Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1960

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1960 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	1960/11/13	-339nT	280	9
2	1960/04/01	-327nT	241	9-
3	1960/04/30	-325nT	174	9
4	1960/10/07	-287nT	186	9
5	1960/04/02	-272nT	62	7
6	1960/10/06	-251nT	203	9-
7	1960/09/05	-220nT	118	8-
8	1960/11/16	-207nT	94	8+
9	1960/03/31	-191nT	129	8+
10	1960/04/24	-171nT	66	7-
11	1960/05/01	-169nT	49	7-
12	1960/11/14	-167nT	49	7+
13	1960/04/03	-151nT	68	7+
14	1960/07/16	-148nT	77	8+
15	1960/03/16	-148nT	52	7-
16	1960/04/28	-147nT	84	7
17	1960/08/17	-144nT	106	8-
18	1960/11/15	-142nT	69	8-
19	1960/09/04	-140nT	95	8
20	1960/07/15	-138nT	93	8
21	1960/10/25	-136nT	76	8-
22	1960/12/15	-133nT	43	6
23	1960/12/16	-132nT	33	6-
24	1960/12/01	-131nT	93	8
25	1960/05/08	-129nT	128	8+
26	1960/10/26	-126nT	63	7-
27	1960/09/06	-113nT	28	5+
28	1960/10/08	-112nT	33	5+
29	1960/11/21	-111nT	45	6
30	1960/08/30	-111nT	58	7
31	1960/12/27	-108nT	50	6+
32	1960/01/15	-104nT	30	6+
33	1960/12/02	-103nT	26	5
34	1960/10/09	-101nT	38	6-
35	1960/04/27	-100nT	31	7
36	1960/01/14	-100nT	42	6-
37	1960/04/29	-99nT	55	6+
38	1960/06/04	-97nT	52	6+
39	1960/04/25	-97nT	57	7-
40	1960/05/06	-96nT	60	7+
41	1960/06/30	-96nT	55	7
42	1960/11/12	-95nT	67	8
43	1960/10/28	-95nT	45	6-
44	1960/05/02	-95nT	15	4+
45	1960/11/17	-91nT	18	4
46	1960/12/06	-90nT	21	4+
47	1960/10/10	-89nT	10	4
48	1960/11/04	-88nT	52	6-
49	1960/06/05	-88nT	34	5+
50	1960/07/17	-87nT	24	5+

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