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M6.7 solar flare on 1991-08-16
ClassM6.7NOAA report
Peak06:201991-08-16 UTC
Duration60 min
Peak flux6.7e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 84 / 3297 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 1 |
| M/X flares that month | 35 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S10E65 |
| Active region | AR 6786 (22 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
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:44 | 00:51 | 81 | M1.9 | S10E65 | 6786 |
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.
← M7.4 1991-08-03X2.1 1991-08-25 →
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A M6.7 flare that began 1991-08-16 06:11 UTC; No. 84 of 3,297 C-class-or-larger flares in 1991.