A major X2.9 solar flare (R3-strong) took place today peaking at 07:08 UTC. The flare came from a sunspot region just behind the south-east limb. This is likely the anticipated return of old sunspot region 3664 which was the source of many major X-class solar flares during its previous visit of the earth-facing solar disk and an extreme G5 geomagnetic storm which was the first of its kind in 21 years.
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Last X-flare | 2025/01/04 | X1.85 |
Last M-flare | 2025/01/21 | M3.3 |
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 | 140 -14.6 |
Last 30 days | 160.2 +42.7 |