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Top 50 geomagnetic storms of 1972

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest geomagnetic storms of 1972 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
11972/11/01-199nT988
21972/06/18-190nT1268+
31972/08/09-154nT748+
41972/09/14-146nT548
51972/08/05-125nT1829-
61972/09/13-123nT537+
71972/08/04-118nT1329
81972/08/06-107nT877+
91972/06/19-102nT195
101972/08/10-96nT184+
111972/11/02-93nT426-
121972/02/24-86nT335+
131972/08/27-82nT255+
141972/11/03-82nT135+
151972/01/21-79nT226-
161972/05/16-79nT186
171972/09/15-77nT245
181972/10/19-74nT346-
191972/04/29-74nT426-
201972/06/17-73nT627+
211972/03/07-72nT456+
221972/08/07-72nT205-
231972/08/11-71nT174
241972/01/15-70nT195
251972/01/23-69nT325+
261972/02/25-68nT164-
271972/10/30-67nT204+
281972/04/28-67nT225+
291972/06/20-67nT94+
301972/07/25-62nT335+
311972/08/12-61nT72+
321972/03/30-61nT275+
331972/02/17-61nT225
341972/01/16-59nT296-
351972/10/11-58nT195-
361972/10/13-58nT215-
371972/12/16-58nT335
381972/07/24-57nT176-
391972/01/22-57nT255-
401972/04/30-57nT175
411972/09/17-57nT265
421972/09/16-57nT194+
431972/02/18-57nT125-
441972/01/28-56nT235+
451972/09/29-56nT255
461972/08/08-55nT94+
471972/12/13-55nT305+
481972/02/19-54nT145+
491972/03/16-54nT205
501972/12/15-53nT297-
© 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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