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M8.8 solar flare on 2024-05-11
ClassM8.8GOES-16 science data
Peak15:252024-05-11 UTC
Duration65 min
Peak flux8.8e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 68 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:10 | 01:23 | 28 | X5.8 | – | – | |
| 10:03 | 10:18 | 30 | M3.1 | – | – | |
| 10:53 | 10:56 | 6 | M1.6 | – | – | |
| 11:15 | 11:44 | 49 | X1.5 | – | – | |
| 13:45 | 13:49 | 22 | M1.7 | – | – | |
| 20:32 | 20:41 | 14 | M1.2 | – | – |
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.
← X1.5 2024-05-11X1.0 2024-05-12 →
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A M8.8 flare that began 2024-05-11 14:46 UTC; No. 68 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.