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M5.5 solar flare on 2000-07-16
ClassM5.5NOAA report
Peak02:032000-07-16 UTC
Duration9 min
Peak flux5.5e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 30 / 2492 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 3 |
| M/X flares that month | 54 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 23 |
| Position on disk | N09E81 |
| Active region | AR 9090 (28 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2000
X5.7
X4.0
X2.3
X2.3
X2.0
X1.9
X1.9
X1.8
X1.8
X1.2
X1.2
X1.2
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:23 | 02:28 | 10 | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 21:47 | 21:57 | 17 | M1.1 | N14E76 | 9090 | |
| 23:37 | 00:04 | 38 | M1.4 | N17W38 | 9077 |
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.
← X5.7 2000-07-14M6.4 2000-07-19 →
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A M5.5 flare that began 2000-07-16 01:59 UTC; No. 30 of 2,492 C-class-or-larger flares in 2000.