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Solar flares in October 1982
C-class259
M-class6
X-class0
LargestM3.71982-10-27
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1981 | 420 | 40 | 3 | X3.6 |
| October 1982 | 259 | 6 | 0 | M3.7 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982-10-27 | 03:31 | 04:09 | 189 | M3.7 | S11W22 | 3955 |
| 1982-10-06 | 22:56 | 23:06 | 16 | M2.2 | – | 3922 |
| 1982-10-24 | 14:06 | 15:11 | 115 | M2.2 | N12E41 | 3960 |
| 1982-10-25 | 22:48 | 23:04 | 137 | M2.1 | N12E23 | 3960 |
| 1982-10-27 | 04:30 | 04:38 | 33 | M2.1 | – | 3955 |
| 1982-10-23 | 12:53 | 12:59 | 78 | M1.3 | S11E19 | 3955 |
| 1982-10-15 | 11:44 | 11:51 | 10 | C9.5 | – | 3949 |
| 1982-10-25 | 03:27 | 03:35 | 75 | C9.4 | S10E05 | 3955 |
| 1982-10-07 | 02:47 | 02:53 | 10 | C8.6 | – | 3930 |
| 1982-10-25 | 15:47 | 16:02 | 19 | C8.6 | – | 3955 |
| 1982-10-21 | 22:51 | 22:53 | 23 | C8.2 | S05E85 | 3961 |
| 1982-10-26 | 00:23 | 00:26 | 53 | C8.2 | N09E20 | 3960 |
| 1982-10-27 | 03:01 | 03:06 | 9 | C7.5 | – | 3960 |
| 1982-10-27 | 16:17 | 16:35 | 79 | C7.5 | N11W01 | 3960 |
| 1982-10-21 | 07:23 | 07:37 | 69 | C7.4 | S09E45 | 3955 |
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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265 flares of class C or larger in October 1982; by M/X count it ranks 295 of 565 months.