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M6.0 solar flare on 2026-04-26
ClassM6.0GOES-18 science data
Peak22:572026-04-26 UTC
Duration11 min
Peak flux6.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 30 / 1764 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 4 |
| M/X flares that month | 28 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:08 | 00:23 | 27 | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 13:54 | 14:03 | 14 | M1.4 | – | – | |
| 19:18 | 19:24 | 9 | M1.7 | – | – | |
| 19:54 | 20:04 | 13 | M2.2 | – | – |
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 M6.0 flare that began 2026-04-26 22:51 UTC; No. 30 of 1,764 C-class-or-larger flares in 2026.