Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1976

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1976 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	1976/03/26	-226nT	145	8
2	1976/04/01	-218nT	118	8+
3	1976/01/10	-156nT	47	7
4	1976/01/11	-146nT	41	7+
5	1976/03/27	-125nT	35	6
6	1976/05/03	-107nT	97	8+
7	1976/04/02	-101nT	16	5-
8	1976/12/29	-98nT	45	6+
9	1976/04/03	-92nT	44	6+
10	1976/03/28	-78nT	15	4+
11	1976/09/18	-67nT	33	6
12	1976/12/08	-67nT	23	5
13	1976/02/29	-65nT	35	6
14	1976/04/04	-64nT	31	5+
15	1976/03/29	-62nT	16	5
16	1976/01/12	-61nT	14	5-
17	1976/03/08	-59nT	43	6
18	1976/06/11	-57nT	26	5+
19	1976/10/31	-57nT	34	5+
20	1976/04/05	-57nT	27	5-
21	1976/04/07	-55nT	28	5
22	1976/12/30	-55nT	13	4-
23	1976/05/04	-55nT	20	4+
24	1976/04/06	-52nT	30	5-
25	1976/10/16	-51nT	29	6-
26	1976/09/20	-51nT	51	6
27	1976/02/07	-51nT	22	5+
28	1976/10/18	-51nT	19	5-
29	1976/02/27	-49nT	29	5+
30	1976/12/09	-48nT	16	4+
31	1976/11/11	-48nT	23	5
32	1976/12/31	-48nT	12	4
33	1976/03/07	-47nT	27	5
34	1976/10/17	-47nT	30	5+
35	1976/12/18	-46nT	28	6+
36	1976/11/13	-46nT	31	5
37	1976/11/27	-45nT	8	4-
38	1976/04/29	-45nT	17	4+
39	1976/08/23	-44nT	30	6-
40	1976/11/26	-43nT	9	4-
41	1976/11/12	-43nT	24	5+
42	1976/10/02	-41nT	21	5+
43	1976/03/10	-41nT	33	5
44	1976/03/06	-41nT	33	6
45	1976/11/01	-41nT	10	4-
46	1976/02/08	-41nT	30	5+
47	1976/04/08	-41nT	15	5-
48	1976/09/25	-41nT	24	4+
49	1976/01/13	-40nT	9	4-
50	1976/03/30	-40nT	12	4-

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