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M9.5 solar flare on 2024-10-26
ClassM9.5GOES-16 science data
Peak06:232024-10-26 UTC
Duration–
Peak flux9.5e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 58 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 82 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:32 | 07:19 | 82 | X1.8 | – | – | |
| 14:04 | 14:16 | 25 | M1.6 | – | – |
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.
← X3.2 2024-10-24X1.8 2024-10-26 →
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A M9.5 flare that began 2024-10-26 05:57 UTC; No. 58 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.