User:CoronalMassAffection/Notability of solar events

There seems to be a random assortment of events that are of varying notability mentioned in the few most recent solar cycle articles. Going forward, only significant events should be mentioned. However, it is often difficult differentiating between what is and is not significant. News outlets are generally not a good source for this information as they regularly cover insignificant solar events.

Solar flares and radio blackouts
Solar flares are typically classified in terms of their peak emission in the soft X-ray (SXR) band (0.1-0.8 nm). Similarly, radio blackouts, which are directly related to a flare's peak SXR emission,

Geomagnetic storms
Aside from the G-scale and Kp-scale, geomagnetic activity can be measured in terms of the disturbance storm time (Dst) index. This measure is more commonly used in academia.