{"id":265742,"date":"2023-07-06T15:42:39","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T13:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=265742"},"modified":"2023-07-06T15:42:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T13:42:43","slug":"sunspot-counts-hit-21-year-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=265742","title":{"rendered":"Sunspot Counts Hit 21-Year\u00a0High"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Spaceweather.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By DR.TONY PHILLIPS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 2, 2023:<\/strong>\u00a0The sun is partying like it\u2019s 2002. That\u2019s the last time sunspot counts were as high as they are now. The monthly average sunspot number for June 2023 was 163, according to the Royal Observatory of Belgium\u2019s\u00a0Solar Influences Data Analysis Center<\/a>. This eclipses every month since Sept. 2002:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Solar Cycle 25 wasn\u2019t expected to be this strong. When it began in Dec. 2019, forecasters believed it would be a weak cycle akin to its immediate predecessor Solar Cycle 24. If that forecast had panned out, Solar Cycle 25 would be one of the weakest solar cycles in a century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, Solar Cycle 25 has shot past Solar Cycle 24 and may be on pace to rival some of the stronger cycles of the 20th century. The last time sunspot numbers were this high, the sun was on the verge of launching the Great Halloween Storms<\/a> of 2003, which included the strongest X-ray solar flare ever recorded (X45<\/a>), auroras as far south as Texas, and a CME so powerful<\/a> it was ultimately detected by the Voyager spacecraft at the edge of the solar system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay tuned. Solar flare alerts:<\/strong> SMS Text<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This story was brought to you by Spaceweather.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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