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M6.3 solar flare on 2024-08-01
ClassM6.3GOES-16 science data
Peak01:502024-08-01 UTC
Duration6 min
Peak flux6.3e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 101 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 14 |
| M/X flares that month | 121 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:50 | 00:58 | 12 | M1.2 | – | – | |
| 02:58 | 03:06 | 15 | M1.2 | – | – | |
| 03:59 | 04:09 | 23 | M1.9 | – | – | |
| 04:35 | 04:41 | 8 | M4.0 | – | – | |
| 05:52 | 05:56 | 7 | M1.5 | – | – | |
| 06:23 | 07:09 | 75 | M8.2 | – | – | |
| 11:09 | 11:37 | – | M4.1 | – | – | |
| 11:41 | 11:47 | 8 | M4.1 | – | – | |
| 16:04 | 16:15 | 14 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 16:33 | 16:37 | – | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 16:44 | 16:47 | 6 | M1.6 | – | – | |
| 17:22 | 17:29 | 11 | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 20:12 | 20:22 | 19 | M1.2 | – | – | |
| 23:00 | 23:08 | 16 | M1.4 | – | – |
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 M6.3 flare that began 2024-08-01 01:47 UTC; No. 101 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.