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Solar flares in April 1982
C-class225
M-class13
X-class0
LargestM6.71982-04-02
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1981 | 217 | 74 | 13 | X5.9 |
| April 1982 | 225 | 13 | 0 | M6.7 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982-04-02 | 09:00 | 09:08 | 52 | M6.7 | N09W62 | 3659 |
| 1982-04-01 | 19:27 | 19:32 | 42 | M4.0 | N07W56 | 3659 |
| 1982-04-14 | 05:48 | 06:06 | 45 | M2.7 | N17W22 | 3688 |
| 1982-04-16 | 21:22 | 21:25 | 15 | M2.0 | S04W90 | 3693 |
| 1982-04-19 | 18:10 | 18:13 | 44 | M2.0 | S19W33 | 3696 |
| 1982-04-29 | 11:11 | 11:21 | 18 | M2.0 | – | 3703 |
| 1982-04-22 | 12:48 | 13:15 | 177 | M1.9 | N09E36 | 3702 |
| 1982-04-14 | 02:36 | 02:49 | 189 | M1.8 | S27W03 | 3684 |
| 1982-04-05 | 15:45 | 16:29 | 45 | M1.5 | – | 3659 |
| 1982-04-03 | 07:41 | 07:50 | 46 | M1.4 | S12W79 | 3658 |
| 1982-04-11 | 23:28 | 23:37 | 81 | M1.2 | N16E05 | 3688 |
| 1982-04-12 | 11:41 | 11:43 | 32 | M1.2 | S11E07 | 3681 |
| 1982-04-01 | 16:09 | 16:22 | 56 | M1.0 | N08W51 | 3659 |
| 1982-04-11 | 18:42 | 18:52 | 93 | C9.9 | N16E08 | 3688 |
| 1982-04-01 | 11:05 | 11:46 | 56 | C9.7 | – | – |
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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238 flares of class C or larger in April 1982; by M/X count it ranks 203 of 565 months.