Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1987

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1987 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
11987/07/29-100nT527
21987/08/25-97nT396
31987/10/03-87nT366
41987/09/10-83nT386+
51987/08/26-75nT406
61987/09/11-73nT405+
71987/10/27-71nT355+
81987/12/16-70nT396-
91987/09/26-70nT205-
101987/09/25-67nT466
111987/10/25-67nT285+
121987/11/23-65nT355+
131987/11/24-63nT245-
141987/06/06-60nT255
151987/09/30-60nT436
161987/11/03-59nT275+
171987/12/22-59nT224+
181987/05/27-58nT144-
191987/05/25-58nT256-
201987/10/28-58nT446-
211987/10/24-57nT195+
221987/11/27-57nT205-
231987/10/04-56nT144
241987/12/21-54nT103+
251987/11/02-53nT235+
261987/10/11-53nT286-
271987/09/23-53nT176-
281987/09/22-53nT296+
291987/10/26-52nT113+
301987/11/04-52nT93+
311987/05/29-51nT215-
321987/07/30-50nT93+
331987/09/01-49nT345+
341987/09/15-49nT295
351987/09/13-48nT235
361987/10/29-48nT194
371987/11/25-48nT124-
381987/07/31-48nT145
391987/09/29-47nT305+
401987/09/14-47nT265
411987/08/29-46nT124-
421987/05/24-46nT205
431987/02/20-45nT295
441987/05/31-45nT114-
451987/12/10-44nT285+
461987/11/26-44nT174
471987/10/14-44nT316-
481987/09/16-43nT195-
491987/06/26-43nT94-
501987/08/28-43nT155-
© 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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