Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1980

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1980 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
11980/12/19-240nT798-
21980/12/20-171nT214+
31980/02/16-132nT406
41980/05/25-126nT346+
51980/10/11-104nT406
61980/01/01-100nT245
71980/07/25-88nT467
81980/04/11-87nT306-
91980/10/23-85nT446
101980/02/06-83nT335+
111980/07/18-80nT307-
121980/10/04-79nT265
131980/06/11-75nT596+
141980/01/02-75nT124+
151980/03/26-73nT306-
161980/07/26-73nT266
171980/07/19-73nT165+
181980/05/26-72nT73-
191980/02/07-70nT123+
201980/01/29-69nT265+
211980/04/12-68nT285+
221980/02/15-68nT337
231980/06/12-67nT325+
241980/10/05-65nT225-
251980/01/13-65nT235-
261980/06/13-65nT275-
271980/11/30-64nT245-
281980/12/21-64nT265-
291980/04/13-63nT185-
301980/05/12-62nT235
311980/10/10-60nT226
321980/12/01-59nT195
331980/02/17-59nT62
341980/08/27-59nT225
351980/10/31-58nT305+
361980/06/01-58nT225-
371980/01/27-58nT245
381980/09/13-58nT164
391980/04/09-56nT205-
401980/10/24-55nT144-
411980/10/12-55nT113+
421980/11/01-55nT164-
431980/01/28-55nT275+
441980/01/14-54nT94-
451980/11/28-54nT235-
461980/02/18-54nT103
471980/05/11-53nT386
481980/11/16-53nT163+
491980/09/05-52nT103
501980/03/21-52nT184+
© 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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The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (10.97nT), the direction is North (5.05nT).
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
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