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M8.1 solar flare on 1982-01-02
ClassM8.1NOAA report
Peak06:201982-01-02 UTC
Duration28 min
Peak flux8.1e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 56 / 3850 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 1 |
| M/X flares that month | 26 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | N19W86 |
| Active region | AR 3522 (11 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 1982
X12.9
X12.0
X10.1
X9.8
X8.0
X7.1
X5.9
X5.0
X4.5
X3.6
X3.2
X3.0
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:30 | 00:55 | 33 | M1.1 | – | – |
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.
← M5.2 1981-12-09M6.6 1982-01-24 →
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A M8.1 flare that began 1982-01-02 06:17 UTC; No. 56 of 3,850 C-class-or-larger flares in 1982.