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Solar flares in November 1983
C-class17
M-class2
X-class0
LargestM3.11983-11-01
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1982 | 306 | 48 | 2 | X4.5 |
| November 1983 | 17 | 2 | 0 | M3.1 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-11-01 | 11:00 | 11:33 | 77 | M3.1 | – | – |
| 1983-11-08 | 17:18 | 17:35 | 195 | M1.3 | S14E01 | 4343 |
| 1983-11-07 | 21:31 | 22:00 | 136 | C6.6 | S11E32 | 4355 |
| 1983-11-07 | 19:57 | 20:02 | 50 | C5.9 | S11E34 | 4355 |
| 1983-11-05 | 04:12 | 04:13 | 20 | C3.8 | S11E66 | 4355 |
| 1983-11-08 | 23:08 | 23:13 | 10 | C3.5 | – | – |
| 1983-11-08 | 01:43 | 01:55 | 55 | C3.2 | S16E11 | 4353 |
| 1983-11-04 | 19:57 | 20:04 | 13 | C2.9 | – | – |
| 1983-11-08 | 00:46 | 00:48 | 28 | C2.0 | S12E33 | 4355 |
| 1983-11-08 | 02:17 | 02:20 | 11 | C1.9 | S10E30 | 4355 |
| 1983-11-03 | 02:21 | 02:29 | 15 | C1.8 | S18E76 | 4353 |
| 1983-11-07 | 17:37 | 17:37 | 51 | C1.8 | S10E36 | 4355 |
| 1983-11-07 | 18:31 | 18:42 | 66 | C1.8 | S10E34 | 4355 |
| 1983-11-08 | 03:47 | 04:28 | 48 | C1.7 | S11E29 | 4355 |
| 1983-11-08 | 05:14 | 05:18 | 56 | C1.7 | S15E09 | 4353 |
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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19 flares of class C or larger in November 1983; by M/X count it ranks 380 of 565 months.