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Solar flares in January 1984
C-class157
M-class7
X-class0
LargestM3.61984-01-26
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1983 | 174 | 2 | 0 | M1.2 |
| January 1984 | 157 | 7 | 0 | M3.6 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984-01-26 | 00:38 | 00:46 | 48 | M3.6 | N16E26 | 4398 |
| 1984-01-30 | 04:30 | 04:38 | 42 | M2.9 | N09W12 | 4399 |
| 1984-01-26 | 16:22 | 16:29 | 24 | M2.1 | S06W70 | 4396 |
| 1984-01-31 | 07:10 | 07:33 | 38 | M1.7 | – | – |
| 1984-01-31 | 12:56 | 13:00 | 41 | M1.2 | N15W59 | 4397 |
| 1984-01-27 | 06:55 | 06:59 | 57 | M1.1 | N16E10 | 4398 |
| 1984-01-20 | 13:32 | 14:01 | 152 | M1.0 | S17W63 | 4393 |
| 1984-01-23 | 08:25 | 08:33 | 29 | C9.9 | N13E85 | 4399 |
| 1984-01-31 | 05:39 | 05:41 | 20 | C8.1 | N17W52 | 4398 |
| 1984-01-12 | 21:33 | 21:46 | 30 | C6.8 | – | 4393 |
| 1984-01-13 | 02:34 | 02:45 | 27 | C6.4 | S15E48 | 4393 |
| 1984-01-27 | 03:17 | 03:29 | 34 | C5.2 | N15E08 | 4398 |
| 1984-01-27 | 11:56 | 12:00 | 6 | C5.2 | – | – |
| 1984-01-27 | 12:35 | 12:54 | 58 | C5.1 | N13E05 | 4398 |
| 1984-01-29 | 22:23 | 22:32 | 15 | C4.7 | – | 4399 |
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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164 flares of class C or larger in January 1984; by M/X count it ranks 277 of 565 months.