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Solar flares in July 1985
C-class42
M-class2
X-class0
LargestM4.51985-07-02
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1984 | 5 | 1 | 0 | M1.4 |
| July 1985 | 42 | 2 | 0 | M4.5 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985-07-02 | 20:56 | 21:33 | 134 | M4.5 | S15E56 | 4671 |
| 1985-07-09 | 01:26 | 02:04 | 61 | M2.9 | – | 4671 |
| 1985-07-12 | 04:59 | 05:37 | 53 | C6.3 | – | – |
| 1985-07-11 | 13:45 | 13:46 | 25 | C5.1 | S18W59 | 4671 |
| 1985-07-08 | 09:54 | 09:55 | 19 | C4.8 | S15W14 | 4671 |
| 1985-07-12 | 06:13 | 06:17 | 9 | C3.7 | – | – |
| 1985-07-09 | 16:52 | 16:52 | 26 | C3.6 | S18W33 | 4671 |
| 1985-07-08 | 16:03 | 16:06 | 7 | C3.3 | – | – |
| 1985-07-07 | 05:26 | 05:27 | 9 | C3.0 | S13E00 | 4671 |
| 1985-07-07 | 20:24 | 20:27 | 6 | C2.7 | – | – |
| 1985-07-13 | 06:53 | 07:02 | 30 | C2.3 | – | 4671 |
| 1985-07-10 | 16:44 | 16:47 | 6 | C2.2 | – | 4671 |
| 1985-07-29 | 15:59 | 16:02 | 36 | C2.1 | S17E60 | 4682 |
| 1985-07-13 | 13:17 | 13:21 | 9 | C2.0 | – | – |
| 1985-07-08 | 15:55 | 15:59 | 7 | C1.9 | – | – |
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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44 flares of class C or larger in July 1985; by M/X count it ranks 383 of 565 months.