There as been a lot of M-class flare activity the past few days coming from sunspot region 3311 including an M6.4 solar flare (R2-moderate) which peaked today at 07:32 UTC and an M8.9 solar flare (strongest from this region thus far) which peaked just a couple of moments ago at 12:35 UTC. This latest solar flare is the third solar flare from this sunspot region which peaked above the M5 threshold.
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Last X-flare | 2025/01/04 | X1.85 |
Last M-flare | 2025/01/22 | M1.3 |
Last geomagnetic storm | 2025/01/04 | Kp5 (G1) |
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Last spotless day | 2022/06/08 |
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December 2024 | 154.5 +2 |
January 2025 | 145.2 -9.3 |
Last 30 days | 162 +43.1 |