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X1.6 solar flare on 2003-06-11
ClassX1.6NOAA report
Peak20:142003-06-11 UTC
Duration26 min
Peak flux1.6e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 252 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 10 / 1496 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 8 |
| M/X flares that month | 45 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 23 |
| Position on disk | N14W57 |
| Active region | AR 10375 (81 flares) |
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
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:01 | 03:06 | 12 | M1.8 | N14W56 | 10375 | |
| 10:28 | 10:33 | 7 | M1.1 | N09W61 | 10375 | |
| 10:51 | 11:09 | 41 | M1.4 | – | 10375 | |
| 13:09 | 13:21 | 28 | M2.7 | N11W61 | 10375 | |
| 14:37 | 15:27 | 70 | M3.7 | N10W61 | 10375 | |
| 16:21 | 16:36 | 29 | M4.5 | N12W59 | 10375 | |
| 17:27 | 17:43 | 33 | M1.8 | S16E23 | 10380 | |
| 21:41 | 21:51 | 29 | M2.9 | N15W63 | 10375 |
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.
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A X1.6 flare that began 2003-06-11 20:01 UTC; No. 10 of 1,496 C-class-or-larger flares in 2003.