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M6.2 solar flare on 1982-06-05
ClassM6.2NOAA report
Peak01:291982-06-05 UTC
Duration168 min
Peak flux6.2e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 77 / 3850 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 15 |
| M/X flares that month | 136 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | S12E49 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:25 | 02:31 | 11 | M2.0 | – | 3763 | |
| 02:46 | 02:50 | 26 | M2.0 | S05E44 | 3763 | |
| 03:11 | 03:24 | 32 | M5.1 | – | 3763 | |
| 04:15 | 04:17 | 11 | M3.8 | S07E49 | 3763 | |
| 06:14 | 06:16 | 12 | X1.1 | S10E43 | 3763 | |
| 07:27 | 07:28 | 38 | M7.1 | S07E47 | 3763 | |
| 12:04 | 12:07 | 6 | M1.4 | – | 3763 | |
| 14:58 | 15:29 | 42 | M2.1 | S12E42 | 3763 | |
| 15:09 | 15:15 | 8 | M3.8 | – | 3763 | |
| 15:26 | 15:31 | 14 | M7.1 | – | 3763 | |
| 17:21 | 17:39 | 63 | M1.9 | S10E38 | 3763 | |
| 19:41 | 19:45 | 7 | M1.0 | – | 3763 | |
| 19:59 | 20:17 | 28 | M2.7 | – | 3763 | |
| 20:45 | 20:51 | 11 | M2.5 | – | 3763 | |
| 23:20 | 23:20 | 10 | M1.1 | S13E32 | 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.
← X2.4 1982-06-04M5.1 1982-06-05 →
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A M6.2 flare that began 1982-06-05 01:25 UTC; No. 77 of 3,850 C-class-or-larger flares in 1982.