Michael Hill, SID Analyst 114 Prospect St Marlborough, MA 01752 USA noatak@aol.com

The events listed above meet at least one of the following criteria

1. Event reported by two or more observers within +/- 5 minutes
2. Event matched to GOES-8 XRA event to within +/- 15 minutes and event time < 1000 UT
3. Reported by observer with a high quality rating > 8 (scale 1-10)

Solar Events

I think the chart below, or lack thereof, speaks for itself. June was a month with not even one X-Ray flare detected by the GOES satellite. There were no correlated SID events detected for the month as would be expected. There is certainly talk now that something odd is up with the sun given the long duration of the absolute minimum conditions we have been experiencing. I have read one article by a solar scientist, however, that purports that given the range of minimums experienced over the years this is a longer than usual minimum but not out of the range or normal - at least not yet. Our observations certainly tell the story and will continue to do so. The longer it goes the closer we will be to an abnormal solar minimum. But for now we should not get too concerned and hopefully in the coming months, there will be some activity worth monitoring.

Solar Flare Summary Based on GOES-12 Data

There were no X-Ray Flares Detected in June

Sunspot Data