Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1959

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1959 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	1959/07/15	-429nT	236	9
2	1959/07/16	-283nT	47	7+
3	1959/03/27	-234nT	178	8+
4	1959/07/18	-183nT	119	8
5	1959/08/17	-181nT	114	8+
6	1959/03/28	-176nT	87	7+
7	1959/12/05	-166nT	68	8-
8	1959/11/28	-165nT	82	8
9	1959/08/16	-163nT	130	8+
10	1959/09/04	-158nT	103	7+
11	1959/03/29	-154nT	73	7-
12	1959/02/25	-135nT	69	7+
13	1959/03/26	-132nT	81	8
14	1959/04/23	-128nT	40	7-
15	1959/02/26	-122nT	48	6+
16	1959/04/10	-122nT	98	8-
17	1959/09/22	-115nT	73	7
18	1959/07/17	-114nT	110	9-
19	1959/02/17	-113nT	24	6-
20	1959/10/04	-112nT	51	7
21	1959/10/06	-106nT	53	6-
22	1959/10/03	-104nT	46	7-
23	1959/02/16	-104nT	61	6+
24	1959/09/21	-102nT	86	7
25	1959/01/09	-102nT	38	6+
26	1959/07/19	-102nT	31	5
27	1959/11/30	-101nT	43	6
28	1959/09/03	-100nT	39	8-
29	1959/09/05	-99nT	34	6-
30	1959/10/01	-96nT	44	6
31	1959/11/02	-96nT	69	6+
32	1959/11/01	-96nT	43	6+
33	1959/11/23	-95nT	40	6-
34	1959/04/24	-92nT	27	5-
35	1959/12/06	-90nT	16	4+
36	1959/05/12	-88nT	108	8+
37	1959/01/10	-88nT	45	6-
38	1959/04/11	-88nT	23	5
39	1959/08/18	-88nT	28	5+
40	1959/09/06	-87nT	18	6-
41	1959/05/24	-86nT	52	7+
42	1959/11/29	-84nT	15	4
43	1959/01/05	-84nT	25	6-
44	1959/06/29	-84nT	51	6+
45	1959/08/19	-83nT	21	5-
46	1959/05/16	-83nT	36	6
47	1959/06/30	-82nT	38	6
48	1959/12/03	-81nT	50	6-
49	1959/09/25	-78nT	37	6-
50	1959/09/20	-77nT	61	6+

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