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Solar flares in August 1982
C-class300
M-class25
X-class0
LargestM7.21982-08-08
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1981 | 391 | 57 | 1 | X2.6 |
| August 1982 | 300 | 25 | 0 | M7.2 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982-08-08 | 02:04 | 02:05 | 14 | M7.2 | S09W65 | 3829 |
| 1982-08-14 | 05:06 | 05:07 | 12 | M4.1 | N12W63 | 3837 |
| 1982-08-31 | 05:07 | 06:10 | 95 | M4.0 | – | 3886 |
| 1982-08-10 | 10:30 | 10:33 | 13 | M2.8 | N10W07 | 3837 |
| 1982-08-10 | 05:11 | 05:32 | 30 | M2.4 | – | 3837 |
| 1982-08-06 | 23:19 | 23:32 | 32 | M2.2 | S08W50 | 3829 |
| 1982-08-14 | 03:58 | 04:05 | 27 | M2.1 | N09W55 | 3837 |
| 1982-08-09 | 06:37 | 06:54 | 91 | M2.0 | N15E23 | 3839 |
| 1982-08-27 | 02:57 | 03:26 | 91 | M2.0 | N15W15 | 3870 |
| 1982-08-07 | 12:01 | 12:11 | 89 | M1.9 | N14E50 | 3839 |
| 1982-08-31 | 17:22 | 17:34 | 52 | M1.9 | – | 3886 |
| 1982-08-26 | 22:54 | 23:03 | 24 | M1.8 | – | 3870 |
| 1982-08-08 | 16:03 | 16:51 | 122 | M1.7 | N14E71 | 3845 |
| 1982-08-08 | 15:46 | 16:12 | 64 | M1.5 | N14E37 | 3839 |
| 1982-08-27 | 05:40 | 05:51 | 42 | M1.5 | N15W16 | 3870 |
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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325 flares of class C or larger in August 1982; by M/X count it ranks 126 of 565 months.