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Solar flares in June 1980
C-class222
M-class44
X-class2
LargestX2.61980-06-21
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1979 | 62 | 8 | 3 | X0.2 |
| June 1980 | 222 | 44 | 2 | X2.6 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-06-21 | 01:17 | 01:25 | 43 | X2.6 | N20W90 | 2502 |
| 1980-06-04 | 22:57 | 23:01 | 17 | X2.2 | S14W69 | 2478 |
| 1980-06-07 | 03:12 | 03:15 | 10 | M7.3 | N14W70 | 2495 |
| 1980-06-03 | 21:28 | 21:34 | 76 | M7.2 | S12E64 | 2490 |
| 1980-06-04 | 06:54 | 06:56 | 34 | M6.7 | S14E59 | 2490 |
| 1980-06-27 | 16:15 | 16:17 | 22 | M6.7 | S25W54 | 2522 |
| 1980-06-25 | 15:50 | 15:54 | 83 | M4.8 | S29W28 | 2522 |
| 1980-06-23 | 23:34 | 23:40 | 10 | M4.6 | N18W62 | 2524 |
| 1980-06-08 | 10:25 | 10:38 | 52 | M4.4 | – | – |
| 1980-06-29 | 10:38 | 10:43 | 30 | M4.2 | – | – |
| 1980-06-29 | 18:21 | 18:26 | 19 | M4.2 | – | 2522 |
| 1980-06-04 | 07:51 | 08:47 | 101 | M4.0 | – | 2490 |
| 1980-06-03 | 11:39 | 12:07 | 33 | M3.7 | S13E70 | 2490 |
| 1980-06-29 | 02:33 | 02:37 | 12 | M3.6 | – | – |
| 1980-06-01 | 19:21 | 19:39 | 40 | M2.7 | – | 2490 |
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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268 flares of class C or larger in June 1980; by M/X count it ranks 50 of 565 months.