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Solar flares in March 1985
C-class2
M-class0
X-class0
LargestC7.51985-03-21
Flares per day (C and above)
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1984 | 190 | 16 | 0 | M3.0 |
| March 1985 | 2 | 0 | 0 | C7.5 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985-03-21 | 15:09 | 15:11 | 11 | C7.5 | N05E85 | 4637 |
| 1985-03-21 | 22:30 | 22:33 | 18 | C2.2 | N03E88 | 4637 |
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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2 flares of class C or larger in March 1985; by M/X count it ranks 465 of 565 months.