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X1.1 solar flare on 1991-03-25
ClassX1.1NOAA report
Peak00:221991-03-25 UTC
Duration52 min
Peak flux1.1e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 370 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 42 / 3297 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 123 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S24W08 |
| Active region | AR 6555 (79 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 1991
X12.0
X12.0
X12.0
X12.0
X12.0
X10.0
X10.0
X9.4
X7.1
X6.1
X5.5
X5.3
Other M/X flares that day
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.
← M5.6 1991-03-23X5.3 1991-03-25 →
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A X1.1 flare that began 1991-03-25 00:08 UTC; No. 42 of 3,297 C-class-or-larger flares in 1991.