Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1985

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1985 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
11985/04/21-158nT1038+
21985/11/29-147nT377-
31985/11/30-134nT527+
41985/01/28-125nT586
51985/04/20-124nT537-
61985/04/28-98nT617
71985/01/29-89nT246-
81985/12/19-87nT416-
91985/10/05-86nT667
101985/02/28-84nT607
111985/12/13-82nT305+
121985/05/02-81nT386
131985/06/10-77nT306-
141985/04/22-70nT114-
151985/04/30-66nT427+
161985/07/12-65nT487-
171985/04/29-65nT176
181985/08/31-65nT325
191985/12/30-63nT466
201985/04/09-62nT386+
211985/02/06-61nT466-
221985/10/06-61nT416-
231985/09/19-60nT356
241985/12/01-60nT155-
251985/12/28-59nT355+
261985/07/31-58nT365+
271985/04/19-57nT215
281985/03/05-56nT426+
291985/12/02-54nT144-
301985/12/10-54nT174+
311985/04/27-54nT336-
321985/01/01-53nT336-
331985/11/03-52nT285+
341985/03/01-52nT165+
351985/11/02-52nT326
361985/01/09-52nT466
371985/12/20-52nT114
381985/08/01-51nT184+
391985/08/13-51nT416
401985/12/04-51nT124
411985/10/08-50nT164-
421985/11/27-50nT205-
431985/10/07-50nT275
441985/02/08-49nT245-
451985/05/01-49nT103
461985/11/13-48nT246
471985/03/02-48nT224+
481985/04/24-47nT174+
491985/03/07-46nT225-
501985/02/27-46nT197-
© 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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