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Solar flares in February 1982
C-class394
M-class72
X-class5
LargestX2.61982-02-01
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1981 | 208 | 38 | 6 | X4.0 |
| February 1982 | 394 | 72 | 5 | X2.6 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982-02-01 | 12:17 | 14:03 | 328 | X2.6 | S14W09 | 3576 |
| 1982-02-08 | 12:50 | 12:52 | 29 | X1.4 | S13W88 | 3576 |
| 1982-02-09 | 03:57 | 04:12 | 26 | X1.2 | S13W90 | 3576 |
| 1982-02-03 | 01:03 | 01:26 | 223 | X1.1 | S15W29 | 3576 |
| 1982-02-07 | 12:50 | 13:03 | 81 | X1.0 | S14W72 | 3576 |
| 1982-02-09 | 13:52 | 14:12 | 26 | M9.5 | – | – |
| 1982-02-06 | 20:50 | 21:00 | 32 | M6.5 | S15W63 | 3576 |
| 1982-02-03 | 19:47 | 20:44 | 133 | M5.5 | S11E91 | 3594 |
| 1982-02-04 | 13:20 | 13:37 | 33 | M4.8 | – | – |
| 1982-02-05 | 09:01 | 09:06 | 63 | M4.7 | S15W44 | 3576 |
| 1982-02-12 | 21:20 | 21:38 | 60 | M4.6 | S10W40 | 3594 |
| 1982-02-06 | 23:55 | 23:59 | 44 | M4.2 | S16W80 | 3576 |
| 1982-02-09 | 04:39 | 04:44 | 9 | M4.2 | – | 3576 |
| 1982-02-02 | 17:38 | 18:52 | 124 | M3.8 | S15W57 | 3577 |
| 1982-02-10 | 00:56 | 01:05 | 28 | M3.8 | N16E54 | 3602 |
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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471 flares of class C or larger in February 1982; by M/X count it ranks 18 of 565 months.