Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1987

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1987 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	1987/07/29	-100nT	52	7
2	1987/08/25	-97nT	39	6
3	1987/10/03	-87nT	36	6
4	1987/09/10	-83nT	38	6+
5	1987/08/26	-75nT	40	6
6	1987/09/11	-73nT	40	5+
7	1987/10/27	-71nT	35	5+
8	1987/12/16	-70nT	39	6-
9	1987/09/26	-70nT	20	5-
10	1987/09/25	-67nT	46	6
11	1987/10/25	-67nT	28	5+
12	1987/11/23	-65nT	35	5+
13	1987/11/24	-63nT	24	5-
14	1987/06/06	-60nT	25	5
15	1987/09/30	-60nT	43	6
16	1987/11/03	-59nT	27	5+
17	1987/12/22	-59nT	22	4+
18	1987/05/27	-58nT	14	4-
19	1987/05/25	-58nT	25	6-
20	1987/10/28	-58nT	44	6-
21	1987/10/24	-57nT	19	5+
22	1987/11/27	-57nT	20	5-
23	1987/10/04	-56nT	14	4
24	1987/12/21	-54nT	10	3+
25	1987/11/02	-53nT	23	5+
26	1987/10/11	-53nT	28	6-
27	1987/09/23	-53nT	17	6-
28	1987/09/22	-53nT	29	6+
29	1987/10/26	-52nT	11	3+
30	1987/11/04	-52nT	9	3+
31	1987/05/29	-51nT	21	5-
32	1987/07/30	-50nT	9	3+
33	1987/09/01	-49nT	34	5+
34	1987/09/15	-49nT	29	5
35	1987/09/13	-48nT	23	5
36	1987/10/29	-48nT	19	4
37	1987/11/25	-48nT	12	4-
38	1987/07/31	-48nT	14	5
39	1987/09/29	-47nT	30	5+
40	1987/09/14	-47nT	26	5
41	1987/08/29	-46nT	12	4-
42	1987/05/24	-46nT	20	5
43	1987/02/20	-45nT	29	5
44	1987/05/31	-45nT	11	4-
45	1987/12/10	-44nT	28	5+
46	1987/11/26	-44nT	17	4
47	1987/10/14	-44nT	31	6-
48	1987/09/16	-43nT	19	5-
49	1987/06/26	-43nT	9	4-
50	1987/08/28	-43nT	15	5-

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