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Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1996

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1996 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
11996/10/23-105nT377+
21996/01/13-90nT295
31996/03/21-66nT386-
41996/10/22-61nT387-
51996/03/11-60nT286-
61996/03/25-60nT195-
71996/04/15-56nT185
81996/09/12-54nT295
91996/03/20-54nT235
101996/04/14-53nT327
111996/03/24-53nT205
121996/10/19-52nT385+
131996/04/17-52nT315+
141996/09/23-51nT275
151996/10/20-51nT164
161996/09/27-50nT164+
171996/03/22-49nT174+
181996/10/24-49nT104-
191996/09/26-48nT306+
201996/09/28-48nT154+
211996/01/14-48nT255+
221996/08/29-48nT386-
231996/09/22-48nT285+
241996/03/23-47nT83
251996/11/14-47nT215+
261996/02/26-45nT164
271996/02/24-45nT205+
281996/10/25-44nT63
291996/03/14-44nT93
301996/02/25-44nT185-
311996/10/13-44nT195
321996/09/21-44nT295
331996/02/11-43nT225
341996/09/20-43nT346-
351996/10/18-42nT275+
361996/11/21-42nT63
371996/09/11-42nT194+
381996/09/25-42nT104-
391996/09/10-42nT315
401996/12/22-41nT94-
411996/09/18-41nT184
421996/01/15-41nT165-
431996/03/26-41nT103+
441996/10/30-41nT144+
451996/04/20-41nT174
461996/11/18-40nT144
471996/02/28-39nT84-
481996/12/23-39nT94-
491996/04/18-39nT255+
501996/04/21-38nT134-
© Potsdam - CC BY 4.0 - Matzka, J., Stolle, C., Yamazaki, Y., Bronkalla, O. and Morschhauser, A., 2021. - ©WDC for Geomagnetism, Kyoto
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