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Solar flares in March 1984
C-class190
M-class16
X-class0
LargestM3.01984-03-14
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1983 | 213 | 10 | 0 | M5.2 |
| March 1984 | 190 | 16 | 0 | M3.0 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984-03-14 | 19:01 | 20:05 | 130 | M3.0 | – | – |
| 1984-03-29 | 01:59 | 02:00 | 29 | M2.2 | S14E57 | 4455 |
| 1984-03-13 | 07:27 | 07:29 | 5 | M2.0 | S09W26 | 4433 |
| 1984-03-14 | 03:15 | 03:24 | 195 | M2.0 | S12W42 | 4433 |
| 1984-03-29 | 17:51 | 17:54 | 28 | M2.0 | N19E61 | 4458 |
| 1984-03-16 | 08:51 | 09:06 | 39 | M1.8 | – | – |
| 1984-03-02 | 12:38 | 12:52 | 39 | M1.7 | – | – |
| 1984-03-27 | 19:49 | 19:50 | 31 | M1.4 | S12E68 | 4455 |
| 1984-03-27 | 21:50 | 21:50 | 50 | M1.4 | S11E77 | 4455 |
| 1984-03-17 | 09:22 | 09:26 | 34 | M1.3 | N14E63 | 4443 |
| 1984-03-30 | 08:54 | 08:58 | 22 | M1.2 | N18E52 | 4458 |
| 1984-03-29 | 00:55 | 01:20 | 47 | M1.1 | – | 4458 |
| 1984-03-30 | 04:50 | 04:59 | 42 | M1.1 | N17E54 | 4458 |
| 1984-03-01 | 02:32 | 02:34 | 26 | M1.0 | N10W58 | 4422 |
| 1984-03-02 | 04:32 | 04:36 | 6 | M1.0 | – | – |
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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206 flares of class C or larger in March 1984; by M/X count it ranks 181 of 565 months.