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X1.6 solar flare on 2004-07-15
ClassX1.6NOAA report
Peak18:242004-07-15 UTC
Duration13 min
Peak flux1.6e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 253 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 6 / 1046 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 1 |
| M/X flares that month | 39 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 23 |
| Position on disk | S11E45 |
| Active region | AR 10649 (62 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2004
X3.6
X2.5
X2.0
X1.8
X1.8
X1.6
X1.3
X1.2
X1.1
X1.1
X1.0
X1.0
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.
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A X1.6 flare that began 2004-07-15 18:15 UTC; No. 6 of 1,046 C-class-or-larger flares in 2004.