Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 2016

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 2016 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	Speed	IMF Bt	IMF Bz
1	2016/01/01	-116nT	30	6	537.5km/sec	15.00nT	-13.70nT
2	2016/10/13	-110nT	46	6+	474.9km/sec	24.77nT	-21.02nT
3	2016/10/14	-102nT	22	6-	454.4km/sec	23.65nT	-15.18nT
4	2016/01/20	-101nT	26	5-	424.1km/sec	17.50nT	-14.80nT
5	2016/03/06	-99nT	31	6+	599.3km/sec	22.50nT	-18.40nT
6	2016/05/08	-95nT	70	6+	719.5km/sec	18.80nT	-12.70nT
7	2016/05/09	-88nT	30	6+	766.6km/sec	10.80nT	-6.10nT
8	2016/03/07	-84nT	24	5-	631.9km/sec	14.70nT	-12.20nT
9	2016/08/23	-73nT	18	5	532.2km/sec	17.03nT	-13.46nT
10	2016/10/29	-70nT	27	5+	740.3km/sec	10.66nT	-9.00nT
11	2016/02/16	-65nT	37	5+	669.4km/sec	17.60nT	-15.60nT
12	2016/10/25	-65nT	57	6+	830.3km/sec	21.33nT	-17.62nT
13	2016/09/29	-65nT	36	5+	849.1km/sec	9.07nT	-7.80nT
14	2016/01/21	-64nT	33	6-	550.6km/sec	20.90nT	-19.80nT
15	2016/02/18	-62nT	29	5	722.5km/sec	8.70nT	-6.80nT
16	2016/04/08	-62nT	8	5-	396.2km/sec	12.80nT	-8.20nT
17	2016/04/14	-61nT	22	5-	544.6km/sec	9.80nT	-8.60nT
18	2016/04/07	-61nT	17	6-	411.3km/sec	13.10nT	-12.90nT
19	2016/11/10	-60nT	14	5-	510.1km/sec	14.96nT	-13.32nT
20	2016/09/02	-59nT	37	6	745.3km/sec	9.35nT	-8.46nT
21	2016/04/02	-59nT	19	5	548.0km/sec	18.40nT	-14.20nT
22	2016/02/17	-58nT	34	6-	669.9km/sec	9.40nT	-8.40nT
23	2016/04/16	-58nT	11	4-	508.0km/sec	10.20nT	-8.90nT
24	2016/09/01	-57nT	28	5	674.4km/sec	10.84nT	-8.87nT
25	2016/10/26	-57nT	44	6-	824.1km/sec	7.07nT	-5.99nT
26	2016/02/03	-57nT	12	5-	442.3km/sec	11.80nT	-9.00nT
27	2016/04/13	-56nT	25	5	697.8km/sec	15.00nT	-13.60nT
28	2016/03/16	-56nT	20	5	635.4km/sec	10.10nT	-8.30nT
29	2016/10/27	-54nT	26	5-	729.0km/sec	6.40nT	-5.96nT
30	2016/02/01	-53nT	7	4-	365.7km/sec	10.80nT	-7.60nT
31	2016/04/03	-52nT	14	4+	527.1km/sec	8.60nT	-5.90nT
32	2016/08/03	-52nT	32	5	598.7km/sec	25.44nT	-20.07nT
33	2016/03/17	-52nT	22	5-	647.9km/sec	7.30nT	-6.10nT
34	2016/09/03	-51nT	36	6-	852.6km/sec	8.26nT	-7.52nT
35	2016/09/28	-51nT	36	6-	797.7km/sec	8.18nT	-6.94nT
36	2016/03/15	-50nT	24	5+	636.5km/sec	10.00nT	-9.20nT
37	2016/03/08	-50nT	6	2+	535.9km/sec	6.40nT	-3.50nT
38	2016/10/04	-50nT	23	5	604.0km/sec	10.40nT	-6.61nT
39	2016/05/10	-49nT	13	4-	723.0km/sec	5.80nT	-4.80nT
40	2016/11/03	-49nT	16	4	440.2km/sec	8.16nT	-6.76nT
41	2016/09/27	-48nT	35	6-	711.3km/sec	10.93nT	-9.31nT
42	2016/10/28	-47nT	16	4+	727.8km/sec	8.74nT	-7.46nT
43	2016/10/30	-47nT	16	4	696.2km/sec	7.42nT	-6.88nT
44	2016/11/11	-46nT	11	4+	527.0km/sec	11.29nT	-9.40nT
45	2016/03/19	-46nT	14	4-	492.7km/sec	8.70nT	-7.80nT
46	2016/01/31	-46nT	9	4-	339.1km/sec	11.10nT	-9.20nT
47	2016/02/12	-45nT	12	4-	376.0km/sec	20.40nT	-11.70nT
48	2016/02/08	-45nT	17	5	466.3km/sec	10.80nT	-9.80nT
49	2016/05/02	-45nT	30	6-	606.1km/sec	9.30nT	-8.70nT
50	2016/11/25	-45nT	31	5+	870.3km/sec	11.40nT	-8.80nT

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