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Solar flares in April 1986
C-class7
M-class3
X-class0
LargestM2.41986-04-24
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1985 | 31 | 1 | 1 | X1.9 |
| April 1986 | 7 | 3 | 0 | M2.4 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986-04-24 | 06:07 | 06:13 | 46 | M2.4 | N04E04 | 4726 |
| 1986-04-24 | 03:45 | 03:47 | 43 | M1.2 | N04E06 | 4726 |
| 1986-04-24 | 00:39 | 00:42 | 41 | M1.1 | N03E07 | 4726 |
| 1986-04-26 | 16:37 | 16:38 | 38 | C6.2 | N02W28 | 4726 |
| 1986-04-24 | 14:05 | 14:19 | 49 | C4.5 | N02W01 | 4726 |
| 1986-04-24 | 12:17 | 12:20 | 33 | C2.1 | N07E35 | 4727 |
| 1986-04-27 | 07:55 | 07:58 | 7 | C1.6 | – | 4726 |
| 1986-04-24 | 01:50 | 01:50 | 24 | C1.5 | N03E08 | 4726 |
| 1986-04-27 | 12:40 | 12:55 | 24 | C1.2 | – | 4726 |
| 1986-04-24 | 09:43 | 09:49 | 12 | C1.1 | – | – |
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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10 flares of class C or larger in April 1986; by M/X count it ranks 347 of 565 months.