Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1996

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1996 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	1996/10/23	-105nT	37	7+
2	1996/01/13	-90nT	29	5
3	1996/03/21	-66nT	38	6-
4	1996/10/22	-61nT	38	7-
5	1996/03/11	-60nT	28	6-
6	1996/03/25	-60nT	19	5-
7	1996/04/15	-56nT	18	5
8	1996/09/12	-54nT	29	5
9	1996/03/20	-54nT	23	5
10	1996/04/14	-53nT	32	7
11	1996/03/24	-53nT	20	5
12	1996/10/19	-52nT	38	5+
13	1996/04/17	-52nT	31	5+
14	1996/09/23	-51nT	27	5
15	1996/10/20	-51nT	16	4
16	1996/09/27	-50nT	16	4+
17	1996/03/22	-49nT	17	4+
18	1996/10/24	-49nT	10	4-
19	1996/09/26	-48nT	30	6+
20	1996/09/28	-48nT	15	4+
21	1996/01/14	-48nT	25	5+
22	1996/08/29	-48nT	38	6-
23	1996/09/22	-48nT	28	5+
24	1996/03/23	-47nT	8	3
25	1996/11/14	-47nT	21	5+
26	1996/02/26	-45nT	16	4
27	1996/02/24	-45nT	20	5+
28	1996/10/25	-44nT	6	3
29	1996/03/14	-44nT	9	3
30	1996/02/25	-44nT	18	5-
31	1996/10/13	-44nT	19	5
32	1996/09/21	-44nT	29	5
33	1996/02/11	-43nT	22	5
34	1996/09/20	-43nT	34	6-
35	1996/10/18	-42nT	27	5+
36	1996/11/21	-42nT	6	3
37	1996/09/11	-42nT	19	4+
38	1996/09/25	-42nT	10	4-
39	1996/09/10	-42nT	31	5
40	1996/12/22	-41nT	9	4-
41	1996/09/18	-41nT	18	4
42	1996/01/15	-41nT	16	5-
43	1996/03/26	-41nT	10	3+
44	1996/10/30	-41nT	14	4+
45	1996/04/20	-41nT	17	4
46	1996/11/18	-40nT	14	4
47	1996/02/28	-39nT	8	4-
48	1996/12/23	-39nT	9	4-
49	1996/04/18	-39nT	25	5+
50	1996/04/21	-38nT	13	4-

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