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Solar flares in June 1979
C-class62
M-class8
X-class3
LargestX0.21979-06-05
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1978 | 97 | 9 | 0 | M0.3 |
| June 1979 | 62 | 8 | 3 | X0.2 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979-06-05 | 05:08 | 05:14 | 84 | X0.2 | N20E16 | 1781 |
| 1979-06-10 | 08:06 | 08:55 | 135 | X0.2 | N25W50 | 1781 |
| 1979-06-04 | 03:55 | 04:03 | 65 | X0.1 | N20E34 | 1781 |
| 1979-06-09 | 00:01 | 00:10 | 34 | M0.5 | N18W30 | 1781 |
| 1979-06-03 | 14:33 | 14:34 | 63 | M0.4 | N21E35 | 1781 |
| 1979-06-06 | 21:06 | 21:12 | 32 | M0.3 | N15E68 | 1796 |
| 1979-06-03 | 09:18 | 09:40 | 97 | M0.2 | N18E38 | 1781 |
| 1979-06-02 | 14:21 | 14:48 | 184 | M0.1 | N21E47 | 1781 |
| 1979-06-05 | 01:30 | 01:33 | 50 | M0.1 | N20E18 | 1781 |
| 1979-06-18 | 05:23 | 06:24 | 69 | M0.1 | S17W66 | 1797 |
| 1979-06-18 | 20:40 | 20:50 | 50 | M0.1 | N09W13 | 1815 |
| 1979-06-03 | 01:33 | – | 25 | C0.9 | N19E47 | 1781 |
| 1979-06-09 | 22:35 | 22:39 | 27 | C0.8 | N19E27 | 1796 |
| 1979-06-18 | 18:11 | 18:12 | 19 | C0.8 | S13W71 | 1797 |
| 1979-06-16 | 22:34 | 22:40 | 56 | C0.7 | N12W60 | 1796 |
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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73 flares of class C or larger in June 1979; by M/X count it ranks 221 of 565 months.