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Solar flares in January 1985
C-class25
M-class8
X-class1
LargestX4.71985-01-21
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1984 | 157 | 7 | 0 | M3.6 |
| January 1985 | 25 | 8 | 1 | X4.7 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985-01-21 | 23:52 | 00:11 | 165 | X4.7 | S08W38 | 4617 |
| 1985-01-20 | 20:39 | 20:55 | 76 | M4.1 | S09W24 | 4617 |
| 1985-01-21 | 16:36 | 16:53 | 21 | M3.3 | S09W35 | 4617 |
| 1985-01-21 | 14:10 | 14:25 | 63 | M2.4 | S08W34 | 4617 |
| 1985-01-21 | 02:39 | 03:54 | 134 | M2.2 | S10W30 | 4617 |
| 1985-01-23 | 07:25 | 07:40 | 62 | M1.3 | S12W59 | 4617 |
| 1985-01-21 | 15:14 | 15:18 | 35 | M1.2 | – | 4617 |
| 1985-01-21 | 21:27 | 21:32 | 33 | M1.2 | S08W38 | 4617 |
| 1985-01-21 | 04:55 | 05:06 | 124 | M1.1 | S11W29 | 4617 |
| 1985-01-21 | 10:46 | 10:48 | 8 | C8.8 | S11W30 | 4617 |
| 1985-01-23 | 11:40 | 11:57 | 56 | C5.8 | S10W59 | 4617 |
| 1985-01-21 | 09:55 | 10:08 | 28 | C4.6 | S10W32 | 4617 |
| 1985-01-24 | 00:44 | 00:45 | 29 | C4.0 | S11W67 | 4617 |
| 1985-01-23 | 11:09 | 11:15 | 16 | C3.6 | – | 4617 |
| 1985-01-15 | 09:12 | 19:16 | 728 | C3.1 | S08W17 | 4616 |
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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34 flares of class C or larger in January 1985; by M/X count it ranks 249 of 565 months.