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X1.1 solar flare on 2022-04-17
ClassX1.1GOES-16 science data
Peak03:342022-04-17 UTC
Duration33 min
Peak flux1.1e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (since Jun 2017) | 80 / 108 |
| Rank in year | 4 / 2392 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 3 |
| M/X flares that month | 32 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 25 |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2022
X2.2
X1.5
X1.3
X1.1
X1.1
X1.1
X1.0
M9.6
M9.6
M8.7
M8.6
M7.9
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:00 | 02:11 | 22 | M1.8 | – | – | |
| 19:52 | 20:02 | 13 | M1.5 | – | – | |
| 22:28 | 22:34 | 11 | M4.4 | – | – |
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.
← M9.6 2022-03-31M7.2 2022-04-20 →
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A X1.1 flare that began 2022-04-17 03:17 UTC; No. 4 of 2,392 C-class-or-larger flares in 2022.