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Solar flares in May 1982
C-class211
M-class27
X-class1
LargestX1.21982-05-29
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1981 | 259 | 17 | 3 | X1.5 |
| May 1982 | 211 | 27 | 1 | X1.2 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982-05-29 | 21:47 | 22:07 | 37 | X1.2 | – | 3739 |
| 1982-05-20 | 14:10 | 14:28 | 131 | M4.5 | N20E25 | 3740 |
| 1982-05-18 | 12:14 | 12:22 | 36 | M4.2 | N25E65 | 3740 |
| 1982-05-21 | 14:18 | 14:26 | 51 | M3.6 | N19E13 | 3740 |
| 1982-05-28 | 17:06 | 17:06 | 24 | M3.0 | N13W77 | 3739 |
| 1982-05-30 | 03:19 | 03:43 | 45 | M2.9 | – | 3739 |
| 1982-05-02 | 15:14 | 15:26 | 72 | M2.4 | S06E68 | 3717 |
| 1982-05-28 | 01:04 | 01:14 | 45 | M2.4 | S04E34 | 3753 |
| 1982-05-30 | 05:44 | 06:05 | 50 | M2.4 | – | – |
| 1982-05-22 | 16:59 | 17:04 | 13 | M2.3 | – | 3740 |
| 1982-05-30 | 10:16 | 10:16 | 26 | M2.2 | N10W90 | 3739 |
| 1982-05-29 | 02:04 | 02:09 | 62 | M2.1 | S04E20 | 3753 |
| 1982-05-28 | 15:29 | 15:31 | 35 | M2.0 | S04E25 | 3753 |
| 1982-05-22 | 07:22 | 07:23 | 25 | M1.9 | N19E05 | 3740 |
| 1982-05-29 | 06:04 | 06:14 | 39 | M1.9 | – | 3739 |
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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239 flares of class C or larger in May 1982; by M/X count it ranks 109 of 565 months.