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Solar flares in February 1984
C-class304
M-class26
X-class1
LargestX2.31984-02-17
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1983 | 139 | 4 | 1 | X4.1 |
| February 1984 | 304 | 26 | 1 | X2.3 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984-02-17 | 22:26 | 23:00 | 96 | X2.3 | N16E82 | 4421 |
| 1984-02-10 | 02:48 | 03:20 | 61 | M4.8 | S14W47 | 4408 |
| 1984-02-11 | 02:38 | 02:45 | 46 | M2.9 | S12E18 | 4413 |
| 1984-02-25 | 03:11 | 03:14 | 81 | M2.5 | S15E48 | 4423 |
| 1984-02-24 | 03:29 | 03:59 | 84 | M2.0 | S15E60 | 4423 |
| 1984-02-27 | 21:09 | 21:13 | 71 | M2.0 | N11W49 | 4421 |
| 1984-02-10 | 10:23 | 10:36 | 23 | M1.9 | – | – |
| 1984-02-11 | 22:49 | 22:56 | 24 | M1.9 | S14W69 | 4408 |
| 1984-02-22 | 01:32 | 02:06 | 114 | M1.9 | N16E25 | 4421 |
| 1984-02-12 | 14:49 | 15:10 | 47 | M1.8 | S12W02 | 4413 |
| 1984-02-18 | 02:03 | 02:07 | 14 | M1.8 | N14E72 | 4421 |
| 1984-02-24 | 01:38 | 02:02 | 58 | M1.7 | – | 4421 |
| 1984-02-26 | 12:18 | 12:52 | 177 | M1.7 | S10E30 | 4423 |
| 1984-02-03 | 04:04 | 04:10 | 16 | M1.6 | – | 4398 |
| 1984-02-04 | 21:46 | 21:46 | 21 | M1.4 | N14W85 | 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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331 flares of class C or larger in February 1984; by M/X count it ranks 114 of 565 months.