Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1997

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1997 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
11997/10/11-130nT256+
21997/05/15-115nT567-
31997/11/07-110nT447
41997/11/23-108nT597+
51997/04/21-107nT205-
61997/10/01-98nT467
71997/09/03-98nT266+
81997/04/22-93nT155+
91997/10/10-92nT306+
101997/02/27-86nT307
111997/06/09-84nT336-
121997/04/11-82nT377-
131997/01/10-78nT326
141997/04/17-77nT245+
151997/12/30-77nT215-
161997/02/28-76nT376+
171997/11/22-75nT446
181997/05/27-73nT216
191997/09/04-73nT165
201997/02/10-68nT224
211997/05/02-64nT145
221997/10/25-64nT205
231997/06/08-64nT124
241997/03/28-63nT216-
251997/05/01-63nT296+
261997/03/29-62nT205-
271997/02/11-60nT214+
281997/10/24-60nT205+
291997/10/27-60nT195-
301997/12/11-60nT113+
311997/11/24-56nT103+
321997/02/09-56nT205+
331997/09/18-56nT205
341997/12/10-56nT184
351997/02/17-54nT144+
361997/11/10-54nT114
371997/10/28-53nT154
381997/10/26-52nT185-
391997/05/17-51nT94-
401997/10/09-50nT174+
411997/12/31-49nT31
421997/10/12-49nT63-
431997/11/15-49nT83
441997/08/03-49nT215
451997/09/10-49nT195-
461997/08/28-48nT164+
471997/09/15-48nT113+
481997/05/16-47nT104-
491997/10/13-46nT63-
501997/07/15-45nT124-
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