Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1997

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1997 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	1997/10/11	-130nT	25	6+
2	1997/05/15	-115nT	56	7-
3	1997/11/07	-110nT	44	7
4	1997/11/23	-108nT	59	7+
5	1997/04/21	-107nT	20	5-
6	1997/10/01	-98nT	46	7
7	1997/09/03	-98nT	26	6+
8	1997/04/22	-93nT	15	5+
9	1997/10/10	-92nT	30	6+
10	1997/02/27	-86nT	30	7
11	1997/06/09	-84nT	33	6-
12	1997/04/11	-82nT	37	7-
13	1997/01/10	-78nT	32	6
14	1997/04/17	-77nT	24	5+
15	1997/12/30	-77nT	21	5-
16	1997/02/28	-76nT	37	6+
17	1997/11/22	-75nT	44	6
18	1997/05/27	-73nT	21	6
19	1997/09/04	-73nT	16	5
20	1997/02/10	-68nT	22	4
21	1997/05/02	-64nT	14	5
22	1997/10/25	-64nT	20	5
23	1997/06/08	-64nT	12	4
24	1997/03/28	-63nT	21	6-
25	1997/05/01	-63nT	29	6+
26	1997/03/29	-62nT	20	5-
27	1997/02/11	-60nT	21	4+
28	1997/10/24	-60nT	20	5+
29	1997/10/27	-60nT	19	5-
30	1997/12/11	-60nT	11	3+
31	1997/11/24	-56nT	10	3+
32	1997/02/09	-56nT	20	5+
33	1997/09/18	-56nT	20	5
34	1997/12/10	-56nT	18	4
35	1997/02/17	-54nT	14	4+
36	1997/11/10	-54nT	11	4
37	1997/10/28	-53nT	15	4
38	1997/10/26	-52nT	18	5-
39	1997/05/17	-51nT	9	4-
40	1997/10/09	-50nT	17	4+
41	1997/12/31	-49nT	3	1
42	1997/10/12	-49nT	6	3-
43	1997/11/15	-49nT	8	3
44	1997/08/03	-49nT	21	5
45	1997/09/10	-49nT	19	5-
46	1997/08/28	-48nT	16	4+
47	1997/09/15	-48nT	11	3+
48	1997/05/16	-47nT	10	4-
49	1997/10/13	-46nT	6	3-
50	1997/07/15	-45nT	12	4-

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