Solar Cycle 24 - Top 50 geomagnetic storms

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms from Solar Cycle 24 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	Speed	IMF Bt	IMF Bz
1	2015/03/17	-234nT	108	8-	640.0km/sec	35.67nT	-28.57nT
2	2015/03/18	-200nT	47	6	738.5km/sec	17.20nT	-10.68nT
3	2015/06/23	-198nT	72	8-	808.4km/sec	31.95nT	-24.65nT
4	2018/08/26	-175nT	67	7+	565.8km/sec	21.24nT	-17.33nT
5	2015/12/20	-166nT	70	7-	500.2km/sec	19.60nT	-18.50nT
6	2015/12/21	-159nT	38	7-	467.1km/sec	18.40nT	-17.30nT
7	2011/10/25	-147nT	38	7+	564.7km/sec	24.91nT	-19.04nT
8	2012/03/09	-145nT	87	8	641.2km/sec	23.81nT	-18.27nT
9	2012/07/15	-139nT	78	7	700.3km/sec	28.42nT	-19.81nT
10	2013/03/17	-132nT	72	7-	761.3km/sec	22.53nT	-19.06nT
11	2015/10/07	-130nT	74	7+	844.6km/sec	22.80nT	-18.10nT
12	2017/05/28	-125nT	49	7	395.5km/sec	20.79nT	-19.88nT
13	2013/06/01	-124nT	58	7	718.2km/sec	24.50nT	-21.21nT
14	2012/10/01	-122nT	32	7-	428.6km/sec	21.72nT	-20.80nT
15	2017/09/08	-122nT	106	8+	875.2km/sec	27.65nT	-25.77nT
16	2012/04/24	-120nT	41	7-	542.2km/sec	14.39nT	-12.76nT
17	2014/02/19	-119nT	43	6+	541.3km/sec	18.69nT	-15.40nT
18	2011/09/26	-118nT	38	6+	698.5km/sec	34.91nT	-31.01nT
19	2016/01/01	-116nT	30	6	537.5km/sec	15.00nT	-13.70nT
20	2011/08/06	-115nT	31	6+	619.4km/sec	20.83nT	-14.73nT
21	2015/06/22	-114nT	57	8+	704.7km/sec	42.18nT	-39.42nT
22	2012/07/16	-113nT	42	6+	518.8km/sec	18.44nT	-14.70nT
23	2016/10/13	-110nT	46	6+	474.9km/sec	24.77nT	-21.02nT
24	2012/10/09	-109nT	46	7-	567.8km/sec	17.02nT	-15.97nT
25	2012/11/14	-108nT	37	6+	475.4km/sec	22.17nT	-19.12nT
26	2015/01/07	-107nT	31	6+	505.6km/sec	23.08nT	-20.98nT
27	2012/04/23	-106nT	26	6-	405.7km/sec	16.15nT	-15.58nT
28	2015/09/09	-105nT	59	6	512.4km/sec	15.20nT	-10.10nT
29	2015/12/31	-105nT	35	6-	575.1km/sec	17.30nT	-16.50nT
30	2015/08/27	-103nT	52	6+	414.5km/sec	14.00nT	-13.60nT
31	2011/09/27	-102nT	30	6-	684.3km/sec	8.62nT	-4.28nT
32	2013/06/29	-102nT	50	6+	490.9km/sec	13.22nT	-11.86nT
33	2015/08/28	-102nT	40	6-	493.5km/sec	17.20nT	-16.30nT
34	2016/10/14	-102nT	22	6-	454.4km/sec	23.65nT	-15.18nT
35	2016/01/20	-101nT	26	5-	424.1km/sec	17.50nT	-14.80nT
36	2012/10/08	-99nT	40	6+	442.1km/sec	16.63nT	-16.48nT
37	2015/03/19	-99nT	26	5	684.8km/sec	8.49nT	-7.29nT
38	2016/03/06	-99nT	31	6+	599.3km/sec	22.50nT	-18.40nT
39	2015/08/16	-98nT	32	6-	636.7km/sec	13.60nT	-11.20nT
40	2014/02/27	-97nT	20	5+	486.8km/sec	22.24nT	-18.38nT
41	2015/10/08	-97nT	45	6-	844.5km/sec	7.60nT	-6.60nT
42	2011/08/05	-96nT	42	8-	672.6km/sec	36.26nT	-21.17nT
43	2013/03/18	-96nT	7	3	697.3km/sec	11.07nT	-2.11nT
44	2014/02/20	-95nT	37	6	741.3km/sec	16.22nT	-12.10nT
45	2016/05/08	-95nT	70	6+	719.5km/sec	18.80nT	-12.70nT
46	2014/02/28	-94nT	11	4	498.5km/sec	16.27nT	-9.84nT
47	2013/06/28	-91nT	22	5-	429.4km/sec	12.69nT	-12.40nT
48	2012/10/13	-90nT	47	6-	601.6km/sec	13.21nT	-12.43nT
49	2011/03/01	-88nT	27	5+	663.4km/sec	17.54nT	-15.00nT
50	2012/03/07	-88nT	48	6	441.0km/sec	20.50nT	-19.10nT

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