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X3.0 solar flare on 1980-05-01
ClassX3.0NOAA report
Peak19:151980-05-01 UTC
Duration50 min
Peak flux3.0e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 109 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 6 / 2460 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 3 |
| M/X flares that month | 35 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | S22E60 |
| Active region | AR 2418 (23 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 1980
X9.0
X4.4
X3.9
X3.3
X3.3
X3.0
X2.7
X2.6
X2.5
X2.5
X2.2
X1.9
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:53 | 16:01 | 19 | M1.1 | – | 2423 | |
| 16:19 | 16:32 | 20 | M4.0 | – | 2418 | |
| 20:55 | 21:08 | 39 | M2.8 | – | 2407 |
All times UTC. Until June 2017 classes are NOAA's reports of the time (GOES-15 and earlier included a 0.7 scaling factor); later classes come from calibrated GOES-16/18 data, so the same flare reads about 1.4× larger. Do not compare the two periods directly.
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A X3.0 flare that began 1980-05-01 18:51 UTC; No. 6 of 2,460 C-class-or-larger flares in 1980.