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X1.0 solar flare on 2024-05-12
ClassX1.0GOES-16 science data
Peak16:262024-05-12 UTC
Duration26 min
Peak flux1.0e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (since Jun 2017) | 104 / 108 |
| Rank in year | 48 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 9 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:41 | 00:45 | 10 | M3.2 | – | – | |
| 05:37 | 05:52 | 28 | M2.4 | – | – | |
| 12:27 | 12:41 | 26 | M1.6 | – | – | |
| 13:40 | 13:47 | – | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 13:49 | 13:56 | 18 | M1.5 | – | – | |
| 20:17 | 20:32 | 31 | M4.8 | – | – | |
| 22:01 | 22:06 | 9 | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 22:14 | 22:18 | 9 | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 23:00 | 23:10 | 12 | M1.0 | – | – |
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.
← M8.8 2024-05-11M6.6 2024-05-13 →
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A X1.0 flare that began 2024-05-12 16:11 UTC; No. 48 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.