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Solar flares in August 1988
C-class114
M-class7
X-class0
LargestM2.41988-08-23
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1987 | 52 | 9 | 0 | M1.4 |
| August 1988 | 114 | 7 | 0 | M2.4 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-08-23 | 17:57 | 18:00 | 34 | M2.4 | N24E90 | – |
| 1988-08-01 | 05:33 | 06:24 | 95 | M2.0 | N35E30 | 5092 |
| 1988-08-02 | 17:21 | 17:24 | 44 | M1.7 | N31E10 | 5092 |
| 1988-08-03 | 10:05 | 10:34 | 63 | M1.5 | – | – |
| 1988-08-03 | 20:34 | 20:34 | 30 | M1.3 | N14W64 | 5090 |
| 1988-08-08 | 07:58 | 08:03 | 58 | M1.3 | N29W65 | 5092 |
| 1988-08-26 | 10:58 | 11:12 | 32 | M1.2 | S20E66 | 5126 |
| 1988-08-29 | 15:44 | 15:50 | 25 | C9.7 | S16E54 | 5131 |
| 1988-08-30 | 13:46 | 14:09 | 32 | C9.7 | S21E42 | 5131 |
| 1988-08-02 | 15:48 | 15:57 | 46 | C9.5 | N14W55 | 5090 |
| 1988-08-19 | 13:37 | 13:42 | 51 | C8.9 | N24W75 | 5106 |
| 1988-08-03 | 08:29 | 08:32 | 38 | C8.3 | N15W70 | 5085 |
| 1988-08-02 | 22:03 | 22:11 | 45 | C7.8 | N15W59 | 5090 |
| 1988-08-02 | 17:30 | 17:33 | 40 | C7.5 | N13W56 | 5090 |
| 1988-08-10 | 08:05 | 08:09 | 12 | C7.2 | S15W57 | 5101 |
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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121 flares of class C or larger in August 1988; by M/X count it ranks 278 of 565 months.