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Solar flares in March 1986
C-class11
M-class2
X-class0
LargestM1.61986-03-05
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1985 | 2 | 0 | 0 | C7.5 |
| March 1986 | 11 | 2 | 0 | M1.6 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986-03-05 | 07:06 | 07:09 | 74 | M1.6 | – | 4717 |
| 1986-03-03 | 12:42 | 12:54 | 15 | M1.3 | – | – |
| 1986-03-03 | 05:00 | 05:01 | 12 | C7.5 | S03E52 | 4717 |
| 1986-03-06 | 04:12 | 04:17 | 16 | C5.6 | – | 4717 |
| 1986-03-03 | 13:51 | 14:19 | 44 | C4.7 | – | 4717 |
| 1986-03-06 | 16:37 | 17:02 | 80 | C4.6 | N02E01 | 4717 |
| 1986-03-02 | 20:34 | 20:49 | 35 | C4.3 | N00E54 | 4717 |
| 1986-03-07 | 01:58 | 02:02 | 27 | C4.1 | N00W05 | 4717 |
| 1986-03-02 | 05:37 | 05:44 | 11 | C3.1 | N01E64 | 4717 |
| 1986-03-07 | 00:04 | 00:06 | 10 | C2.0 | S00W03 | 4717 |
| 1986-03-03 | 13:31 | 13:35 | 6 | C1.9 | – | – |
| 1986-03-01 | 15:46 | 15:53 | 54 | C1.7 | N02E71 | 4717 |
| 1986-03-05 | 04:27 | 04:29 | 33 | C1.2 | N04E24 | 4717 |
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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13 flares of class C or larger in March 1986; by M/X count it ranks 384 of 565 months.