Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1989

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1989 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	1989/03/14	-589nT	158	9
2	1989/03/13	-472nT	246	9
3	1989/10/21	-268nT	146	8+
4	1989/11/17	-266nT	109	8
5	1989/09/19	-255nT	70	8
6	1989/11/18	-235nT	45	7
7	1989/10/20	-202nT	112	8+
8	1989/10/22	-173nT	51	6+
9	1989/03/15	-159nT	49	7-
10	1989/08/29	-152nT	58	7+
11	1989/09/26	-151nT	54	7
12	1989/09/18	-148nT	52	8-
13	1989/08/15	-145nT	77	7-
14	1989/06/10	-142nT	78	7
15	1989/04/26	-132nT	76	7-
16	1989/01/11	-129nT	37	6+
17	1989/03/29	-125nT	71	7
18	1989/09/16	-124nT	24	6-
19	1989/01/16	-123nT	43	6-
20	1989/11/13	-121nT	43	5+
21	1989/01/20	-120nT	45	7-
22	1989/03/17	-119nT	34	5+
23	1989/03/16	-117nT	50	7-
24	1989/09/15	-114nT	42	6+
25	1989/04/25	-108nT	34	6
26	1989/08/14	-107nT	55	7-
27	1989/01/21	-107nT	28	5-
28	1989/03/23	-106nT	36	6-
29	1989/10/23	-106nT	22	6-
30	1989/03/19	-106nT	55	7-
31	1989/01/12	-106nT	20	6
32	1989/11/14	-105nT	14	4+
33	1989/09/27	-103nT	8	4
34	1989/12/30	-103nT	30	5
35	1989/03/30	-103nT	47	7-
36	1989/03/09	-101nT	31	5+
37	1989/03/10	-101nT	19	4+
38	1989/04/05	-101nT	42	6
39	1989/03/31	-100nT	52	6-
40	1989/04/14	-100nT	24	6-
41	1989/12/31	-100nT	35	6-
42	1989/01/15	-99nT	38	6-
43	1989/04/27	-98nT	49	6-
44	1989/03/20	-98nT	14	4
45	1989/03/22	-96nT	39	6
46	1989/04/15	-95nT	27	5+
47	1989/09/20	-93nT	6	2+
48	1989/04/01	-93nT	42	6-
49	1989/01/05	-92nT	33	6-
50	1989/05/07	-90nT	46	6

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