Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1972

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1972 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	1972/11/01	-199nT	98	8
2	1972/06/18	-190nT	126	8+
3	1972/08/09	-154nT	74	8+
4	1972/09/14	-146nT	54	8
5	1972/08/05	-125nT	182	9-
6	1972/09/13	-123nT	53	7+
7	1972/08/04	-118nT	132	9
8	1972/08/06	-107nT	87	7+
9	1972/06/19	-102nT	19	5
10	1972/08/10	-96nT	18	4+
11	1972/11/02	-93nT	42	6-
12	1972/02/24	-86nT	33	5+
13	1972/08/27	-82nT	25	5+
14	1972/11/03	-82nT	13	5+
15	1972/01/21	-79nT	22	6-
16	1972/05/16	-79nT	18	6
17	1972/09/15	-77nT	24	5
18	1972/10/19	-74nT	34	6-
19	1972/04/29	-74nT	42	6-
20	1972/06/17	-73nT	62	7+
21	1972/03/07	-72nT	45	6+
22	1972/08/07	-72nT	20	5-
23	1972/08/11	-71nT	17	4
24	1972/01/15	-70nT	19	5
25	1972/01/23	-69nT	32	5+
26	1972/02/25	-68nT	16	4-
27	1972/10/30	-67nT	20	4+
28	1972/04/28	-67nT	22	5+
29	1972/06/20	-67nT	9	4+
30	1972/07/25	-62nT	33	5+
31	1972/08/12	-61nT	7	2+
32	1972/03/30	-61nT	27	5+
33	1972/02/17	-61nT	22	5
34	1972/01/16	-59nT	29	6-
35	1972/10/11	-58nT	19	5-
36	1972/10/13	-58nT	21	5-
37	1972/12/16	-58nT	33	5
38	1972/07/24	-57nT	17	6-
39	1972/01/22	-57nT	25	5-
40	1972/04/30	-57nT	17	5
41	1972/09/17	-57nT	26	5
42	1972/09/16	-57nT	19	4+
43	1972/02/18	-57nT	12	5-
44	1972/01/28	-56nT	23	5+
45	1972/09/29	-56nT	25	5
46	1972/08/08	-55nT	9	4+
47	1972/12/13	-55nT	30	5+
48	1972/02/19	-54nT	14	5+
49	1972/03/16	-54nT	20	5
50	1972/12/15	-53nT	29	7-

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