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X3.1 solar flare on 2002-08-24
ClassX3.1NOAA report
Peak01:122002-08-24 UTC
Duration42 min
Peak flux3.1e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 107 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 3 / 2553 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 47 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 23 |
| Position on disk | S02W81 |
| Active region | AR 10069 (74 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2002
X4.8
X3.3
X3.1
X3.0
X2.1
X1.8
X1.5
X1.5
X1.5
X1.2
X1.0
X1.0
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05:38 | 05:48 | 21 | M1.8 | S09E52 | 10087 | |
| 11:12 | 11:28 | 29 | M1.5 | – | – |
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.
← M5.4 2002-08-22X1.5 2002-08-30 →
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A X3.1 flare that began 2002-08-24 00:49 UTC; No. 3 of 2,553 C-class-or-larger flares in 2002.