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M6.5 solar flare on 1982-06-04
ClassM6.5NOAA report
Peak00:321982-06-04 UTC
Duration91 min
Peak flux6.5e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 74 / 3850 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 10 |
| M/X flares that month | 136 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | S10E60 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:15 | 02:59 | 90 | M2.1 | S09E62 | 3763 | |
| 04:30 | 04:31 | 8 | M1.0 | S08E59 | 3763 | |
| 05:03 | 05:19 | 85 | X1.0 | S10E57 | 3763 | |
| 06:31 | 06:36 | 22 | M2.0 | S06E55 | 3763 | |
| 09:07 | 09:16 | 45 | M2.0 | S10E55 | 3763 | |
| 10:34 | 10:36 | 22 | M1.9 | S10E55 | 3763 | |
| 13:13 | 13:30 | 45 | X5.9 | S10E55 | 3763 | |
| 14:00 | 14:23 | 103 | X2.4 | S10E54 | 3763 | |
| 16:52 | 16:55 | 8 | M3.1 | S11E50 | 3763 | |
| 19:11 | 19:24 | 17 | M2.9 | – | 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.
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A M6.5 flare that began 1982-06-04 00:11 UTC; No. 74 of 3,850 C-class-or-larger flares in 1982.