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M5.5 solar flare on 1991-06-15
ClassM5.5NOAA report
Peak20:571991-06-15 UTC
Duration47 min
Peak flux5.5e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 99 / 3297 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 1 |
| M/X flares that month | 72 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S14W80 |
| Active region | AR 6666 (18 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.
← X12.0 1991-06-15M5.2 1991-06-17 →
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A M5.5 flare that began 1991-06-15 20:52 UTC; No. 99 of 3,297 C-class-or-larger flares in 1991.