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X3.3 solar flare on 2013-11-05
ClassX3.3NOAA report
Peak22:122013-11-05 UTC
Duration8 min
Peak flux3.3e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 100 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 1 / 1467 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 23 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 24 |
| Position on disk | S13E44 |
| Active region | AR 11890 (32 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2013
X3.3
X3.2
X2.8
X2.3
X2.1
X1.7
X1.7
X1.2
X1.1
X1.1
X1.0
X1.0
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:12 | 08:18 | 9 | M2.5 | S17E48 | 11890 | |
| 18:08 | 18:13 | 9 | M1.0 | – | – |
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 X3.3 flare that began 2013-11-05 22:07 UTC; No. 1 of 1,467 C-class-or-larger flares in 2013.