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X1.1 solar flare on 1982-01-30
ClassX1.1NOAA report
Peak23:551982-01-30 UTC
Duration37 min
Peak flux1.1e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 354 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 35 / 3850 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 4 |
| M/X flares that month | 26 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | S15E12 |
| Active region | AR 3576 (52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:27 | 00:37 | 30 | M1.4 | N06E48 | 3579 | |
| 00:42 | 00:48 | 9 | M1.4 | N13E30 | 3581 | |
| 12:08 | 12:21 | 23 | M4.2 | – | – | |
| 17:07 | 18:00 | 98 | M1.3 | N09E20 | 3581 |
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.
← M8.8 1982-01-28X2.6 1982-02-01 →
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A X1.1 flare that began 1982-01-30 23:21 UTC; No. 35 of 3,850 C-class-or-larger flares in 1982.