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X1.1 solar flare on 2022-04-30
ClassX1.1GOES-16 science data
Peak13:472022-04-30 UTC
Duration13 min
Peak flux1.1e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (since Jun 2017) | 81 / 108 |
| Rank in year | 5 / 2392 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04:46 | 05:01 | 20 | M2.6 | – | – | |
| 05:25 | 05:34 | 14 | M1.4 | – | – | |
| 09:48 | 09:58 | 16 | M4.8 | – | – | |
| 19:42 | 19:47 | 11 | M1.9 | – | – |
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 2022-04-21X1.1 2022-05-03 →
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A X1.1 flare that began 2022-04-30 13:38 UTC; No. 5 of 2,392 C-class-or-larger flares in 2022.