Solar Flare WatchSolar flares in 1985
C177
M14
X2
LargestX4.71985-01-21
M/X flares by month
- January 1985
- February 1985
- March 1985
- April 1985
- May 1985
- June 1985
- July 1985
- August 1985
- September 1985
- October 1985
- November 1985
- December 1985
Nearby years (M + X)
406
520
596
112
121
16
22
30
206
679
289
Top 20 flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985-01-21 | 23:52 | 00:11 | 165 | X4.7 | S08W38 | 4617 |
| 1985-04-24 | 09:14 | 09:22 | 96 | X1.9 | N06E27 | 4647 |
| 1985-05-02 | 07:41 | 07:45 | 12 | M4.9 | – | 4647 |
| 1985-07-02 | 20:56 | 21:33 | 134 | M4.5 | S15E56 | 4671 |
| 1985-01-20 | 20:39 | 20:55 | 76 | M4.1 | S09W24 | 4617 |
| 1985-01-21 | 16:36 | 16:53 | 21 | M3.3 | S09W35 | 4617 |
| 1985-07-09 | 01:26 | 02:04 | 61 | M2.9 | – | 4671 |
| 1985-01-21 | 14:10 | 14:25 | 63 | M2.4 | S08W34 | 4617 |
| 1985-01-21 | 02:39 | 03:54 | 134 | M2.2 | S10W30 | 4617 |
| 1985-10-26 | 03:59 | 04:32 | 75 | M1.8 | N07W61 | 4698 |
| 1985-01-23 | 07:25 | 07:40 | 62 | M1.3 | S12W59 | 4617 |
| 1985-01-21 | 15:14 | 15:18 | 35 | M1.2 | – | 4617 |
| 1985-01-21 | 21:27 | 21:32 | 33 | M1.2 | S08W38 | 4617 |
| 1985-01-21 | 04:55 | 05:06 | 124 | M1.1 | S11W29 | 4617 |
| 1985-04-22 | 16:37 | 16:40 | 12 | M1.0 | N05E49 | 4647 |
| 1985-05-13 | 09:04 | 09:36 | 44 | M1.0 | – | 4652 |
| 1985-01-21 | 10:46 | 10:48 | 8 | C8.8 | S11W30 | 4617 |
| 1985-04-24 | 01:48 | 01:59 | 41 | C8.8 | N03E28 | 4647 |
| 1985-04-22 | 19:47 | 19:50 | 5 | C8.7 | – | – |
| 1985-03-21 | 15:09 | 15:11 | 11 | C7.5 | N05E85 | 4637 |
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
193 flares of class C+ in 1985: 14 M-class and 2 X-class.