Top 50 solar flares of the year 2012

On this page you will find an overview of the strongest solar flares of the year 2012 together with links to more information in our archive and a video (if available) of the event.

			Region	Start	Maximum	End
1	X7.79	2012/03/07	1429	00:02	00:24	00:40	View archive
2	X2.57	2012/01/27	1402	17:37	18:37	18:56	View archive
3	X2.37	2012/10/23	1598	03:13	03:17	03:21	View archive
4	X2.03	2012/07/12	1520	15:37	16:49	17:30	View archive
5	X1.97	2012/03/07	1430	01:05	01:14	01:23	View archive
6	X1.64	2012/03/05	1429	02:30	04:09	04:43	View archive
7	X1.61	2012/07/06	1515	23:01	23:08	23:14	View archive
8	X1.3	2012/10/20	1598	18:05	18:14	18:19	View archive
9	X1.26	2012/01/23	1402	03:38	03:59	04:34	View archive
10	X1.22	2012/03/10	1429	17:15	17:44	18:30	View archive
11	X1.14	2012/03/13	1429	17:12	17:41	18:25	View archive
12	X1.12	2012/07/19	1520	04:17	05:58	06:56	View archive
13	M9.93	2012/07/08	1515	16:23	16:32	16:42	View archive
14	M9.15	2012/03/09	1429	03:22	03:53	04:18	View archive
15	M8.9	2012/07/05	1515	11:39	11:44	11:49	View archive
16	M8.83	2012/07/28	1532	20:44	20:56	21:04	View archive
17	M8.59	2012/11/13	1613	01:58	02:04	02:06	View archive
18	M8.25	2012/05/10	1476	04:11	04:18	04:23	View archive
19	M8.08	2012/07/02	1515	10:43	10:52	10:57	View archive
20	M7.99	2012/08/18	1548	00:24	01:02	01:07	View archive
21	M7.67	2012/07/04	1515	09:47	09:55	09:57	View archive
22	M7.32	2012/05/17	1476	01:25	01:47	02:14	View archive
23	M7.26	2012/10/22	1598	18:38	18:51	19:01	View archive
24	M6.81	2012/05/09	1476	12:21	12:32	12:36	View archive
25	M6.75	2012/07/05	1515	03:25	03:36	03:39	View archive
26	M6.68	2012/07/04	1515	22:03	22:09	22:15	View archive
27	M5.91	2012/05/09	1476	21:01	21:05	21:09	View archive
28	M5.47	2012/07/02	1515	19:59	20:07	20:13	View archive
29	M5.08	2012/11/21	1618	15:10	15:30	15:38	View archive
30	M4.85	2012/03/02	1429	17:29	17:46	18:07	View archive
31	M4.79	2012/06/03	1496	17:48	17:55	17:57	View archive
32	M4.61	2012/01/19	1402	13:44	16:05	17:50	View archive
33	M4.28	2012/07/06	1515	01:37	01:40	01:42	View archive
34	M4.15	2012/07/01	1513	19:11	19:18	19:21	View archive
35	M4.14	2012/11/13	1613	20:50	20:54	20:57	View archive
36	M4.03	2012/03/14	1432	15:08	15:21	15:36	View archive
37	M4.01	2012/07/27	1532	17:17	17:26	17:32	View archive
38	M3.77	2012/07/07	1515	10:57	11:03	11:07	View archive
39	M3.56	2012/11/13	1613	05:42	05:50	05:54	View archive
40	M3.55	2012/07/05	1515	01:05	01:10	01:15	View archive
41	M3.52	2012/06/28	1513	16:07	16:12	16:15	View archive
42	M3.46	2012/08/17	1548	13:12	13:19	13:23	View archive
43	M3.35	2012/10/08		11:05	11:17	11:23	View archive
44	M3.35	2012/07/04	1515	12:07	12:24	12:32	View archive
45	M3.35	2012/07/04	1515	04:28	04:37	04:45	View archive
46	M3.34	2012/07/29	1532	06:15	06:22	06:29	View archive
47	M3.23	2012/07/05	1515	02:35	02:42	02:47	View archive
48	M3.22	2012/11/28	1620	21:20	21:36	21:48	View archive
49	M3.22	2012/06/29	1513	09:13	09:20	09:22	View archive
50	M3.13	2012/06/06	1494	19:54	20:06	20:13	View archive

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

Oulu, Rovaniemi, Sodankylä, Utsjoki
Kirkenes, Tromsø
Arkhangelsk, Murmansk, Norilsk, Vorkuta
Kiruna, Luleå

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