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X3.0 solar flare on 1989-06-16
ClassX3.0NOAA report
Peak–1989-06-16 UTC
Duration26 min
Peak flux3.0e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 113 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 16 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 7 |
| M/X flares that month | 96 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S17E03 |
| Active region | AR 5533 (42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04:15 | 05:13 | 58 | M2.5 | S16E04 | 5533 | |
| 05:05 | 05:22 | 17 | M6.8 | S16E04 | 5533 | |
| 12:03 | 12:05 | 8 | M1.0 | S19W70 | 5524 | |
| 12:23 | 12:26 | 17 | M1.4 | S18W01 | 5533 | |
| 16:44 | 16:54 | 64 | M2.4 | S18W08 | 5533 | |
| 18:40 | 19:03 | 102 | M4.9 | S21W02 | 5533 | |
| 21:48 | 21:51 | 64 | M2.5 | S21W07 | 5533 |
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.
← X4.1 1989-06-15M6.8 1989-06-16 →
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A X3.0 flare that began 1989-06-16 04:19 UTC; No. 16 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.