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M8.2 solar flare on 1988-03-16

ClassM8.2NOAA report

Peak18:541988-03-16 UTC

Duration38 min

Peak flux8.2e-05W/m²

Comparison	Value
Rank in year	17 / 1845
Other M/X flares that day	7
M/X flares that month	21
Solar cycle	Cycle 22
Position on disk	S24E21
Active region	AR 4964 (77 flares)

Compared with the strongest flares of 1988

X5.6 06-24X5.6

X4.7 12-16X4.7

X3.2 10-03X3.2

X2.5 10-12X2.5

X2.4 06-24X2.4

X1.6 06-23X1.6

X1.4 01-02X1.4

X1.4 12-30X1.4

X1.3 06-24X1.3

X1.2 04-14X1.2

X1.1 10-03X1.1

X1.1 12-15X1.1

Other M/X flares that day

Begin	Peak	Min	Class	Location	Region
02:44	02:51	32	M1.4	S26E34	4964
04:17	04:23	15	M1.1	–	–
05:48	05:55	35	M2.4	S22E29	4964
09:45	09:47	28	M1.0	S22E29	4964
14:12	14:14	12	M2.1	S24E25	4964
15:41	15:46	34	M1.3	S24E27	4964
21:29	21:33	34	M2.4	S24E21	4964

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 M8.2 flare that began 1988-03-16 18:38 UTC; No. 17 of 1,845 C-class-or-larger flares in 1988.