Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 2026

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 2026 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. This page is updated daily.

		Dst	Ap	Kp max	Speed	IMF Bt	IMF Bz
1	2026/01/20	-218nT	144	8-	1065.0km/sec	61.73nT	-27.10nT
2	2026/01/21	-155nT	72	7+	800.7km/sec	13.40nT	-7.80nT
3	2026/01/19	-119nT	73	9-	1178.2km/sec	91.32nT	-58.44nT
4	2026/03/22	-101nT	78	7	715.8km/sec	14.45nT	-11.51nT
5	2026/04/18	-88nT	33	5+	600.9km/sec	17.57nT	-14.88nT
6	2026/03/21	-85nT	43	7	568.8km/sec	38.91nT	-23.20nT
7	2026/04/03	-82nT	46	6+	858.0km/sec	14.09nT	-11.18nT
8	2026/03/14	-72nT	42	6	755.7km/sec	13.32nT	-10.49nT
9	2026/04/04	-71nT	14	4	688.0km/sec	4.78nT	-4.28nT
10	2026/04/02	-70nT	43	6	733.0km/sec	17.39nT	-15.65nT
11	2026/03/23	-66nT	31	5	765.7km/sec	6.03nT	-5.56nT
12	2026/01/23	-65nT	27	4+	639.4km/sec	9.32nT	-7.65nT
13	2026/02/05	-62nT	21	5+	726.2km/sec	19.27nT	-16.93nT
14	2026/01/24	-61nT	16	4+	616.8km/sec	7.64nT	-6.04nT
15	2026/01/22	-60nT	17	5+	764.5km/sec	11.10nT	-7.44nT
16	2026/04/20	-57nT	23	5	614.2km/sec	11.43nT	-8.91nT
17	2026/01/11	-56nT	28	5+	573.1km/sec	16.52nT	-10.27nT
18	2026/04/21	-53nT	20	5-	603.1km/sec	8.21nT	-7.73nT
19	2026/01/10	-52nT	31	6-	629.0km/sec	19.74nT	-19.27nT
20	2026/02/15	-49nT	26	5+	752.8km/sec	12.82nT	-10.63nT
21	2026/04/19	-48nT	21	5+	566.4km/sec	11.75nT	-7.14nT
22	2026/02/22	-47nT	34	5+	733.9km/sec	14.88nT	-10.07nT
23	2026/01/25	-44nT	14	3+	644.6km/sec	7.44nT	-5.49nT
24	2026/04/05	-43nT	12	4-	622.2km/sec	5.95nT	-4.94nT
25	2026/04/30	-42nT	14	5-	543.8km/sec	14.47nT	-12.32nT
26	2026/03/24	-42nT	15	4-	648.2km/sec	4.89nT	-4.53nT
27	2026/02/16	-40nT	26	6-	719.1km/sec	8.94nT	-7.18nT
28	2026/03/28	-38nT	9	3+	416.6km/sec	7.55nT	-7.51nT
29	2026/02/23	-37nT	21	5-	767.5km/sec	7.68nT	-6.88nT
30	2026/01/12	-37nT	17	4+	666.5km/sec	9.30nT	-6.74nT
31	2026/01/29	-36nT	21	4+	781.2km/sec	7.61nT	-6.76nT
32	2026/04/25	-36nT	9	3+	470.4km/sec	11.84nT	-9.71nT
33	2026/04/24	-35nT	8	3+	445.5km/sec	8.47nT	-7.76nT
34	2026/01/26	-34nT	10	3+	593.2km/sec	8.90nT	-6.48nT
35	2026/01/30	-34nT	9	4-	638.5km/sec	4.68nT	-3.69nT
36	2026/03/29	-34nT	14	4-	480.0km/sec	13.44nT	-7.47nT
37	2026/01/08	-32nT	13	4	450.0km/sec	14.19nT	-11.61nT
38	2026/01/28	-32nT	23	5	768.2km/sec	13.58nT	-12.17nT
39	2026/03/15	-30nT	17	4	695.9km/sec	7.70nT	-4.84nT
40	2026/03/10	-29nT	13	4	549.7km/sec	9.32nT	-7.97nT
41	2026/02/14	-29nT	10	5-	554.1km/sec	15.21nT	-13.99nT
42	2026/03/25	-29nT	15	5	633.1km/sec	10.19nT	-7.87nT
43	2026/02/26	-28nT	16	4-	612.9km/sec	6.29nT	-5.85nT
44	2026/04/22	-28nT	4	2-	555.8km/sec	6.49nT	-5.00nT
45	2026/01/05	-27nT	14	4+	505.1km/sec	10.01nT	-9.85nT
46	2026/02/07	-27nT	15	4-	573.0km/sec	7.82nT	-6.94nT
47	2026/03/08	-25nT	21	4+	640.7km/sec	9.34nT	-7.91nT
48	2026/03/07	-25nT	17	4	715.9km/sec	12.30nT	-8.90nT
49	2026/04/07	-25nT	8	3	525.1km/sec	5.54nT	-5.29nT
50	2026/03/13	-25nT	22	6-	729.8km/sec	13.45nT	-9.05nT

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