Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1980

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1980 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	1980/12/19	-240nT	79	8-
2	1980/12/20	-171nT	21	4+
3	1980/02/16	-132nT	40	6
4	1980/05/25	-126nT	34	6+
5	1980/10/11	-104nT	40	6
6	1980/01/01	-100nT	24	5
7	1980/07/25	-88nT	46	7
8	1980/04/11	-87nT	30	6-
9	1980/10/23	-85nT	44	6
10	1980/02/06	-83nT	33	5+
11	1980/07/18	-80nT	30	7-
12	1980/10/04	-79nT	26	5
13	1980/06/11	-75nT	59	6+
14	1980/01/02	-75nT	12	4+
15	1980/03/26	-73nT	30	6-
16	1980/07/26	-73nT	26	6
17	1980/07/19	-73nT	16	5+
18	1980/05/26	-72nT	7	3-
19	1980/02/07	-70nT	12	3+
20	1980/01/29	-69nT	26	5+
21	1980/04/12	-68nT	28	5+
22	1980/02/15	-68nT	33	7
23	1980/06/12	-67nT	32	5+
24	1980/10/05	-65nT	22	5-
25	1980/01/13	-65nT	23	5-
26	1980/06/13	-65nT	27	5-
27	1980/11/30	-64nT	24	5-
28	1980/12/21	-64nT	26	5-
29	1980/04/13	-63nT	18	5-
30	1980/05/12	-62nT	23	5
31	1980/10/10	-60nT	22	6
32	1980/12/01	-59nT	19	5
33	1980/02/17	-59nT	6	2
34	1980/08/27	-59nT	22	5
35	1980/10/31	-58nT	30	5+
36	1980/06/01	-58nT	22	5-
37	1980/01/27	-58nT	24	5
38	1980/09/13	-58nT	16	4
39	1980/04/09	-56nT	20	5-
40	1980/10/24	-55nT	14	4-
41	1980/10/12	-55nT	11	3+
42	1980/11/01	-55nT	16	4-
43	1980/01/28	-55nT	27	5+
44	1980/01/14	-54nT	9	4-
45	1980/11/28	-54nT	23	5-
46	1980/02/18	-54nT	10	3
47	1980/05/11	-53nT	38	6
48	1980/11/16	-53nT	16	3+
49	1980/09/05	-52nT	10	3
50	1980/03/21	-52nT	18	4+

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