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M5.5 solar flare on 1982-02-03
ClassM5.5NOAA report
Peak20:441982-02-03 UTC
Duration133 min
Peak flux5.5e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 82 / 3850 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 10 |
| M/X flares that month | 77 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | S11E91 |
| Active region | AR 3594 (65 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:03 | 01:26 | 223 | X1.1 | S15W29 | 3576 | |
| 03:13 | 03:18 | 12 | M2.5 | – | – | |
| 06:29 | 06:32 | 51 | M1.1 | S15W26 | 3576 | |
| 09:09 | 09:11 | 40 | M1.8 | S05E89 | 3594 | |
| 09:31 | 09:36 | 32 | M1.8 | S06E41 | 3589 | |
| 11:55 | 11:57 | 19 | M3.0 | S18E08 | 3583 | |
| 13:15 | 13:22 | 22 | M2.1 | – | – | |
| 16:49 | 17:03 | 28 | M2.3 | – | – | |
| 17:36 | 17:39 | 22 | M2.1 | – | – | |
| 20:43 | 20:44 | 34 | M2.0 | S10E87 | 3594 |
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 M5.5 flare that began 1982-02-03 19:47 UTC; No. 82 of 3,850 C-class-or-larger flares in 1982.