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M8.8 solar flare on 1982-07-08
ClassM8.8NOAA report
Peak06:531982-07-08 UTC
Duration27 min
Peak flux8.8e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 49 / 3850 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 5 |
| M/X flares that month | 111 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | N10E88 |
| Active region | AR 3804 (107 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:24 | 02:27 | 24 | M1.0 | N17E90 | 3804 | |
| 03:52 | 04:22 | 42 | M2.0 | – | 3804 | |
| 05:01 | 05:12 | 23 | M3.8 | – | 3804 | |
| 09:50 | 09:57 | 11 | M2.0 | – | 3804 | |
| 14:23 | 14:30 | 12 | M1.1 | – | 3804 |
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.
← X2.1 1982-06-26X9.8 1982-07-09 →
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A M8.8 flare that began 1982-07-08 06:50 UTC; No. 49 of 3,850 C-class-or-larger flares in 1982.