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Solar flares in October 1985
C-class20
M-class1
X-class0
LargestM1.81985-10-26
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985-10-26 | 03:59 | 04:32 | 75 | M1.8 | N07W61 | 4698 |
| 1985-10-23 | 14:30 | 15:05 | 45 | C6.6 | N05W10 | 4699 |
| 1985-10-24 | 11:48 | 11:54 | 10 | C6.5 | – | – |
| 1985-10-24 | 08:20 | 09:05 | 78 | C2.4 | N08W28 | 4699 |
| 1985-10-24 | 00:02 | 00:12 | 39 | C2.3 | N09W23 | 4699 |
| 1985-10-29 | 05:42 | 06:07 | 36 | C2.3 | – | 4699 |
| 1985-10-22 | 03:18 | 03:23 | 18 | C1.8 | N09E13 | 4699 |
| 1985-10-15 | 02:54 | 02:57 | 5 | C1.7 | – | – |
| 1985-10-16 | 21:57 | 22:01 | 7 | C1.6 | – | – |
| 1985-10-16 | 22:00 | 22:02 | 7 | C1.6 | – | – |
| 1985-10-25 | 15:51 | 15:52 | 22 | C1.4 | N01W38 | 4699 |
| 1985-10-27 | 17:55 | 18:10 | 23 | C1.4 | – | – |
| 1985-10-28 | 16:01 | 16:25 | 44 | C1.4 | S01W89 | 4699 |
| 1985-10-24 | 03:21 | 03:30 | 27 | C1.3 | N08W25 | 4699 |
| 1985-10-24 | 05:09 | 05:15 | 16 | C1.3 | N10W27 | 4699 |
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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21 flares of class C or larger in October 1985; by M/X count it ranks 408 of 565 months.