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X2.4 solar flare on 1982-06-15
ClassX2.4NOAA report
Peak02:471982-06-15 UTC
Duration286 min
Peak flux2.4e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 154 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 20 / 3850 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 7 |
| M/X flares that month | 136 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | N10E46 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:31 | 00:33 | 21 | M5.4 | S09W90 | 3763 | |
| 06:04 | 06:06 | 16 | M1.3 | N13E47 | 3776 | |
| 08:06 | 08:19 | 56 | M3.7 | S21E69 | 3780 | |
| 10:20 | 10:35 | 110 | X3.0 | N13E47 | 3776 | |
| 13:35 | 14:22 | 93 | M5.3 | N13E36 | 3776 | |
| 15:09 | 15:12 | 49 | X1.3 | S22E66 | 3780 | |
| 20:17 | 21:00 | 111 | M2.2 | N12E33 | 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 X2.4 flare that began 1982-06-15 02:18 UTC; No. 20 of 3,850 C-class-or-larger flares in 1982.