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M6.1 solar flare on 2024-08-05
ClassM6.1GOES-16 science data
Peak05:232024-08-05 UTC
Duration13 min
Peak flux6.1e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 104 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:22 | 02:31 | 12 | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 09:49 | 10:01 | 19 | M1.7 | – | – | |
| 13:24 | 13:40 | 29 | X1.7 | – | – | |
| 15:18 | 15:27 | 13 | X1.1 | – | – | |
| 17:56 | 18:02 | 12 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 18:20 | 18:37 | 21 | 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.
← M5.4 2024-08-03X1.7 2024-08-05 →
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A M6.1 flare that began 2024-08-05 05:13 UTC; No. 104 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.