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X2.1 solar flare on 1989-01-14
ClassX2.1NOAA report
Peak04:141989-01-14 UTC
Duration145 min
Peak flux2.1e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 186 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 27 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 5 |
| M/X flares that month | 102 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S32W10 |
| Active region | AR 5312 (51 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 1989
X20.0
X15.0
X13.0
X9.8
X6.5
X5.7
X4.5
X4.1
X4.0
X4.0
X3.9
X3.6
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:14 | 02:15 | 8 | M1.0 | N26E29 | 5318 | |
| 02:15 | 03:33 | 99 | M6.2 | S31W13 | 5312 | |
| 13:53 | 13:53 | 25 | M1.1 | S30W22 | 5312 | |
| 21:18 | 21:45 | 30 | M2.4 | S31W24 | 5312 | |
| 21:45 | 22:39 | 84 | X1.1 | S29W26 | 5312 |
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 X2.1 flare that began 1989-01-14 02:54 UTC; No. 27 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.