Solar Flare WatchHome › Flare history › 1993
Solar flares in August 1993
C-class21
M-class1
X-class0
LargestM1.51993-08-11
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1992 | 188 | 12 | 0 | M4.8 |
| August 1993 | 21 | 1 | 0 | M1.5 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-08-11 | 10:13 | 10:29 | 39 | M1.5 | N07W48 | 7562 |
| 1993-08-11 | 18:11 | 18:35 | 43 | C9.9 | – | – |
| 1993-08-04 | 02:19 | 02:25 | 8 | C6.4 | – | – |
| 1993-08-10 | 18:55 | 19:05 | 53 | C4.6 | N12W26 | 7558 |
| 1993-08-11 | 15:52 | 16:35 | 79 | C4.4 | S02E67 | 7563 |
| 1993-08-12 | 22:16 | 22:57 | 61 | C3.5 | – | – |
| 1993-08-02 | 08:54 | 09:57 | 143 | C2.0 | – | – |
| 1993-08-13 | 12:42 | 12:44 | 7 | C1.8 | S00E46 | 7563 |
| 1993-08-11 | 02:48 | 02:50 | 23 | C1.7 | N10W45 | 7562 |
| 1993-08-17 | 15:42 | 15:50 | 13 | C1.7 | – | – |
| 1993-08-11 | 23:31 | 23:49 | 32 | C1.6 | – | – |
| 1993-08-13 | 02:42 | 02:53 | 14 | C1.6 | – | – |
| 1993-08-14 | 11:43 | 11:50 | 12 | C1.6 | – | – |
| 1993-08-03 | 02:47 | 02:55 | 13 | C1.5 | – | – |
| 1993-08-03 | 03:10 | 03:23 | 21 | C1.4 | – | – |
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.
About this page
22 flares of class C or larger in August 1993; by M/X count it ranks 413 of 565 months.