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Solar flares in July 1980
C-class191
M-class19
X-class3
LargestX2.51980-07-01
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1979 | 105 | 9 | 0 | M0.3 |
| July 1980 | 191 | 19 | 3 | X2.5 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-07-01 | 16:22 | 16:29 | 49 | X2.5 | S12W38 | 2544 |
| 1980-07-14 | 08:22 | 08:25 | 20 | X1.1 | S13E43 | 2562 |
| 1980-07-11 | 18:51 | 18:59 | 37 | X1.0 | S10E72 | 2562 |
| 1980-07-05 | 22:23 | 22:47 | 26 | M8.9 | N28W29 | 2550 |
| 1980-07-23 | 00:58 | 00:58 | 85 | M8.9 | S17E13 | 2579 |
| 1980-07-21 | 02:52 | 03:00 | 28 | M8.0 | – | 2562 |
| 1980-07-11 | 21:38 | 22:17 | 95 | M5.3 | S08E65 | 2562 |
| 1980-07-12 | 11:10 | 11:12 | 51 | M4.3 | S14E56 | 2562 |
| 1980-07-17 | 05:42 | 06:03 | 68 | M3.4 | S12E06 | 2562 |
| 1980-07-12 | 15:41 | 15:43 | 24 | M3.2 | S10E60 | 2562 |
| 1980-07-11 | 16:39 | 16:44 | 36 | M3.1 | S10E75 | 2562 |
| 1980-07-05 | 07:39 | 07:42 | 44 | M2.9 | N25W25 | 2550 |
| 1980-07-06 | 04:47 | 04:50 | 8 | M2.8 | N27W33 | 2550 |
| 1980-07-07 | 11:29 | 11:51 | 38 | M2.3 | N26W49 | 2550 |
| 1980-07-12 | 18:23 | 18:24 | 19 | M2.2 | S12E65 | 2562 |
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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213 flares of class C or larger in July 1980; by M/X count it ranks 145 of 565 months.