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X2.8 solar flare on 2026-02-02
ClassX2.8GOES-18 science data
Peak00:362026-02-02 UTC
Duration9 min
Peak flux2.8e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (since Jun 2017) | 22 / 108 |
| Rank in year | 3 / 1764 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 16 |
| M/X flares that month | 84 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 25 |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2026
X8.1
X4.2
X2.8
X2.5
X2.4
X1.9
X1.6
X1.5
X1.4
X1.2
X1.1
X1.0
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:35 | 02:42 | 9 | M4.4 | – | – | |
| 02:45 | 02:51 | 14 | M5.2 | – | – | |
| 03:44 | 03:46 | 5 | M1.9 | – | – | |
| 04:39 | 04:47 | 17 | M3.0 | – | – | |
| 05:10 | 05:16 | – | M1.6 | – | – | |
| 05:19 | 05:27 | 16 | M2.3 | – | – | |
| 07:39 | 08:14 | 61 | X1.6 | – | – | |
| 10:17 | 10:24 | – | M1.9 | – | – | |
| 11:15 | 11:24 | 15 | M6.7 | – | – | |
| 13:32 | 13:39 | 11 | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 14:49 | 15:01 | 25 | M4.0 | – | – | |
| 17:03 | 17:10 | 27 | M2.3 | – | – | |
| 18:26 | 18:29 | 5 | M2.3 | – | – | |
| 19:41 | 20:05 | 51 | M2.9 | – | – | |
| 20:52 | 21:08 | 25 | M3.3 | – | – | |
| 23:21 | 23:27 | 10 | M2.5 | – | – |
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.
← X8.1 2026-02-01M5.2 2026-02-02 →
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A X2.8 flare that began 2026-02-02 00:31 UTC; No. 3 of 1,764 C-class-or-larger flares in 2026.