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X1.1 solar flare on 1989-03-14
ClassX1.1NOAA report
Peak17:261989-03-14 UTC
Duration302 min
Peak flux1.1e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 366 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 49 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 3 |
| M/X flares that month | 100 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | N33W21 |
| Active region | AR 5395 (107 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:19 | 03:11 | 86 | M2.0 | N27W22 | 5395 | |
| 08:35 | 08:57 | 46 | M1.6 | N30W21 | 5395 | |
| 19:28 | 20:36 | 141 | M1.4 | N32W27 | 5395 |
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.
← X1.2 1989-03-13M8.4 1989-03-15 →
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A X1.1 flare that began 1989-03-14 16:46 UTC; No. 49 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.