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Solar flares in January 1986
C-class12
M-class3
X-class0
LargestM6.61986-01-16
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1985 | 25 | 8 | 1 | X4.7 |
| January 1986 | 12 | 3 | 0 | M6.6 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986-01-16 | 16:16 | 16:17 | 7 | M6.6 | S09W86 | 4710 |
| 1986-01-16 | 18:37 | 18:49 | 37 | M1.3 | S12W88 | 4710 |
| 1986-01-15 | 06:54 | 07:10 | 106 | M1.1 | S09W67 | 4710 |
| 1986-01-15 | 20:57 | 21:21 | 34 | C6.0 | – | – |
| 1986-01-15 | 21:48 | 21:49 | 11 | C4.6 | S12W72 | 4710 |
| 1986-01-16 | 12:00 | 12:10 | 18 | C4.3 | – | – |
| 1986-01-17 | 01:14 | 01:39 | 37 | C3.6 | – | 4710 |
| 1986-01-14 | 15:07 | 15:08 | 38 | C3.1 | S14W60 | 4710 |
| 1986-01-15 | 13:42 | 13:44 | 5 | C2.0 | S11W71 | 4710 |
| 1986-01-17 | 00:30 | 00:37 | 17 | C2.0 | – | 4710 |
| 1986-01-16 | 23:06 | 23:24 | 27 | C1.9 | – | – |
| 1986-01-17 | 03:50 | 04:01 | 30 | C1.7 | – | 4710 |
| 1986-01-17 | 02:46 | 02:55 | 14 | C1.3 | – | 4710 |
| 1986-01-16 | 13:59 | 14:09 | 24 | C1.0 | – | – |
| 1986-01-16 | 22:53 | 22:58 | 7 | C1.0 | – | 4710 |
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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15 flares of class C or larger in January 1986; by M/X count it ranks 346 of 565 months.