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X3.6 solar flare on 1989-03-16
ClassX3.6NOAA report
Peak15:261989-03-16 UTC
Duration81 min
Peak flux3.6e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 82 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 12 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 6 |
| M/X flares that month | 100 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | N36W47 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:54 | 02:03 | 81 | M3.1 | N28W48 | 5395 | |
| 09:51 | 10:06 | 48 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 17:32 | 17:38 | 105 | M2.4 | N31W59 | 5395 | |
| 18:26 | 19:15 | 124 | M6.5 | N31W55 | 5395 | |
| 20:35 | 20:40 | 56 | X1.4 | N29W60 | 5395 | |
| 22:03 | 22:12 | 11 | M1.6 | N19W05 | 5407 |
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.
← M8.4 1989-03-15M6.5 1989-03-16 →
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A X3.6 flare that began 1989-03-16 15:24 UTC; No. 12 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.