431979/07/26-64nT176-
441979/08/14-64nT73+
451979/02/28-64nT174+
461979/04/05-62nT527-
471979/04/30-62nT265+
481979/03/26-61nT265-
491979/03/27-61nT184
501979/11/25-61nT155
© Potsdam - CC BY 4.0 - Matzka, J., Stolle, C., Yamazaki, Y., Bronkalla, O. and Morschhauser, A., 2021. - ©WDC for Geomagnetism, Kyoto

Current data suggests there is a slight possibility for aurora to appear at the following high latitude regions in the near future

Fairbanks, AK
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (11.6nT), the direction is North (5.9nT).
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
C5.29

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