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M6.3 solar flare on 2022-12-14
ClassM6.3GOES-16 science data
Peak14:422022-12-14 UTC
Duration17 min
Peak flux6.3e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 16 / 2392 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 12 |
| M/X flares that month | 44 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07:30 | 07:40 | 16 | M2.4 | – | – | |
| 08:24 | 08:31 | 12 | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 09:20 | 09:27 | 14 | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 11:45 | 11:59 | 31 | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 12:24 | 12:31 | 13 | M4.1 | – | – | |
| 14:54 | 14:59 | 9 | M3.2 | – | – | |
| 17:03 | 17:12 | 19 | M2.2 | – | – | |
| 20:31 | 20:50 | – | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 20:52 | 20:58 | 9 | M2.2 | – | – | |
| 21:33 | 21:39 | – | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 21:45 | 21:53 | – | M1.9 | – | – | |
| 21:57 | 22:06 | 19 | M4.5 | – | – |
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 M6.3 flare that began 2022-12-14 14:31 UTC; No. 16 of 2,392 C-class-or-larger flares in 2022.