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Solar flares in February 1980
C-class85
M-class16
X-class1
LargestX0.21980-02-08
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1979 | 82 | 41 | 4 | X0.2 |
| February 1980 | 85 | 16 | 1 | X0.2 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-02-08 | 09:00 | 09:08 | 45 | X0.2 | N15W80 | 2262 |
| 1980-02-03 | 13:38 | 13:59 | 96 | M0.5 | S15E17 | 2266 |
| 1980-02-11 | 20:37 | 20:38 | 20 | M0.4 | N13E62 | 2281 |
| 1980-02-05 | 17:27 | 17:27 | 38 | M0.3 | S17W09 | 2266 |
| 1980-02-03 | 10:10 | 10:12 | 52 | M0.2 | N13W10 | 2262 |
| 1980-02-10 | 15:28 | 15:38 | 108 | M0.2 | S18E10 | 2276 |
| 1980-02-01 | 03:41 | 03:55 | 51 | M0.1 | N14E30 | 2267 |
| 1980-02-04 | 13:51 | 13:58 | 41 | M0.1 | N15W17 | 2262 |
| 1980-02-04 | 17:09 | 17:16 | 24 | M0.1 | N18E39 | 2271 |
| 1980-02-04 | 18:12 | 18:12 | 61 | M0.1 | S13E82 | 2276 |
| 1980-02-06 | 17:21 | 17:50 | 62 | M0.1 | S12E60 | 2276 |
| 1980-02-10 | 20:21 | 20:28 | 8 | M0.1 | N13E79 | 2281 |
| 1980-02-10 | 23:29 | 23:31 | 33 | M0.1 | N11E72 | 2281 |
| 1980-02-11 | 16:38 | 16:43 | 45 | M0.1 | N10E66 | 2281 |
| 1980-02-26 | 17:49 | 17:57 | 31 | M0.1 | N18E88 | 2302 |
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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102 flares of class C or larger in February 1980; by M/X count it ranks 174 of 565 months.