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Strongest X flares since Jun 2017 (GOES-16/18)

X14.6 2017-09-06X14.6

X12.9 2017-09-10X12.9

X8.9 2024-10-03X8.9

X8.6 2024-05-14X8.6

X8.1 2026-02-01X8.1

X7.0 2024-10-01X7.0

X5.8 2024-05-11X5.8

X5.1 2025-11-11X5.1

X4.9 2023-12-31X4.9

X4.4 2024-05-06X4.4

X4.4 2024-09-14X4.4

X4.2 2026-02-04X4.2

X4.0 2025-11-14X4.0

X3.9 2024-05-10X3.9

X3.4 2024-05-15X3.4

Date	Begin	Peak	Min	Class	Location	Region
2017-09-06	11:52	12:02	18	X14.6	–	–
2017-09-10	15:34	16:06	57	X12.9	–	–
2024-10-03	12:08	12:18	18	X8.9	–	–
2024-05-14	16:46	16:51	15	X8.6	–	–
2026-02-01	23:44	23:57	20	X8.1	–	–
2024-10-01	21:58	22:20	30	X7.0	–	–
2024-05-11	01:10	01:23	28	X5.8	–	–
2025-11-11	09:49	10:04	28	X5.1	–	–
2023-12-31	21:36	21:55	31	X4.9	–	–
2024-05-06	05:38	06:35	68	X4.4	–	–
2024-09-14	15:13	15:29	33	X4.4	–	–
2026-02-04	12:02	12:13	16	X4.2	–	–
2025-11-14	07:44	08:30	56	X4.0	–	–
2024-05-10	06:27	06:54	38	X3.9	–	–
2024-05-15	08:18	08:37	33	X3.4	–	–
2024-02-09	12:53	13:14	38	X3.3	–	–
2017-09-06	08:52	09:10	25	X3.2	–	–
2024-10-24	03:30	03:57	56	X3.2	–	–
2024-05-15	14:20	14:38	30	X2.9	–	–
2023-12-14	16:47	17:02	24	X2.8	–	–
2024-05-27	06:49	07:08	35	X2.8	–	–
2026-02-02	00:31	00:36	9	X2.8	–	–
2024-02-16	06:42	06:53	15	X2.5	–	–
2026-04-24	08:01	08:13	17	X2.5	–	–
2025-05-14	08:04	08:19	27	X2.4	–	–
2026-04-24	00:51	01:07	22	X2.4	–	–
2024-11-06	13:24	13:40	21	X2.3	–	–
2022-04-20	03:41	03:57	22	X2.2	–	–
2023-02-17	19:38	20:16	71	X2.2	–	–
2024-05-09	08:45	09:13	50	X2.2	–	–
2024-12-08	08:50	09:06	19	X2.2	–	–
2017-09-07	14:15	14:36	40	X2.1	–	–
2024-10-07	19:02	19:13	28	X2.1	–	–
2023-03-03	17:39	17:52	21	X2.0	–	–
2024-10-31	21:12	21:20	14	X2.0	–	–
2023-01-09	18:37	18:50	19	X1.9	–	–
2024-07-16	13:11	13:26	24	X1.9	–	–
2025-02-23	19:22	19:27	11	X1.9	–	–
2025-12-01	02:27	02:49	38	X1.9	–	–
2026-01-18	17:27	18:09	84	X1.9	–	–
2024-02-21	22:52	23:07	21	X1.8	–	–
2024-10-09	01:25	01:56	78	X1.8	–	–
2024-10-26	06:32	07:19	82	X1.8	–	–
2025-01-04	12:35	12:48	20	X1.8	–	–
2025-06-19	23:37	23:50	17	X1.8	–	–
2024-08-05	13:24	13:40	29	X1.7	–	–
2025-11-04	17:15	17:34	36	X1.7	–	–
2025-11-09	07:01	07:35	54	X1.7	–	–
2023-08-05	21:45	22:21	58	X1.6	–	–
2024-02-22	06:17	06:32	22	X1.6	–	–

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.