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X8.0 solar flare on 1982-06-03
ClassX8.0NOAA report
Peak11:481982-06-03 UTC
Duration105 min
Peak flux8.0e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 31 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 5 / 3850 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 3 |
| M/X flares that month | 136 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | S09E72 |
| Active region | AR 3763 (95 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:22 | 03:30 | 33 | M1.5 | S08E76 | 3763 | |
| 08:30 | 08:37 | 39 | M2.0 | S09E71 | 3763 | |
| 15:03 | 15:15 | 22 | M2.4 | – | 3763 |
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.
← M9.9 1982-06-02M6.5 1982-06-04 →
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A X8.0 flare that began 1982-06-03 11:41 UTC; No. 5 of 3,850 C-class-or-larger flares in 1982.