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M8.8 solar flare on 2025-02-03
ClassM8.8GOES-16 science data
Peak03:582025-02-03 UTC
Duration11 min
Peak flux8.8e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 20 / 3004 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 9 |
| M/X flares that month | 50 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 25 |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2025
X5.1
X4.0
X2.4
X1.9
X1.9
X1.8
X1.8
X1.7
X1.7
X1.2
X1.2
X1.2
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:31 | 03:47 | – | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 04:26 | 04:32 | 10 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 05:37 | 05:47 | 16 | M3.1 | – | – | |
| 07:32 | 07:44 | 19 | M2.5 | – | – | |
| 09:09 | 09:13 | 6 | M1.4 | – | – | |
| 13:07 | 13:18 | 15 | M6.1 | – | – | |
| 18:25 | 18:36 | 19 | M4.3 | – | – | |
| 21:04 | 21:12 | 11 | M1.4 | – | – | |
| 23:14 | 23:28 | 18 | M1.4 | – | – |
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.
← M5.1 2025-02-02M6.1 2025-02-03 →
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A M8.8 flare that began 2025-02-03 03:52 UTC; No. 20 of 3,004 C-class-or-larger flares in 2025.