Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1974

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1974 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	1974/07/06	-204nT	130	9-
2	1974/09/15	-159nT	73	8-
3	1974/09/16	-141nT	88	8
4	1974/10/13	-120nT	86	7
5	1974/07/07	-103nT	15	4-
6	1974/07/05	-87nT	74	7-
7	1974/03/16	-87nT	42	7
8	1974/04/18	-85nT	48	6+
9	1974/10/14	-85nT	30	6
10	1974/10/15	-84nT	50	6
11	1974/11/12	-78nT	70	6+
12	1974/03/21	-77nT	68	7-
13	1974/10/16	-77nT	68	7
14	1974/07/23	-73nT	82	7
15	1974/11/11	-72nT	48	7
16	1974/10/20	-71nT	41	6-
17	1974/11/09	-69nT	39	6-
18	1974/11/08	-67nT	21	6-
19	1974/11/14	-67nT	38	6-
20	1974/01/25	-66nT	50	6+
21	1974/10/17	-66nT	47	6
22	1974/11/13	-66nT	36	5
23	1974/04/19	-63nT	39	6+
24	1974/09/17	-62nT	3	2+
25	1974/08/02	-61nT	22	5+
26	1974/07/08	-60nT	36	6-
27	1974/10/18	-58nT	43	6-
28	1974/12/09	-58nT	42	5+
29	1974/10/09	-57nT	39	6-
30	1974/08/03	-56nT	35	5+
31	1974/10/24	-56nT	38	6+
32	1974/03/22	-55nT	39	6
33	1974/07/24	-55nT	51	6-
34	1974/08/04	-55nT	24	6
35	1974/09/26	-54nT	38	5
36	1974/03/17	-53nT	9	4-
37	1974/09/21	-52nT	43	6+
38	1974/09/19	-51nT	34	6-
39	1974/07/09	-51nT	15	4
40	1974/03/20	-51nT	23	6+
41	1974/04/04	-51nT	35	5+
42	1974/09/27	-50nT	25	5
43	1974/05/15	-49nT	30	5+
44	1974/04/03	-48nT	39	6
45	1974/09/20	-47nT	35	6-
46	1974/09/18	-47nT	19	6-
47	1974/11/10	-47nT	10	4-
48	1974/04/01	-46nT	17	4+
49	1974/04/02	-45nT	15	5
50	1974/06/27	-45nT	54	6+

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