Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1998

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1998 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 maxSpeedIMF BtIMF Bz
11998/09/25-207nT1178+870.0km/sec35.84nT-23.28nT
21998/05/04-205nT1019-895.7km/sec44.69nT-37.03nT
31998/08/27-155nT1448805.3km/sec17.38nT-16.06nT
41998/11/08-149nT668-651.0km/sec37.57nT-26.65nT
51998/11/09-142nT757-521.1km/sec22.56nT-16.33nT
61998/08/06-138nT647+436.2km/sec21.73nT-21.62nT
71998/11/13-131nT646428.4km/sec20.78nT-18.45nT
81998/05/05-119nT427-768.2km/sec16.98nT-14.91nT
91998/03/10-116nT537+568.5km/sec23.72nT-18.18nT
101998/10/19-112nT627-441.4km/sec27.56nT-21.61nT
111998/11/14-109nT416-464.7km/sec23.44nT-19.70nT
121998/08/07-108nT246532.3km/sec17.49nT-12.73nT
131998/03/11-107nT285+579.8km/sec9.94nT-6.11nT
141998/06/26-101nT426+509.5km/sec14.99nT-14.18nT
151998/02/18-100nT367-446.9km/sec22.96nT-16.91nT
161998/02/17-95nT186-426.4km/sec18.66nT-18.00nT
171998/11/10-93nT64-470.9km/sec11.00nT-6.58nT
181998/03/21-85nT356+629.5km/sec17.40nT-14.67nT
191998/05/02-85nT637-684.1km/sec21.30nT-13.75nT
201998/08/28-84nT305655.5km/sec11.23nT-7.10nT
211998/11/07-81nT265542.4km/sec15.82nT-12.91nT
221998/01/07-77nT286+---
231998/09/26-75nT174+636.7km/sec11.78nT-8.49nT
241998/05/06-72nT52+730.4km/sec10.51nT-5.29nT
251998/10/20-71nT225602.3km/sec13.80nT-9.34nT
261998/08/26-71nT496+889.2km/sec27.21nT-14.25nT
271998/10/21-70nT235-625.6km/sec8.58nT-7.00nT
281998/10/07-70nT286-612.4km/sec15.04nT-14.27nT
291998/05/03-70nT626526.0km/sec11.69nT-9.37nT
301998/12/11-69nT335+433.1km/sec17.63nT-13.91nT
311998/04/24-69nT356-481.4km/sec14.36nT-12.87nT
321998/08/20-67nT174370.8km/sec17.47nT-11.82nT
331998/08/29-65nT205+613.3km/sec6.30nT-5.32nT
341998/04/26-63nT315538.5km/sec10.87nT-9.52nT
351998/05/09-63nT134-592.6km/sec7.06nT-6.69nT
361998/03/12-62nT144-561.9km/sec7.14nT-5.92nT
371998/10/08-62nT154+588.4km/sec8.87nT-5.93nT
381998/11/06-61nT204+435.7km/sec9.45nT-9.22nT
391998/08/31-60nT174567.0km/sec7.24nT-7.08nT
401998/12/29-58nT225436.4km/sec12.03nT-10.82nT
411998/07/16-58nT376660.4km/sec24.44nT-17.69nT
421998/03/15-58nT205434.0km/sec7.69nT-7.15nT
431998/10/01-58nT245+624.3km/sec12.21nT-8.44nT
441998/09/27-57nT103+609.0km/sec7.45nT-5.35nT
451998/12/25-57nT124597.2km/sec21.88nT-13.37nT
461998/10/02-56nT325+717.7km/sec19.89nT-8.82nT
471998/05/08-56nT234+677.6km/sec13.25nT-8.33nT
481998/03/25-56nT165-424.2km/sec11.06nT-9.45nT
491998/08/30-56nT154-633.1km/sec5.96nT-4.87nT
501998/10/03-56nT144+644.6km/sec5.72nT-4.85nT
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