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X2.0 solar flare on 1982-06-16
ClassX2.0NOAA report
Peak02:141982-06-16 UTC
Duration99 min
Peak flux2.0e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 194 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 24 / 3850 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 3 |
| M/X flares that month | 136 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | N11E35 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:23 | 23:39 | 196 | M1.0 | N10E19 | 3776 | |
| 20:30 | 20:39 | 51 | M3.5 | S22E51 | 3780 | |
| 23:19 | 23:38 | 45 | M1.3 | N12E23 | 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.
← X1.3 1982-06-15M5.6 1982-06-17 →
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A X2.0 flare that began 1982-06-16 02:09 UTC; No. 24 of 3,850 C-class-or-larger flares in 1982.