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M8.5 solar flare on 2026-07-01
ClassM8.5GOES-18 science data
Peak23:092026-07-01 UTC
Duration16 min
Peak flux8.5e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 15 / 1764 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 10 |
| M/X flares that month | 55 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:19 | 06:27 | 11 | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 06:37 | 06:43 | 10 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 07:28 | 07:35 | 10 | M1.5 | – | – | |
| 08:07 | 08:17 | 13 | M2.5 | – | – | |
| 10:04 | 10:08 | 7 | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 14:22 | 14:31 | 14 | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 14:39 | 14:54 | 33 | M2.6 | – | – | |
| 18:44 | 19:43 | 71 | M3.5 | – | – | |
| 20:15 | 20:22 | 13 | M1.8 | – | – | |
| 23:49 | 00:02 | 27 | M1.1 | – | – |
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.
← X1.1 2026-06-30M6.7 2026-07-03 →
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A M8.5 flare that began 2026-07-01 22:57 UTC; No. 15 of 1,764 C-class-or-larger flares in 2026.