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Solar flares in March 1993
C-class183
M-class13
X-class0
LargestM7.71993-03-06
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1992 | 160 | 4 | 0 | M7.8 |
| March 1993 | 183 | 13 | 0 | M7.7 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-03-06 | 20:14 | 20:33 | 124 | M7.7 | S04E29 | 7440 |
| 1993-03-11 | 21:51 | 21:58 | 30 | M7.3 | N15E74 | 7448 |
| 1993-03-12 | 16:48 | 18:20 | 234 | M7.0 | S00W51 | 7440 |
| 1993-03-02 | 21:04 | 21:07 | 27 | M5.1 | S07E81 | 7440 |
| 1993-03-06 | 10:32 | 10:38 | 20 | M3.8 | – | – |
| 1993-03-15 | 20:39 | 20:45 | 41 | M2.9 | S03W88 | 7440 |
| 1993-03-30 | 01:00 | 01:03 | 45 | M2.6 | N04E31 | 7461 |
| 1993-03-23 | 01:29 | 01:44 | 35 | M2.3 | N18W78 | 7448 |
| 1993-03-21 | 03:22 | 03:41 | 61 | M2.1 | N16W47 | 7448 |
| 1993-03-20 | 00:47 | 01:00 | 153 | M1.8 | N18W37 | 7448 |
| 1993-03-11 | 15:15 | 15:15 | 12 | M1.1 | S04W34 | 7440 |
| 1993-03-04 | 10:16 | 10:17 | 50 | M1.0 | N10W23 | 7435 |
| 1993-03-29 | 12:52 | 12:56 | 23 | M1.0 | N04E36 | 7461 |
| 1993-03-11 | 14:32 | 14:36 | 27 | C9.7 | N15E73 | 7448 |
| 1993-03-29 | 08:32 | 08:33 | 9 | C9.4 | N04E41 | 7461 |
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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196 flares of class C or larger in March 1993; by M/X count it ranks 207 of 565 months.