Solar Flare 2024 Aurora 2024. In may, the biggest solar storm in at least two decades hit — rated a 5 out of 5 on the noaa severity scale. Sunspot region ar3848, the region that drove last week’s auroral display, produced an m3.4 solar flare at 00:17 utc on october 14.
13, 2024 from noaa’s space weather prediction center, showing regions with good aurora chances in red and green. A series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections from the sun have the potential to create dazzling auroras that may be seen as far south as alabama and northern.