Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1988

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1988 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
11988/05/06-160nT1067+
21988/10/10-156nT858-
31988/03/26-154nT497
41988/01/14-147nT487
51988/01/15-134nT637+
61988/04/04-133nT787+
71988/02/22-130nT977+
81988/03/27-121nT346
91988/10/11-119nT134+
101988/11/30-111nT376+
111988/04/22-109nT445+
121988/04/06-100nT486+
131988/02/23-97nT366+
141988/09/11-88nT516
151988/01/02-88nT295+
161988/03/30-88nT346
171988/04/03-88nT488
181988/10/06-87nT386-
191988/12/25-85nT224+
201988/12/01-83nT53
211988/09/12-83nT206-
221988/01/06-80nT316
231988/03/28-77nT265
241988/12/18-77nT255-
251988/01/07-77nT246
261988/12/17-76nT356+
271988/03/29-75nT325
281988/05/07-75nT134
291988/04/05-70nT246-
301988/10/18-69nT305
311988/01/03-66nT73-
321988/08/09-65nT134
331988/01/16-64nT52+
341988/04/02-64nT194+
351988/12/26-64nT255
361988/11/08-63nT185-
371988/02/05-62nT295
381988/08/22-62nT246
391988/12/19-61nT204+
401988/09/18-61nT346
411988/10/12-60nT62+
421988/05/18-59nT185
431988/11/02-59nT305+
441988/12/27-59nT204
451988/10/13-58nT63-
461988/12/16-58nT255
471988/07/22-55nT275-
481988/11/09-55nT123+
491988/05/17-53nT245
501988/09/10-53nT73+
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