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M6.7 solar flare on 1982-07-15
ClassM6.7NOAA report
Peak09:261982-07-15 UTC
Duration51 min
Peak flux6.7e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 70 / 3850 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 3 |
| M/X flares that month | 111 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | N15E42 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:19 | 03:38 | 199 | M4.4 | N11W00 | 3804 | |
| 12:01 | 12:38 | 109 | M1.1 | N20E39 | 3812 | |
| 19:59 | 22:12 | 135 | M1.3 | N08W16 | 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.
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A M6.7 flare that began 1982-07-15 09:24 UTC; No. 70 of 3,850 C-class-or-larger flares in 1982.