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X3.5 solar flare on 1989-08-14
ClassX3.5NOAA report
Peak00:561989-08-14 UTC
Duration67 min
Peak flux3.5e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 89 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 14 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 4 |
| M/X flares that month | 57 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S16W60 |
| Active region | AR 5629 (54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:41 | 10:15 | 65 | M1.1 | N15E47 | 5643 | |
| 11:59 | 12:04 | 35 | M1.1 | N28E72 | 5645 | |
| 19:14 | 19:17 | 22 | M2.2 | S17W63 | 5629 | |
| 23:58 | 00:13 | 40 | M3.4 | S21W90 | 5629 |
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.
← X2.6 1989-08-12X1.0 1989-08-15 →
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A X3.5 flare that began 1989-08-14 00:31 UTC; No. 14 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.