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M8.9 solar flare on 1991-05-16
ClassM8.9NOAA report
Peak06:541991-05-16 UTC
Duration175 min
Peak flux8.9e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 61 / 3297 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 0 |
| M/X flares that month | 41 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | N30W56 |
| Active region | AR 6619 (20 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
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.
← M8.2 1991-05-13X2.8 1991-05-18 →
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A M8.9 flare that began 1991-05-16 06:35 UTC; No. 61 of 3,297 C-class-or-larger flares in 1991.