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M7.3 solar flare on 2024-08-03
ClassM7.3GOES-16 science data
Peak18:392024-08-03 UTC
Duration14 min
Peak flux7.3e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 85 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 8 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:22 | 00:27 | 9 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 04:45 | 04:59 | 19 | M1.5 | – | – | |
| 06:52 | 07:05 | – | M1.5 | – | – | |
| 07:11 | 07:30 | 22 | M1.9 | – | – | |
| 13:26 | 13:43 | 28 | M1.8 | – | – | |
| 16:49 | 16:54 | 7 | M2.8 | – | – | |
| 17:13 | 17:26 | 20 | M1.9 | – | – | |
| 19:17 | 19:30 | 25 | M5.4 | – | – |
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.
← M7.4 2024-08-02M5.4 2024-08-03 →
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A M7.3 flare that began 2024-08-03 18:29 UTC; No. 85 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.