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X3.6 solar flare on 2003-05-28
ClassX3.6NOAA report
Peak00:272003-05-28 UTC
Duration22 min
Peak flux3.6e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 84 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 7 / 1496 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 0 |
| M/X flares that month | 11 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 23 |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2003
X28.0
X17.2
X10.0
X8.3
X5.4
X3.9
X3.6
X2.7
X1.7
X1.6
X1.5
X1.5
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.
← X1.3 2003-05-27X1.2 2003-05-29 →
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A X3.6 flare that began 2003-05-28 00:17 UTC; No. 7 of 1,496 C-class-or-larger flares in 2003.