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M5.0 solar flare on 1981-11-14
ClassM5.0NOAA report
Peak22:191981-11-14 UTC
Duration48 min
Peak flux5.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 73 / 4022 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 39 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | N16W49 |
| Active region | AR 3451 (46 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 1981
X5.9
X5.5
X4.0
X3.6
X3.5
X3.1
X3.0
X2.7
X2.6
X2.5
X2.4
X2.3
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:37 | 01:03 | 37 | M1.9 | S02E74 | 3461 | |
| 05:26 | 05:38 | 42 | M2.0 | N18E04 | 3456 |
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.
← X1.2 1981-11-12M5.2 1981-12-09 →
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A M5.0 flare that began 1981-11-14 22:09 UTC; No. 73 of 4,022 C-class-or-larger flares in 1981.