Top 50 solar flares of the year 1996

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest solar flares of the year 1996 together with links to more information in our archive and a video (if available) of the event.

			Region	Start	Maximum	End
1	M1.56	1996/11/29	7999	20:16	20:44	20:55	View archive
2	M1.13	1996/11/30	7999	20:32	21:03	21:30	View archive
3	M1.05	1996/11/25	7999	00:11	00:19	00:31	View archive
4	C7.79	1996/11/25	7999	18:24	18:35	19:06	View archive
5	C6.83	1996/12/01	7999	20:47	20:55	21:07	View archive
6	C6.66	1996/11/25	7999	13:08	13:13	13:19	View archive
7	C6.06	1996/08/22		08:50	10:03	11:06	View archive
8	C4.81	1996/11/24		16:29	16:47	17:02	View archive
9	C4.69	1996/08/22		08:05	08:45	08:52	View archive
10	C3.89	1996/12/02	7999	14:21	14:34	14:38	View archive
11	C3.89	1996/12/16		12:22	12:29	12:36	View archive
12	C3.73	1996/11/24	7999	17:31	17:47	17:59	View archive
13	C3.24	1996/11/25		05:12	05:19	05:25	View archive
14	C3.06	1996/12/19	8005	15:21	15:56	16:18	View archive
15	C3.01	1996/12/24		13:03	13:11	13:23	View archive
16	C2.69	1996/11/24		06:57	07:19	07:24	View archive
17	C2.57	1996/11/25	7997	12:22	12:25	12:27	View archive
18	C2.4	1996/11/24	7999	20:00	20:04	20:06	View archive
19	C2.39	1996/11/25		02:40	02:46	02:50	View archive
20	C2.29	1996/11/25		11:09	11:13	11:19	View archive
21	C2.21	1996/08/22		07:34	07:50	07:56	View archive
22	C2.16	1996/12/02		01:32	01:37	01:41	View archive
23	C2.14	1996/11/26	7999	12:59	13:39	13:56	View archive
24	C2.07	1996/12/02	7999	17:32	17:39	17:45	View archive
25	C2.06	1996/08/06		19:10	22:01	22:43	View archive
26	C2.04	1996/11/24		22:19	22:22	22:26	View archive
27	C2.04	1996/12/01	7999	20:17	20:28	20:46	View archive
28	C2	1996/08/28		08:00	08:06	08:10	View archive
29	C1.99	1996/11/25		09:04	09:11	09:23	View archive
30	C1.91	1996/11/25		07:07	07:13	07:20	View archive
31	C1.9	1996/11/24		05:40	06:10	06:17	View archive
32	C1.87	1996/11/28		15:35	17:32	19:02	View archive
33	C1.83	1996/11/25	7999	00:55	00:58	01:02	View archive
34	C1.8	1996/08/23		07:14	07:21	07:30	View archive
35	C1.76	1996/11/24	7999	19:25	19:34	19:49	View archive
36	C1.67	1996/11/25		04:05	04:10	04:13	View archive
37	C1.66	1996/12/02	7999	23:43	23:53	23:59	View archive
38	C1.59	1996/11/28	7999	12:31	12:43	12:58	View archive
39	C1.57	1996/12/02		01:05	01:13	01:19	View archive
40	C1.51	1996/12/11		18:13	18:21	18:27	View archive
41	C1.5	1996/11/25		08:17	08:25	08:29	View archive
42	C1.49	1996/11/24	7999	21:05	21:13	21:19	View archive
43	C1.49	1996/11/30	7999	17:09	17:17	17:24	View archive
44	C1.41	1996/11/25		13:46	14:04	14:08	View archive
45	C1.36	1996/11/23		15:36	15:46	15:55	View archive
46	C1.34	1996/08/25	7986	12:10	12:36	12:39	View archive
47	C1.31	1996/08/07		23:16	23:20	23:24	View archive
48	C1.31	1996/11/25	7999	15:28	15:39	15:43	View archive
49	C1.27	1996/12/11		01:18	01:27	01:32	View archive
50	C1.22	1996/11/30		15:28	15:34	15:40	View archive

Current data suggests there is a slight possibility for aurora to appear at the following high latitude regions in the near future

Yellowknife, NT

The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (10.41nT), the direction is North (1.34nT).

Latest news

Thursday, 11 September 2025

Coronal hole faces Earth

Sunday, 31 August 2025

M2.7 solar flare with earth-directed CME!

Tuesday, 5 August 2025

M4.4 solar flare from sunspot region 4168

More news

Latest forum messages

Current Farside Activity 114 Coronal Hole 91/92 25 AR 14246 115 Space Weather Memes 751 Feature Request: Custom Magnetometer integration 1

Support SpaceWeatherLive.com!

A lot of people come to SpaceWeatherLive to follow the Solar activity or if there is a chance to see the aurora, but with more traffic comes higher costs to keep the servers online. If you like SpaceWeatherLive and want to support the project you can choose a subscription for an ad-free site or consider a donation. With your help we can keep SpaceWeatherLive online!