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Solar flares in April 1988
C-class127
M-class11
X-class1
LargestX1.21988-04-14
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1987 | 44 | 2 | 0 | M1.1 |
| April 1988 | 127 | 11 | 1 | X1.2 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-04-14 | 19:34 | 19:42 | 43 | X1.2 | N25E37 | 4990 |
| 1988-04-18 | 00:21 | 01:05 | 88 | M3.1 | S34W56 | 4996 |
| 1988-04-21 | 09:16 | 09:49 | 68 | M2.3 | N19W52 | 4990 |
| 1988-04-15 | 21:12 | 21:22 | 30 | M2.0 | N23E21 | 4990 |
| 1988-04-18 | 05:09 | 05:28 | 39 | M1.7 | N20W14 | 4990 |
| 1988-04-24 | 01:08 | 01:20 | 25 | M1.7 | – | 4990 |
| 1988-04-15 | 20:00 | 20:06 | 70 | M1.5 | S17W08 | 4992 |
| 1988-04-12 | 17:07 | 17:08 | 32 | M1.4 | N24E68 | 4990 |
| 1988-04-16 | 21:22 | 21:24 | 27 | M1.2 | N25E09 | 4990 |
| 1988-04-17 | 04:29 | 04:37 | 34 | M1.2 | N24E05 | 4990 |
| 1988-04-20 | 10:02 | 10:29 | 98 | M1.0 | N21W40 | 4990 |
| 1988-04-22 | 14:07 | 14:17 | 39 | M1.0 | N21W64 | 4990 |
| 1988-04-16 | 19:44 | 20:12 | 28 | C9.1 | N22E06 | 4990 |
| 1988-04-16 | 22:09 | 22:16 | 11 | C9.0 | – | – |
| 1988-04-19 | 18:58 | 19:12 | 44 | C8.1 | – | – |
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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139 flares of class C or larger in April 1988; by M/X count it ranks 214 of 565 months.