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X1.0 solar flare on 1989-06-03
ClassX1.0NOAA report
Peak18:441989-06-03 UTC
Duration71 min
Peak flux1.0e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 401 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 53 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 6 |
| M/X flares that month | 96 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S22E77 |
| Active region | AR 5521 (34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:08 | 03:14 | 55 | M2.1 | S19E46 | 5517 | |
| 10:17 | 10:20 | 17 | M1.5 | S16E43 | 5517 | |
| 11:30 | 12:18 | 73 | M2.5 | S21E78 | 5520 | |
| 13:13 | 13:25 | 59 | M3.2 | S18E48 | 5517 | |
| 16:56 | 17:05 | 25 | M2.0 | N32W56 | 5507 | |
| 23:03 | 23:04 | 10 | M1.8 | N13E04 | 5516 |
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 X1.0 flare that began 1989-06-03 18:29 UTC; No. 53 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.