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X1.7 solar flare on 2025-11-04
ClassX1.7GOES-18 science data
Peak17:342025-11-04 UTC
Duration36 min
Peak flux1.7e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (since Jun 2017) | 47 / 108 |
| Rank in year | 8 / 3004 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:31 | 01:48 | 33 | M3.5 | – | – | |
| 21:45 | 22:01 | 26 | X1.1 | – | – |
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.
← M5.0 2025-11-03X1.1 2025-11-04 →
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A X1.7 flare that began 2025-11-04 17:15 UTC; No. 8 of 3,004 C-class-or-larger flares in 2025.