Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1962

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1962 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	1962/01/10	-92nT	52	6+
2	1962/02/16	-78nT	38	6-
3	1962/12/18	-76nT	44	6+
4	1962/09/12	-73nT	58	7+
5	1962/05/06	-66nT	23	5
6	1962/09/29	-65nT	19	5+
7	1962/02/04	-62nT	20	5
8	1962/09/30	-61nT	14	4+
9	1962/12/17	-60nT	36	7-
10	1962/07/26	-59nT	46	6+
11	1962/11/30	-59nT	31	5+
12	1962/09/26	-57nT	32	6-
13	1962/10/26	-55nT	33	5+
14	1962/10/01	-53nT	43	6-
15	1962/09/19	-53nT	39	6
16	1962/12/19	-53nT	42	5+
17	1962/11/22	-52nT	36	5
18	1962/02/12	-51nT	20	5+
19	1962/01/11	-50nT	12	4-
20	1962/04/08	-49nT	32	6+
21	1962/11/16	-48nT	27	6-
22	1962/07/25	-48nT	15	5-
23	1962/04/07	-48nT	58	6-
24	1962/09/01	-47nT	29	5
25	1962/09/08	-47nT	14	4
26	1962/09/13	-46nT	23	5
27	1962/02/17	-46nT	14	4+
28	1962/04/10	-45nT	30	5
29	1962/11/15	-45nT	26	6-
30	1962/02/05	-44nT	7	3
31	1962/12/11	-43nT	25	5+
32	1962/05/07	-43nT	7	3+
33	1962/08/16	-43nT	21	5
34	1962/09/06	-42nT	22	5
35	1962/09/04	-42nT	36	6-
36	1962/04/11	-42nT	22	5-
37	1962/10/02	-41nT	23	5-
38	1962/09/03	-41nT	47	6+
39	1962/12/04	-41nT	17	4
40	1962/08/31	-41nT	25	5+
41	1962/12/20	-41nT	35	5
42	1962/10/27	-40nT	29	5
43	1962/07/24	-40nT	16	5-
44	1962/04/22	-40nT	30	5
45	1962/10/05	-39nT	12	5-
46	1962/09/05	-39nT	16	4
47	1962/10/14	-39nT	30	5-
48	1962/09/20	-39nT	13	5-
49	1962/10/06	-39nT	17	5-
50	1962/09/02	-39nT	34	6-

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