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Solar flares in July 1983
C-class171
M-class8
X-class0
LargestM2.91983-07-25
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1982 | 150 | 106 | 5 | X9.8 |
| July 1983 | 171 | 8 | 0 | M2.9 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-07-25 | 03:53 | 04:01 | 28 | M2.9 | – | 4251 |
| 1983-07-25 | 10:38 | 10:52 | 41 | M2.9 | – | 4249 |
| 1983-07-01 | 13:32 | 13:36 | 68 | M1.7 | S10E10 | 4227 |
| 1983-07-27 | 23:28 | 23:55 | 54 | M1.3 | – | 4263 |
| 1983-07-10 | 18:39 | 18:50 | 61 | M1.1 | S21W37 | 4235 |
| 1983-07-23 | 09:09 | 09:45 | 53 | M1.0 | S08W75 | 4249 |
| 1983-07-30 | 14:37 | 14:58 | 39 | M1.0 | N14W30 | 4269 |
| 1983-07-30 | 14:38 | 15:16 | 70 | M1.0 | N14W30 | 4269 |
| 1983-07-24 | 10:54 | 11:00 | 11 | C9.2 | – | – |
| 1983-07-24 | 21:48 | 21:54 | 67 | C9.0 | N11W74 | 4245 |
| 1983-07-26 | 11:40 | 12:08 | 50 | C8.3 | – | 4263 |
| 1983-07-31 | 01:51 | 02:16 | 63 | C8.3 | S08E42 | 4263 |
| 1983-07-31 | 08:29 | 09:09 | 60 | C7.6 | S10E29 | 4263 |
| 1983-07-04 | 14:48 | 14:51 | 46 | C6.9 | S20E43 | 4235 |
| 1983-07-11 | 12:48 | 13:01 | 108 | C6.9 | S22W52 | 4235 |
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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179 flares of class C or larger in July 1983; by M/X count it ranks 262 of 565 months.