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X2.7 solar flare on 2003-11-03
ClassX2.7NOAA report
Peak01:302003-11-03 UTC
Duration36 min
Peak flux2.7e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 131 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 8 / 1496 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 28 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 23 |
| Position on disk | N10W83 |
| Active region | AR 10488 (26 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
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.
← X8.3 2003-11-02X3.9 2003-11-03 →
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A X2.7 flare that began 2003-11-03 01:09 UTC; No. 8 of 1,496 C-class-or-larger flares in 2003.