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Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1981

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1981 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
11981/04/13-311nT1218+
21981/07/25-226nT1348+
31981/03/05-215nT817+
41981/07/26-197nT788
51981/10/20-192nT677
61981/10/22-185nT727
71981/04/12-163nT967
81981/10/23-149nT276-
91981/05/11-137nT617-
101981/10/21-136nT336-
111981/03/06-136nT113+
121981/10/14-133nT738
131981/02/07-131nT206
141981/04/14-129nT275
151981/11/12-124nT397-
161981/02/06-123nT487-
171981/05/09-119nT396+
181981/05/16-119nT596+
191981/05/18-118nT577
201981/05/15-114nT547
211981/10/11-113nT466-
221981/08/23-101nT566+
231981/07/27-99nT245
241981/05/10-99nT327
251981/04/20-97nT536+
261981/04/27-95nT436
271981/04/21-94nT415+
281981/03/07-90nT205-
291981/03/14-90nT456
301981/07/23-89nT376-
311981/04/22-88nT335
321981/10/07-87nT326+
331981/04/26-85nT627+
341981/09/26-84nT325
351981/10/08-84nT255
361981/12/30-82nT306-
371981/08/24-82nT285
381981/04/19-81nT456
391981/02/09-81nT225+
401981/11/23-81nT204+
411981/05/17-81nT135+
421981/04/23-80nT315-
431981/11/17-80nT325
441981/11/11-78nT316
451981/10/24-75nT185
461981/10/25-75nT185-
471981/06/29-74nT336
481981/02/05-74nT254+
491981/10/15-74nT204+
501981/10/12-73nT124
© 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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