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M5.0 solar flare on 2024-12-30
ClassM5.0GOES-16 science data
Peak16:542024-12-30 UTC
Duration15 min
Peak flux5.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 131 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 13 |
| M/X flares that month | 91 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:33 | 00:47 | 24 | M1.7 | – | – | |
| 02:50 | 03:00 | 17 | M1.7 | – | – | |
| 04:01 | 04:14 | 36 | X1.6 | – | – | |
| 06:13 | 06:25 | 26 | M3.5 | – | – | |
| 08:34 | 08:40 | – | M1.4 | – | – | |
| 08:44 | 08:50 | 11 | M1.7 | – | – | |
| 10:00 | 10:11 | 17 | M1.7 | – | – | |
| 14:34 | 14:46 | 18 | M3.5 | – | – | |
| 17:14 | 17:30 | – | M1.2 | – | – | |
| 17:36 | 17:42 | 11 | M1.7 | – | – | |
| 18:14 | 18:24 | – | M1.6 | – | – | |
| 18:27 | 18:33 | 15 | M1.7 | – | – | |
| 22:35 | 22:41 | 12 | M1.0 | – | – |
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.
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A M5.0 flare that began 2024-12-30 16:45 UTC; No. 131 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.