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Welcome to August.... and solar minimum?

Welcome to August! The year 2018 is now 212 days old and according to the numbers from the NOAA SWPC, the Sun has been spotless during 120 days this year thus far. The sunspots regions that did face Earth this year have been far from impressive and we had no M or X-class solar flares yet this year.

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Last X-flare2024/05/05X1.2
Last M-flare2024/05/06M1.6
Last geomagnetic storm2024/05/02Kp7- (G3)
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