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X3.1 solar flare on 2014-10-24
ClassX3.1NOAA report
Peak21:412014-10-24 UTC
Duration66 min
Peak flux3.1e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 108 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 2 / 2016 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 1 |
| M/X flares that month | 47 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 24 |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2014
X4.9
X3.1
X2.2
X2.0
X2.0
X1.8
X1.6
X1.6
X1.6
X1.5
X1.3
X1.2
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07:37 | 07:48 | 16 | M4.0 | – | – |
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 X3.1 flare that began 2014-10-24 21:07 UTC; No. 2 of 2,016 C-class-or-larger flares in 2014.