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M5.0 solar flare on 2025-11-03
ClassM5.0GOES-18 science data
Peak10:112025-11-03 UTC
Duration59 min
Peak flux5.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 43 / 3004 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 4 |
| M/X flares that month | 30 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:40 | 09:25 | – | M1.6 | – | – | |
| 12:19 | 12:35 | – | M2.9 | – | – | |
| 12:37 | 12:47 | 15 | M3.2 | – | – | |
| 17:04 | 17:08 | 6 | M1.5 | – | – |
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.
← X1.8 2025-06-19X1.7 2025-11-04 →
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A M5.0 flare that began 2025-11-03 09:38 UTC; No. 43 of 3,004 C-class-or-larger flares in 2025.