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Solar maximum is here! G2 storm watch and X-flare!
Our Sun has been very busy the past few weeks and we have now reached the highest official monthly mean sunspot number in 23 years during the month of July! We landed on a whopping 196.5 and August thus far averages an incredible monthly mean sunspot number of 222.3! Is this going to be solar maximum when we look back at Solar Cycle 25 in the coming years? It seems likely!
Current data suggests there is a moderate possibility for aurora to appear at the following high latitude regions in the near future
SodankyläTromsø
Kiruna
Current data suggests there is a slight possibility for aurora to appear at the following high latitude regions in the near future
TórshavnOulu, Rovaniemi, Kuopio, Utsjoki
Kirkenes, Trondheim
Arkhangelsk, Murmansk, Norilsk, Vorkuta
Luleå, Sundsvall, Umeå
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| Last X-flare | 2025/02/23 | X2.0 |
| Last M-flare | 2025/03/11 | M1.1 |
| Last geomagnetic storm | 2025/03/12 | Kp5 (G1) |
| Spotless days | |
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| Last spotless day | 2022/06/08 |
| Monthly mean Sunspot Number | |
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| February 2025 | 154.6 +17.6 |
| March 2025 | 116.4 -38.2 |
| Last 30 days | 141.1 -6.3 |