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X2.0 solar flare on 2014-10-26
ClassX2.0NOAA report
Peak10:562014-10-26 UTC
Duration74 min
Peak flux2.0e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 199 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 4 / 2016 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 4 |
| M/X flares that month | 47 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 24 |
| Position on disk | S18W40 |
| Active region | AR 12192 (69 flares) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17:08 | 17:17 | 22 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 18:07 | 18:15 | 13 | M4.2 | – | – | |
| 18:43 | 18:49 | 13 | M1.9 | – | – | |
| 19:59 | 20:21 | 46 | M2.4 | – | – |
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 X2.0 flare that began 2014-10-26 10:04 UTC; No. 4 of 2,016 C-class-or-larger flares in 2014.