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X3.9 solar flare on 2024-05-10
ClassX3.9GOES-16 science data
Peak06:542024-05-10 UTC
Duration38 min
Peak flux3.9e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (since Jun 2017) | 14 / 108 |
| Rank in year | 7 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 11 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:10 | 00:13 | 11 | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 03:15 | 03:29 | 24 | M1.4 | – | – | |
| 06:14 | 06:24 | – | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 10:10 | 10:14 | 8 | M2.2 | – | – | |
| 13:58 | 14:11 | 24 | M5.9 | – | – | |
| 18:26 | 18:32 | – | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 18:38 | 18:48 | – | M1.7 | – | – | |
| 18:57 | 19:05 | 12 | M2.0 | – | – | |
| 19:35 | 19:53 | – | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 19:56 | 20:03 | 21 | M1.9 | – | – | |
| 20:59 | 21:08 | 12 | M3.8 | – | – |
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 X3.9 flare that began 2024-05-10 06:27 UTC; No. 7 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.