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Solar flares in February 1993
C-class218
M-class17
X-class0
LargestM9.61993-02-06
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1992 | 241 | 47 | 2 | X3.3 |
| February 1993 | 218 | 17 | 0 | M9.6 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-02-06 | 18:12 | 18:20 | 140 | M9.6 | N12E26 | 7417 |
| 1993-02-17 | 10:36 | 10:38 | 28 | M5.8 | S07W87 | 7420 |
| 1993-02-18 | 02:59 | 03:06 | 67 | M4.0 | N14W02 | 7425 |
| 1993-02-11 | 18:01 | 18:33 | 66 | M2.7 | S04W15 | 7420 |
| 1993-02-10 | 20:03 | 20:07 | 14 | M2.4 | S04W03 | 7420 |
| 1993-02-01 | 01:55 | 02:04 | 40 | M2.2 | – | – |
| 1993-02-16 | 14:16 | 14:22 | 28 | M2.1 | S06W76 | 7420 |
| 1993-02-14 | 12:48 | 12:53 | 31 | M2.0 | S22E78 | 7427 |
| 1993-02-18 | 09:28 | 09:52 | 65 | M1.6 | S20E28 | 7427 |
| 1993-02-10 | 08:36 | 08:38 | 28 | M1.5 | S04E05 | 7420 |
| 1993-02-01 | 06:55 | 06:59 | 7 | M1.4 | S09E90 | 7416 |
| 1993-02-21 | 00:27 | 00:33 | 31 | M1.4 | N13E75 | 7433 |
| 1993-02-18 | 11:26 | 11:31 | 82 | M1.1 | S21E21 | 7427 |
| 1993-02-05 | 04:48 | 05:40 | 103 | M1.0 | – | – |
| 1993-02-06 | 16:40 | 16:48 | 36 | M1.0 | S13E54 | 7420 |
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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235 flares of class C or larger in February 1993; by M/X count it ranks 175 of 565 months.