Solar cycle 17

Solar cycle 17 was the seventeenth solar cycle since 1755, when extensive recording of solar sunspot activity began. The solar cycle lasted 10.4 years, beginning in September 1933 and ending in February 1944. The maximum smoothed sunspot number observed during the solar cycle was 198.6 (April 1937), and the starting minimum was 5.8. During the minimum transit from solar cycle 17 to 18, there were a total of 269 days with no sunspots.

Solar cycle 17
Sunspot data
Start dateSeptember 1933
End dateFebruary 1944
Duration (years)10.4
Max count198.6
Max count monthApril 1937
Min count5.8
Spotless days269
Cycle chronology
Previous cycleSolar cycle 16 (1923–1933)
Next cycleSolar cycle 18 (1944–1954)
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