Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 2018

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 2018 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
12018/08/26-175nT677+565.8km/sec21.24nT-17.33nT
22018/08/27-71nT256-666.0km/sec7.15nT-6.56nT
32018/04/20-66nT436636.7km/sec23.43nT-19.66nT
42018/09/11-60nT356622.8km/sec13.62nT-11.42nT
52018/05/06-57nT266-725.1km/sec9.06nT-7.97nT
62018/11/05-53nT326-631.4km/sec13.83nT-9.67nT
72018/10/07-53nT245+615.6km/sec18.05nT-14.83nT
82018/08/25-50nT124+463.3km/sec16.17nT-14.21nT
92018/09/10-50nT205521.7km/sec15.43nT-13.18nT
102018/03/18-50nT226604.6km/sec10.92nT-9.85nT
112018/08/28-48nT84-599.1km/sec6.81nT-4.77nT
122018/06/26-48nT205-691.7km/sec13.82nT-10.25nT
132018/03/19-48nT144+624.4km/sec6.88nT-6.15nT
142018/05/05-46nT236-671.7km/sec17.19nT-14.39nT
152018/06/25-44nT125469.8km/sec9.36nT-8.22nT
162018/10/08-43nT194+588.8km/sec8.46nT-6.58nT
172018/11/09-42nT114481.4km/sec13.63nT-7.70nT
182018/09/22-41nT275-580.5km/sec10.44nT-9.23nT
192018/08/29-41nT52+586.0km/sec4.69nT-4.11nT
202018/10/11-41nT93532.0km/sec5.40nT-3.77nT
212018/10/09-39nT164-632.3km/sec5.96nT-5.24nT
222018/03/10-39nT124459.1km/sec15.69nT-12.08nT
232018/04/21-39nT123+629.5km/sec6.98nT-5.14nT
242018/06/01-39nT235-804.2km/sec11.14nT-9.54nT
252018/05/11-38nT144----
262018/11/04-38nT165+500.0km/sec16.10nT-11.87nT
272018/10/13-38nT134+522.0km/sec12.88nT-10.44nT
282018/08/17-37nT124577.7km/sec7.20nT-6.86nT
292018/05/07-36nT164764.9km/sec6.06nT-5.47nT
302018/11/06-36nT74-537.1km/sec5.37nT-3.21nT
312018/03/16-35nT184+521.2km/sec13.01nT-9.35nT
322018/10/10-35nT155-560.7km/sec7.88nT-6.98nT
332018/06/18-34nT164596.5km/sec20.80nT-13.52nT
342018/08/16-34nT104-511.8km/sec13.87nT-6.22nT
352018/10/14-33nT52624.5km/sec7.93nT-4.50nT
362018/08/30-33nT32-501.8km/sec5.05nT-2.62nT
372018/05/17-32nT103459.9km/sec10.43nT-8.69nT
382018/03/14-32nT104438.7km/sec12.50nT-9.99nT
392018/08/15-32nT134508.9km/sec11.77nT-9.20nT
402018/02/27-31nT185+562.8km/sec11.17nT-9.64nT
412018/02/23-31nT154+562.1km/sec10.37nT-7.74nT
422018/05/10-31nT113+612.5km/sec5.56nT-4.38nT
432018/03/17-31nT144+540.8km/sec10.47nT-8.05nT
442018/03/15-31nT154537.0km/sec10.99nT-5.73nT
452018/05/08-31nT144-778.4km/sec9.34nT-7.48nT
462018/04/10-30nT174602.2km/sec9.59nT-8.02nT
472018/02/24-29nT83+530.9km/sec7.05nT-6.81nT
482018/06/02-28nT164779.0km/sec7.80nT-6.11nT
492018/09/23-28nT103+499.6km/sec10.10nT-5.21nT
502018/05/12-28nT84-522.5km/sec8.39nT-5.36nT
© 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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