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M6.6 solar flare on 2024-05-13
ClassM6.6GOES-16 science data
Peak09:442024-05-13 UTC
Duration38 min
Peak flux6.6e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 96 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 7 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:23 | 01:33 | 14 | M1.2 | – | – | |
| 08:06 | 08:20 | – | M1.2 | – | – | |
| 08:23 | 08:29 | 9 | M1.4 | – | – | |
| 08:47 | 09:33 | – | M4.9 | – | – | |
| 12:56 | 13:11 | 26 | M3.7 | – | – | |
| 17:32 | 17:47 | 50 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 21:48 | 21:59 | 18 | M1.5 | – | – |
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.
← X1.0 2024-05-12X1.6 2024-05-14 →
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A M6.6 flare that began 2024-05-13 09:36 UTC; No. 96 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.