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Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 2016

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 2016 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
12016/01/01-116nT306537.5km/sec15.00nT-13.70nT
22016/10/13-110nT466+474.9km/sec24.77nT-21.02nT
32016/10/14-102nT226-454.4km/sec23.65nT-15.18nT
42016/01/20-101nT265-424.1km/sec17.50nT-14.80nT
52016/03/06-99nT316+599.3km/sec22.50nT-18.40nT
62016/05/08-95nT706+719.5km/sec18.80nT-12.70nT
72016/05/09-88nT306+766.6km/sec10.80nT-6.10nT
82016/03/07-84nT245-631.9km/sec14.70nT-12.20nT
92016/08/23-73nT185532.2km/sec17.03nT-13.46nT
102016/10/29-70nT275+740.3km/sec10.66nT-9.00nT
112016/02/16-65nT375+669.4km/sec17.60nT-15.60nT
122016/10/25-65nT576+830.3km/sec21.33nT-17.62nT
132016/09/29-65nT365+849.1km/sec9.07nT-7.80nT
142016/01/21-64nT336-550.6km/sec20.90nT-19.80nT
152016/02/18-62nT295722.5km/sec8.70nT-6.80nT
162016/04/08-62nT85-396.2km/sec12.80nT-8.20nT
172016/04/14-61nT225-544.6km/sec9.80nT-8.60nT
182016/04/07-61nT176-411.3km/sec13.10nT-12.90nT
192016/11/10-60nT145-510.1km/sec14.96nT-13.32nT
202016/09/02-59nT376745.3km/sec9.35nT-8.46nT
212016/04/02-59nT195548.0km/sec18.40nT-14.20nT
222016/02/17-58nT346-669.9km/sec9.40nT-8.40nT
232016/04/16-58nT114-508.0km/sec10.20nT-8.90nT
242016/09/01-57nT285674.4km/sec10.84nT-8.87nT
252016/10/26-57nT446-824.1km/sec7.07nT-5.99nT
262016/02/03-57nT125-442.3km/sec11.80nT-9.00nT
272016/04/13-56nT255697.8km/sec15.00nT-13.60nT
282016/03/16-56nT205635.4km/sec10.10nT-8.30nT
292016/10/27-54nT265-729.0km/sec6.40nT-5.96nT
302016/02/01-53nT74-365.7km/sec10.80nT-7.60nT
312016/04/03-52nT144+527.1km/sec8.60nT-5.90nT
322016/08/03-52nT325598.7km/sec25.44nT-20.07nT
332016/03/17-52nT225-647.9km/sec7.30nT-6.10nT
342016/09/03-51nT366-852.6km/sec8.26nT-7.52nT
352016/09/28-51nT366-797.7km/sec8.18nT-6.94nT
362016/03/15-50nT245+636.5km/sec10.00nT-9.20nT
372016/03/08-50nT62+535.9km/sec6.40nT-3.50nT
382016/10/04-50nT235604.0km/sec10.40nT-6.61nT
392016/05/10-49nT134-723.0km/sec5.80nT-4.80nT
402016/11/03-49nT164440.2km/sec8.16nT-6.76nT
412016/09/27-48nT356-711.3km/sec10.93nT-9.31nT
422016/10/28-47nT164+727.8km/sec8.74nT-7.46nT
432016/10/30-47nT164696.2km/sec7.42nT-6.88nT
442016/11/11-46nT114+527.0km/sec11.29nT-9.40nT
452016/03/19-46nT144-492.7km/sec8.70nT-7.80nT
462016/01/31-46nT94-339.1km/sec11.10nT-9.20nT
472016/02/12-45nT124-376.0km/sec20.40nT-11.70nT
482016/02/08-45nT175466.3km/sec10.80nT-9.80nT
492016/05/02-45nT306-606.1km/sec9.30nT-8.70nT
502016/11/25-45nT315+870.3km/sec11.40nT-8.80nT
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