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M6.6 solar flare on 1999-02-28
ClassM6.6NOAA report
Peak16:391999-02-28 UTC
Duration12 min
Peak flux6.6e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 9 / 2025 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 0 |
| M/X flares that month | 6 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 23 |
| Position on disk | N28W06 |
Compared with the strongest flares of 1999
X1.8
X1.4
X1.4
X1.1
M9.8
M8.0
M7.6
M7.4
M6.6
M6.2
M6.0
M6.0
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.
← M5.2 1999-01-20M6.2 1999-03-16 →
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A M6.6 flare that began 1999-02-28 16:31 UTC; No. 9 of 2,025 C-class-or-larger flares in 1999.