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M5.6 solar flare on 1980-08-31
ClassM5.6NOAA report
Peak13:301980-08-31 UTC
Duration78 min
Peak flux5.6e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 43 / 2460 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 1 |
| M/X flares that month | 18 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | S05E41 |
| Active region | AR 2645 (25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:49 | 12:49 | 7 | M2.8 | N12E28 | 2646 |
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.
← M7.8 1980-08-21M6.4 1980-09-04 →
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A M5.6 flare that began 1980-08-31 13:25 UTC; No. 43 of 2,460 C-class-or-larger flares in 1980.