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X1.1 solar flare on 2022-05-03
ClassX1.1GOES-16 science data
Peak13:252022-05-03 UTC
Duration21 min
Peak flux1.1e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (since Jun 2017) | 82 / 108 |
| Rank in year | 6 / 2392 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 1 |
| M/X flares that month | 22 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07:34 | 07:53 | 26 | M1.3 | – | – |
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.
← X1.1 2022-04-30M5.3 2022-05-04 →
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A X1.1 flare that began 2022-05-03 13:09 UTC; No. 6 of 2,392 C-class-or-larger flares in 2022.