Solar cycle 5

Solar cycle 5
Sunspots drawn by William Herschel, 1801
Sunspot data
Start date	April 1798
End date	August 1810
Duration (years)	12.3
Max count	82.0
Max count month	February 1805
Min count	5.3
Cycle chronology
Previous cycle	Solar cycle 4 (1784–1798)
Next cycle	Solar cycle 6 (1810–1823)

The Dalton minimum in the 400-year history of sunspot numbers, showing the low peaks for solar cycles 5 and 6.

Solar cycle 5 was the fifth solar cycle since 1755, when extensive recording of solar sunspot activity began. The solar cycle lasted 12.3 years, beginning in April 1798 and ending in August 1810 (thus falling within the Dalton Minimum). The maximum smoothed sunspot number observed during the solar cycle was 82.0, in February 1805 (the second-lowest of any cycle to date, behind solar cycle 6, as a result of being part of the Dalton Minimum), and the starting minimum was 5.3.

See also

• List of solar cycles