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X1.3 solar flare on 1988-06-24

ClassX1.3NOAA report

Peak04:301988-06-24 UTC

Duration163 min

Peak flux1.3e-04W/m²

Comparison	Value
Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017)	301 / 491
Rank in year	9 / 1845
Other M/X flares that day	3
M/X flares that month	27
Solar cycle	Cycle 22
Position on disk	S18W45
Active region	AR 5047 (38 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
16:03	16:48	51	X2.4	S17W52	5047
16:44	16:48	94	X5.6	–	5047
21:23	21:28	30	M3.3	S21E89	–

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 X1.3 flare that began 1988-06-24 04:18 UTC; No. 9 of 1,845 C-class-or-larger flares in 1988.