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X4.4 solar flare on 2024-05-06
ClassX4.4GOES-16 science data
Peak06:352024-05-06 UTC
Duration68 min
Peak flux4.4e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (since Jun 2017) | 10 / 108 |
| Rank in year | 5 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 5 |
| M/X flares that month | 148 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 25 |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2024
X8.9
X8.6
X7.0
X5.8
X4.4
X4.4
X3.9
X3.4
X3.3
X3.2
X2.9
X2.8
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:47 | 01:06 | 26 | M1.6 | – | – | |
| 05:09 | 05:28 | – | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 09:49 | 09:59 | 14 | M1.5 | – | – | |
| 21:37 | 21:48 | – | M1.2 | – | – | |
| 21:58 | 22:27 | 68 | M4.3 | – | – |
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.
← X1.2 2024-05-05M5.1 2024-05-07 →
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A X4.4 flare that began 2024-05-06 05:38 UTC; No. 5 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.