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Solar flares in November 2003
C-class118
M-class24
X-class4
LargestX28.02003-11-04
Sunspot number103.0NOAA SWPC
Flares per day (C and above)
M/X flares per day
Same month a year earlier
| Month | C | M | X | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2002 | 202 | 12 | 0 | M7.4 |
| November 2003 | 118 | 24 | 4 | X28.0 |
Top 15 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-11-04 | 19:29 | 19:50 | 37 | X28.0 | S19W83 | 10486 |
| 2003-11-02 | 17:03 | 17:25 | 36 | X8.3 | S14W56 | 10486 |
| 2003-11-03 | 09:43 | 09:55 | 36 | X3.9 | N08W77 | 10488 |
| 2003-11-03 | 01:09 | 01:30 | 36 | X2.7 | N10W83 | 10488 |
| 2003-11-20 | 07:35 | 07:47 | 18 | M9.6 | N01W08 | 10501 |
| 2003-11-20 | 23:42 | 23:53 | 16 | M5.8 | N02W17 | 10501 |
| 2003-11-05 | 10:46 | 10:52 | 10 | M5.3 | S16W90 | 10486 |
| 2003-11-18 | 09:23 | 10:11 | 98 | M4.5 | – | – |
| 2003-11-17 | 08:55 | 09:05 | 24 | M4.2 | S01E33 | 10501 |
| 2003-11-03 | 15:26 | 15:32 | 17 | M3.9 | S15W79 | 10486 |
| 2003-11-18 | 08:12 | 08:31 | 47 | M3.9 | – | 10501 |
| 2003-11-01 | 22:26 | 22:38 | 23 | M3.2 | S12W60 | 10486 |
| 2003-11-18 | 07:23 | 07:52 | 43 | M3.2 | N00E18 | 10501 |
| 2003-11-04 | 10:11 | 10:22 | 22 | M3.0 | – | 10488 |
| 2003-11-04 | 05:43 | 05:56 | 24 | M2.6 | – | – |
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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146 flares of class C or larger in November 2003; by M/X count it ranks 111 of 565 months.