Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1959

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1959 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
11959/07/15-429nT2369
21959/07/16-283nT477+
31959/03/27-234nT1788+
41959/07/18-183nT1198
51959/08/17-181nT1148+
61959/03/28-176nT877+
71959/12/05-166nT688-
81959/11/28-165nT828
91959/08/16-163nT1308+
101959/09/04-158nT1037+
111959/03/29-154nT737-
121959/02/25-135nT697+
131959/03/26-132nT818
141959/04/23-128nT407-
151959/02/26-122nT486+
161959/04/10-122nT988-
171959/09/22-115nT737
181959/07/17-114nT1109-
191959/02/17-113nT246-
201959/10/04-112nT517
211959/10/06-106nT536-
221959/10/03-104nT467-
231959/02/16-104nT616+
241959/09/21-102nT867
251959/01/09-102nT386+
261959/07/19-102nT315
271959/11/30-101nT436
281959/09/03-100nT398-
291959/09/05-99nT346-
301959/10/01-96nT446
311959/11/02-96nT696+
321959/11/01-96nT436+
331959/11/23-95nT406-
341959/04/24-92nT275-
351959/12/06-90nT164+
361959/05/12-88nT1088+
371959/01/10-88nT456-
381959/04/11-88nT235
391959/08/18-88nT285+
401959/09/06-87nT186-
411959/05/24-86nT527+
421959/11/29-84nT154
431959/01/05-84nT256-
441959/06/29-84nT516+
451959/08/19-83nT215-
461959/05/16-83nT366
471959/06/30-82nT386
481959/12/03-81nT506-
491959/09/25-78nT376-
501959/09/20-77nT616+
© Potsdam - CC BY 4.0 - Matzka, J., Stolle, C., Yamazaki, Y., Bronkalla, O. and Morschhauser, A., 2021. - ©WDC for Geomagnetism, Kyoto

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