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X1.2 solar flare on 2024-08-08
ClassX1.2GOES-16 science data
Peak19:352024-08-08 UTC
Duration56 min
Peak flux1.2e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (since Jun 2017) | 74 / 108 |
| Rank in year | 37 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:49 | 01:06 | 25 | M2.1 | – | – | |
| 11:26 | 11:42 | 24 | M1.6 | – | – | |
| 12:56 | 13:00 | 7 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 13:36 | 13:43 | 15 | M1.5 | – | – | |
| 22:46 | 22:51 | 9 | 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.
← M5.0 2024-08-07M5.3 2024-08-10 →
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A X1.2 flare that began 2024-08-08 19:01 UTC; No. 37 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.