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Solar flares in June 1983
C-class260
M-class27
X-class1
LargestX1.41983-06-06
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1982 | 222 | 120 | 16 | X12.0 |
| June 1983 | 260 | 27 | 1 | X1.4 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-06-06 | 13:31 | 13:51 | 121 | X1.4 | S11W15 | 4201 |
| 1983-06-26 | 14:07 | 14:12 | 65 | M7.0 | S13E76 | 4227 |
| 1983-06-16 | 15:13 | 16:24 | 140 | M5.6 | S13E46 | 4213 |
| 1983-06-26 | 04:36 | 04:53 | 27 | M5.5 | S12E90 | 4227 |
| 1983-06-25 | 20:51 | 20:52 | 27 | M4.0 | S07E89 | 4227 |
| 1983-06-29 | 22:24 | 22:46 | 59 | M2.5 | – | 4214 |
| 1983-06-09 | 21:58 | 22:02 | 31 | M1.8 | S08E23 | 4204 |
| 1983-06-25 | 18:35 | 18:59 | 41 | M1.8 | – | – |
| 1983-06-06 | 17:37 | 17:44 | 24 | M1.7 | S11W19 | 4201 |
| 1983-06-04 | 02:15 | 02:18 | 63 | M1.5 | S10E07 | 4201 |
| 1983-06-04 | 19:50 | 19:51 | 41 | M1.5 | S11E05 | 4201 |
| 1983-06-05 | 16:58 | 17:55 | 109 | M1.5 | S10W03 | 4201 |
| 1983-06-06 | 03:02 | 03:10 | 23 | M1.5 | – | 4201 |
| 1983-06-06 | 07:46 | 07:54 | 69 | M1.5 | S10W13 | 4201 |
| 1983-06-02 | 15:20 | 15:27 | 25 | M1.4 | – | 4201 |
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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288 flares of class C or larger in June 1983; by M/X count it ranks 110 of 565 months.