Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1966

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1966 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	1966/09/04	-189nT	112	9-
2	1966/09/03	-157nT	92	9-
3	1966/05/26	-118nT	78	7
4	1966/08/30	-111nT	82	7+
5	1966/03/14	-105nT	64	7+
6	1966/03/23	-98nT	67	7
7	1966/08/31	-94nT	23	5+
8	1966/12/14	-94nT	48	7
9	1966/09/05	-82nT	13	4+
10	1966/12/15	-77nT	18	5
11	1966/05/27	-74nT	5	4-
12	1966/03/24	-74nT	2	2+
13	1966/07/09	-74nT	36	6
14	1966/05/31	-69nT	48	6+
15	1966/09/08	-66nT	42	6-
16	1966/10/05	-62nT	36	5+
17	1966/10/16	-58nT	33	6
18	1966/09/06	-54nT	24	5-
19	1966/03/29	-53nT	12	5-
20	1966/03/28	-53nT	42	7
21	1966/10/31	-53nT	34	5-
22	1966/03/13	-50nT	14	6-
23	1966/07/10	-50nT	25	5
24	1966/06/01	-49nT	12	5+
25	1966/02/23	-48nT	28	5
26	1966/04/13	-47nT	15	4
27	1966/09/10	-46nT	19	4+
28	1966/09/09	-46nT	19	4+
29	1966/09/15	-45nT	20	5-
30	1966/11/01	-44nT	31	5
31	1966/12/06	-44nT	7	3
32	1966/12/05	-43nT	20	5-
33	1966/10/06	-43nT	22	5+
34	1966/09/01	-43nT	22	5
35	1966/12/16	-42nT	8	3-
36	1966/09/07	-42nT	14	4-
37	1966/12/27	-41nT	34	5
38	1966/04/01	-40nT	18	5+
39	1966/09/16	-40nT	10	4-
40	1966/09/28	-40nT	20	5
41	1966/07/12	-39nT	15	4+
42	1966/05/28	-37nT	5	3-
43	1966/12/22	-36nT	14	4-
44	1966/10/04	-36nT	26	6
45	1966/06/23	-35nT	16	4
46	1966/09/02	-34nT	15	4+
47	1966/11/30	-34nT	28	5+
48	1966/03/15	-33nT	7	3-
49	1966/04/14	-33nT	8	3-
50	1966/12/23	-33nT	8	3

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