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
1	1988/05/06	-160nT	106	7+
2	1988/10/10	-156nT	85	8-
3	1988/03/26	-154nT	49	7
4	1988/01/14	-147nT	48	7
5	1988/01/15	-134nT	63	7+
6	1988/04/04	-133nT	78	7+
7	1988/02/22	-130nT	97	7+
8	1988/03/27	-121nT	34	6
9	1988/10/11	-119nT	13	4+
10	1988/11/30	-111nT	37	6+
11	1988/04/22	-109nT	44	5+
12	1988/04/06	-100nT	48	6+
13	1988/02/23	-97nT	36	6+
14	1988/09/11	-88nT	51	6
15	1988/01/02	-88nT	29	5+
16	1988/03/30	-88nT	34	6
17	1988/04/03	-88nT	48	8
18	1988/10/06	-87nT	38	6-
19	1988/12/25	-85nT	22	4+
20	1988/12/01	-83nT	5	3
21	1988/09/12	-83nT	20	6-
22	1988/01/06	-80nT	31	6
23	1988/03/28	-77nT	26	5
24	1988/12/18	-77nT	25	5-
25	1988/01/07	-77nT	24	6
26	1988/12/17	-76nT	35	6+
27	1988/03/29	-75nT	32	5
28	1988/05/07	-75nT	13	4
29	1988/04/05	-70nT	24	6-
30	1988/10/18	-69nT	30	5
31	1988/01/03	-66nT	7	3-
32	1988/08/09	-65nT	13	4
33	1988/01/16	-64nT	5	2+
34	1988/04/02	-64nT	19	4+
35	1988/12/26	-64nT	25	5
36	1988/11/08	-63nT	18	5-
37	1988/02/05	-62nT	29	5
38	1988/08/22	-62nT	24	6
39	1988/12/19	-61nT	20	4+
40	1988/09/18	-61nT	34	6
41	1988/10/12	-60nT	6	2+
42	1988/05/18	-59nT	18	5
43	1988/11/02	-59nT	30	5+
44	1988/12/27	-59nT	20	4
45	1988/10/13	-58nT	6	3-
46	1988/12/16	-58nT	25	5
47	1988/07/22	-55nT	27	5-
48	1988/11/09	-55nT	12	3+
49	1988/05/17	-53nT	24	5
50	1988/09/10	-53nT	7	3+

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