Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1961

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1961 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	1961/10/28	-272nT	128	9-
2	1961/10/01	-171nT	114	9-
3	1961/10/29	-169nT	32	6
4	1961/07/27	-159nT	114	8+
5	1961/02/04	-157nT	43	7
6	1961/02/05	-140nT	29	6-
7	1961/07/14	-132nT	98	8+
8	1961/03/10	-131nT	46	7
9	1961/12/02	-127nT	66	6+
10	1961/04/15	-118nT	61	8-
11	1961/04/14	-118nT	54	7+
12	1961/12/03	-116nT	55	7-
13	1961/12/01	-113nT	54	8-
14	1961/03/06	-107nT	37	7-
15	1961/07/18	-105nT	93	8-
16	1961/02/18	-101nT	51	7-
17	1961/07/15	-91nT	25	5-
18	1961/07/19	-90nT	18	6
19	1961/06/22	-85nT	58	7
20	1961/03/05	-85nT	14	6-
21	1961/07/28	-85nT	18	4
22	1961/06/21	-83nT	58	7
23	1961/11/07	-83nT	42	6+
24	1961/10/02	-79nT	6	3-
25	1961/01/09	-78nT	30	5
26	1961/11/08	-78nT	23	6-
27	1961/01/20	-78nT	41	6
28	1961/02/17	-77nT	29	6
29	1961/07/13	-77nT	102	8+
30	1961/07/16	-77nT	23	6-
31	1961/07/21	-73nT	35	6-
32	1961/10/30	-71nT	6	3
33	1961/01/19	-69nT	26	6-
34	1961/06/29	-66nT	25	6+
35	1961/04/03	-64nT	27	6
36	1961/08/02	-64nT	42	6+
37	1961/11/18	-62nT	49	6+
38	1961/07/05	-62nT	45	6+
39	1961/02/16	-62nT	27	5+
40	1961/08/31	-61nT	30	5+
41	1961/10/26	-61nT	31	5+
42	1961/02/06	-59nT	23	5
43	1961/01/10	-57nT	5	2+
44	1961/02/13	-57nT	23	5
45	1961/10/27	-57nT	30	5+
46	1961/07/29	-55nT	8	3+
47	1961/02/07	-54nT	11	4-
48	1961/09/24	-54nT	42	6
49	1961/10/31	-53nT	5	3+
50	1961/02/08	-53nT	9	3

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