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X3.6 solar flare on 1982-06-12
ClassX3.6NOAA report
Peak05:441982-06-12 UTC
Duration81 min
Peak flux3.6e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 81 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 10 / 3850 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 9 |
| M/X flares that month | 136 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | N10E83 |
| Active region | AR 3776 (73 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:49 | 01:52 | 11 | M1.0 | – | 3776 | |
| 02:37 | 02:50 | 30 | M1.2 | N15E81 | 3776 | |
| 10:25 | 10:27 | 37 | M1.2 | N12E90 | 3776 | |
| 10:33 | 10:41 | 18 | M1.5 | – | 3776 | |
| 11:11 | 11:13 | 43 | M3.7 | N12E90 | 3776 | |
| 15:47 | 16:22 | 293 | M3.4 | N11E78 | 3776 | |
| 17:35 | 17:42 | 16 | M1.2 | – | 3776 | |
| 18:17 | 18:32 | 29 | M2.2 | – | 3776 | |
| 18:51 | 18:59 | 21 | M3.5 | – | 3776 |
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 X3.6 flare that began 1982-06-12 05:12 UTC; No. 10 of 3,850 C-class-or-larger flares in 1982.