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X2.0 solar flare on 2024-10-31
ClassX2.0GOES-16 science data
Peak21:202024-10-31 UTC
Duration14 min
Peak flux2.0e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (since Jun 2017) | 35 / 108 |
| Rank in year | 18 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:23 | 03:30 | 13 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 09:22 | 09:37 | 32 | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 12:41 | 12:54 | 21 | M2.4 | – | – | |
| 13:46 | 13:59 | 24 | M1.2 | – | – | |
| 18:57 | 19:07 | 20 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 21:03 | 21:10 | – | M4.6 | – | – |
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.
← M7.2 2024-10-30M5.8 2024-11-06 →
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A X2.0 flare that began 2024-10-31 21:12 UTC; No. 18 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.